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,

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

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

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

DUNEDIN -- The hits just keep on coming to the Blue Jays’ rotation. Trey Yesavage, the breakout star of 2025 and an early favorite for the ‘26 AL Rookie of the Year Award, will begin the season on the IL. Yesavage is dealing with a right shoulder impingement, manager John

TAMPA, Fla. -- No one turned more heads in Yankees camp than Carlos Lagrange, a flame-throwing right-hander whose triple-digit fastball and knee-buckling secondary pitches drew attention from even the club’s most experienced veterans. Lagrange’s performance sparked internal debate, too, as officials wrestled with having the club’s top pitching prospect break

If you’ve ever wanted to be a part of Opening Day festivities, Netflix has the perfect opportunity for you.

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

PHOENIX – There is a specific kind of magic that happens when a clubhouse stops being a workplace and starts feeling like a neighborhood. For Jackson Chourio, William Contreras and Angel Zerpa, that magic followed them from the roar of the World Baseball Classic at LoanDepot Park in Miami to

The third annual edition of Spring Breakout, which takes place Thursday through Sunday, features hundreds of the top prospects from around the game. The rosters are stacked, highlighted by 54 players on MLB Pipeline's Top 100 Prospects list and more than 500 of the 900 players on organizational Top 30

JUPITER, Fla. -- JJ Wetherholt is the Cardinals’ No. 1 prospect and No. 5 overall per MLB Pipeline, and he's lived up to the billing during the exhibition season. In fact, if things continue to go well, don’t be surprised if Wetherholt is named the Opening Day second baseman against

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

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 –

Tuesday’s World Baseball Classic title game was the most-watched WBC telecast of all time, FOX Sports PR announced on Thursday. An audience of 10.784 million viewers tuned in to watch Venezuela capture its first WBC title with a thrilling 3-2 triumph over Team USA. Viewership peaked from 10:30-10:45 p.m. ET,

SARASOTA, Fla. — Paul Skenes returned from the World Baseball Classic on Wednesday. A day later, Pirates manager Don Kelly informed the reigning National League Cy Young Award winner what pretty much everyone has expected: Yes, Skenes will start on Opening Day.

CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Bryce Harper is as hungry as ever. He spent the past couple of weeks playing for Team USA in the World Baseball Classic. He had a blast, he said. He capped the tournament by crushing a dramatic game-tying two-run home run with two outs in the eighth

TAMPA, Fla. -- There was no ceremonial reveal when Max Fried learned he would be making his first Opening Day start as a member of the Yankees -- just a pitcher and his manager in a windowless office, huddled over a calendar. “It was just going through my schedule, like,

SARASOTA, Fla. -- Remember less than a week ago when Samuel Basallo slugged his first Grapefruit League home run and continued his hot spring with a five-RBI showing against the Phillies in Clearwater? That was only a warmup act. If you already thought the 21-year-old was setting himself up for

There's not much better than ice cream in a mini helmet at the ballpark. But if you go to a Phillies game at Citizens Bank Park this season, you can level up that simple pleasure into something supreme. Behold, the "Schwarbomb Sundae." Named after the power-hitting Kyle Schwarber, this delicacy

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PHOENIX -- At his low point, Marco Dinges lay curled up in the fetal position in a Florida hospital bed. He had endured more than a month of sleep-deprived nights and 104-degree fevers with a disease the doctors couldn’t crack. His father remembers standing by with tears in his eyes

In the aftermath of the national team winning its first-ever World Baseball Classic title, a raucous celebration is still ongoing in Venezuela. A video posted by journalist Robert Lobo on X on Wednesday night shows Venezuelans flooding the historic Avenida Bolívar in Caracas, the nation’s capital, with a caravan of

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Even while winning the last two World Series, the Dodgers have had difficulty keeping pitchers healthy. Not including openers, they employed 11 different starters in 2024 and 14 last season. But bad news for the rest of baseball. Not only can Los Angeles run out four All-Stars