The Dodgers finally solved their recent offensive woes on Monday.

And the answer, it turned out, wasn’t much of a mystery.

Sure, manager Dave Roberts noted in his pregame media address, the Dodgers needed to be more selective at the plate coming off a 3-6 skid over the last two weeks in which they’d hit .218 as a team and averaged barely ...Read more

The pitching staff’s scoreless streak wasn’t going to go on and on and on. The Padres are not going to win every home game this season, either.

That’s what logic says.

But there’s something else powering Mike Shildt’s team these days.

A freshly-shaven Dylan Cease buckled, the Cubs halted the staff’s scoreless streak at 37 innings ...Read more

NEW YORK — After defeating the Royals in the 2024 American League Division Series, the Yankees picked up where they left off with a 4-1 victory over Kansas City on Monday night.

A power surge at Yankee Stadium fueled the Bombers’ series-opening win, as Trent Grisham, Ben Rice and Austin Wells all smoked solo shots off Royals starter Seth ...Read more

MILWAUKEE — Manager AJ Hinch was joking about former Detroit Tiger Tyler Alexander before the game.

“He labeled his fastball ‘The Express’ from the get-go,” Hinch said. “I know we have two power lefties going at it tonight.”

That last was in reference to a text exchange Alexander had with Tarik Skubal last weekend. After he found...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. – For the last week, the Boston Red Sox could at least make some excuses for this miserable stretch.

It was horribly frigid and wet at Fenway Park for nearly the entire first homestand, which included a rainout and resulting doubleheader during the opening series with the St. Louis Cardinals, and several extra-inning games. ...Read more

ST. LOUIS — With the team that he turned down in town for a few days, Nolan Arenado gave the Houston Astros an eyeful already of why they wanted him – it just came against them.

Arenado punctuated his three-hit game Monday night at the ballpark he chose to still call home with a solo homer that launched the Cardinals to what almost was a ...Read more

The story of the New York Mets season thus far has been timely hitting and strong pitching.

That was no different on Monday night.

The Mets opened up a three-game series against the Minnesota Twins with a 5-1 victory to keep their strong start rolling. Clay Holmes was the latest to carry the torch for the Mets’ dominant rotation.

The right-...Read more

PITTSBURGH — It wasn’t a perfect baseball game, but sometimes, it seems a Paul Skenes start day cures all the Pirates’ ills.

A day after a two-hit shutout loss in Cincinnati, the Pirates jumped all over the Washington Nationals, setting season-highs in hits and runs in a 10-3 win Monday at PNC Park. Skenes pitched six solid innings, third...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Prior to Monday night’s game at Citizens Bank Park, Willy Adames spent several minutes chatting with president of baseball operations Buster Posey. They shared a couple laughs, then Adames headed off for batting practice.

The contents of that conversation appear to have paid dividends.

Adames hit his first home run with his ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Admit it, there is worry.

Fess up, negative thoughts are swirling.

Could it be possible that the greatest team in baseball history isn't even the best team in their division?

Is there a chance that a team so recently dubbed, "invincible" and "unbeatable" is actually more like "maddening" and "mediocre?"

Does baseball's ...Read more

NEW YORK — Aaron Judge will captain a team other than the New York Yankees in 2026.

The reigning American League MVP has also been named captain of Team USA for the 2026 World Baseball Classic. Judge, who has yet to play in the international tournament, announced the decision alongside Team USA manager Mark DeRosa MLB Network on Monday ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Seventy years ago on Saturday, April 12, Kansas City effectively was certified a “major league city” with the debut of the Kansas City Athletics at Municipal Stadium as punctuated by former President Harry S. Truman throwing out the first pitch.

You should read all about it by looking up Blair Kerkhoff’s great recent ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — It’s too early to sound any alarm bells. The lineup is too talented, they believe, for the narrative not to eventually turn.

But right now, the Dodgers’ biggest problem is not difficult to diagnose.

Their $400-million roster is not hitting, plain and simple.

And in a 4-2 defeat to the Chicago Cubs on Sunday, it cost them a...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Padres starting pitchers turned a corner by running through the Colorado Rockies as if they weren’t there.

It was Michael King’s turn to shut out Major League Baseball’s worst team on Sunday. King didn’t even need any other pitchers to help complete the job.

King retired all but three of the 29 batters he faced in the ...Read more

SEATTLE — Reeling just a week ago, the Seattle Mariners are headed back out on the road after a successful homestand and rediscovering the .500 mark.

And they did it by returning to the familiar blueprint of excellent pitching and receiving one big swing at the plate.

This time it was another Cal Raleigh homer with his newly-arrived torpedo ...Read more

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Finally, the New York Mets have their ace back, and he pitched every bit like one to help the Mets finish off a series against the A’s.

Kodai Senga tossed seven scoreless innings, the first pitcher to throw seven for the Mets this season. The right-hander dueled former Mets starter Luis Severino for more than five ...Read more

Cole Ragans is the undisputed ace of the Kansas City Royals’ pitching staff. And one of the best pitchers in the game today.

He showed why, again, on Sunday at Progressive Field.

Ragans shut down the Cleveland Guardians in the Royals’ 4-2 victory at Progressive Field. He dominated the strike zone for 7 2/3 innings despite experiencing some...Read more

When the Boston Red Sox traded for Garrett Crochet this past offseason, they did so with days like Sunday in mind.

Having lost five of six and looking to avoid an embarrassing three-game sweep to one of the worst teams in baseball, the Red Sox handed the ball to their ace and Crochet delivered. Facing his former team for the first time since ...Read more

BALTIMORE — A day’s worth of Orioles baseball, fat with gusto and as full of life as they’ve been all season, can unravel quickly.

Thus was the case in the waning innings of Baltimore’s nail-biting 7-6 10-inning loss to the visiting Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday afternoon.

Gregory Soto relieved Seranthony Domínguez in the eighth inning,...Read more

HOUSTON — The encouraging start to Kyle Hendricks’ season came to a quick end with one rough inning.

Hendricks gave up five runs in the second inning of the Los Angeles Angels’ 7-3 loss to the Houston Astros on Sunday afternoon.

The loss also ended the Angels’ season-opening streak of four straight series wins, as they lost two of ...Read more