Spring Breakout returns for its third installment after receiving a great deal of fanfare over the past two years. The weekend got going with six must-see matchups on Thursday and continues through Sunday evening. As in previous years, all 30 Major League clubs will field teams of their best prospects

Below you will find every starting pitcher for each team in Game 1 of the 2026 season, as confirmed by Major League Baseball on Friday. Noted in parentheses is how many times that pitcher has started on Opening Day, including the upcoming '26 start. Note: The Padres have yet to

Many of the best hitters on Earth have already taken their cuts this year in games that matter, thanks to the World Baseball Classic. You had Aaron Judge going deep for Team USA, Shohei Ohtani launching a grand slam at Tokyo Dome for Japan, Juan Soto crushing a run rule

As if there weren’t enough reason already to look forward to all the season-opening MLB games, Friday brought the announcement of each team’s Opening Day starting pitcher. That’s the sort of thing that makes it all feel real: We know who’s going to be walking out there to the mound

FORT MYERS, Fla. – The Twins took two significant steps toward clarifying their Opening Day roster on Friday. Minnesota optioned right-hander Zebby Matthews to Triple-A St. Paul, clearing the way for Mick Abel to make the season-opening starting rotation. In addition, veteran right-hander Liam Hendriks was granted his release.

Everywhere I go, people stop me on the street and say: “Big AC [that’s what they call me on the street], how can you be so wrong so often and still keep making baseball predictions?” What can I say? Consistency and durability are essential in the grueling world of MLB,

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Carlos Correa was struggling for his life in the waters of a Minnesota lake last summer. His hamstrings and quads were cramping, his stamina getting weaker. He was halfway between the shore and the boat, and with his oldest son clinging to his neck, he

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- In a surprising roster move with camp winding down, the Nationals optioned outfielder Dylan Crews to Triple-A Rochester on Friday. Crews, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2023 Draft, has slashed .103/.206/.103 with a .309 OPS in his first 12 Grapefruit League games.

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Three Grapefruit League games remain for the Mets, plus an intrasquad scrimmage on Monday. Before breaking camp, most regulars are scheduled to play in three of the four.

Can you call it “a breakout” if the player in question already finished fourth in the AL Cy Young Award voting just two seasons ago? No, probably not. Can you call it “a comeback” if every advanced metric said that the same pitcher, last season, was then even better –

DUNEDIN, Fla. -- Now that they’re all done jumping and screaming, trade talks have begun. Blue Jays catcher Tyler Heineman, who just pulled one of the most valuable Nick Kurtz baseball cards in circulation, wants to get the card back to the Athletics' young star.

JUPITER, Fla. – The Marlins’ Opening Day rotation is penciled in after optioning left-hander Braxton Garrett to Triple-A Jacksonville on Friday afternoon. Right-handers Sandy Alcantara (Opening Day, March 27), Eury Pérez (March 28) and Max Meyer (March 29) will start the opening series against the Rockies at loanDepot park and

GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- MLB has informed the Guardians that pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz will remain on leave and will not be permitted to report to Spring Training. Clase and Ortiz each went on non-disciplinary paid leave last July amid MLB investigations involving sports gambling. The two pitchers were

PHOENIX -- Jacob Misiorowski has been a top prospect and a rookie sensation. He rose to an All-Star Game faster than any other player in history and fell into a second-half slump that cost him his spot in the Brewers' rotation. Then he emerged as a bullpen ace in his

SARASOTA, Fla. -- When Maggie Hunt was growing up, she didn't see a lot of women working in professional baseball. She never could have predicted she'd one day be the athletic trainer for Single-A Delmarva in the Orioles' organization. "Now, just knowing that it’s becoming normalized, more women should be

“We’re going to have to see this through,” Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Derrick Goold, and no Cardinals fan needs to be told that those eight words were about Jordan Walker. Sometimes it can feel like all the Cardinals’ words are about Jordan Walker. Spring Training

Braves superstar Ronald Acuña Jr. helped Venezuela make history earlier this week by winning the nation’s first World Baseball Classic final in a 3-2 thriller over Team USA. You probably knew Acuña was going to let longtime Atlanta teammate Ozzie Albies hear it when they returned to Spring Training. Acuña

CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Cristopher Sánchez couldn’t have imagined an honor like this a few years ago. Major League Baseball announced on Friday that Sánchez will be the Phillies’ Opening Day starter next Thursday against Texas at Citizens Bank Park. It was the worst-kept secret in Phillies camp. Sánchez had earned

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- Nobody wanted to bring it up, but Shane McClanahan thought about it on Friday afternoon. It was almost exactly a year ago that McClanahan scaled the mound at Charlotte Sports Park to face the Red Sox in his final start of Spring Training. That was March

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Over on Field 6 at the Fenway South complex for a couple of days this week, there were the unmistakable sounds of baseball you hear throughout Spring Training. The crack of the bat. The pop of the baseball hitting the catcher’s mitt. Communication on cutoffs and

In the winter leading into the Blue Jays' incredible 2025 turnaround, which came up an inch shy of a World Series title, the Jays tried to get better externally. The club added Anthony Santander to address its slumping run production. They traded for Andrés Giménez's glove but also hoped his

JUPITER, Fla. -- There was a breeze at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium on Thursday, but it was generated by the speed of 18-year-old Miguel Sime Jr.’s 100.8 mph fastball that blew the helmet off No. 5 overall prospect JJ Wetherholt. In the Nationals' 9-8 loss to the Cardinals in their

PEORIA, Ariz. -- The Padres welcomed back two Gold Glovers on Thursday, with Fernando Tatis Jr. and Manny Machado returning to the lineup after their trip to the World Baseball Classic. But the best play made by a Padre on Thursday night? That came in section 110 at the Peoria