BALTIMORE — In what could be his last start as an Oriole at Camden Yards, Trevor Rogers pitched like someone other MLB teams will want this offseason — and like someone Baltimore could certainly use in 2027 and beyond.

With the Orioles’ season hanging in the balance, Rogers shut down the National League-best Milwaukee Brewers at Camden ...Read more

NEW YORK — Carlos Beltrán still recalls the conversations with his wife.

After signing what was then the biggest contract in Mets history — a seven-year, $119 million mega-deal that began with the 2005 season — the star center fielder got off to a difficult start in Queens.

And the fans let him hear it.

“I was lucky enough to have a ...Read more

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Red Sox have caused the Rays some problems this season, sweeping four games in Boston in the first series after the All-Star break and then taking the opener of the current series on Friday night.

Saturday evening, the Rays struck back.

Richie Palacios blooped a single to shallow right field to score Junior ...Read more

NEW YORK — Yankees legend Bernie Williams is bound for Broadway.

Williams, who is also a Latin Grammy-nominated jazz guitarist, is joining the band of “Buena Vista Social Club” at Schoenfeld Theatre on Broadway for a limited run, stretching from Oct. 22 to Nov. 29.

“I am excited about the opportunity to join ‘Buena Vista Social Club�...Read more

CHICAGO – Try as they might, the Detroit Tigers could not avoid their first losing season since 2023.

The Chicago White Sox, with their 3-1 win Saturday, slapped loss No. 82 on them at Rate Field.

And with the loss, the Tigers’ tragic number in the Central Division is down to one with the White Sox, who moved back into a first-place tie ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Trey Mancini is back where it all began, just as he knew he would be.

Just over a month after he announced his plans to step away from professional baseball, Mancini returned to Camden Yards on Saturday and signed a one-day contract to officially retire with the Orioles organization that drafted, developed and supported him ...Read more

NEW YORK — In the absence of Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge, the mysterious power outages of Vlad Guerrero Jr. and Cal Raleigh, and the injuries to Tarik Skubal and Garrett Crochet, baseball’s postseason awards are coming into focus by ushering in a new wave of 20-something superstars.

Going into the weekend the teams with the best records ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — With eight games left in the regular season, the Los Angeles Dodgers have already ticked off the most important boxes on their postseason to-do list.

They clinched a playoff berth for a record-tying 14th straight season and won the division title for the fifth time in a row. And with Friday’s 8-2 victory over the San Francisco...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Nick Pivetta paid for one mistake Friday. It was hardly enough to weigh down the surging San Diego Padres.

The 33-year-old right-hander turned in five solid innings in his third start off the injured list, Ty France hit his career-best 21st homer and an 8-2 win over the Miami Marlins in front of a sellout crowd of 42,765 at Petco ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — In the eighth inning, the Angels had a chance to make up for what they hadn’t done over the first seven innings.

They failed.

After getting only four baserunners in the first seven innings, the Angels loaded the bases with no outs in the eighth only to come up empty in what would become a 3-0 loss to the Minnesota Twins ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Each time Milwaukee appeared to deliver the knockout blow, the Orioles got right back up. Until they couldn’t get up anymore.

After erasing an early three-run deficit and mounting a ninth-inning comeback to force extra innings, the Orioles fell in the 10th to drop their series opener against the Brewers, 6-5. Grant Wolfram ...Read more

CHICAGO — Circle this one. Regardless of what happens the rest of the way.

Ignited by a relentless band of rookies, the Tigers shook off a horrendous start, overcame deficits of 6-1 and 8-2 and, almost inconceivably, pulled out a character-validating 11-8 win over the White Sox on Friday, Sept. 18, at Rate Field.

Hao-Yu Lee, one of seven ...Read more

ST. LOUIS — The Cardinals were officially eliminated in a way they so rarely lost.

What seemed inevitable during this homestand became irrevocable Friday night as the Cardinals were eliminated from the postseason race with eight games remaining in the regular season. The kings of close games saw their remote playoff chances end with a game ...Read more

DENVER — The homer-hitting man-child helped prolong the Mariners’ elimination from the postseason for a little longer.

Given the homers he’s hit in his three-week long MLB career, the possibility of Lázaro Montes connecting with a baseball in the thin air of Coors Field made each at-bat delicious with anticipation.

The rookie slugger ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — The Pirates’ win on Friday night kept them mathematically alive for the postseason, even if those chances are no longer realistic.

Their ace’s struggles offered a reminder of one reason why a ticket won’t be punched.

The Pirates beat the Kansas City Royals, 8-5, on Friday at PNC Park. Spencer Horwitz went 2 for 3 with a ...Read more

Back in late June when the Red Sox sunk to their lowest depths, the idea that the club might still have a shot at reaching the postseason would have seemed hopelessly optimistic.

Yet here they are with a little over a week left to play, and the Red Sox have all but punched their ticket to the playoffs.

With their 4-2 win over the Tampa Bay ...Read more

NEW YORK — Andy Green spent all of Thursday night thinking about the time Jared Young was demoted from the Chicago Cubs to Triple-A on the final day of the minor league season.

Luckily, the current Mets first baseman/left fielder was discharged from the hospital overnight, is able to walk and has full feeling in all of his extremities.

It’...Read more

SEATTLE — In “The Shawshank Redemption,” Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank State Prison through the incomprehensible stink of a prehistoric sewer pipe. As Ellis Boyd “Red” Redding — played by Morgan Freeman — famously narrated in the 1994 film: “Andy crawled to freedom through 500 yards of [expletive] smelling foulness I can�...Read more

PHOENIX — Aaron Judge is going back on the shelf.

The Yankees’ captain was placed on the 10-day injured list with a right calf strain on Friday. Utilityman Max Schuemann will be recalled from Triple-A to take Judge’s place, sources tell the New York Daily News.

Judge suffered what the Yankees initially called a right lower leg injury ...Read more