The starting position players for the 2024 MLB All-Star Game have been settled. And on Sunday night, we will learn the rest of the American and National League rosters for the July 16 game at Globe Life Field. But who will have the honor of starting the Midsummer Classic on

MINNEAPOLIS -- Astros rookie outfielder Joey Loperfido, whose barehanded, second-effort catch of a Willi Castro fly ball at the wall in the eighth inning Friday summed up the craziness of the evening, couldn’t help but go to his phone in the moments after Houston escaped Target Field with a 13-12

NEW YORK -- With the Red Sox one strike away from defeat, Masataka Yoshida completely changed the narrative on Friday night at Yankee Stadium when he belted a game-tying two-run homer in the top of the ninth inning that propelled Boston to an eventual 5-3 victory in 10 innings.

LOS ANGELES -- The reserves for the All-Star Game will be announced on Sunday, and all signs point toward Dodgers catcher Will Smith making his second appearance in the Midsummer Classic. His numbers leading up to Friday’s game were already good enough. But just to erase any possible doubt, Smith

SAN DIEGO -- The best ending is the one you never see coming. For eight innings on Friday night, the largest crowd in Petco Park history partied. The Padres were cruising against the division-rival Diamondbacks, and the 47,171 fans in attendance reveled in what felt certain to be an easy

PITTSBURGH -- It’s been nearly 67 years since the last time the Pirates homered at home as many times as they did Friday against the Mets. So much so that the team’s allotment of celebratory fireworks for the day was exhausted. Things started getting Rowdy in the fourth when Rowdy

If the results of our latest Rookie of the Year poll are any indication, we could have some history on our hands later this year. With the Yankees' Luis Gil and the Pirates' Paul Skenes each holding a commanding lead in their leagues in balloting among MLB.com experts, and with

MINNEAPOLIS -- When hitters are in the midst of a hot streak, they sometimes say the ball looks as big as a beach ball as it leaves the pitcher’s hand. Jose Miranda wouldn’t make a direct comparison, but he acknowledged he’s been on a bit of a heater this week.

PITTSBURGH -- PNC Park’s faithful rose to their feet and started to build to a roar as Paul Skenes got set to deliver an 0-2 pitch to Harrison Bader. Pitching in front of a sellout home crowd for the first time in his Major League career, Skenes’ slider went strike

ATLANTA -- Trea Turner considers his swing a complicated one. It is special when he repeats it. His swing is helping him put together a potentially historic season for a Phillies shortstop. He homered twice in Friday night’s 8-6 victory over the Braves at Truist Park, giving the Phillies a

SEATTLE -- Luis Castillo flashed his big boyish grin as Mariners manager Scott Servais paced to the mound with two outs in the seventh inning on Friday night. “La Piedra” had just issued a two-out walk on his season-high 104th pitch and knew his night was done. But even in

MINNEAPOLIS -- Astros second baseman Jose Altuve, who was voted in as the starter at second base for the American League in the All-Star Game earlier this week, escaped serious injury after being hit on the left hand with a pitch in Friday’s 13-12 win over the Twins. Altuve went

LOS ANGELES -- Rhys Hoskins was 0-for-the-road-trip and fighting a funk that goes all the way back to his return from a hamstring injury at the end of May. The Brewers hope that this is the swing that breaks the slugger out of it and provides a silver lining on

OAKLAND -- The Orioles arrived in the Bay Area on Thursday night ahead of their three-game weekend series in Oakland and headed to their hotel in San Francisco. The team bus drove past Oracle Park (the home ballpark for the Giants), which brought a moment of reflection for Albert Suárez.

ATLANTA -- Alec Bohm is going to squeeze everything he can from his first All-Star experience. He learned Wednesday that he will be the National League’s starting third baseman in the July 16 All-Star Game presented by Mastercard at Globe Life Field in Arlington. On Friday, Bohm announced that he

Baseball’s newest top pitching prospect is Jackson Jobe, and it had been a while since he toed the rubber at Double-A. When the 21-year-old right-hander returned to the level on Friday night, it was as if he’d never left. Jobe pitched like he hadn’t missed a beat in Erie’s 6-1

Leo De Vries has perhaps never deserved his nickname of “El Mutante” more than on Friday night when he left the yard twice for the first multihomer game of his very young pro career. But that’s not where his otherworldly abilities end -- the 17-year-old homered from both the right

NEW YORK -- Aaron Judge has enough on his plate as he attempts to carry the Yankees out of a summer slide that has seen his club fall out of first place in the American League East, which is why the captain said on Friday that he has little interest

WASHINGTON -- Longing for these kinds of moments while he was out for six-plus weeks with a fractured left forearm, Cardinals designated hitter Willson Contreras let his emotions pour out of him as his game-tying home run sailed over the wall in center in Friday’s ninth inning. Contreras had a

CHICAGO -- The conversation in the dugout was a quick one on Friday afternoon. There was no lobbying required. Justin Steele told Cubs manager Craig Counsell that he was good to pitch the ninth inning and that was that. Steele wanted to hoist the team on his back and his

CINCINNATI -- Colt Keith and Riley Greene have become a two-headed monster at the top of the Tigers’ lineup. They feed off each other, support each other, and as a duo are putting pressure on opposing pitchers who often face them consecutively in the second and third spots in the

ARLINGTON -- Michael Lorenzen signed with the Rangers on the very last day of Spring Training. He was one of many unsigned starting pitchers across the league throughout camp. The Rangers, with a trio of veterans -- Max Scherzer, Jacob deGrom and Tyler Mahle -- opening the season on the

CLEVELAND -- Spencer Bivens has done everything the Giants have asked of him this year. In his debut, he picked up his first MLB win with three effective innings against the Angels. Last week, he pitched five innings against the Dodgers in his first MLB start. And on Friday, he

This year's T-Mobile Home Run Derby will take place at Globe Life Field on July 15 (8 p.m. ET, ESPN), and the first player to announce he will be participating in the annual tournament is Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson. Henderson, who trails only Aaron Judge for most homers in MLB

June swoon? Not for these guys. With less than four weeks remaining until the July 30 Trade Deadline, clubs around the Majors have dispatched their scouts to watch potential trade candidates. For those who saw the players listed below, the interest level based on recent performance should be rising. Let’s