NEW YORK -- Nobody could accuse the Astros of getting behind the eight-ball early against the Yankees. For the third consecutive game, Houston homered in the top of the first inning against New York, this time with a pair of Statcast-shattering and awe-inspiring blasts. But unlike the previous two evenings,

There has been no shortage of surprising developments in the 2024 season. Whether they are good or bad developments, or on the player or team-wide level, there are plenty of trends that have already shifted the arc of this season. With the help of each club's MLB.com beat writer, here

PITTSBURGH -- In the later part of the 2023 collegiate baseball season, the Pirates sent Dewey Robinson to Baton Rouge, La., on a scouting trip. A special advisor on pitching development, Robinson has more than 40 years of coaching experience under his belt and is one of the highest ranking

CINCINNATI -- The D-backs completed a three-game sweep of the Reds with a 5-4 win Thursday afternoon at Great American Ball Park and have now won four straight games as they head to Baltimore for a matchup with the Orioles. Here are some things to know from the game: The

Paul Skenes could be Stephen Strasburg. Stephen Strasburg could be Paul Skenes. Send Skenes back in time or bring Strasburg forward, and one easily could stand in for the other. Both overmatched college hitters, leading NCAA Division I in strikeouts while posting the highest K rates in D-I history for

MINNEAPOLIS -- Seattle’s pitching staff is elite -- there’s little question of that. It’s just that there’s really not much getting in the way of the red-hot Twins and their most productive hitters right now. Let’s talk streaks, even though Minnesota’s 12-game winning streak ended last week. Max Kepler is

NEW YORK -- The Yankees just got their first true Judgian blast of the season. Aaron Judge crushed a 115.7 mph, 473-foot home run to deep center field at Yankee Stadium in Thursday's 4-3 loss to the Astros -- tied with Mike Trout for the longest homer of the 2024

MILWAUKEE -- Triple-A Nashville manager Rick Sweet tried to slow roll the news, but one of the Brewers’ top pitching prospects was savvy enough to know he was headed to the big leagues. Left-handed starter Robert Gasser, Milwaukee’s No. 5 prospect, joined the Brewers on Thursday and is lined up

This past offseason, two highly successful Japanese starting pitchers made the move from NPB to MLB. Yoshinobu Yamamoto sparked a heated bidding war and ended up going to the Dodgers for $325 million. Shota Imanaga (five years older than Yamamoto) flew a bit more under the radar, ultimately settling for

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I used to think I had a large cap collection. Walk into my apartment, and you're bound to find caps hung on hangers, on the backs of doors, and spilling out of organizing bins, threatening to tumble to the floor with the slightest provocation or a particularly strong gust of

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DENVER -- In a Rockies’ season that would reduce anyone’s power of positive thinking, shortstop Ezequiel Tovar has enough to lift himself and the rest of the club. Tovar singled, tripled and doubled -- the latter two extra-base hits occurring in the Rockies’ seven-run fourth inning -- and helped pull

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PITTSBURGH -- The wait for Paul Skenes is finally over. The Pirates announced on Wednesday that they are promoting their top prospect to the Majors. Skenes, a fireballing right-hander, is scheduled to make his first start on Saturday against the Cubs at PNC Park (4:05 p.m. ET), according to the

In a professional career that spanned 15 years, Jeremy Guthrie was a baseball globetrotter, something that the former pitcher has continued in retirement. But even before becoming a prospect in the Cleveland organization and going on to pitch 13 years in Major League Baseball, as well as stints in the

The Phillies lost at home on Wednesday afternoon, and it was big news, because if they’d beaten the Blue Jays, it would have been 12 straight games they’d won at home. They still came away from that game with the best record in baseball, still in first place ahead of

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