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

NEW YORK -- First place vs. first place. Rival vs. rival. The Yankees-Dodgers series at Yankee Stadium this weekend will have it all. It's one of baseball's most historic rivalries. There are MVP candidates on both sides. And both teams are powerhouses in 2024. The Bronx Bombers enter the showdown

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There’s always something fascinating going on in the world of baseball — and there’s always something new. Every Friday morning throughout the season, heading into the weekend, inspired by Zack Lowe’s terrific “10 Things I Like” NBA column for ESPN, we present the Five Fascinations, five fun things going on

Five years ago, the Draft would have taken place this week and we'd already know which prospects were headed where. In 2024, it's still 38 days away. Most players have finished competing, though the three best prospects in the Draft and nine other potential first-rounders will compete in NCAA Super

Here’s our weekly look at 10 mind-blowing notes from the last week in baseball (May 31-June 6). Classic Arraez: Luis Arraez had four hits on Friday, which may just seem like an everyday performance from him at this point, but this game was historic. It was his fourth four-hit game

NEW YORK -- Heading into the 56-minute rain delay on Thursday night vs. Minnesota, the Yankees were riding the high of a bounceback fifth inning, responding after the Twins threatened to close the gap on their early advantage. On the other side of the delay, New York’s starpower was noticeably

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SAN DIEGO -- The Padres’ David Peralta lined out to D-backs left fielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. to end the first inning on Monday night. It wasn’t the best catch of the at-bat -- or even second best. Gurriel was outdone by Jaxen Trinidad and Stephen Schumack -- a pair of

We, as a sport and a species, are perhaps prone to hyperbole. Everything is “the best this” or “the most important that,” in an effort to cut through the noise and elevate the topic at hand. It’s with that preamble in mind that we know exactly how it sounds when

CHICAGO -- Those inside Guaranteed Rate Field on Thursday hardly had time to settle into their seats before the Red Sox put the game’s first tally on the scoreboard. And in fact, Jarren Duran's leadoff home run off White Sox starter Jake Woodford’s second pitch was only the beginning for

CINCINNATI -- On the one-year anniversary of his Major League debut, shortstop Elly De La Cruz gave himself and the Reds a present worthy of the occasion. If De La Cruz is indeed heating up the way it appears he is, it would be the gift that keeps on giving.

PITTSBURGH -- Oneil Cruz ran onto the field at PNC Park on Thursday in different colored cleats. The right was Dodger blue with a painting of him at 17 years old, back when he had just signed with them. The left, Pirate gold, his current home and the organization that

LONDON -- The bright green and tan colors of the painted baseball diamond at Roger Ascham Primary School’s courtyard contrasted against the blue of the clear London sky. Cheers and shrieks of delight from the students filled the air as they watched their peers play against some former Major Leaguers.

NEW YORK -- Death, taxes and streaks being made to end: Those seem to be the only three certainties in life. And on Thursday night in the Bronx, a number of Yankees players entered the series finale against the Twins with impressive streaks on the line. A rotation’s stretch of

PITTSBURGH -- Dodgers manager Dave Roberts has remained steadfast in his belief that when you have the caliber of hitters that he has in his lineup, it's best to continue running them out there even when things aren't going well at the plate. It turns out he was right. Following

WASHINGTON -- Marcell Ozuna added to his National League-best homer total and Adam Duvall provided a glimpse of the power potential he still has. But as Braves manager Brian Snitker assessed a 5-2 win over the Nationals on Thursday night at Nationals Park, he was most encouraged by the potential

ST. LOUIS -- Thursday night, Michael Toglia and the Rockies offered evidence they can leap back from gut punches. Toglia, in his first game back after a five-plus weeks at Triple-A Albuquerque, reached above the right-field wall to snatch a potential fifth-inning leadoff home run from Matt Carpenter. It was

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SAN DIEGO -- There’s no getting around just how challenging this season has been for Corbin Carroll. Coming off a season in which he won the NL Rookie of the Year Award and led the D-backs to the World Series, Carroll has struggled just to keep his batting average above

OAKLAND -- Bryan Woo began the sixth inning on Thursday afternoon at the Coliseum with some rare and visible frustration, quite unseemly given how he’d pitched to that point. Woo was called for a pitch timer violation by home-plate umpire Nick Mahrley as Oakland’s Abraham Toro stepped into the batter’s

TORONTO -- That’s what it’s supposed to look like. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is supposed to hit home runs and the Blue Jays are supposed to win. Neither has happened enough in 2024, but Thursday’s 6-5 win over the Orioles at Rogers Centre looked like a carefully choreographed version of their

CLEVELAND -- In a half-second, as MJ Melendez was stutter-stepping toward home plate trying to read the play and decide where to go to score a run and avoid a tag by Guardians catcher Bo Naylor, several things went through his mind: Where’s the ball? What lane should I take?

SAN DIEGO -- Joe Musgrove’s second stint on the injured list this season will be significantly longer than his first. That much was clear when the Padres shut Musgrove down from throwing recently. But the exact time frame for the right-hander's return from the right elbow inflammation and triceps tendinitis

They say home runs come in bunches, but what Triple-A Columbus did Thursday night was next level. Powered by Johnathan Rodriguez and Bryan Lavastida , the Guardians' Triple-A affiliate put on a power display in the final innings of a 23-5 rout of host Indianapolis at Victory Field. The Clippers

PHILADELPHIA -- Chase Utley and his wife, Jen, have spent almost two years living in London, giving their two sons experiences and perspectives they could not get in the United States. But baseball has never been far from Utley, and Phillies fans have never been far from him.