One of the great struggles we face as a people is trying to overcome emotionality with rationality. Thankfully, baseball functions not just as an entertainment option but an instructor. It features the most emotionally and mentally taxing of any of the major professional sports. They play a month of fake

MIAMI -- The person holding court for Monday afternoon’s largest media scrum wasn’t superstars Juan Soto or Francisco Lindor, but newly nicknamed “El Torpedo.” Aaron Leanhardt, the Marlins’ unassuming field coordinator, is the inventor of the “Torpedo" bat that stole headlines following the Yankees’ historic home run output over the

A new season is upon us, and MLB.TV – the best way to watch every out-of-market game all season long – has never been better. That’s because MLB.TV is now giving you even more baseball with the addition of 24/7 access to MLB Network (available in U.S. only). For a

LOS ANGELES -- The 0-4 Braves received more bad news on Monday, when MLB announced that Jurickson Profar has been suspended 80 games after testing positive for Chorionic Gonadotrophin (hCG), a performance-enhancing substance that is in violation of Major League Baseball’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. The suspension for

The Yankees' new "Torpedo" bats are the talk of baseball. The bats -- which Major League Baseball confirmed are legal -- are defined by an untraditional barrel, which rests closer to the hitter's hands. "Torpedo" bats are designed with more wood, and thus more mass, concentrated in the area of

LOS ANGELES -- Reynaldo López’s struggles during his first start of the season weren’t just the product of a bad day. The 2024 Braves All-Star was placed on the 15-day injured list with right shoulder inflammation on Monday. Bryce Elder was recalled from Triple-A Gwinnett to fill López’s roster spot.

ST. LOUIS -- The Angels unveiled a special shoutout to Southern California firefighters on Sunday with their home run helmet. The brainchild of Mike Trout, who has a close friend on the Los Angeles County Fire Department, the helmet is worn after an Angels hitter goes yard. It is meant

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MIAMI -- Francisco Lindor was available for the Mets' series opener against the Marlins on Monday night at loanDepot park, though he was not in the starting lineup after Lindor and his wife, Katia, announced the birth of their son, Koa, via Instagram. “First of all, congrats to Katia and

After helping lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a World Series championship and opening the MLB season in Tokyo at the league’s biggest standalone international event ever, Shohei Ohtani’s worldwide popularity continues with the most popular player jersey in the Majors. Since 2023, fans have purchased Ohtani’s Nike jersey more

BALTIMORE -- Sometimes, things have to get worse before they can get better. The Red Sox know that “better” will come -- sooner rather than later -- for Rafael Devers, who went 0-for-3 with two walks and three strikeouts in Boston’s 8-5 loss to Baltimore at Camden Yards on Monday.

Throughout baseball history, the quest for the perfect swing has inspired frequent experimentation in bat design. Some of these creations were fleeting oddities, while others sparked lasting changes. In the early days of the game, there were no set standards for bats, which resulted in a variety of shapes, sizes

BALTIMORE -- When Cedric Mullins thinks back to his first home opener for the Orioles, he remembers the weather. It was a chilly, cloudy afternoon at Camden Yards on April 4, 2019, as many are this time of year in Baltimore. He also still recalls the feeling in his stomach

PHILADELPHIA -- It took a while, but the Phillies cruised to a 6-1 victory over the Rockies on Monday in their home opener at Citizens Bank Park.

BALTIMORE -- More tough injury news has come for the Orioles, who will now be without a key piece of their lineup for much of the first half of the 2025 season. Colton Cowser was placed on the 10-day injured list on Monday, a day after he fractured his left

MILWAUKEE -- The last time Kris Bubic made a big league start, it was April 15, 2023, on a cold and rainy day at Kauffman Stadium. Nearly two years have passed since then. Bubic went through Tommy John surgery and the long rehab that comes with it, he fought his

The Tigers placed starting second baseman Gleyber Torres on the 10-day IL with a left oblique strain before Monday night's series opener in Seattle. Justyn-Henry Malloy was recalled from Triple-A Toledo in a corresponding move. Torres had experienced some pain in his left side before Friday but appeared to aggravate

MILWAUKEE -- Less than 24 hours after Jonathan India was drilled in the head by a 98.9 mph cutter, the Royals infielder/outfielder was back in the lineup Monday, hitting leadoff and playing third base, and he wasted no time helping out the offense by knocking three hits and driving in

MILWAUKEE -- Bob Uecker was dearly missed during Monday’s Brewers home opener, an 11-1 loss to the Royals that the team’s beloved radio broadcaster would have somehow made entertaining. With Uecker on the mic, sometimes the bad ballgames were the most entertaining. And yet he was everywhere.

MILWAUKEE -- Already “decimated” by pitching injuries during Spring Training, the Brewers absorbed another loss Monday when they placed right-hander Aaron Civale on the 15-day injured list with a strained left hamstring. The team called up righty reliever Grant Anderson from Triple-A Nashville and saw him knocked around in an

A losing streak is never good. But a losing streak to open the season seems to cast a particularly gloomy shadow -- especially for teams with playoff aspirations. All the hopes, all the excitement and all the expectations seem to vanish in a blink when a team that's good on

A great night at a Minor League Baseball game can instill a strong sense of community, and communities are at their best when they're able to welcome and empower people who have traditionally been sidelined. Baseball, like many sports, can still sometimes be so male-centric as to feel exclusionary, making

LOS ANGELES -- Here is the sentence you have been anticipating since the end of last season: Jesse Chavez is once again a member of Atlanta’s bullpen. The inevitable occurred on Monday morning when the Braves purchased Chavez’s contract from Triple-A Gwinnett and designated for assignment Héctor Neris. This is

Joe DePugh apparently had quite the arm when he took the mound as a kid. His fastball would blow by hitters and, boy, make them look like fools. At least, that's how he's remembered by one of his friends and former teammates -- music legend Bruce Springsteen, who took to