MLB News: Scores, Standings, Stats, Trades, Rumors (2024)

Trying to assess how this year’s Trade Deadline might play out can be an exercise in futility, with 24 of the 30 teams in the Majors entering play Tuesday within four games of a postseason spot. That doesn’t mean we can’t give it a shot, right? The White Sox, Angels,

ST. LOUIS -- We are officially one month into Paul Skenes’ Major League career. He arrived to the Majors on May 11, and on Tuesday, June 11, he tossed a career-high 6 1/3 innings over 103 pitches -- also a career-high at Busch Stadium. The Pirates’ offense broke through in

LOS ANGELES -- After every homer, Teoscar Hernández runs out of the dugout with a handful of sunflower seeds and throws them at a teammate’s face. It’s something Hernández has done since his time in Toronto and has now become the Dodgers’ home run celebration this season. The Dodgers are

BOSTON -- Move over Babe Ruth, "June Schwarber" has finally arrived. It came a bit late this year, but Kyle Schwarber's June dominance could not have come at a better time for the Phillies. Schwarber clubbed his first home run of the month on the opening pitch of the Phils'

KANSAS CITY -- Aaron Judge’s home runs feel inevitable. When he steps up to the plate, his teammates say they expect him to blast one out. He has lofty -- plain unrealistic -- expectations, but somehow, his past 41 games have absolutely blown those to shreds. Judge crushed his Major

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ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays weren’t happy when they left Tropicana Field on Monday night, having suffered a four-game sweep at the hands of the Orioles. They weren’t particularly pleased with the way Tuesday’s series opener against the Cubs started, either, as they were behind by two runs heading into

Mariners catcher's latest game-changing hit a reflection of renewed approach at the plate

SEATTLE -- Cal Raleigh knew the green light had been approved from the home dugout as he stepped back into the batter’s box strapped with a 3-0 count on Tuesday night. He also knew that a middle-middle fastball would almost certainly present itself in that seventh-inning sequence with two outs.

The night was dark, the rain was falling hard. It was no time to be visiting the deteriorating west side of Birmingham, Ala. And with the water pouring into a vacant, ancient baseball stadium, pooling on its unkempt field and within its worn walls, it was no time to form

In another life, Joe Ryan might be a park ranger or a horticulturist or maybe just a Northern California beach bum, riding the waves by day and camping out under the stars at night. After all, long before the famed Grateful Dead-loving pitcher was the ace of the Twins' staff,

BALTIMORE -- The first pitcher Jorge Mateo had to face after spending eight days on the concussion injured list? Not an easy opponent: Braves left-hander Max Fried, a 2022 All-Star and one of MLB’s top hurlers who possesses a wide array of offerings that the Orioles knew could present a

The unquestionable strength of the 2024 Draft is college position players. They claim the first four spots on MLB Pipeline's Draft Top 200 list, seven could go in the first 10 picks and as many as 20 could land in the first round. It will be an upset if the

SAN DIEGO -- Kyle Higashioka understands the gig. When the game is late and close, and he’s due for a big at-bat, well … sometimes he doesn’t get to take that big at-bat. “I’m no stranger to getting pinch-hit for,” Higashioka said with a laugh. “You know, if I hit

Perdomo returns to lineup while Montgomery gets back on track with a solid start

PHOENIX -- From the presence of shortstop Geraldo Perdomo in the clubhouse after missing most of the season with a knee injury, to Randal Grichuk and Corbin Carroll nearly hitting for cycles and Jordan Montgomery turning in a good start after struggling mightily in his previous two, the good vibes

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Coming off a pair of gut-punch walk-off losses to the Angels and the Giants, the Astros got themselves back on track Tuesday night behind a strong outing from starting pitcher Ronel Blanco and some opportunistic at-bats with runners in scoring position. Working with veteran catcher Victor Caratini

MINNEAPOLIS -- They haven’t all been easy and they haven’t all been pretty. Some have been blowouts and some have been nail biters. But it’s probably safe to say that none of Bud Black’s 500 victories as Rockies manager were secured by a 7-6-3 double play. Jake Cave made a

MILWAUKEE -- Forget Plan A, this wasn’t even Plan Z. Batting first, the recent callup who’s been playing second base professionally for a month. Batting second, the catcher. Spencer Horwitz and Danny Jansen aren’t the duo anyone expected atop this lineup back when the season began, but that was a

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FREDERICK, Md. -- Rintaro Sasaki is notorious for his home runs in Japan. All 140 of them. Now his homer count has begun in the United States. In the second at-bat of his U.S. debut with the Trenton Thunder in the MLB Draft League on Tuesday, Sasaki not only got

BALTIMORE -- If things had to get worse before they got better, then the Braves are heading in the right direction. Patience was once again tested as the Braves dropped a fourth straight game with a 4-0 loss to the Orioles on Tuesday night at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

White Sox No. 3 prospect whiffs Mariners' J-Rod, flashes athleticism in first MLB start

SEATTLE -- The day before Drew Thorpe first stood atop a Major League mound for his start on the road against a first-place team, White Sox manager Pedro Grifol raved about the 23-year-old right-hander’s biggest weapon: his changeup. Grifol pointed out that if any pitcher is to have a successful

CINCINNATI -- Ask any pitcher in the Guardians’ clubhouse how they would pitch to Steven Kwan and you’ll get the same answer: I wouldn’t. Why? Well, Kwan proved it with his ninth three-plus-hit game of the season in the Guardians’ 5-3 victory over the Reds at Great American Ball Park