Aaron Boone was working out of his office at Yankee Stadium when pitching coach Matt Blake relayed the biggest news of the Bombers’ offseason.

“Cody’s back,” Blake told Boone and staffer Ryan McLaughlin, who was also on the scene.

Boone responded with excitement, as the Yankees had come to terms with a player who had posted a 125 wRC+ ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays got back Monday to some of what worked earlier this season, piecing together a well-pitched game (by six relievers) and scoring just enough runs in different ways to also get back to winning.

The 3-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox was just their fourth over a 14-game span but also what they hope will be a ...Read more

TORONTO — Cristopher Sánchez glanced at the Phillies dugout and signaled, one more.

He was already at 101 pitches in the seventh inning, and Orion Kerkering had already warmed up in the bullpen. The Toronto Blue Jays had just brought switch-hitting catcher Brandon Valenzuela in the game as a pinch-hitter with two runners on.

Interim manager...Read more

DENVER — From their loft in LoDo, diehard Rockies fans Jeff and Ashley Moerke can peek into Coors Field. They often assess the size of the crowd.

Jeff, a Colorado native, began attending Rockies games as a kid growing up in Arvada. He says he can name the starting lineup for the 1995 team that christened Coors Field. Jeff even got to play a ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Let's go Dodgers. High fives all around.

Because this time, with the newest historical exhibit at Dodger Stadium, the team got it right.

Amid all the historical installations and tributes in the open-air museum that is the Centerfield Plaza, and just a few feet from a Fernando Valenzuela mural, a new display honors Glenn Burke ...Read more

CHICAGO — A day after losing in 10 innings, the San Francisco Giants concluded their three-city, 10-game trip with a 2-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs in 10 innings on Sunday Night Baseball.

Third baseman Matt Chapman gave San Francisco a one-run lead in the top of the 10th with an opposite-field single that drove in pinch-runner Jonah Cox, ...Read more

ST. LOUIS — Everyone in the ballpark, from the Cincinnati Reds infielders to the “Tarps Off” crowd in the bleachers to any of the other 31,335 still in attendance, knew Victor Scott II was going to bunt.

Only one person, however, had to actually make the play.

Consecutive singles to open the eighth inning against Reds lefty Sam Moll put ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Angels unleashed five games’ worth of frustration on the Dodgers.

After getting outscored by 36 runs in losing the first five games of the Freeway Series, the Angels rode a mind-boggling performance from the bottom of their order to a 13-5 victory on Sunday afternoon.

Jo Adell, Nick Madrigal, José Siri and Sebastian ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The mural covers the side of a restaurant on a city block in Fishtown. It’s impossible to miss. It also symbolizes promise in this half-decade of Phillies title contention.

And it came to life Sunday.

It wasn’t only that Brandon Marsh continued a yearlong ascendance into an All-Star before our very eyes by homering in his ...Read more

DETROIT — The Detroit Tigers have been very conscious this month of keeping their focus as far forward and away from the events of May as possible.

Still, as crazy as it is to say on June 7, Kevin McGonigle's line drive, walk-off single in the ninth inning Sunday was another potentially pivotal moment as the Tigers try to climb back into ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — On Sunday, the Minnesota Twins played a game for the 17th consecutive day. And they played most of the game like they were looking ahead to Monday’s day off.

The Kansas City Royals trailed early but turned the tables with four runs in the fifth inning and held off a late rally to down the Twins 6-5 at Target Field. The Twins ...Read more

DENVER — As a kid growing up in Denver, Kyle Freeland dreamed big. But not this big.

Sunday afternoon, the Colorado Rockies’ veteran left-hander stood on the mound at Coors Field and tipped his cap to the fans serenading him with cheers and applause. Freeland, 33, had just pitched 1,313 1/3 major league innings, all in a Rockies uniform, ...Read more

MIAMI — The struggling Tampa Bay Rays went down quietly again Sunday in a 4-1 defeat by the Miami Marlins.

This marked the 10th loss in 13 games for the once-surging Rays, the eighth time in that stretch they scored three of fewer runs and the fourth with one or none.

The Rays dropped to 37-25 and, coming off a three-game sweep at home by ...Read more

A pitcher’s duel unfolded in the Bronx early Sunday afternoon, and with it the latest reminder that arms aren’t the root cause of the 2026 Boston Red Sox’s problems.

After Sunday’s game was delayed 20 minutes from its 1:35 p.m. ET scheduled first pitch, Red Sox starter Ranger Suarez was perfect through the first three innings while New ...Read more

ATLANTA — Pitching only more than an hour from where he attended high school at North Oconee, Bubba Chandler was cruising.

He retired 13 batters in a row and struck out seven, including wiping out former National League MVP Ronald Acuna Jr. with a 100.5 mph fastball. But in the bottom of the seventh inning, as the Pittsburgh Pirates led 2-0...Read more

GREELEY, Colo. — The baby blue Porsche in the parking lot, a paint scheme that matches the sky above, is not his baby.

“You don’t make any money doing any of that stuff,” Peter Bayer said with a laugh.

His heart and hope lie inside a grey warehouse a few miles from Highway 34 in Weld County, his heaven a canvas of black netting and ...Read more

SEATTLE — Point. Owners.

Major League Baseball is thriving in a manner we haven't seen for decades. Last year's World Series annihilated the NBA Finals in terms of viewership. There is a two-way star from Japan mesmerizing fans seemingly every time he takes the field.

Locally, the Seattle Mariners fell just one game shy of reaching their ...Read more