Opening day of the 2026 MLB season began last night with the Yankees-Giants game. Tonight, in the middle of a busy schedule of Opening Day games, the Arizona Diamondbacks visit the Los Angeles Dodgers. Tonight it’s Zac Gallen vs. Yoshinobu Yamamoto inside Dodger Stadium. Game 1 of the three-game series begins at 8:30 p.m. ET….
An MRI revealed that Chicago Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki has a strained anterior cruciate ligament after injuring his right knee while trying to steal second base during Samurai Japan’s 8-5 loss to Venezuela in the quarterfinals of the World Baseball Classic. Cubs manager Craig Counsell called the update “good news” and noted that the injury…
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February 21, 2026; Dunedin, Florida, United States; Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Justin Crawford (80) doubles during the first inning against the Toronto Blue Jays at TD Ballpark. Mandatory credit: Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images | Images by Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Source link
In fact, the Los Angeles Dodgers return to the White House after their second consecutive World Series victory. Fabian Ardaya of the Athletic and Jack Harris and Zain Khan of the California Post report that the Dodgers are expected to make the trip despite recent calls to cancel it in light of the Trump Administration’s…
The Washington Nationals are entering a new era. Which means trading away some of the best players from the old era. In their first big move under new president of baseball operations Paul Toboni, the Nationals are trading All-Star starting pitcher MacKenzie Gore to the Texas Rangers, according to multiple reports. In exchange, they are…
The 2025-26 offseason has had moments where it moved quickly, like the domino effect we saw early on with the high-leverage reliever market. But we have also seen it drag, and that is how things have gone in recent weeks. With just a few days into the new year, it is the starting pitching market…
The final day of the MLB Winter Meetings remained quiet for AJ Preller and the San Diego Padres, at least when it came to trades and free agent signings. Preller had his final day of media availability and made his strongest statement of the meetings while discussing the Fernando Tatis Jr. trade rumors. When asked…
For all the angst that comes with big nine-figure MLB contracts when they’re first signed (welcome to the club, Dylan Cease), they actually tend to be pretty good investments. Sometimes you get a paradigm-shifting superstar who elevates your franchise to the promised land (e.g. Shohei Ohtani, Corey Seager, Max Scherzer). Other times, you find a…
How the Los Angeles Dodgers reached the third World Series in six years USA TODAY Sports’ Gabe Lacques breaks down how the Dodgers dominated the Brewers en route to another World Series appearance. sports pulse TORONTO – The seventh game never goes out of style. Nor does he stop humiliating even the best players to…
