The Latest Breaking News from Stephanie Apstein

MLB’s expanded playoffs get underway on Friday with the four wild-card series.

By this time next week, it will all be over. We’ll know which teams acquired starting pitchers Luis Castillo, José Quintana and Noah Syndergaard. We’ll see where the Cubs sent All-Star catcher Willson Contreras and closer David Robertson, and if they dealt All-Star outfielder Ian Happ. ...

As it turns out, the Marlins second baseman isn’t the only one in his family who knows how to steal the show.

Plus, Joe Girardi is out in Philadelphia and the Astros extend Yordan Álvarez.

New York fans could've demanded their third baseman to act like a professional. Instead they stooped to his level.

The incident was the latest in a brewing feud between the two stars.

Imagine a whole country thinking you're cute. Wow.

In 2019, Gleyber Torres was a second-year player who made his second All-Star team and finished the season with 38 home runs. He was the Yankees’ breakout star in that postseason, leading the team with a 1.078 OPS in nine playoff games. He was just 22 years old, and it…

MLB announced this afternoon that it has suspended Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer 324 games, or the length of two full regular seasons, for violating its domestic violence policy. This is the biggest story in baseball today, so I’ll use the beginning of this newsletter to share Stephanie ...