Whether it’s the Sultan of Swat, the Splendid Splitter or The Big Unit, baseball has a storied history of nicknames for its stars. Minnesota Twins…
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Thursday marked 81 years since Lou Gehrig died from ALS, and the legendary New York Yankees first baseman was honored across Major League Baseball with…
They may be the Bronx Bombers, but Thursday the Yankees put on a showcase of starting pitching. After Nestor Cortes threw seven scoreless in the…
LOS ANGELES—In a change of publicly stated plans, Jacob deGrom is continuing his rehab back in New York rather than with the Mets on their…
LOS ANGELES—Forget thumbs. That was so last year. This season, Francisco Lindor’s middle finger is making headlines. Lindor was out of the Mets lineup for…
Grayson Rodriguez left his start Wednesday night for Triple-A Norfolk after 5 2/3 innings with what the Orioles top pitching prospect said felt like a…
Keegan Thompson’s value to the Chicago Cubs goes beyond labeling his role. He has done everything from spot start to working in multi-inning appearances out…
The home run chain got a tour of Orioles as four players — Rougned Odor, Ryan Mountcastle, Ramón Urías and Trey Mancini — all hit…
The Yankees’ hitters owed Jordan Montgomery. The lefty had been steady and solid all season and did not have much to show for it. With…
The Orioles entered Tuesday coming off a 10-0 shutout win over the Boston Red Sox but ended it with a position player pitching the ninth…
The Mets are starting to look like what truly great teams look like. The Amazin’s beat the brakes off the Washington Nationals, a wildly inferior…
Chicago Cubs manager David Ross has an important decision to make when Jason Heyward returns from the injured list. What to do with Christopher Morel?…
Mets rookie Nick Plummer’s first two starts in the big leagues produced the type of statistics that people like to categorize as video game numbers.…
With Adley Rutschman’s arrival with the Orioles — albeit a tepid one to start — the wait for Baltimore’s top prospect is over. But there…
The bullpen had begun to move between innings, relievers milling about to stretch or throw weighted balls against the padded wall. But none stood on…
The Chicago Cubs waited as long as they could for Seiya Suzuki to recover from his sprained left ring finger. However, Suzuki did not check…