Alex Rodriguez will play the final game of his 22-year career against the Tampa Bay Rays at Yankees Stadium on Friday. The 41-year-old said on The Michael Kay Show Thursday that he asked to play third base for old time’s sake, but manager Joe Girardi said no. Interesting nugget on

The New York Mets dropped to .500 for the first time since April 20 after getting swept at home by the last-place Arizona Diamondbacks. Manager Terry Collins had seen enough after his team’s 9-0 loss to Arizona on Thursday. He ranted for nearly four minutes in the post-game press conference, ripping his team for lack of […]

Tuesday was supposed to be a magical night for fans of the Boston Red Sox, with those lucky enough to attend the game granted a David Ortiz bobblehead, an important one given he plans to retire after the season. An error on the part of the manufacturer nixed the whole ordeal. The Red Sox released […]

When it was reported that former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow would be pursuing a career in professional baseball, there was bound to be doubters. Baltimore Orioles center-fielder Adam Jones, a five-time MLB All-Star, is one of them. He sent out this tweet on Tuesday, which seems to mock Tebow for thinking he can just jump right […]

San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey laid it all on the line for his team on Monday night, but he may be paying for it in the future. The team’s game against the Marlins was tied 7-7 in the eleventh inning, and Posey was so determined to get to third base after a Brandon Crawford […]

When Minnesota Twins slugger Miguel Sano makes solid contact with a pitch, he tends to crush the ball. Fans at Tropicana Field on Sunday witnessed that when he became the first player to hit a ball off the roof there, which he did in the first inning of the game. With runners on the corners, […]

Ken Griffey Jr., in his playing days, was the best athlete in Seattle sports history. As such, he’s going to be receiving a huge honor, and soon. The Mariners retired his jersey on Saturday night, and #24 drew quite the crowd during a pretty cool ceremony. The great Willie Mays even recorded a video message […]

Hunter Pence is as tough as they come, and he showed that in Saturday night’s game against the Nationals when he fouled a pitch off his face. It happened in the second inning of the game, when Stephen Strasburg took a little bit off a pitch and hurled an 88 mph slider toward the dish. […]

The front-runners of the 2016 MLB pennant chase have been established. It’s the Cubs, Nationals, Giants, and Dodgers in the National League. It’s the Orioles, Blue Jays, Red Sox, Indians and Rangers heading the American League. But it would be short-sided to simply pass over the teams that aren’t normally being discussed as World Series […]

Bob Davidson is known for being a no-nonsense umpire and has ejected plenty of players and managers during his tenure. Tuesday night’s Giants-Phillies game at Citizens Bank Park featured him sending someone packing, which is nothing new, except this time it was a fan. Maybe the fan was upset that the Phillies jumped out to […]

Skeeter, Matt Duffy’s extremely large cat who has more than 14,000 followers on Instagram, is not going to Tampa with his owner. The 25-year-old infielder, who was traded from the Giants to the Rays on Monday, said on MLB Network Radio that Skeeter is staying put because of the heat. Matt Duffy (

The New York Yankees have traded outfielder Carlos Beltran to the Texas Rangers in exchange for right-handed pitching prospect Dillon Tate, Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports reports. Source: Rangers agree to acquire Carlos Beltran from Yankees. Dillon Tate going back.

The Los Angeles Dodgers needed a starting pitcher and help in the outfield. They got both in a trade with the Oakland Athletics on Monday. Per Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports, the Dodgers acquired Rich Hill and Josh Reddick from the A’s in exchange for three pitching prospects: Frankie Montas, Grant Holmes and Jharel Cotton. […]

The Baltimore Orioles’ pitching rotation was made up entirely of right-handers. Not anymore. Lefty Wade Miley was traded from the Seattle Mariners to Baltimore in exchange for Cuban pitching prospect Ariel Miranda, reports Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports.

With Aroldis Chapman off the market, teams in search of bullpen help have moved on to other options. Fox Sports’ Ken Rosenthal reports that All-Star closer Mark Melancon of the Pittsburgh Pirates is being pursued by multiple teams, including the Washington Nationals, Cleveland Indians and San Francisco Giants. Melancon, 31, is having an outstanding season […]

May 22, 1998 is a day to remember in New York Mets history. It’s the day Mike Piazza, nearly a week since being dealt from the Dodgers to the Marlins, was en route to the Big Apple. The hope was that his bat would thrust the Mets into championship contention. And for nearly eight seasons, he […]

There is little question that baseball is one of the most popular sports in America, with many viewing it as the country’s national game. It is the sport that consistently scores the highest viewing figures, alongside American football, with fans of the game keen to get their fix of it from anywhere possible. One such […]

Minnesota Twins slugger Miguel Sano struck out three times during Wednesday’s game against the Braves and was not happy about it. Now, through 151 games played, the Twins slugger has struck out 224 times, the most of any player through that number of games. Bo Jackson was close, getting K’d 204 times through 150. Sano […]

An in-state rivalry got another layer of hatred injected into the matter Sunday when the Corpus Christi Hooks (Houston Astros) and Frisco RoughRiders (Texas Rangers) met on the field of battle. Literally. Yohander Mendez drilled Danry Vasquez, who didn’t take too kindly to the feeling. Vasquez then charged the mound, creating a bench-clearing altercation. The […]