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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Freddy Peralta rode his fastball to the American League Championship Series MVP award.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — For yet another season, Cleveland baseball fans will have to wait.
Year-by-year results of the American League Championship Series since divisional play began in 1969:…
The Milwaukee Brewers and Tampa Bay Rays will play a Suds vs. Sun World Series that will produce a first-time champion and likely baseball's first all-indoor championship.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Yandy Díaz's bat backed up his boast, and the Tampa Bay Rays are headed to the World Series again.
TOKYO (AP) — Teruaki Sato of the Hanshin Tigers is aiming to be the next Japanese slugger to move to American baseball.
Tampa Bay is one win from the World Series. Freddy Peralta starts against a Cleveland bullpen game at 8:08 p.m. ET at Tropicana Field, with Milwaukee waiting.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Yandy Díaz’s guarantee that the Tampa Bay Rays would win Game 6 of the AL Championship series didn’t turn into bulletin-board material.
Former Major League Baseball player B.J. Upton will throw out the ceremonial first pitch at game six of the 2026 ALCS on Monday.
The LVBP's Navegantes del Magallanes remain winless.
NEW YORK (AP) — The price of a qualifying offer for this year’s major league free agents rose 5.1% to $23.15 million from $22,025,000.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Aaron Ashby believes the trust among the Milwaukee Brewers relievers enables each of them to take the mound without having too much of a weight on their shoulders.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Athletics helped launch the era of analytics in sports, and by announcing Monday they hired Taylor Smith as president of baseball operations, the club added someone with experience in that area.
The Baltimore Orioles have hired Jared Banner as general manager to work alongside team president Mike Elias.
CLEVELAND (AP) — Yandy Díaz has sparked the Tampa Bay Rays to the verge of their first World Series trip since 2020.
CLEVELAND (AP) — Stephen Vogt and his Cleveland Guardians are used to this situation by now: needing two wins on the road to keep alive their season.
CLEVELAND (AP) — Tampa Bay's Jonny DeLuca figured it was going to be a quiet day for the outfielders with Drew Rasmussen on the mound for Game 5 of the AL Championship Series against the Cleveland Guardians…
The Georgia Bulldogs had some different players make an impact in a fall exhibition game against Clemson.
Wake Forest head coach Tom Walter was placed on administrative leave by the university last week.
A look at results around the Liga Mexicana del Pacifico on Saturday, Oct. 16, 2026.
There were four games in Venezuela on Friday night.
The Tennessee Volunteers had three different players hit home runs in their fall exhibition win over the Lipscomb Bison on Friday.
The Central League pennant-winning Hanshin Tigers were swept by the red-hot Yokohama DeNA BayStars, losing Game 4 in heartbreaking fashion.
A look at action around the Liga Mexicana del Pacifico on Friday, Oct. 16, 2026.
The Florida Gators had a couple of different players hit home runs in a fall exhibition against the South Florida Bulls.
The Estrellas Orientales shined brightly on LIDOM's opening night, and top ranked prospect Jesus Made made an instant impression for the Tigres del Licey.
The Savannah Bananas will head outside the United States for the first time.
The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks are advancing to the Japan Series for the third straight year, while the Yokohama DeNA BayStars are on the verge of another upset.
Yokohama High School RHP Shoki Oda has decided to pursue an MLB career rather than play in NPB.
Four teams improved to 2-0 in the Liga Mexicana del Pacifico, and Chris Roberson got his first win as manager in Mazatlan.
Auburn's Chase Fralick is one of college baseball's best catchers heading into the 2027 season.
Milwaukee is one win from its first World Series since 1982. Shane Drohan makes his postseason debut against Tyler Glasnow at 8 p.m. ET on FS1, with Shohei Ohtani back in the leadoff spot.
Benji Gil will replace Lorenzo Bundy as manager of the Diablos Rojos del Mexico. Bundy, 66, stepped down last week to take a year-round advisory role in the Diablos' front office.
A look at how the first week of the 2026-27 LVBP season is shaping up.
The Dominican Republic's professional winter league, LIDOM, and that league's players' union, FENAPEPRO, have reached an agreement to extend the collective bargaining agreement between the league and the union through the end of the 2026-27 season.
Cleveland Cavaliers star Donovan Mitchell threw out the first pitch at game three of the ALCS between the Cleveland Guardians and the Tampa Bay Rays.
The 2026-27 LIDOM season starts Friday night, and the Estrellas Orientales' signing of Trevor Bauer outshined everything else that may have happened over the offseason.
Thunderstorms in Cleveland pushed Game 3 up five hours. Griffin Jax starts for Tampa Bay against Gavin Williams at Progressive Field with the series tied 1-1.
The Algodoneros de Guasave had six pitchers combine for a two-hit shutout of Los Mochis, and all four road teams won on opening night in the Liga Mexicana del Pacifico.
Benji Gil will not return to manage the Charros de Jalisco of the Liga Mexicana de Beisbol, the country's summer league, in the 2027 season, the team announced in a press release on Wednesday afternoon.
The Yokohama DeNA BayStars won a crucial Game 1 against the Hanshin Tigers while the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks pulled away further from the Hokkaido Nipponham Fighters.
Several notable MLB players are taking their talents to Puerto Rico for the 2026-27 LBPRC season.
The Charros de Jalisco started off their defense of back-to-back titles with a win, scoring five runs in the bottom of the fourth and cruising to victory over the Jaguares de Nayarit as the 2026-27 Liga Mexicana del Pacifico season opened Tuesday evening at Estadio Panamericano.
The road to Olympic softball glory begins in 2027, as nations across three continents battle for a limited number of spots to the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.
The Dallas Baptist Patriots released their full 2026 schedule. The schedule features many tough midweek games against Big 12 and SEC opponents.
After a great freshman season in Baton Rouge, LSU catcher Omar Serna Jr. is ready to take the Southeastern Conference (SEC) by storm in his sophomore year.
The Tiburones knocked off the defending champions in the LVBP season opener.
Tonight, Venezuela's six other teams start the season, and Mexico's Liga Mexicana del Pacifico gets underway with the Jaguares de Nayarit visiting the defending champion Charros de Jalisco.
Jesús Marriaga homered and Colombia broke the game open with a five-run eighth to take the final game of the WBSC Premier12 2027 Barcelona Qualifier. Spain had already clinched. Frank Hernández was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player.
The Vanderbilt Commodores landed a top-ten player in the 2028 high school class in Aiden Kearney.
The 2026-27 LVBP winter season starts on Monday. Let's meet the teams and highlight players to watch.
The Liga Mexicana del Pacifico's 2026-27 season starts Tuesday evening, with all roads leading to Hermosillo for the 2027 Caribbean Series.
