By Manny Randhawa @MannyOnMLB
1:28 AM EDT
Trea Turner has seen the memes. You know, the ones about the types of makeshift beds expecting fathers have to sleep on while waiting to welcome their new little one into the world. “I know that’s been a meme on the Internet for like the last few months,” Turner said
By Juan Toribio @juanctoribio
1:30 AM EDT
LOS ANGELES -- After throwing 106 pitches against the Yankees on June 7, Yoshinobu Yamamoto reported some soreness and tightness around his right triceps area. Given that information, the Dodgers decided to push Yamamoto’s next start back from Thursday to Saturday in hopes that a few more days off would
By Tim Stebbins @tim_stebbins
June 15, 2024
CHICAGO -- Shota Imanaga has put up eye-popping statistics in a historic start to his Major League career. But for this Cubs team, one figure is more important than the rest: 11-2. That’s Chicago's record in games Imanaga has started this season, including Saturday, when the left-hander led the team
Right-hander continues his breakout campaign with 7 strong frames against NL leaders
By Joe Trezza @JoeTrezz
June 15, 2024
BALTIMORE -- The Orioles spent Saturday morning bracing for the loss of another key pitcher, with right-hander Kyle Bradish joining John Means, Tyler Wells, Danny Coulombe and Félix Bautista on the club’s growing list of important arms lost for the foreseeable future to elbow issues. In Bradish, the club is
By Brent Maguire @bmags94
June 15, 2024
MILWAUKEE -- On “The Next Episode” for Snoop Dogg, the iconic hip-hop artist and actor made a surprise appearance at the Brewers’ American Family Field. Before performing at Milwaukee’s Potawatomi Casino Hotel on Saturday night, Snoop Dogg made the rounds at the home of the Brewers before and during their
By Anne Rogers @anne__rogers
1:39 AM EDT
LOS ANGELES -- With the bases loaded and two outs against one of baseball’s nastiest relievers, MJ Melendez fought off pitch after pitch … after pitch after pitch … to keep the at-bat alive in hopes of coming through in the Royals’ best scoring opportunity on Saturday night. His reward
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Red Sox closer secures 431st career save: 'This is the best rivalry ever in the game'
By Ian Browne
12:39 AM EDT
BOSTON -- On an electric Saturday night at Fenway Park, as fans of the Red Sox and Yankees tested the reach of their vocal chords to outdo each other, it was the home team that staved off its dangerous rivals in a satisfying 8-4 victory. With the sell-out crowd of
By Brian Murphy @Spokes_Murphy
1:07 AM EDT
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By Mark Bowman
June 15, 2024
ATLANTA -- If the Braves are going to start hitting homers like this again, then maybe they can persevere as they spend at least the next couple weeks without another of their star outfielders. Jarred Kelenic’s fifth-inning go-ahead shot was the first of four home runs the club hit to
June 15, 2024
MILWAUKEE -- A sacrifice bunt is fine in the right spot. A three-run home run is better. Brewers rookie third baseman Joey Ortiz was thinking “bunt” at the start of his at-bat in the fifth inning of a tie game on Saturday at American Family Field. After he pushed a
By Jason Beck
June 15, 2024
HOUSTON -- Riley Greene went opposite field on a curveball and sent it into the Crawford Boxes in Minute Maid Park’s cozy left field, then crushed a Spencer Arrighetti changeup midway up the right-field seats an inning later, a Statcast-projected 409-foot drive. A pair of solid line-drive singles later --
By Bill Ladson
June 15, 2024
NEW YORK -- When it comes to RBI opportunities, J.D. Martinez has been clutch of late. On Thursday against the Marlins, Martinez drove in the last two runs of the game on a walk-off home run. The next day, he drove in the Mets' only two runs in a victory
By Theo DeRosa @Theo_DeRosa
June 14, 2024
Want to give the gift of baseball for Father’s Day? MLB.TV has just the deal for you. During the MLB.TV Father’s Day Sale, the All Teams Yearly package -- which enables you to stream every out-of-market game, live or on demand, on your favorite supported devices -- is now just
June 15, 2024
HOUSTON -- Astros right-hander Justin Verlander hopes he will miss only one start after he was scratched from his scheduled outing on Saturday against the Tigers with neck discomfort. Rookie right-hander Spencer Arrighetti, who was originally scheduled to start on Sunday, took Verlander’s turn in the rotation in Houston's eventual
By Daniel Kramer @DKramer_
June 15, 2024
SEATTLE -- The Mariners played to all of the superlatives they display when they’re at their best on Saturday, running away to what was shaping up to be their most complete win of the year before the Rangers made things interesting at the end. Seattle had a six-run lead going
By Jessica Camerato @jessicacamerato
June 15, 2024
WASHINGTON -- Rookie left-hander DJ Herz made history on the mound at Nationals Park in the Nats' 4-0 win over the Marlins on Saturday. Herz, the Nats’ No. 12 prospect per MLB Pipeline, joined Stephen Strasburg as the only pitchers with 13-plus strikeouts and zero walks in one of his
By Sonja Chen @sonjamchen
June 15, 2024
SAN FRANCISCO -- There's gone, and then there's gone. Logan O'Hoppe's game-tying two-run blast off Giants starter Keaton Winn in Saturday's 4-3 Angels win at Oracle Park was nothing short of obliterated. The Halos' second-year catcher came to the plate with Taylor Ward on first and one out in the
By Josh Kirshenbaum
12:27 AM EDT
SEATTLE -- Max Scherzer could be on his way back to the Rangers’ clubhouse soon. The three-time Cy Young Award winner made the second start of his current rehab stint Saturday with Triple-A Round Rock, going 4 2/3 innings and striking out eight in a 4-0 loss to the Tacoma
By Betelhem Ashame @betelhem_ashame
2:04 AM EDT
Over the course of its 100-plus-year history, Rickwood Field has seen a lot. Once the home of the Minor Leagues’ Birmingham Barons and the Negro Leagues’ Birmingham Black Barons, the oldest ballpark in the country has also hosted college football games, high school and college baseball games, and has even
June 15, 2024
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By Alex Stumpf @AlexJStumpf
June 15, 2024
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Right-hander will undergo further tests after logging 5 strong frames in O's extra-innings loss
By Joe Trezza @JoeTrezz
June 15, 2024
BALTIMORE -- Eventually, the Orioles wound up on the short end of a wild, 5-3 extra-innings loss to the Phillies on Friday night at Camden Yards. But it was what they lost earlier in the game that has them more worried long term. Right-hander Kyle Bradish's status is uncertain after
By Keegan Matheson @KeeganMatheson
June 15, 2024
TORONTO -- For the Blue Jays to get where they want to go, they need more George Springer's hands back on the wheel. Nothing has come easily this season. Springer looked rejuvenated in the bright, early days of Spring Training, but he’s hit just .198 with a .584 OPS. Among
By Thomas Harding
2:36 AM EDT
DENVER – Rockies rookie Hunter Goodman admitted he smiles a little broader when told he is playing catcher -- a position the Rockies moved him from in the Minors in order to get him to the Majors quicker. “I get excited,” Goodman said Saturday night, after celebrating his second career