Soto addresses all of the Yankees’ woes: He’s a top-5 hitter in MLB who plays a corner outfield position and rarely strikes out or gets hurt More than 70 years after the fabled trade of Joe DiMaggio for Ted Williams was nearly consummated after a…

The Texas Rangers lefty — the starter in Game 2 of the World Series — wants opponents to underestimate a repertoire that includes a deadly curveball About a month ago, Jordan Montgomery went on the baseball web show “Foul Territory” and sealed his…

The Diamondbacks stunned the Phillies to get to the World Series, but don’t call them inexperienced. Arizona has seen everything in its surprising up-and-down season PHILADELPHIA — For a moment, the loudest environment in Major League Baseball fell…

PHILADELPHIA — After every Phillies home win this postseason, after the players exchange hugs and high-fives while some 45,000 fans remain in Citizens Bank Park and sing along with the team’s anthem, “Dancing on My Own,” backup catcher Garrett Stubbs…

No, the Phillies aren’t overlooking the NLCS. They’re locked in the same way Bryce Harper stared down Braves shortstop Orlando Arcia in the Division Series PHILADELPHIA — Everything is falling into place for the Phillies. Right fielder Nick…

Schwarber ranked among the slowest 6% of runners in MLB this season, but his trademark power (Schwarbombs!) and on-base percentage give the Philadelphia Phillies an unfair advantage at the top of their lineup PHILADELPHIA — The Phillies are one win…

The Orioles dropped Game 1 of the ALDS, but Baltimore fans came from near and far to show that the 2023 MLB playoffs are for the birds BALTIMORE — In just two years, the Orioles climbed their way out of the abyss to earn the top seed in the American…

The Phillies are thinking about only one thing after falling just short of a World Series title last season. They want to put a ring on it PHILADELPHIA — After hitting a double in the fourth inning, Phillies right fielder Nick Castellanos stood on…

No borderline American League wild-card team is in better position to write their postseason ticket than the Toronto Blue Jays — assuming they don’t unravel again NEW YORK — One week ago, the Toronto Blue Jays hit rock bottom after a demoralizing…

Domínguez has lived up to the moonshot hype, but his September call-up has been cut short by an elbow injury that requires Tommy John surgery NEW YORK — The Yankees keep using the same word to describe Jasson Domínguez, but the context has changed…

The Brooklyn Cyclones are leading their minor league division this summer, while New York’s major league teams sit at .500 or worse. About a half-hour before a mid-August Brooklyn Cyclones game, a family of three, a reporter and a middle-aged man…

The Tampa Bay Rays were the best team in Major League Baseball over the first three months of the season. In July, they were the second worst. With 16 losses in 24 games, it was their worst month since 2007, the year before they dropped the “Devil”…

The weeks leading up to Major League Baseball’s trading deadline are always tense. Every team has to evaluate where they are in the standings, what the organization’s long-term outlook is and how much could be changed by acquiring a few veterans.…

Harrison Bader loved St. Louis but couldn’t thrive there. A weekend series between the Yankees and the Cardinals offers a reminder of a trade that helped both teams. Minutes before Major League Baseball’s trading deadline last season, Paul DeJong,…

Steven A. Cohen said his manager and general manager are safe, but he acknowledged his struggling club with a record payroll could soon trade away some of its stars. Steven A. Cohen did not expect to be in this position when the season began. Cohen,…

Gerrit Cole and Justin Verlander have dominated baseball for years, and were teammates in Houston. On Wednesday they will face each other for only the second time. Nearly eight years ago, the Pittsburgh Pirates began a three-game series on the road…

In the movie “Moneyball,” Peter Brand, a baseball analyst played by Jonah Hill, has a mantra for the type of player his team covets. “He gets on base,” Brand says when his boss points at him. The movie, like the Michael Lewis book upon which it is…

While trying to be a shortstop, Gleyber Torres got away from what made him great. A long process has him doing things correctly again, and worrying a lot less. Gleyber Torres was the best player in the Yankees’ lineup over the first two weeks of the…

For the first 12 or so years of my life, I was convinced that one day I would be the starting catcher for the Yankees. I was a switch-hitter, like my idol Jorge Posada, and I wore No. 7 for Mickey Mantle, the player I was almost named after. I…

Editors’ note, Feb. 14, 9:56 a.m. ET: This story has been updated to reflect the reports this morning that the Padres are signing starting pitcher Michael Wacha. Welcome to the unofficial start of baseball season. Pitchers and catchers are reporting…