NEW YORK — The Yankees dominated the West Coast. Now they’re getting started in the East.

Behind an early home run from Aaron Judge and a solid outing by Will Warren, the Yankees continued their red-hot start with a 8-2 victory over the Miami Marlins in Friday afternoon’s home opener.

Judge delivered his first multi-hit game of the ...Read more

BOSTON — After their six-game opening road trip, the Red Sox landed in Boston in the early hours of Thursday morning with a 1-5 record that matched the dreary chill and April showers.

But the sun and Sonny Gray broke through the gloom in time for Fenway Park’s home opener on Friday, a jam-packed 5-2 victory over the San Diego Padres.

It ...Read more

CLEVELAND — Chicago Cubs right-hander Cade Horton exited Friday’s start against the Cleveland Guardians with right forearm discomfort.

Horton left the game mid at-bat in the second inning and immediately headed into the clubhouse. He quickly signaled to the Cubs dugout following a 1-0 pitch to Bo Naylor, prompting a visit from manager Craig...Read more

ARLINGTON, Texas — Eric Nadel is in a group that includes Mel Allen, Bob Uecker, Harry Kalas, Jerry Coleman, Denny Matthews, Red Barber, Ernie Harwell, Jon Miller, Jack Brickhouse, Marty Brennaman, Harry Caray, Jack Buck, and maybe the most revered of them all, Vin Scully.

You’ll notice some of these celebrated figures are retired, or no ...Read more

“The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It’s been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt, and erased again. But baseball has marked the time.” — Terence Mann, “Field of Dreams,” 1989

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Baseball is impervious to time.

Technology is not.

So I feel for ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — Tony Vitello isn’t the only rookie checking off some firsts.

Rookie catcher Daniel Susac made his first start in the majors after making his debut on Wednesday as a defensive replacement, leaving his imprint all over the San Francisco Giants’ 7-2 win over the New York Mets on Thursday evening. At the plate, he collected ...Read more

NEW YORK — Trevor Bauer, who has not pitched for an MLB team since serving a 194-game suspension related to sexual assault allegations, has signed with the Long Island Ducks of the independent Atlantic League.

Bauer, 35, is set to be the Ducks’ opening-night starter on April 21 at Fairfield Properties Ballpark in Central Islip, the team ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — The Pirates are promoting Konnor Griffin, the consensus top prospect in baseball, to the major leagues, the team announced Thursday, just in time for Friday’s home opener.

A 19-year-old shortstop, Griffin was selected ninth overall by the Pirates in the 2024 draft out of Jackson Prep High School in Jackson, Miss. Griffin was a ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — There’s a lot of season left and little evidence to go on, but …

Fans are going to ask: What is going on with the Los Angeles Dodgers’ bats? About all they’re hitting is the snooze button — snoozing and, on Wednesday, losing 4-1 to the Cleveland Guardians at Dodger Stadium.

The Dodgers’ super-imposing lineup looked ...Read more

The Kauffman Stadium grounds crew worked tirelessly Wednesda to keep the field playable through foggy and rainy conditions.

The Minnesota Twins would have preferred taking a rain check.

Joe Ryan slogged through a four-inning start, giving up five runs and nine hits. The Twins had several defensive blunders. And the team’s slow start to the ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Jackson Merrill practically glows at the ballpark.

He is the youngest San Diego Padres player and the most obviously excited to be playing baseball every day.

He knows the energy he brings is a component of his value. He and the veterans who have encouraged him to embrace a leadership role have said so.

On Wednesday morning in ...Read more

PHOENIX — The math is simple: No runs, no wins.

The Detroit Tigers will come home to Comerica Park on Friday on a four-game losing streak after being swept at Chase Field by the Arizona Diamondbacks, losing the finale Wednesday, 1-0.

"What started out as a promising trip turned rough here," manager AJ Hinch said.

Going back to the series ...Read more

MILWAUKEE — Junior Caminero, the Rays’ best player, already was having a bad Wednesday.

He’d made two throwing errors from third base in the third inning — his second multi-error game in the season’s first week — and gone 0 for 4 at the plate, striking out twice and grounding into a double play to end the eighth in what at that ...Read more

CHICAGO — The Angels’ 6-2 loss to the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday afternoon came down to one inning when nothing went right.

The Angels failed to make the pitches or defensive plays they needed to make and — according to umpires — they even failed to correctly call for a replay review that could have changed everything.

It ended up with ...Read more

They held a Colorado pitching showcase in Toronto on Thursday afternoon.

The duel featured Rockies veteran left-hander Kyle Freeland, a 2010 Thomas Jefferson High School graduate, vs. Blue Jays veteran right-hander Kevin Gausman, a 2011 Grandview High grad. Both pitchers dominated.

And don’t forget that reliever Tyler Rogers, a Colorado ...Read more

Time after time, the Mets had opportunities to break Wednesday afternoon’s game open.

And time after time, their new-look lineup failed to come through.

The Mets went 0 for 11 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base in a 2-1 extra-inning loss to the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium.

Their struggles loomed particularly ...Read more