When you’re searching for your first World Series title since 1986 and your offense could use a jolt of energy just in time for the playoffs, who are you gonna call? The no. 1 overall prospect in the game. The Mets are promoting MLB Pipeline’s No. 1 overall talent Francisco Álvarez to the Majors for … Read more
SYRACUSE, NY — Francisco Álvarez is a baseball player, a player. Always has been. Álvarez’s mother, Yolanda, likes to tell of the time when Álvarez, just 2 or 3 years old, snuck under some netting and wandered onto his older brother’s field in Venezuela. Once there, he found an adult-sized cap and placed it on … Read more
Editor’s Note: Jeff Pearlman is the author of 10 books including his latest “The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson,” which is forthcoming from Mariner Books. The views expressed here are his own. Read more opinion on CNN. CNN — History was made Wednesday night, when Yankee slugger Aaron Judge hit … Read more
Back in 2017, a then-19-year-old Ronald Acuña Jr. appeared in Miami at the Futures Game. He had the hardest-hit ball of the evening, but he also showed off his arm, uncorking a pair of throws — each tracked at over 95 MPH. “[Those throws are] something that I do all naturally,” Acuña said at the … Read more
NEW YORK — With Hurricane Ian bearing down on the Gulf Coast of Florida, Major League Baseball is discussing contingency plans with the Mets and Braves in the event that the storm affects their three-game series in Atlanta this weekend, according to multiple people briefed on the talks. Realistic options include shifting game times or … Read more
TORONTO — Austin Matthews threw the ceremonial first pitch at the Toronto Blue Jays game against the New York Yankees on Tuesday. “I definitely had to get warmed up before,” the Maple Leafs forward said on Wednesday morning after practice. “It’s been a minute since I’ve thrown a baseball. Those boys were telling me to … Read more
Every postseason seems to come with its own breakout star. In 2019, Howie Kendrick helped push the Nationals to a World Series win with a final postseason for the ages. A year later, Randy Arozarena introduced himself to the baseball world with his electric personality and 10 postseason home runs. And who can forget Eddie … Read more
As we enter the final full week of the Major League season, a team that previously spent a decent amount of time in the top spot has worked its way back into the Top 5. The Yankees have turned things around following a late-season swoon, but they aren’t the only club heating up just in … Read more
ARLINGTON — There’s been so much focus on how young the Guardians’ roster is this season. So along with a typical champagne celebration, what’s more fitting than a pizza party for a young club that just clinched the American League Central? Oscar Gonzalez and Cal Quantrill were bringing in boxes of pizza as other guys … Read more
Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge and Cardinals designated hitter Albert Pujols have notched historic Septembers at the plate, with Judge likely to make more history before the month is over. The big picture: Judge, 30, and Pujols, 42, have electrified the second half of the MLB season with their hot bats and historic home runs. Judge … Read more
