SEATTLE — After he was told he’d be the Seattle Mariners’ lone representative in the upcoming 2026 MLB All-Star Game in a pregame team meeting Saturday morning, Randy Arozarena went out and showed why he was selected.

Arozarena went 3 for 4 on the day with a double and a grand slam, scoring three runs and driving in four in the Mariners�...Read more

HOUSTON — Junior Caminero has already done some things no Tampa Bay Rays players had ever accomplished, such as extending his sizzling power show on Friday to include hitting 10 home runs over a 10-game span.

He got official word on Saturday, the day he played in his 290th major-league game and the eve of his 23rd birthday, that he would add ...Read more

CINCINNATI — Last weekend, Mike Elias said he plans on “going for it” at the MLB trade deadline.

To do that, though, his team would have to play better in the coming weeks to put the Baltimore Orioles’ president of baseball operations in a position to be a buyer.

Instead, the Orioles responded with four straight losses after Elias’ ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers have four more 2026 All-Stars joining Shohei Ohtani on the National League squad.

Center fielder Andy Pages claimed the first All-Star nod of his career. And third baseman Max Muncy (three) first baseman Freddie Freeman (10) and pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto (two) added to their Midsummer Classic honors.

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ANAHEIM, Calif. — The last time Mike Trout played in an All-Star Game was two kids ago.

That’s one of the reasons that it meant so much to him to finally get selected for another All-Star Game. Trout’s sons — ages 5 and 2 — were excited to get the news, via FaceTime, that their dad would be going to the All-Star Game.

“It means a ...Read more

CHICAGO — Pete Crow-Armstrong is an All-Star again.

The Chicago Cubs center fielder was named to the National League All-Star team Saturday as a reserve, earning the honor to play in the Midsummer Classic in back-to-back seasons.

“The great players are the ones that, I think anybody with kids will tell you, that’s who gets the attention,...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A few minutes past 6 p.m. Saturday, Don Mattingly gathered the Phillies for a team meeting.

That’s when Brandon Marsh found out he will start the All-Star Game.

In his home ballpark, no less.

Marsh, the leading vote-getter among National League outfielders in the final phase of fan voting, will be joined on July 14 in ...Read more

SEATTLE — A player born and raised in Cuba, who represented Mexico in the World Baseball Classic, ignited a sold-out crowd at T-Mobile Park into raucous chants of “USA! USA! USA!” after smashing a grand slam against the only Major League Baseball team from Canada on the Fourth of July.

To quote many a MLB player and manager — “That’...Read more

WASHINGTON — After Friday night’s loss to the Washington Nationals, Don Kelly stressed that the Pittsburgh Pirates needed more from their starting rotation.

“We need them big time,” Kelly said.

Come Saturday morning, Braxton Ashcraft received that message.

In a Fourth of July matchup that started at 11:05 a.m. ET, Ashcraft allowed one...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Last weekend, K.C. Peterson was sitting at a bar with his friends in western Nebraska, talking about Fourth of July celebrations, when he shared an unexpected tale.

It all started with a marketing gimmick, one so unique only Phillies executive Bill Giles could’ve conceived it. The year was 1976, and Philadelphia was buzzing ...Read more

It was the evening of May 12 when Don Kelly was asked to compare his star player to the best pitcher Kelly had ever shared a clubhouse with.

Paul Skenes had been brilliant once again, allowing just two hits while striking out 10 over eight scoreless innings against the Colorado Rockies. It felt like we weren’t only witnessing the continuation...Read more

This season hasn’t turned out the way the Boston Red Sox expected, but the pitching?

Excellent.

Friday night was yet another display of elite pitching. An historic display, as closer Aroldis Chapman passed Hall of Famer Hoyt Wilhelm for the most relief strikeouts in Major League Baseball History.

The final strikeout of Wilhelm’s Hall of ...Read more

SEATTLE — The pregame chants were deafening from the sold-out crowd of 45,891 at T-Mobile Park.

USA!! USA!! USA!!

As the U.S. men’s soccer team wrapped up a lengthy, if not overwrought, pregame celebration to throw out the first pitch, the Mariners players joined them on the infield for a picture, complete with American flags.

The chants...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Dalton Rushing tapped Shohei Ohtani from behind with his glove, as he passed the two-way superstar putting on his hitting guards at the entrance to the dugout.

By the time of that brief exchange in the fourth inning, the battery was already looking, if not completely dominant, at least more in sync ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Given the Angels’ situation, just about everything in the next month can be viewed through the lens of the upcoming trade deadline.

In that respect, Reid Detmers didn’t do much for his value with his performance in the Angels’ 5-2 loss to the Boston Red Sox on Friday night, their fourth straight loss.

Although he wasn...Read more

The Twins have a new manager, new faces atop their front office leadership structure, new players that cycle through the roster and, for the last quarter-century, the same results whenever they play the New York Yankees.

It didn’t matter that the Yankees were on a seven-game losing streak Friday, their longest skid in nearly three years. The ...Read more

HOUSTON — Maybe Junior Caminero just needed a quick break.

After his torrid streak of hitting homers in six straight games — and nine over his last eight — ended on a quiet Thursday, he delivered again on Friday.

Caminero’s seventh-inning homer put the Rays ahead and they went on to a 3-1 victory over the Astros that was their ninth ...Read more

DENVER — Logan Webb was ace personified in June. He had more starts (five) than runs allowed (three), and he logged at least seven innings in every outing. His efforts culminated in him winning National League Pitcher of the Month, the first time in his career he’s earned the honor.

A repeat performance in July isn’t in the cards.

The ...Read more