Surging Blue Jays rise to 18th in MLB Power Rankings
Atlanta jumps Tampa Bay to take the No. 3 spot as the NL continues to dominate the top 10, and the AL wild-card race heats up.
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Atlanta jumps Tampa Bay to take the No. 3 spot as the NL continues to dominate the top 10, and the AL wild-card race heats up.
Here's who has surged up our list now that the MLB draft and trade season have passed.
Mookie Betts homered and capped a three-hit night with an RBI single in the 10th inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 6-4 on Wednesday.
Ethan Pecko struck out four in his major-league debut, five Houston relievers pitched shutout ball for five-plus innings and Christian Vázquez homered as the Astros beat the Los Angeles Angels 3-2 on Wednesday night.
Major League Baseball now uses technology to confirm or overturn balls and strikes. Is it time for something similar around the foul poles?
Carson Benge hitting a two-run homer to conclude an impressive series, helping the New York Mets beat the San Diego Padres 4-2 on Wednesday.
Cade Cavalli struck out 11 over six innings for his second double-digit strikeout game in a row and retired the final 11 batters he faced as Washington beat Texas 6-0 on Wednesday night.
Dominic Canzone, Josh Naylor and Taylor Ward each drove in two runs as the Seattle Mariners bounced back from an embarrassing loss by beating the Milwaukee Brewers 7-5 on Wednesday night.
John Rave hit a tiebreaking, bases-clearing double during a seven-run eighth inning, and the Kansas City Royals rallied past the Athletics 9-7 on Wednesday night.
Sal Stewart hit a three-run home run and the Cincinnati Reds added runs on a throwing error and an infield hit, rallying for a 5-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night.
Yandy Díaz hit a two-run homer, Drew Rasmussen earned his sixth consecutive win and Bryan Baker converted his 25th straight save opportunity to lead the Tampa Bay Rays to a 7-6 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday night.
Pete Alonso’s drive down the left-field line in the seventh inning was ruled foul, and the New York Yankees took advantage of that reprieve, scoring twice in the top of the eighth to beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-3 on Wednesday night.
Victor Bericoto had an RBI single, Matt Wilkinson worked two innings as an opener in his major league debut against the team that drafted the left-hander and the San Francisco Giants beat the Cleveland Guardians 1-0 on Wednesday night.
Luis Arraez homered, Garrett Stubbs had two hits and an RBI and Aaron Nola tossed seven strong innings as the Philadelphia Phillies completed a three-game sweep of the Miami Marlins, 4-1 on Wednesday night.
Toronto Blue Jays centre fielder Brett Bateman left Wednesday’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays with right hamstring tightness, the team announced.
Nolan Arenado hit a tiebreaking broken-bat bloop single over a drawn-in infield to spark a two-run 10th inning, and the Arizona Diamondbacks avoided a series sweep by beating the Boston Red Sox 7-6 on Wednesday.
Jacob deGrom is set for another chance to become the second-fastest pitcher to 2,000 career strikeouts when he is scheduled to start for the Texas Rangers on Thursday night, a week after pitching only two innings in his previous game because of triceps fatigue.
Pat Murphy doesn’t sound like the manager of a team with the best record in the major leagues as he discusses what the Milwaukee Brewers have accomplished thus far.
The Baltimore Orioles activated catcher Samuel Basallo from the injured list before Wednesday night’s game against the New York Yankees.
The Athletics activated left-hander Jeffrey Springs, who had been out with an injured right hip, from the 15-day injured list and will start him in Wednesday night’s game at Kansas City.
Paul Skenes insists he has had stretches during his still-burgeoning career when he has had to grit his teeth and grind through it. The problem is, it rarely seemed like it.
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