TORONTO – When the Royals traded for four players in three deals ahead of Thursday’s Trade Deadline, there was a small but very important part of the conversation as team officials welcomed each one to the organization and figured out the next steps. Do you have your passport with you?

MIAMI – Aaron Judge resumed taking on-field batting practice before the Yankees’ game against the Marlins at loanDepot park on Friday night, and manager Aaron Boone said the club hopes to activate the American League’s reigning Most Valuable Player on Tuesday or Wednesday at Texas. Judge is on the 10-day

SAN DIEGO -- On the heels of the Trade Deadline and the Cardinals' decision to focus on rebuilding instead of contending, the club placed struggling star third baseman Nolan Arenado on the 10-day injured list with a right shoulder strain on Friday. Arenado, a 10-time Gold Glove Award winner and

That, friends, was a wild Trade Deadline. They always turn out that way, don’t they? We all spend the last few days leading up to it wondering if this is the year where nothing much big is going to happen, and then the time arrives and we’re all, “A.J. Preller

The busiest month on the prospect calendar has concluded, with the Draft and Futures Game taking place in mid-July and the Signing Deadline and the Trade Deadline making for a newsy final week.

MIAMI – The Yankees staked Marcus Stroman to a seven-run lead early on Thursday afternoon, then grew unsettled as the right-hander faced eight Rays in the fourth inning, surrendering four runs. It was to be Stroman’s final start in pinstripes. Facing a rotation crunch with Luis Gil due back from

The Trade Deadline has come and gone, but for a limited time, MLB.TV is available for a special offer. During the Trade Deadline sale running now through Thursday, Aug. 7, an MLB.TV Yearly subscription has been discounted to $34.99, bringing you every out-of-market regular-season game, live or on demand. As

On Sept. 12, 1954, the largest crowd to witness a regular-season MLB game packed Cleveland Stadium and saw Cleveland sweep the Yankees in a doubleheader. The 84,587 fans in attendance that day set a mark that hasn’t been matched in more than 70 years. But on Saturday, that record might

We don’t do dull Deadlines in MLB. The move to “one true Trade Deadline” with the elimination of the August waiver trade period in 2019 and the expansion of the postseason format in the current CBA have combined to make the midseason trade market reliably fun and fruitful. Even when

TAMPA -- The Rays placed first baseman Jonathan Aranda the 10-day injured list Friday before the opener against the Dodgers at George M. Steinbrenner Field, one day after he suffered a fractured left wrist during a collision with Yankees baserunner Giancarlo Stanton. Aranda said he needs to go three weeks

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Mother Nature must’ve had the players at Rickwood Field in mind when she stopped dumping buckets of rain into the steamy Alabama atmosphere on Wednesday afternoon. The grounds crew at the historic ballpark was busy in the moments leading up to the Hank Aaron Invitational Showcase, also

“Friday Night Baseball” on Apple TV+ is back this week and features one of baseball's hottest teams, along with a matchup of two AL teams that have their eyes on October -- one of which is reuniting with an old friend.

The Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL) All-Star Cup features 60 professional softball athletes competing for four weeks in Holly Springs and Greenville, N.C., and Rosemont, Ill. Check out the athletes competing in the 2025 AUSL All-Star Cup.

NEW YORK -- Maybe manager Carlos Mendoza said it best: The Mets “are a lot better” after acquiring relievers Ryan Helsley and Tyler Rogers and outfielder Cedric Mullins before Thursday's Trade Deadline. “I’m super excited, especially in the bullpen. That unit there … is pretty solid and to add someone

MIAMI – Hours after learning separately that they had been acquired by the Yankees, David Bednar and Jake Bird found themselves just a couple of rows apart on the same commercial flight, rocketing across the country from Denver to join their new teammates. They landed in Miami around 6 a.m.

CHICAGO – With its ivy-covered walls and storied history, Wrigley Field has long been considered one of the crown jewels of baseball. And over the past decade-plus, the Cubs have worked to transform not only the ballclub, but also the neighborhood surrounding the Friendly Confines. The Cubs already ended a

During the 2023-24 offseason, the Mariners traded Eugenio Suárez, their third baseman of the previous two seasons, to Arizona. Less than two years later, the night before Thursday's Trade Deadline, they worked out a deal to bring him back to Seattle for the team's playoff chase. Now, let's think back

CINCINNATI -- Elly De La Cruz has always had a firm grip on his place in the Majors since his dazzling debut in 2023. But on Friday afternoon, for a fleeting moment that changed.

The record number of fans attending the MLB Speedway Classic won't just see a historic, first-of-its kind baseball game at Bristol Motor Speedway. They'll also see a blast from NASCAR's -- and MLB's -- past. That's because racing legend Dale Earnhardt Jr. is bringing back his iconic No. 8 Budweiser

CLEVELAND -- Steven Kwan’s phone lit up with an incoming call from Guardians president of baseball operations Chris Antonetti shortly before 6 p.m. ET on Thursday. Given that the MLB Trade Deadline was mere minutes away, you can understand what Kwan felt at that moment.

WASHINGTON -- With outfielder Alex Call traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers and Dylan Crews getting closer to coming back, the Nationals outfield makeup is changing, with three young outfielders getting the opportunity to play in the final two months of the season. All-Star James Wood is the left fielder,

SEATTLE -- As the Mariners’ team charter sat on the tarmac at Sacramento International Airport (SMF), the hour creeping past midnight into Thursday as nearly 45 minutes passed, virtually everyone on board wondered: Why the delay? News had already spread like wildfire that Eugenio Suárez was returning to the Mariners

CHICAGO -- In the early hours ahead of Friday’s afternoon game at Wrigley Field, utility man Willi Castro headed out to shortstop to field some ground balls at his new ballpark. Behind him, relievers Taylor Rogers and Andrew Kittredge walked out to left field together to get some work in.

CINCINNATI -- Braves president of baseball operations Alex Anthopoulos said his Trade Deadline focus was to focus on acquiring players who could help in 2026 and beyond. Unfortunately, he wasn’t able to move at least one player, who doesn’t seemingly fit in the team’s future plans. One day after not

Sandy Alcantara wasn’t traded on Thursday, nor was Dylan Cease, Mitch Keller, Edward Cabrera, MacKenzie Gore, Joe Ryan or Zac Gallen. With a few exceptions -- a Merrill Kelly here, a Shane Bieber there -- there really weren’t any impactful starting pitchers moved at the Deadline, which makes clear exactly