Now this is what the Washington Nationals were looking for when they plunked down $140 million to add Patrick Corbin to the rotation. Corbin took a one-hitter into the eighth inning to earn his first win with Washington, and the Nationals beat the punchless San Francisco Giants 4-2 Thursday in...
Reliever Carl Edwards Jr. won’t return to the Cubs anytime soon. Edwards scraped his right hand while trying to brace himself after slipping on a flight of stairs Tuesday. The damage was severe enough to force Edwards to Triple-A Iowa’s seven-day injured list. This was the latest setback for Edwards,...
Royals starter Brad Keller showed Tim Anderson on his next at-bat how much he didn’t appreciate the White Sox shortstop’s bat flip after a fourth-inning home run. Umpire Joe West showed Anderson he might have a longer memory. Keller plunked Anderson in the posterior in the sixth inning Wednesday,...
There was no tipping. James Paxton had no worries about where he was pitching. There were no excuses Tuesday night. The lefthander, who the Yankees went and traded for because they believed he could give them an edge in their crusade for a World Series, just dominated. Paxton threw eight shutout,...
PHILADELPHIA — Baseball is one of the only sports in which a game can end before it barely begins. The Mets suffered through their worst first inning since July 19, 1988 during the team’s 14-3 blowout loss to the Phillies on Tuesday night at Citizens Bank Park. Steven Matz and Drew Gagnon combined...
Baseball's 2026 All-Star Game will be played in Philadelphia to mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Commissioner Rob Manfred made the announcement Tuesday at Independence Hall with a cast of All-Stars past and present on stage behind him. Phillies Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt...
The crowd noise swelled as Yasiel Puig walked to the batter’s box in the first inning at Dodger Stadium on Monday. It peaked when Puig tipped his helmet in recognition of the warm welcome back before he shifted his attention to Clayton Kershaw on the mound. It was his first time in Los Angeles...
You asked for it, and we obliged. Actually, no one asked for it, but this is the first edition of The Sun's own Sports Blitz MLB Power Rankings, a close cousin to the NFL Power Rankings that populate this space every Tuesday. It’s still early in the season, so this top-10 list is based as much...
Tim Tebow was 18 years old, in green shorts and a gray T-shirt, walking from left field toward home plate for an offseason chat. He'd come to meet with his high school baseball coach, Greg Mullins, after school. Something's wrong, Mullins thought as Tebow approached. "Can we talk?" Tebow asked,...
Angels two-way player Shohei Ohtani has been cleared to face pitchers, the last stage in his return to the lineup as a hitter. Dr. Neal ElAttrache, who reconstructed the ulnar collateral ligament in Ohtani’s right elbow in October, on Monday determined that Ohtani has healed well enough that hitting...
The Boston Red Sox were supposed to contend with the New York Yankees for the American League East title. Instead, they are 6-10 and limping into a series against the Yankees beginning Tuesday evening. Chris Sale, the team's ace, is at the heart of the matter, and if he doesn't improve soon, the...
Eloy Jimenez couldn’t whittle down his favorite part of a weekend in New York to just one moment. “Pretty much everything,” Jimenez said Monday. “I enjoyed playing there, especially because my family was there and a lot of friends came to the ballpark to watch me.” During the three-game series...
The snow fell steadily for hours Sunday in Chicago, coating the tarp-less infield at Wrigley Field where the Angels were supposed to face the Cubs for the rubber match of a three-game series. They never did. The game was postponed. The Angels traveled to Texas, where they will wrap up a two-city...