Rays revel in recognition as they head to ALCS
Belting out “Theme from New York, New York” as they locked arms in the visitors’ clubhouse at Yankee Stadium, the Tampa Bay Rays reveled with satisfaction after sweeping baseball’s most storied team.
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Belting out “Theme from New York, New York” as they locked arms in the visitors’ clubhouse at Yankee Stadium, the Tampa Bay Rays reveled with satisfaction after sweeping baseball’s most storied team.
Paul Goldschmidt isn’t ready to call it a career just yet. After the New York Yankees were eliminated from the playoffs on Wednesday night, the veteran first baseman said he hoped to play a 17th season.
In its latest proposal to the union with the collective bargaining agreement set to expire in weeks, Major League Baseball has proposed a 154-game schedule along with two significant changes to playoff formatting.
Cuba’s flagship baseball team, Industriales, has debuted a jersey featuring a private sponsor’s logo — an eye-catching development in a country that for decades rejected professional sports, advertising, and private sponsorship.
Impending free-agent Taylor Rogers hopes to return for a 12th big league season in 2027, but doesn’t want to play just anywhere. If the 35-year-old lefty doesn’t stay with the Minnesota Twins, he hopes to join twin brother, Tyler Rogers, with the Toronto Blue Jays, Rogers told The Minnesota Star Tribune’s Bobby Nightengale.
The Brew Crew is back in the NLCS. But will the lack of power that has doomed Milwaukee before dash its World Series dreams?
Wednesday night could have been Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s final game as a New York Yankee following his team’s elimination at the hands of the Tampa Bay Rays in the American League Division Series.
By ending the series Wednesday night with a 4-1 victory, the Dodgers will have extra time to reset their rotation, bullpen and struggling slugger Shohei Ohtani for the Championship Series opening game Sunday.
Aaron Judge stuck around the home dugout at Yankee Stadium to watch a familiar final October scene unfold: an opponent celebrating after eliminating the Yankees on their home field.
Fan interference was called in the sixth inning of Wednesday night's AL Division Series Game 3 at Yankee Stadium.
Jackson Chourio knocked in the eventual winning run on a single in the fifth inning, and the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the San Diego Padres 3-1 in Game 4 to win the series and book a matchup against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS.
Max Fried gave up two home runs, the New York Yankees had one taken off the board by fan interference and then their season ended Thursday night with a whimper.
Victor Mesa Jr. hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer off Max Fried in the sixth inning, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the New York Yankees 4-3 on Wednesday night with the help of a fan interference call for a three-game sweep of their AL Division Series.
Ronald Acuña Jr. cut his postgame media scrum short at his locker as his eyes welled up with tears. The former MVP and five-time All-Star was overcome with emotion as he tried to explain his role in the Atlanta Braves’ exit from the NL Division Series with Thursday night’s 4-1 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 4.
Anthony Volpe was denied a tying home run for the New York Yankees in Game 3 of their AL Division Series against the Tampa Bay Rays when umpires ruled a fan interfered with his drive to deep left field Wednesday night.
Pretty typical game for José Ramírez, and that was a big deal for the Cleveland Guardians. Ramírez broke out of his batting slump Wednesday, helping Cleveland avoid a sweep in its AL Division Series against the Chicago White Sox.
The Los Angeles Dodgers advanced to the National League Championship Series for the third consecutive season with a 4-1 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday night.
Jo Adell and José Ramírez powered Cleveland with a pair of two-out triples, and the Guardians avoided an AL Division Series sweep by cooling off the Chicago White Sox with a 9-3 victory in Game 3 on Wednesday.
All-Star closer Mason Miller is returning to the San Diego Padres’ bullpen on Wednesday night after missing one playoff game on the paternity list.
Los Angeles Dodgers second baseman Miguel Rojas is not in the lineup Wednesday night for Game 4 of the NL Division Series after leaving Tuesday night’s 3-1 win over the Atlanta Braves during an at-bat with lower back soreness.
Left-hander Robert Gasser will start for the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 4 of the NL Division Series with the San Diego Padres on Wednesday night.
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