Phil Garner, a feisty baseball lifer with an endearing soft side, dies at 76
Phil Garner is outside the frame on Bob Melvin’s favorite baseball card. Melvin is shown at Dodger Stadium,…
The top 12 storylines for the 2026 MLB season: Skubal’s three-peat try, a looming lockout threat and more
The Athletic has live coverage of the New York Yankees vs. the San Francisco Giants Opening Day game.…
2026 MLB season predictions: Forecasting the division races and postseason results
It’s an annual tradition: My column explaining why I think your favorite team isn’t going to win as…
How each team can make MLB’s postseason, no matter the payroll
Embrace, for the moment, the grasp you foolishly think you have on the 2026 baseball season. Of course,…
10 bold MLB predictions for 2026: Roman Anthony for MVP, the return of Mike Trout and more
It’s prediction season. But these aren’t your run-of-the-mill predictions. These are bold predictions, which are aiming for a…
The 2026 Aces Project. MLB insiders rank starting pitchers: Who’s ‘just a guy’ and who’s No. 1?
For a brief interlude this spring, the two best pitchers in the world wore the same uniform. It…
Venezuela beats Aaron Judge and Team USA’s star-studded roster in WBC final
MIAMI (AP) — Aaron Judge walked slowly back and forth in the United States dugout Tuesday night while…
Venezuela beats US 3-2 on Suárez’s 9th-inning double to win first World Baseball Classic title
MIAMI (AP) — Venezuela won the World Baseball Classic for the first time, rebounding from a blown eighth-inning…
World Baseball Classic Tiebreaker Rules: How Can USA Advance To Quarterfinals?
Two quarterfinal spots, three contenders. Pool B of the World Baseball Classic will go down to the wire…
Tarik Skubal explains why leaving Team USA for Tigers camp became such a tough call
HOUSTON — Two-time defending American League Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal will leave Team USA after its…
As Tarik Skubal weighs sticking around Team USA, his decision shouldn’t be criticized
HOUSTON — Whatever Tarik Skubal decides, I don’t want to hear it. Don’t want to hear it from…
Could Tarik Skubal alter WBC plan? ‘One of the tougher decisions I’ve made in my career’
HOUSTON — There stood Tarik Skubal in a place he did not have to be — and one…