GAMES OF THE NIGHT

How Juan Soto developed his legendary 2-strike approach

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Side-by-side photos show Juan Soto's batting stance before and after he gets to two strikes

Juan Soto has long tormented pitchers with his relentless two-strike battles, and the strategy he uses dates all the way back to when he was a teenager in the Minor Leagues.

Strider nears big league return after 13 K’s in rehab start

Adell’s 2-HR inning helps Angels make homer history

Schwellenbach stars again before Braves walk off on Ozuna HR

Caglianone’s latest must-see feat: A 120.9 mph base hit?!

‘Story’book ending: Clutch squibber gives Red Sox walk-off win

DeRosa, Hill to lead Team USA in 2026 World Baseball Classic

Cashman talks Yankees’ title hopes, 2,500th win as GM

Red Sox add All-Star catcher Grandal on Minors deal (source)

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Jo Adell follows through on a home run swing

Jo Adell

Third LAA player to homer twice in same inning

Mike Trout

27 career multihomer games is most in LAA history

Taylor Ward

First multihomer game since 7/27/23

Steven Kwan

4 RBIs and 4 H, including a HR

Brenton Doyle

Leadoff HR, second career 5-RBI game

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Nolan Schanuel could not believe that he got robbed on Jake Mangum’s terrific catch.

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Jung Hoo Lee, Mike Trout, Sandy Alcantara, Jacob deGrom, Bo Bichette and Jesús Luzardo

Healthy again, these 10 players are back in a groove

After missing some or all of the 2024 season with injuries, these players must feel encouraged to be healthy and off to strong starts in the early going.

Each organization’s most stacked MiLB team

If you can only check out one Minor League affiliate from your favorite team, here is your guide to which club has the most talent on display.

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He caught a foul ball with WHAT?

We have seen fans catch foul balls in beer cups, while holding babies and in just about every other conceivable way. But this was a new one.

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Homers and high velocity highlight top stats

Aaron Judge, Kyle Schwarber and Hunter Greene were among the players who posted standout — and even historic — numbers over the past week.

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Finding baseball’s next trailblazers

The eighth Trailblazer Series features nearly 100 girls from 26 states and four Canadian provinces who will develop their baseball skills over two days at the Jackie Robinson Training Center in Vero Beach, Fla.

Friday night baseball on MLB Network

Aaron Judge has five homers in six career games vs. the Giants going into their series opener in the Bronx at 7 p.m. ET, then the Mets battle the A’s at 10.

SCOREBOARD

LAA 11
TB 1

CWS 1
CLE 6

MIN 2
KC 3

MIL 2
COL 7

TOR 3
BOS 4

PHI 2
ATL 4

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A contender for 3,000 hits emerges

Tuesday, April 08

11 players putting up early MVP numbers

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MVP Awards are not won and lost in the first two weeks of the season, but they can still prove telling. Here’s a group of guys without any MVP hardware who could vie for their first if they keep this up.

Lindor reaches 1,500 hits in Mets’ win … can he reach 3,000?

Call it ‘a second debut’: Pozo living out his MLB dream

‘A great human being’: Blue Jays react to Vlad Jr.’s extension

‘Absolutely dominant’: Greene electric as Reds shut out Giants

Gunnar (2 hits, 2 runs, 2 steals) back in a big way

Polanco’s go-ahead hit gives Mariners winning jolt

Mize mows down Yanks for 1st Comerica win in 4 years

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Shohei Ohtani follows through on his home run at Nationals Park

Shohei Ohtani

9th career game with at least a 3B and HR

George Springer

19th career game with 4 or more hits

Justin Steele

Fanned season-high 8 over 7 scoreless IP

Tyler Soderstrom

2 HRs, tied for Major League lead with 6 overall

Logan Gilbert

7 K’s, leads AL pitchers with 25 strikeouts

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J.P. Crawford’s dazzling diving stop kept the potential tying run off base in the 9th.

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How will Vlad Jr.’s megadeal shape the winter to come?

Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s 14-year, $500 million deal with the Blue Jays takes one of the biggest bats in the game off the market and changes the dynamic of next year’s free-agent class.

Q&A with director of Red Sox docuseries

Greg Whiteley, the director of “The Clubhouse: A Season with the Red Sox,” took time with MLB.com to discuss the eight-part docuseries, which is now streaming on Netflix.

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Breaking down Skenes’ 7 (or 8?) pitches

If it’s difficult to classify and label the spin, speed and movement on all of Paul Skenes’ pitches, just imagine what it must feel like for batters trying to figure out what’s coming.

Tucker, Bregman rake in weekly honors

The Cubs’ Kyle Tucker (1.461 OPS) and Boston’s Alex Bregman (5 2B, 2 HR) won the NL and AL Player of the Week Awards in the first full week of the season.

Promotion for Bucs prospect is icing on cake

Tsung-Che Cheng remembered the cake for his wife’s birthday Sunday, but the 23-year-old infielder admitted he forgot to prepare for his partner’s big day. He had a pretty decent excuse.

Tsung-Che Cheng on the field before the Pirates game

Tuesday tripleheader on MLB Network

It’s Yankees vs. Tigers at 1 p.m. ET, followed by White Sox vs. Guardians at 4, then Padres vs. A’s at 10.

SCOREBOARD

NYY 2
DET 6

STL 4
PIT 8

LAD 4
WAS 6

TOR 6
BOS 2

MIA 0
NYM 2

TEX 0
CHC 7

MIN 2
KC 4

BAL 5
ARI 1

HOU 3
SEA 4

CIN 2
SF 0

SD 5
OAK 4

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A 100-game losing streak is over!

Wednesday, April 09

Hot offensive starts to the season that look very much for real

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Early-season hot streaks can raise expectations to an unfair degree, but sometimes it’s best just to believe the numbers. So here are six players who look like they can sustain these solid starts.

What’s happening? D-backs, O’s gets wild in crazy 7th inning

Mets win sixth straight in conditions made for a Polar Bear

Murphy (4 RBIs) powers Braves in return from IL

‘A Bobby Witt Jr. special’: Speed the X-factor in pitchers’ duel vs. Twins

Skenes, Pirates ‘not going to sweat’ rare shaky start

Jansen’s 450th save caps Angels’ escape act in Tampa

‘Breaks my heart’: Dotel’s former teammates reflect on his passing

Braves acquire World Series champion reliever Montero from Astros

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James Wood

5 RBIs in second career multihomer game

Kyle Schwarber

462-foot HR, finished a double shy of cycle

Sean Murphy

HR, 4 RBIs in season debut

Dansby Swanson

Solo HR and go-ahead 2-run single in 8th vs. TEX

Cole Ragans

Second straight start with 10+ Ks and 1 ER

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Nice recovery by Dylan Moore to turn two in extra innings!

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After 100 straight losses, they were due for a win

Yeshiva University’s losing streak hit triple digits after dropping Game 1 of a doubleheader vs. Lehman College (which had lost … 42 straight). You didn’t think they’d actually lose 101 in a row, did you?

Some sluggers are simply built different. Results are the same

Not every home run hitter has to look like Aaron Judge or Shohei Ohtani, as this group of undersized mashers proves. So how exactly do they do it?

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The 10 most stacked Minor League teams

With thousands of players spread across 120 teams at four levels, there are a lot of loaded MiLB squads. But MLB Pipeline has identified 10 that stand above the rest.

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Giants ready to rock in new unis

The club’s previous City Connect jerseys paid homage to the Golden Gate Bridge. This edition was inspired by the city’s rich musical history.

Giants outfielder Jung Hoo Lee wears the team's new black cap and jersey, with an inset of a woman in the jersey holding a pink electric guitar across her shoulders

Ohtani’s influence reaches around the world

Could Shohei Ohtani do as much for baseball globally as Michael Jordan did for basketball in the 1990s? It’s not only possible, it’s already happening — at least according to Fanatics CEO Michael Rubin.

MLB Network Showcase: Phillies vs. Braves

It’s a slugger’s showdown on MLB Network Showcase as Bryce Harper and the Phillies continue their series against Matt Olson and the Braves at 7 p.m. ET.

SCOREBOARD

NYY 0
DET 5

CWS 0
CLE 1

MIA 5
NYM 10

STL 5
PIT 3

LAD 2
WAS 8

TOR 6
BOS 1

LAA 4
TB 3

PHI 5
ATL 7

TEX 6
CHC 10

MIN 1
KC 2

MIL 7
COL 1

BAL 3
ARI 4

HOU 2
SEA 1

CIN 1
SF 0

SD 4
OAK 10

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Collision, chaos lead to clutch ending

Thursday, April 10

A positive sign for each team thus far in 2025

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It’s only been two weeks since Opening Day, but there have already been so many great storylines during the season. Every team has seen at least one promising development here in the early going, with many already paying major dividends.

Collision leads to chaotic play at the plate: ‘How was he out?’

Yaz splashes walk-off homer to win it for Giants in 10th

Randy slams, then walks it off for the Mariners … literally

Battered Padres weather injuries to become fastest to 10 wins

Turner’s 1st HR of 2025 comes at perfect time for Phils

‘Dripping in humility’: From leadoff to leader, Goldschmidt boosting Yanks

‘Monumental’ extension the moment Vlad, Blue Jays have been working toward

Caminero dedicates 1st HR of ’25 to his home country after tragedy in DR

World Baseball Classic 2026 pools finalized

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The Brewers' Jackson Chourio watches a drive in Colorado, his arms extended, holding his bat

Jackson Chourio

3-run HR, 2-run 2B: top-10 in NL in HRs, 2Bs, RBIs, OPS

Teoscar Hernández

3-run HR gives him 5 HRs, 16 RBIs, tied for NL lead in both

Kyren Paris

4th player in 125 years with 5 HRs, 4 SBs in 1st 10 G of season

Jung Hoo Lee

Homer shy of cycle: 2B, 3B, 3 hits, R, RBI

Kevin Gausman

1st TOR pitcher with 10 K’s, 0 ER, 0 BB vs. BOS

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Dane Myers made a daring catch for the final out of the game against the Mets.

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Young star (no, not that one) rises to top of Pitcher Power Rankings

As we take a new approach to ranking the best starting pitchers of the moment, three young right-handers hold the top three spots.

Flaherty-Fried high school reunion doesn’t disappoint

In their first matchup in the Major Leagues, former prep teammates Jack Flaherty and Max Fried combined for 20 strikeouts in what Fried called “a cool experience.”

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How the first 10 picks of the 2025 Draft could look

A lot has changed since MLB Pipeline’s initial rankings for the July Draft. There’s a new top 10 the experts would take if the event happened today.

‘I made the catch of the year!’ … ‘No, I did!’

A day after Marlins outfielder Derek Hill busted out a Superman dive to rob the Mets of extra bases, his teammate Dane Myers tried to one-up him with an incredible game-ending grab.

Side-by-side images of the Marlins' Dane Myers losing his cap after slamming into the padded outfield wall and teammate Derek Hill holding up a baseball in his bare hand while face-down on the warning track

This time, Michael Phelps stays out of the pool

The 28-time Olympic medalist may call Arizona home now, but his heart lies with his hometown Orioles, which wanted to put on a show for him: “When you have greatness walk in, you want to play well,” manager Brandon Hyde said.

Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps stands near a dugout wearing an Orioles cap between announcer Ben McDonald and manager Brandon Hyde. Some children stand in front of them.

Thursday tripleheader on MLB Network

It’s White Sox vs. Guardians at 1 p.m. ET, Blue Jays vs. Red Sox at 4, and Phillies vs. Braves at 7.