Baseball is back in full swing! Saturday marked the first full day of Spring Training games, with all 30 teams taking the field on the same day for the first time since September. Here’s a recap of the highlights from an eventful day of action across Arizona and Florida, from

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- The Astros have renewed their interest in trading for Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado, multiple sources told MLB.com on Saturday. Arenado, who nixed a trade to the Astros in December, could now be willing to waive his no-trade clause and join a Houston team that

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Juan Soto understands he has a reputation. He also understands even a reputation as outsized as his needs affirmation. “Everybody knows who you are,” Soto said Saturday afternoon, after homering in his first spring plate appearance with the Mets in their 6-2 victory. “But they’ve

Sixteen of the 20 teams have secured their places in the 2026 World Baseball Classic. That leaves four spots up for grabs, with the first two getting decided this week in Taiwan in the first World Baseball Classic qualifier. (The other qualifier taking place in Tucson, Ariz., will begin on

GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- Reds All-Star shortstop Elly De La Cruz is not easing his way into Spring Training. That was made clear Saturday when the switch-hitting De La Cruz went 2-for-2 with a pair of solo home runs slugged from each side of the plate during the Reds’ 6-3 victory

Broadly speaking, there are three types of players in every Spring Training camp: 1. The established players who know they have a spot on a Major League roster and are trying to build up for the 162-game season that lies ahead. 2. The up-and-coming youngsters who may be experiencing their

NORTH PORT, Fla. -- Before Chris Sale pitched in a game for the first time as a Cy Young Award winner, Braves manager Brian Snitker took a second to reflect on the southpaw’s incredible 2024 season. “I saw every pitch and I didn’t realize it was even as good as

DUNEDIN, Fla. -- The Yankees got a potential view of the future Saturday afternoon when an overturned call from the experimental Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system sparked a big inning against the Blue Jays at TD Ballpark.

When you’ve lost 55 in a row, you’re due. At least, you hope so. Hope turned into victory -- finally -- for the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s baseball team on Saturday night, when the Hawks defeated Towson University at Meritus Park in Hagerstown, Md., 14-7. The win was the

MESA, Ariz. -- Pete Crow-Armstrong was on the back patio at the Cubs’ complex earlier this spring, shooting hoops with Dansby Swanson and Nicky Lopez to kill a few minutes. President of baseball operations Jed Hoyer stopped by, picked up a basketball and had an idea. Hoyer had seen enough

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Bobby Miller has stared down and conquered his biggest fear. Literally. Miller said he has watched video of the play where he was struck in the head by a 105.5 mph line drive on Thursday “probably a hundred times.”

GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- Put it on the whiteboard, they (the numbers) will come? There's a whiteboard in Hunter Greene's house that is headlined with "2025," and the following goals: ? 180-plus innings ? Sub-3 ERA ? 200-plus strikeouts ? All-Star ? 1st Cy Young “I’ve been doing that since I

SARASOTA, Fla. -- The way that Jackson Holliday learned second base with the Orioles last Spring Training can best be described as a crash course. At times, Holliday looked like a shortstop trying to find his footing on the other side of the diamond. He still made some sensational plays

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- After waiting nine months to return to game action for the Giants, Jung Hoo Lee knew he wasn’t going to hold back in Saturday afternoon’s Cactus League opener at Surprise Stadium. “Coming over to the field today, I was thinking in my head, ‘Today, first pitch, I’m

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- The most interesting position battle for the Red Sox this spring, second base, got out of the starting gate in Saturday’s Grapefruit League opener, a 6-4 win over the Rays, as the main contestants were all in the game in different capacities. Kristian Campbell, the people’s

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Although Spring Training is just now getting started and Major League Baseball’s Opening Day is still more than a month away, plenty of baseball is being played this weekend throughout the country, including at the Jackie Robinson Training Complex in Vero Beach, Fla. It’s officially college baseball season, and as

The Brewers and outfielder/first baseman Mark Canha, who spent part of the 2023 season with Milwaukee, are finalizing a Minor League contract, a source told MLB.com's Mark Feinsand. The club has not confirmed the deal, which includes an invite to Major League camp. A 10-year veteran, Canha hit .242/.344/.346 with

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Max Kepler said last month he might be nervous stepping into the Phillies’ clubhouse at BayCare Ballpark for the first time. He had spent his entire professional baseball career with the Twins before signing a one-year, $10 million contract with the Phillies in December. It meant new

SURPRISE, Ariz. – Blake Mitchell, the Royals' top catching prospect, their No. 2 overall prospect and MLB Pipeline’s No. 48 overall prospect, will miss 4-6 weeks after breaking his right hamate bone, manager Matt Quatraro said Saturday. Mitchell is scheduled for surgery on the bone this coming week. The 4-to-6-week

Every baseball season, the road to October is filled with surprises. In 2024, six teams that entered the season with playoff odds below 41% (per FanGraphs) went on to reach the postseason: the Padres, Brewers, Guardians, Tigers, Mets and Royals. The year before, both World Series participants, the Rangers and

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- The Red Sox came into camp excited about having the most starting pitching depth they’ve had in years, and it looks like some of that depth will be needed. Righty Kutter Crawford continues to be slowed by soreness in the patellar tendon in his right knee

PEORIA, Ariz. -- Matt Waldron said he wanted to throw more knuckleballs this season -- and through one Cactus League start, he’s following through on that promise. Waldron -- who is competing for the final place in the Padres' starting rotation this spring -- pitched two innings of one-run ball

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PHOENIX -- The Brewers expect outfielder Blake Perkins to be sidelined until at least mid-April and perhaps into May, manager Pat Murphy said, after the slick-fielding center fielder fractured his right lower leg on a foul ball during live batting practice last week. Murphy said Perkins would have to heal