DENVER -- The top of the fourth was all over, and then there was yelling. Rockies right-handed pitcher Cal Quantrill worked the Red Sox’s Reese McGuire into a flyout to center to end the top of the fourth with a runner on third in an eventual 20-7 victory for Colorado.

This year’s Trade Deadline is rapidly approaching (July 30, 6 p.m. ET) and as of Tuesday's games, there are 17 teams in or within four games of a playoff spot. That makes predicting which teams will be buyers trying to bring in Major League help and which will be sellers

WASHINGTON -- The Padres have been waiting for this. By just about any metric, they own one of the sport’s best offenses. Their lineup is loaded with All-Stars. It’s balanced, and the pieces seem to fit. But has it ever truly reached its ceiling? Has it ever truly shown what

Ballplayers who can hit for average and power, run, field and throw are called five-tool players. Entertainers who can act, sing and dance are called triple threats. Jose Iglesias appears to have some ability in all eight of those tools. During the bottom of the second inning of the Mets'

TORONTO -- This is Kevin Kiermaier’s last ride. The 34-year-old Kiermaier told Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times on Wednesday that he will retire following the 2024 season, capping a 12-year MLB career. It’s been a remarkable run for one of the best defenders of this generation, who was

KANSAS CITY -- Not 10 minutes after Jac Caglianone heard the Royals call his name No. 6 overall in the 2024 MLB Draft, his phone dinged with a text from a number with a Texas area code. It was Bobby Witt Jr., the face of the Royals’ present and future.

DENVER -- While Red Sox manager Alex Cora steadfastly maintained throughout the season that he wouldn’t talk about his contract situation, there is now something to talk about. Cora and the Red Sox agreed on a contract extension that covers the 2025-27 seasons, the team announced on Wednesday. Cora will

MLB Network has offered baseball lovers everything they could desire since it launched in 2009. And now, it has never been easier to enjoy the Emmy Award-winning network, because beginning today, MLB Network is available directly to consumers in the United States. Fans can now stream select live out-of-market games,

It is time once again for those of us on the sidelines to advocate for aggression at the MLB Trade Deadline. Is this stance complicated by this year’s relatively thin inventory? It is. Are there dangers to short-sighted thinking in a seller’s market? There are. Should we acknowledge that many

CLEVELAND -- Everything you needed to know about how Tanner Bibee felt coming off the mound before the start of the sixth inning was reflected in the way he spiked his glove down the stairs en route to the home clubhouse. An injury wasn’t supposed to be how it ended.

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OAKLAND -- When the Astros took two of three from the Mariners last weekend to move into a virtual tie for first place in the AL West, they came to Oakland looking to keep the momentum going. But the three-game set held some extra meaning for Jose Altuve. "I told

This story was excerpted from Alex Stumpf’s Pirates Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. 5:58 p.m.: Paul Skenes emerges from the dugout and walks to the bullpen An hour before Skenes toed the rubber center stage on Tuesday,

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This story was excerpted from Jake Rill’s Orioles Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. The Trade Deadline is less than a week away (Tuesday at 6 p.m. ET), and rumors involving the Orioles are swirling. The pitching market

SEATTLE -- It just does not stop. The Mariners capped off a dreary return from the All-Star break with a 2-1 loss to the Angels at T-Mobile Park on Wednesday, capping a 1-5 homestand with their first time being swept this season. It’s the first time the Angels have swept

The Trade Deadline is one week away – July 30 at 6 p.m. ET, to be exact -- and organizations in the postseason race are looking for the best ways to address their squads' needs. Headlining the flurry of trade candidates are Tigers pitchers Tarik Skubal and Jack Flaherty, White

This story was excerpted from Mandy Bell’s Guardians Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. CLEVELAND -- Tanner Bibee said it best on Friday night: “We’re in a major buy mode -- I hope. And everyone really wants to

MLB.com is keeping track of the latest news and rumors surrounding Jack Flaherty. The 2024 MLB Trade Deadline is July 30 at 6 p.m. ET.

NEW YORK – The Yankees have signed right-hander Ben Hess, their first-round selection in this year’s MLB Draft. Hess, a 21-year-old right-hander from the University of Alabama, agreed to a below-slot $2,747,500 bonus after being chosen by the Yankees with the 26th overall pick (slot value: $3,332,900).

NEW YORK -- The latest piece of the Mets’ future is fully on board. Two-way player Carson Benge announced Wednesday on Instagram that he has signed his first professional contract with the Mets. Benge will return to Citi Field on Thursday to meet his potential future teammates and club officials,

CHICAGO -- Sixty-five-year-old Brewers skipper Pat Murphy has two grown children well into their professional careers, and two more in grade school. So maybe he’s just the right man to juggle this job. On one hand, he’s the manager of a Major League team comfortably atop the NL Central after

Nestor Cortes, an essential part of the Yankees’ starting rotation, defended his team on social media last week, saying this among other things: “Everybody wants to be us.” Not lately, they don’t. Because lately the Yankees have looked nothing at all like the team that started out 50-22 and have

SEATTLE -- It was all about redemption for the Angels in the series finale against the Mariners on Wednesday. Right-hander Griffin Canning bounced back from a rough outing that saw him leave with elbow irritation to throw five strong innings, lefty José Quijada threw a scoreless frame in his first

DENVER -- Doing damage or keeping the peace, catcher Jacob Stallings was the Rockies’ man on Wednesday afternoon. Stallings helped break open the Rockies’ record-tying 20-7 victory over the Red Sox on Wednesday with a three-run homer in the third inning as part of a four-RBI day. The Rockies reached