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The hottest hitter to start the 2026 MLB season has come out of nowhere. Washington Nationals outfielder Joey Wiemer reached base on each of his first 12 plate appearances. He went 3-for-3 on Opening Day with a home run and a walk, and followed that up with the same statline on Sunday, helping the Nationals to two wins over the Chicago Cubs. He continued that hot start on Monday, when […]

There is always baseball happening — almost too much baseball for one person to follow themselves. Don't worry, we're here to help you by figuring out what you missed but shouldn't have. Here are all the best moments from the weekend in Major League Baseball: Blue Jays pick up where they left off The Blue Jays lost the World Series last fall, but that Toronto got there at all was […]

Aaron Judge homered for a second straight day to nearly the same left-field spot, Ben Rice hit a two-run double in the third inning, and the New York Yankees beat the San Francisco Giants 3-1 on Saturday for a three-game sweep. San Francisco matched a franchise record dating to 1909 by going 20 straight innings without a run to start the season before Matt Chapman's RBI single in the third […]

Braves designated hitter Dominic Smith's mother died less than two weeks ago. He said the team has picked him up the last few weeks, and he returned the favor Saturday night. Smith became the first player in MLB history to hit a walk-off grand slam in his debut with a new team, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. He finished off the Braves' six-run ninth inning in a 6-2 win […]

The Texas Rangers scratched two-time Cy Young Award winner Jacob deGrom from his scheduled start Saturday against the Philadelphia Phillies because of neck stiffness. Rangers manager Skip Schumaker said he expected deGrom to start Tuesday or Wednesday on the road against the Baltimore Orioles. The Rangers gave left-hander Jacob Latz the start. Latz failed to win a spot in the rotation out of spring training. He's pitched mostly out of […]

The two biggest offseason acquisitions by the two-time defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers are paying dividends already. Edwin Diaz earned his first save in his debut and outfielder Kyle Tucker singled in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning of a 5-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night. Diaz trotted out in the ninth to the sounds of trumpeter Tatiana Tate, who tooted from the stands […]

Jason Heyward, who launched his 16-year major-league career with the Atlanta Braves in 2010 and won a World Series title with the Chicago Cubs in 2016, announced his retirement on Friday. Heyward played in 34 games with the San Diego Padres in 2025, hitting .176. For his career, Heyward hit .255 with 186 home runs with six teams. He also played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Houston Astros and the […]

Terry Francona had every reason not be a fan of the Automated Ball-Strike System, after the Cincinnati Reds' 3-0 loss to the Boston Red Sox on Thursday. However, the longtime manager was taking the long view after game one of 162. Francona saw a walk by Eugenio Suarez on a full count overturned to a strikeout in the fourth inning while Connor Phillips' ninth-inning strikeout of Boston's Roman Anthony — […]

Philadelphia Phillies third baseman Alec Bohm has sued his parents for millions of dollars, accusing them of siphoning large amounts of his money into financial accounts they managed for him and then using some of the cash to pay their own expenses. Bohm's lawsuit, filed Wednesday in a Philadelphia court, comes after he began to review his personal and financial affairs in recent months, and said that his parents refused […]