The Latest Breaking News from Baseball

LeBron-less Lakers can’t keep pace with Ja Morant, Grizzlies

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Late in the first quarter Tuesday night, LeBron James emerged from the Lakers’ locker room with a baseball cap on backward and a knee-high walking boot on his right foot, the first tangible evidence of the grave situation the Lakers find themselves in during the NBA's final…

Los Angeles Times · Mar 1, 2023

Cubs’ Seiya Suzuki diagnosed with ‘moderate’ oblique strain

Suzuki officially withdrew from the World Baseball Classic on Monday evening.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 1, 2023

Pirates and Orioles played a sandlot-style inning of baseball after the umpires left the field

A baseball inning ... without umpires?

USA Today Sports Media Group · Feb 28, 2023

Cubs hoping they can get the right numbers from Cody Bellinger

The next chapter in Cody Bellinger's professional baseball career began Saturday with a mistake as he walked to the plate for his first at-bat as a member of the Chicago Cubs.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 27, 2023

College Baseball Player Hits Two Grand Slams in Same Inning

This is impressive.

Sports Illustrated · Feb 27, 2023

How a new MLB rule could change baseball games this season

A pitch clock will give pitchers 20 seconds or less to throw the ball, and hitters have to be in the batter's box when the timer hits 8 seconds. It already cost one team a game in spring training.

WEKU · Feb 27, 2023

An MLB Player’s Career May Now Be Defined by How He Handles One Age-Old Pitch

The best bats today come with good swing decisions behind them. Take the most recent postseason as an example: The World Series came down to it.

Sports Illustrated · Feb 27, 2023

The MLB pitch clock is already proving to be the best thing for baseball after just a few days

MLB games are already faster thanks to the pitch clock, which is HUGE for baseball.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Feb 27, 2023

Braden Shewmake’s newborn son gives him perspective on baseball

TAMPA, Fla. — When the days rehabbing his torn PCL became long or monotonous, or both, Braden Shewmake’s motivation was at home waiting for him when he finished.

Tribune News Service · Feb 27, 2023

Paul Sullivan: ‘Last Comiskey’ stirs memories of a lovable Chicago White Sox team and its iconic ballpark

The start of Cactus League play in Arizona this weekend reminds us the daily grind of the baseball season is underway and opening day is on deck.

Chicago Tribune · Feb 27, 2023