NEW YORK – There is an expectation of greatness each time Aaron Judge comes to bat, a presence that casts a large shadow upon the Yankees lineup. It provides a cool, comfortable place for Paul Goldschmidt to operate, plugging away in the early stages of a resurgent season. Goldschmidt may

MIAMI -- Gunnar Hoglund walked off the mound following each inning to a standing ovation during his Major League debut at loanDepot park. And rightfully so -- the 25-year-old looked like an ace in his first start for the Athletics Friday night, tossing five scoreless innings and surrendering just one

PITTSBURGH -- Padres right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr. exited Friday night’s game against Pittsburgh after getting hit on the forearm during his third-inning at-bat. He was diagnosed with a left arm contusion and X-rays were negative. Manager Mike Shildt and team trainers quickly went out to check on the two-time

BOSTON -- Red Sox first baseman Triston Casas stumbled over first base after hitting an infield tapper and appeared to suffer a significant injury to his left knee in the bottom of the second inning of Friday night’s 6-1 victory over the Twins at Fenway Park. Casas, who reached on

TORONTO -- José Ramírez exited Friday’s series opener against the Blue Jays with a minor-grade right ankle sprain after a strange sequence of events at Rogers Centre. Ramírez legged out a third-inning infield single, but he was hit in the back by the throw to first base from Toronto starter

Red Sox No. 4 prospect Franklin Arias, an infielder for High-A Greenville, REALLY didn’t want to let visiting Asheville score any runs in the top of the eighth inning on Friday night. With runners on first and second base in the bottom of the fourth, Arias showed he apparently held

CHICAGO -- Here are a few May numbers to peruse in regard to the White Sox, albeit with an extremely small sample size: They are unbeaten in two games overall following a 7-3 victory over the Astros on Friday night at Rate Field. It’s their second two-game win streak overall

The first month of the season is in the books, but there's plenty of action in store. There are races to track in all of the divisions, milestones within reach for star players and it's never too early to think about who will capture some coveted hardware. And there's only

PHILADELPHIA -- The Phillies touted Max Kepler as an everyday player when they signed him to a one-year, $10 million contract in December. They said they believed he could hit left-handed pitching, which would allow him to play almost every day in left field. Truly, though, they needed it to

The first month of the 2025 MLB season produced big performances around the Majors, especially for two big names in the Big Apple. AL Player of the Month: Aaron Judge, Yankees Judge's production has been especially noteworthy. He comes into Friday tied for the MLB lead in homers (10) and

TORONTO -- The Blue Jays’ strengths and weaknesses aren’t complicated. The optimist could view that as a good thing. This team needs to score more runs and needs better rotation depth. Improve those two areas, and this is a playoff team, period. So much time has been spent tap-dancing around

BALTIMORE -- When a team underperforms, it can sometimes lead to finger-pointing and blaming -- from players, managers, coaches, front-office executives or others. That isn’t happening in Baltimore, where the Orioles finished April with a 12-18 record that was tied for the third-worst mark in MLB entering Friday. In fact,

PHILADELPHIA -- Merrill Kelly is out of answers and has long since run out of patience with his right hamstring, which continues to cramp up on him at the most inopportune times. The latest happened Friday night in Philadelphia when Kelly was warming up for the sixth inning and felt

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If you're out and about on Sunday, you might notice a slight uptick in Wookies, Jawas, Jedis, Siths, Droids and a slew of other intergalactic characters. May 4 -- or May The Fourth, as in "May the Fourth be with you" -- is known in some circles as Star Wars

Twelve of softball’s brightest stars have officially gotten the news: They’ve headed to the next level. As for how they found out? Well, you’ll have to see it to believe it. The new Athletes Unlimited Softball League has completed its first college draft, propelling a fresh crop of players into

Here’s our weekly look at 10 mind-blowing notes from the last week in baseball (April 25-May 1) GENO: When Scooter Gennett had his four-homer game on June 6, 2017 for the Reds, Eugenio Suárez played third base. With his own four-homer game on Saturday, Suárez became the first player to

BOSTON -- The Red Sox welcomed catcher Connor Wong back from the 10-day injured list Friday, but immediately put another key player on the 15-day IL in veteran starter Walker Buehler (right shoulder inflammation).

ANAHEIM -- Angels superstar Mike Trout, who exited Wednesday's 9-3 loss to the Mariners after jamming his surgically repaired left knee on a sprint to first base in the third inning, was placed on the 10-day injured list before Friday’s game against the Tigers. Trout underwent testing on the knee

PHILADELPHIA -- Beginning next week, Andrew Painter will be a 90-minute drive from the big leagues. Phillies manager Rob Thomson said before Friday’s series opener against Arizona that Painter’s next start will be next Thursday with Triple-A Lehigh Valley, giving him a short drive from Coca-Cola Park in Allentown, Pa.,

BALTIMORE -- The Royals made a handful of roster moves on Friday, recalling catcher Luke Maile and optioning infielder Tyler Tolbert to Triple-A Omaha prior to Kansas City's 3-0 loss to the Orioles at Camden Yards. The moves come after Salvador Perez, who had played in 31 of Kansas City’s

ST. LOUIS -- Blade Tidwell, the Mets’ second-round Draft pick in 2022 and their No. 15 prospect, according to MLB Pipeline, is about to make his Major League debut.

ANAHEIM -- Angels relief pitcher Ben Joyce won’t be pitching on his bobblehead night Friday at Angel Stadium due to his status on the injured list, and it doesn’t look like he’s any closer to a return, either. Joyce, who has been on the 15-day IL with right shoulder inflammation

PHILADELPHIA -- Torey Lovullo wanted to hear directly from his All-Star second baseman how his injury rehab was going, so last week he gave Ketel Marte a call. “How are you?” the D-backs manager asked.

The first month of the 2025 season is in the books, and while some teams are performing to expectations -- both good and bad -- others have gotten off to surprising starts. Is there anything to learn from what we’ve seen to this point?