The Latest Breaking News from Shohei Ohtani

Aaron Judge’s contract year is one of the defining story lines of this season, and last night, he made his latest case for why the Yankees should pay him whatever the heck he wants to spend the rest of his career in pinstripes. With two on, two out and the…

PITTSBURGH — In a sport where the numbers often become numbing — I can look up the Pirates' record on Tuesday nights on artificial turf against 27-year-old left-handers with mustaches who played for at least two American League teams — this little nugget leaped from the computer screen. It came…

SEATTLE — For a night, everything looked and worked as planned.

The Angels have had good days, but they are increasingly distant. Friday marked another of the not-so-good days, with the team announcing third baseman Anthony Rendon was bound for season-ending surgery.

It was a no-hitter bid that began with a base hit.

ANAHEIM, Calif. ― The Angels are scheduled to play another 101 games in 2022, and only six in their creamy “City Connect” uniforms. They might want to re-think that.

Leave it to Shohei Ohtani to rescue the Angels.

Whew!

The way the Angels were playing during their franchise-record 14-game losing streak, with breakdowns in every facet of the game and the pressure mounting with every defeat, it seemed like it would take something extraordinary, something unexpected, for them to end their 2 1/2-week freefall.