Baseball’s charm comes in many forms, including through the sounds of a game-day atmosphere. The crack of the bat, an organist's rendition of “Take Me Out to the Ball Game,” synchronized cheers from the crowd. And sometimes, the bellow of a grunt coming from the guy on the mound. Though

CLEVELAND -- The Royals lost starter Michael Lorenzen early in Tuesday’s game due to a hamstring injury, forcing them into an impromptu bullpen game. They had to wait out a two-hour, 14-minute rain delay. They had a scare when star shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. was hit on the hand by

The youngest player in MLB this season is Jackson Chourio, who was born on March 11, 2004. It’s a sign of how much more difficult life has become for older players in this sport that there are not, in fact, any players who were in the Majors in 2004 who

LOS ANGELES -- Ramón Urías was a bit stumped on Sunday night. After hitting another home run in the Orioles’ loss to the Astros, the 30-year-old third baseman was asked when was the last time he had felt this good at the plate during his five-year MLB career. “I can’t

ST. LOUIS -- How good were the Padres’ at-bats on Tuesday night in St. Louis? Consider this: Manny Machado won a nine-pitch battle with Cardinals starter Miles Mikolas by demolishing a home run into the visiting bullpen in the second inning -- and it probably wasn’t the most impactful nine-pitch

PITTSBURGH -- Dansby Swanson hit a grand slam in Monday’s series opener against the Pirates. It was a huge homer in a huge offensive attack. But Tuesday’s homer by Swanson was a little more personal -- and the perfect gift for someone special watching him in the stands.

PHOENIX -- For the better part of half an hour in the fifth inning on Tuesday, the Mets could do no wrong. Already leading when they came to bat against Diamondbacks starter Brandon Pfaadt, New York opened the top of the fifth with five consecutive hits, including RBI singles from

All farm systems, whether they’re at the top or the bottom of organizational rankings, have differing strengths. We’ve decided to dig deeper into a few of those talent buckets over the next few weeks. This week, we’ll take a look at the top farm systems based on infield prospects. Using

MINNEAPOLIS -- It wasn’t exactly how they drew it up, but nobody in the Atlanta clubhouse was complaining. The Braves blew a late four-run lead, but they rallied for four more runs in the 10th inning and held on to beat the Twins, 8-6, on Tuesday night at Target Field.

PHILADELPHIA -- Nick Castellanos said in Miami back in May that he has never been somebody to have a plan at the plate. "See ball, hit ball," he said. Castellanos’ free-swinging ways have caused headaches at times. It explains why he has seen a lower rate of fastballs than any

Spencer Schwellenbach vs. Simeon Woods Richardson. If you were perusing the probables and came across that starting pitcher matchup for Tuesday's Braves-Twins game, you might have thought it was a bit of a mouthful. And you would have been exactly right. But this collision of Wheel of Fortune and baseball

WASHINGTON -- First Major League hits are notable in themselves. Dylan Crews, the Nationals’ No. 1 prospect and MLB’s No. 3, added historic flair to his. Crews recorded his first career hit on Tuesday night by clocking a double to the left-field wall against Yankees right-hander Gerrit Cole in Washington's

BOSTON -- The Red Sox were at one of their lowest moments on Monday. After losing a split doubleheader to the Blue Jays to put them at five straight losses during this tough homestand, Boston risked taking itself out of realistic postseason contention if things snowballed any further. Jarren Duran,

MILWAUKEE -- The Giants didn’t get the deep start from Logan Webb that they expected on Tuesday night, but they overcame the shortest outing by the All-Star hurler in a month by riding a power surge to a hard-fought victory over the Brewers. Matt Chapman, Grant McCray and Mike Yastrzemski

MILWAUKEE – The new scoreboard at American Family Field cost $12-$14 million to install last winter, according to reporting from Milwaukee Magazine. The new outfielder, Jackson Chourio, cost $82 million on a record-setting contract. One can be replaced. The other cannot.

SEATTLE -- The long road back for Jeffrey Springs wasn’t easy, and even the homestretch of his return from Tommy John surgery was never going to be bump-free. But coming off a hiccup last week in Oakland, the 31-year-old southpaw put down his best outing since coming back in a

Since the first game streamed live on MLB.TV in 2002, more than 100,000 games have been watched by baseball fans around the world. And now is as good a time as any to subscribe to MLB.TV, which is available for $22 in celebration of its 22nd Anniversary Sale, running now

PHILADELPHIA -- One pitch is all that separated Astros pitcher Justin Verlander from leaving Citizens Bank Park on Tuesday night feeling good about the way things went or second-guessing himself in the way he was ultimately forced to do in the clubhouse postgame. Verlander, in his second start since coming

ROUND ROCK, Texas -- If you ask Jacob deGrom, he needs to get back to the big league mound this year. He made those feelings clear following his latest rehab outing in which he tossed two perfect innings for Triple-A Round Rock. Despite the Rangers’ place in the standings and

DENVER -- Marlins outfielder Griffin Conine dwelled on his Major League debut, but he tried his best not to be too hard on himself as he replayed it over and over in his head. Conine, who struck out against Rockies right-hander Tyler Kinley as a pinch-hitter during the ninth inning

BOSTON -- On a night when not a lot was going right for the Blue Jays, rookie Will Wagner stepped to the plate and connected for his first big league home run. Wagner's sixth-inning blast at Fenway Park was part of a 3-for-4 night with two doubles, cementing him as

CHICAGO -- Tuesday night’s game between the White Sox and Rangers was suspended in the first inning due to rain. The game lasted exactly four pitches from Garrett Crochet, with the game being delayed at 7:11 p.m. CT at a 2-2 count, following a 7:10 p.m. first pitch. The forecast

BOSTON -- Like that familiar sweatshirt you put on when the weather starts to cool off a bit, Rich Hill walked back into the home clubhouse at Fenway Park on Tuesday as if he never left. This time, Hill was returning from a self-imposed summer vacation spent coaching his son

DENVER -- If Marlins ace Sandy Alcantara had final say, he would be returning to the mound before the season’s end. “My mind is ‘Yes,’ but they say, ‘No,’” Alcantara said on Tuesday afternoon at Coors Field. “You’ve just got to think and believe in everything they say. Right now,

Time is running out for MLB's best rookies to bolster their case for why they deserve to be named Rookie of the Year. In MLB.com’s latest Rookie of the Year poll, a very tight race between two first-year phenoms is developing in the National League. Meanwhile, there appears to be