What rule changes are next? Who will go 1-2 in the MLB draft? It’s our MLB Mailbag, expert edition
We’ve long treated The Athletic’s MLB mailbag the way managers once treated starting pitchers: give someone the ball…
Why the Nationals brought Dylan Crews back now
WASHINGTON — Two weeks ago, two Triple-A hitting coaches brought Dylan Crews into their office and gave him…
Hidden gem to Mets regular, A.J. Ewing brings speed and discipline; Littell, Bohm slump
We’re well into the season, and prospects are getting the call, especially when veterans struggle or get injured.…
Where all 30 MLB teams stand and their trade deadline outlook at the quarter mark
Nearly 50 games into the MLB season, we are starting to get a sense of how the 2026…
MLB Power Rankings: Who — or what — is your team missing most this season?
Every week, we ask a selected group of our baseball writers — local and national — to rank…
Surging Mets produce 10-run 12th inning in win over Nationals
WASHINGTON — Carson Benge led the New York Mets to another extra-inning victory, hitting an RBI single and…
Nationals ban individual who displayed white nationalist sign at home game
WASHINGTON — The Washington Nationals have identified and banned at least one individual from Nationals Park after he…
How everyone in the Freeman-Olson saga came out winners four years later, plus more MLB notes
Except for one previously unreported twist, there’s no need to relitigate the drama of Freddie Freeman’s departure from…
MLB at the quarter mark: What we’ve learned from first 40-game stretch of season
The wise men and women of baseball love to divide every season into 40-game increments. We’d like to…
MLB starting pitching rankings for the rest of the fantasy baseball season
In setting up these starting pitching rankings that aim to look forward over the rest of the season,…
Nationals have had 15 chances to get to .500 in the past 2 years. They’re 0-15 in those games
CINCINNATI — On Thursday, gravitas was supposed to give way to catharsis. It was not supposed to end…
2026 MLB ABS challenge system tracker: Team, player rankings
Major League Baseballimplemented the ABS challenge systemfor the 2026 season, which allows players to challenge a ball or…