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
The White Sox are one of many teams with managerial decisions to make, but their situation is different: They have two calls to make, not just one. There’s Tony La Russa, and there’s interim manager Miguel Cairo. It has been reported in Chicago that La Russa won’t be back, and it’s logical now to think … 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
Major League Baseball’s postseason has a little more heft this season. The playoffs are rapidly approaching, with the final regular season games set for Oct. 5. The postseason begins two days later with a field of 12 teams — up from last year’s 10 — and includes a best-of-three format for the opening wild-card round. … 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
The New Balance Future Stars Series Main Event has become one of the biggest summer showcases for high school baseball players in the current draft class, with a slew of Day 1 picks coming out of each year’s event. Last year’s featured Cam Collier (Reds, first round), Cole Phillips (Atlanta, second round), Henry Bolte (A’s, … Read more
Miami Marlins lefty Richard Bleier had himself an inning to forget Tuesday night against the Mets in New York, making major league history as the only player since 1900 to balk three times in the same at-bat, according to Elias Sports Bureau. Bleier, who opened the eighth inning in relief with the Marlins up 6-3, … 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
