The Angels released outfielder Mickey Moniak on Tuesday morning, apparently clearing the way for Jo Adell to be the everyday center fielder.

The move with Moniak was a surprise because neither he nor Adell had separated themselves this spring, so it seemed as if the Angels might keep both of them into the season and go with whoever took control...Read more

Jordan Montgomery is headed for his second Tommy John surgery.

The Arizona Diamondbacks starter shared the unfortunate news Tuesday, saying his left elbow had not been recovering very well.

“Day after the last game, came back sore,” Montgomery said. “Took a day off like I normally do. Next day it was still a little achy, so we pushed my ...Read more

NEW YORK — The 14-year-old son of former Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner did not die of asphyxiation, Costa Rican officials said Tuesday, ruling out a cause of death they had previously cited as a possibility.

The Costa Rican National Police came to that conclusion because Miller Gardner’s respiratory tract was clear, they told ABC News. ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The first time Shohei Ohtani attempted to return from a Tommy John surgery, it did not initially go well.

In July 2020, more than 22 months removed from his first ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction as a rookie in 2018, Ohtani took the mound at Oakland Coliseum and failed to record an out, instead giving up five runs to the...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Mookie Betts might be ready for the Dodgers' home opener after all.

Despite being scratched from the team's Freeway Series exhibition game Sunday, and held out of the lineup again Monday at Angel Stadium, the converted shortstop reported improved symptoms following a workout at Dodger Stadium on Monday afternoon, manager Dave ...Read more

SEATTLE — With opening day of the 2025 season on Thursday, the Mariners made sure their catcher and conscience of their team will be with them for years to come.

Cal Raleigh has signed a six-year, $105 million contract extension to stay in Seattle, multiple MLB sources close to the situation confirmed.

Raleigh was in the process of taking a ...Read more

Buster Posey rode into the San Francisco Giants’ top baseball decision-maker role as a white knight.

Experience in running a baseball team? Who needs it?

Posey, after all, is a winner. Three World Series rings prove it. His impeccable reputation on and off the diamond backs up the claim.

He saw something was amiss with his team, so he ...Read more

ATLANTA — Only Delta inbounds to Atlanta more frequently than Jesse Chavez.

There are still more Waffle Houses than Jesse Chavez stints with the Braves, but keep in mind that he’s only 41.

When Jesse Chavez finally retires, fans will gather at Truist Park for a celebration and then, to properly honor him, will exit the stadium and reenter ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Angels last put up a winning record 10 years ago. I was looking for a reason to believe in the Angels, any reason.

There is a magazine called "Reason." The editor-at-large, Matt Welch, is an Angels diehard. In 1982, he slept in a Ford Pinto in the Big A parking lot, waiting for his chance to buy tickets for what would have ...Read more

CLEARWATER, Fla. — They never spoke the uncomfortable part out loud.

Whenever asked about having six starting pitchers for a five-man rotation, Tampa BAy Rays officials would simply say things would work themselves out. Maybe they would use a modified six-man rotation early in the season or, more likely, they would have two pitchers throw ...Read more

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Aaron Boone had a message for Juan Soto ahead of his first season with the Mets.

“I told him, ‘You look terrible in that uniform,'” the Yankees manager said Monday at Clover park ahead of the Subway Series exhibition game at Clover Park.

The Yankees and Mets might be more intertwined than ever this season. They ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The first time Jeff Banister stepped into a big-league clubhouse, it was 9 o'clock.

In the morning.

That night's game wouldn't start for another 10 hours, but when you've waited your whole life for that moment, there's no point in putting it off even a second longer.

The first thing Banister saw when he entered the darkened ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The San Francisco Giants were playing a night exhibition game in Arizona this month. The radio broadcast was on the MLB Network, and with Jon Miller on the play-by-play.

Miller was engaging a younger fellow in the booth in the conversation. There was a moment when this unofficial announcer asked Miller: “Did you mention there ...Read more

DENVER — The only cap Dick Monfort needs is a thinking one, preferably a number with a little less tin foil on the crown.

From 2021-24, according to Spotrac.com, the Colorado Rockies spent $25.4 million more annually than the Arizona Diamondbacks to finish, on average, 10 games back of them. The San Francisco Giants outspent the Rockies by $...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In the hours, even days, after the best Royals season in a decade, an array of flattering messages flooded the phone of manager Matt Quatraro.

They came from everywhere. Friends. Family. Peers in the business.

The Royals had just completed the best turnaround in franchise history. A year after losing 106 games, they were a...Read more

LOS ANGELES — What’s ailing Mookie Betts remains a mystery — his inexplicable stomach illness has left him at a loss for words.

Down from 175 to 157 pounds, the usually joyful and cheerful Betts had a sullen look on his sunken face as he talked about his illness, which led to the Dodgers scratching him from the lineup ahead of Sunday’s ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The mandate was set the moment the dancing Dodgers flooded the Yankee Stadium field on that glorious, gutsy October night.

One is not enough.

The bar was set the minute the Dodgers squeezed past the San Diego Padres then steamrolled all of New York to dominate baseball with their best team ever.

One is not enough.

Their ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — The New York Yankees shared tragic news on Sunday afternoon, announcing the death of Brett Gardner’s youngest son, Miller.

According to a statement released by the former Yankees outfielder and his wife, Jessica, Miller died after falling ill on vacation. He was 14.

“We have so many questions and so few answers at this ...Read more

NEW YORK — Whether it’s Yankee Stadium or Citi Field, the baseball fans of New York should be prepared for a summer of “Bullpen Ball.” By that we mean the large majority of Yankee and Met games being decided by an army of relief pitchers.

Of course that’s the way of life everywhere now in baseball’s era of analytics in which ...Read more