It’s the event baseball fans around the world await with great anticipation each year, one for which they know they’ll have reason to celebrate raw power and walk away in awe of what they’ve witnessed. Tonight at Globe Life Field in Arlington, the T-Mobile Home Run Derby will once again

Trying to decide who has the edge in the T-Mobile Home Run Derby? Here's a new way to look at the field: with Statcast's new bat speed leaderboard. Bat tracking is all new for the 2024 season, and we can use it to see which of the eight sluggers in

The first 74 picks of the 2024 MLB Draft were off the board after an exciting Day 1, but there was still a ton of talent available for Day 2, which covered Rounds 3-10. Below are some of Monday's most notable picks, including a number of Top 100 Draft prospects,

ARLINGTON -- Lone Star State? More like All-Star State. Because at Globe Life Field on Tuesday, baseball’s stars at night will shine so bright (clap, clap, clap, clap), deep in the heart of Texas. The 94th All-Star Game, played at the home of the Rangers, will have a distinct Texas

ARLINGTON -- Right off the bat, a hearty apology is due to the members of the National League Central who were forced to relive their bad memories of facing Paul Skenes -- though, for once, the rookie phenom will be on their side when he makes the start for the

ARLINGTON -- Paul Skenes has a 6-0 record and 1.90 ERA in his first 11 MLB starts. He has 89 strikeouts in 66 1/3 innings. He has a fastball few can touch and a “splinker” none had seen. He has a famous girlfriend. He has the distinction of becoming the

The 2024 MLB Draft is here. Day 1 included the first 74 selections, covering Rounds 1 and 2, Competitive Balance Rounds A and B, two Prospect Promotion Incentive picks, plus two compensation picks. The Guardians got things going with the No. 1 overall pick.

WASHINGTON -- Right-hander Kyle Finnegan was named to his first All-Star Game on Monday, taking the active spot of fellow reliever Ryan Helsley on the National League roster. Finnegan joins shortstop CJ Abrams to represent the Nationals in Arlington on Tuesday. This is another chapter in the story of Finnegan,

PHOENIX -- You can see it jutting out on a map. Senegal, with its capital city of Dakar, reaching out from West Africa to touch the Atlantic Ocean. The country is a veritable hotbed for soccer, baseball not even a glint in its collective eye. Which is where Khadim Diaw

ARLINGTON -- It will be a matchup of youthful vibrance vs. steadfast experience on the mound when the 2024 MLB All-Star Game presented by Mastercard gets underway on Tuesday night at Globe Life Field (8 p.m. ET, FOX). For the National League, a 22-year-old phenom who has made history over

CINCINNATI – Getting Drafted by a Major League organization once, let alone a second time, and playing professional baseball was hard to fathom for Luke Holman when he was a young boy. But it happened when Holman, a childhood cancer survivor and starting pitcher from LSU, was taken by the

A cousin of 1996 NL MVP and three-time All-Star Ken Caminiti -- Cam Caminiti -- will look to be the family's second successful MLB player after being drafted 24th overall by the Braves on Sunday. But Caminiti was far from the only player taken with a famous relative. Here's a

Several weeks had passed since the Yankees’ trade for Juan Soto, an old-school blockbuster that occupied all of the oxygen at the Winter Meetings in Nashville, Tenn., and Aaron Boone was still delighting in his options. More than a few times, the manager went back and forth sketching out potential

CINCINNATI – The Reds' Elly De La Cruz may not have received enough votes from fans to earn the start as the National League's shortstop, but people will likely want to stop and watch once he enters the 2024 All-Star Game as a reserve. With five-tool talent and an electric

FORT WORTH, Texas -- At the Stockyards historic district, where the 2024 MLB Draft took place Sunday night, you could test your rodeo skills and ride a mechanical bull. And odds are, you would have had much better luck staying on that bucking, spinning, twisting steer for a full minute

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Joshua Palacios has stepped into the batter’s box twice against Paul Skenes. It was after Spring Training, when Skenes was doing his extended build up to his first full professional season and Palacios was getting reps after being hurt or sick for most of camp. Palacios knew this righty was

SEATTLE -- The Mariners went bold with the first-round selection in the 2024 MLB Draft on Sunday, taking switch-pitcher Jurrangelo Cijntje out of Mississippi State University with their top pick at No. 15 overall. Yes, you read that right. And with their second-round pick, they selected high-school right-hander Ryan Sloan,

PHILADELPHIA -- Shortly after the Phillies selected Dante Nori with the 27th overall pick in the 2024 Draft on Sunday night, an old friend texted. It was Kyle Schwarber.

• Phillies 'unanimous' in decision to take prep OF Nori at No. 27 Nori and Schwarber have known each other since

It was a Friday morning in December, just a few days after the Yankees had created a seismic rattle at the Winter Meetings with trades for Juan Soto and Alex Verdugo, and Brian Cashman was contemplating the sticker shock. It had not been easy to part with eight players, including

With their third-round Draft pick (87th overall), the Reds drafted OF Mike Sirota out of Northeastern University. As a child, Sirota was fascinated by the tales his granduncle and MLB Hall of Famer Whitey Ford told about his legendary career with the Yankees.

If you’re trying to describe the type of hitter the Guardians prefer to have in their organization, you’ll probably think of a gritty, versatile player with elite contact ability, off-the-charts plate discipline and some potential for power. That’s why Travis Bazzana and Cleveland are a match made in heaven.