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NEW YORK — The home dugout at Citi Field still faces the same way. The bullpen in right-center still sits where it always has, and the flags still fly in the same order past the outfield wall. Pete Alonso was supposed to be a fixture in the Mets organization, just like all those parts that make the building feel whole. But New York’s former Polar Bear stepped out of the […]

Aaron Judge hit a three-run home run that capped a six-run eighth inning, and the New York Yankees beat the Minnesota Twins 8-3 Monday on a night they clinched their 61st postseason berth and ninth in 10 seasons. Judge had been 3 for 20 with 11 strikeouts since returning last week after missing 84 games because of a fractured rib. Judge hit a cutter from A.J. Minter 415 feet into […]

NEW YORK — The schedule makers at Major League Baseball got it right this year, arranging the Subway Series to take place during the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. After an emotional pregame ceremony before Friday’s series opener, it took no time at all for the melancholic sentiments to flip. The Yankee Stadium PA announcer began his pregame introductions, revealed Juan Soto was batting second and playing left field, […]

MLB might have expanded the postseason in the last few years, but there are still far more teams that don't make it to meaningful October baseball than do. Teams have already been eliminated from postseason contention with baseball left to play in 2026, and we'll keep track of those clubs as their seasons effectively end. Here is which teams have already been eliminated from postseason contention through Sept. 9. There […]

The 3,000 hit club is an exclusive one. Consider: in the long, long history of Major League Baseball and the proto leagues that preceded it, over 20,000 players have suited up for at least one game. Of those, just 1,421 players reached 1,000 career hits. And merely 676 of those made it to 1,500 — there are more players than that on active rosters in MLB right now. All of 299 of […]

LOS ANGELES — Another day, another ominous turn in the Shohei Ohtani health saga. Knee and bicep issues have already downgraded the two-way sensation to a one-way slugger for the remainder of the year. For the next couple of weeks, though, he is neither. Ohtani’s insistence on trying to play through aches and pains for the last three months — and the Dodgers’ unwillingness to shut him down and place […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers are placing two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani on the injured list, manager Dave Roberts said on Wednesday. "It’s the right thing to do," Roberts said following the Dodgers' 14-1 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday, which Ohtani was sidelined for. "We tried to kick the bucket as much as we could." Ohtani has missed six of the last seven games due to lingering soreness in his […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers are calling up top prospect Josue De Paula straight from Double-A, according to multiple reports on Wednesday. The Athletic was the first to report. De Paula is expected to get at-bats at designated hitter after Dodgers manager Dave Roberts announced on Wednesday that Shohei Ohtani will be heading to the IL. De Paula, 21, is the No. 6 ranked prospect in baseball and the highest-rated outfielder. […]

Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. was placed on the 10-day injured list Wednesday with a sprained right thumb. Chisholm, who had been in the midst of his best stretch this season, will be shut down for seven to 10 days. New York has 18 games left. "We just got an update that he does have a sprained right thumb that’s going to require an IL stint," manager Aaron Boone […]