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It's time to dust off those ball bags — MLB spring training has commenced. Pitchers and catchers are starting to report to both Arizona and Florida for all 30 teams with Opening Day on March 25. Rosters are getting finalized and every team's new offseason additions are getting their reps in – not to mention the much anticipated World Baseball Classic that will see the world's best players compete on […]

There’s no sugarcoating it. Corbin Carroll’s hamate bone injury is a brutal loss for Team USA in next month’s highly anticipated World Baseball Classic. The Diamondbacks’ star outfielder broke his right hamate bone during batting practice at the outset of spring training on Tuesday. Carroll underwent surgery for the hand fracture on Wednesday, and he’s expected to be sidelined for several weeks, which sent Team USA scrambling for a replacement. […]

We all store important items in different places. These items can include documents, jewelry, family heirlooms and … extracted body parts. Wait, what??? Indeed, Philadelphia Phillies right-hander Zack Wheeler revealed on Wednesday that he stores the partial rib he had removed last summer in his closet, per The Athletic. So, there's that. Wheeler's 2025 campaign ended in mid-August after it was discovered that he had venous thoracic outlet syndrome, a […]

The 2026 World Baseball Classic will be a star-studded affair, but there will now be at least one less star in the tournament. Arizona Diamondbacks star outfielder Corbin Carroll won't play for Team USA in the World Baseball Classic after breaking his right hamate bone in batting practice on Tuesday, ESPN reported on Wednesday morning. Carroll is having surgery for the injury on Wednesday and could begin the 2026 MLB […]

For his 21st season in the majors, Justin Verlander is going back to the very beginning of his career. All the way back to Motown. Verlander returned to the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday, agreeing to a $13 million, one-year contract with his first big league team. The three-time AL Cy Young Award winner joins an improved rotation fronted by Tarik Skubal and Framber Valdez, who also signed with Detroit in […]

New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor is being evaluated for a stress reaction in his left hand. Lindor experienced some soreness in the area around his left hand and wrist over the past couple days. David Stearns, the president of baseball operations for New York, said Lindor is going to visit a hand specialist on Wednesday to check his hamate bone. "It is possible this will result in hamate surgery. […]

Topps is celebrating the 75th anniversary of Topps Baseball this year. The first set to be launched in this historic year, Topps Baseball Series 1, is hitting shelves on Tuesday, Feb. 11. To mark the momentous occasion, this past December, Topps put together a panel of experts made up of league executives, players and historians to vote on the top 75 baseball cards of all time and subsequently break down […]

It's time to dust off those ball bags — MLB spring training has commenced. Pitchers and catchers are starting to report to both Arizona and Florida for all 30 teams with Opening Day on March 25. Rosters are getting finalized and every team's new offseason additions are getting their reps in – not to mention the much anticipated World Baseball Classic that will see the world's best players compete on […]

Remember when Nolan Ryan had blood gushing all over his jersey after Bo Jackson hit a baseball off his face? Now, you can wear it! The Texas Rangers announced on Tuesday that they're giving away blood-stained Ryan jerseys on May 29 when they host the Kansas City Royals. Don't worry: they are replica jerseys and replica blood. On Sept 8. 1990, Ryan had a one-hopper bounce off his lip from […]