Orioles Manager Craig Albernaz Hit in Face By Line Drive Into Dugout Albernaz was back in the Orioles dugout less than an inning later, though he had a big bruise on his cheek. Sports Illustrated · Apr 14
What the Bunched Up MLB Standings Really Say About the State of All 30 Teams Each of the 30 teams are within three games of a wild card spot at this early stage. Sports Illustrated · Apr 13
Pirates Pay Homage to Masters Broadcast, Completely Nail It Baseball pretending it is golf is a tradition unlike any other. Sports Illustrated · Apr 13
Aaron Judge Knows What’s Wrong With Yankees’ Struggling Offense The Yankees' bats have gone radio silent amid a five-game skid. Judge has an idea of what's going on. Sports Illustrated · Apr 13
The Accidental ABS Challenge Is MLB’s Latest Growing Trend The universally accepted move to signal an ABS challenge is a player tapping his helmet or cap. This has posed problems for players with a habit of doing so. Sports Illustrated · Apr 12
NESN Lost All but One Camera During Red Sox Broadcast, and It Predictably Became a Very Rough Watch Here's something you don't see too often. Sports Illustrated · Apr 12
Jazz Chisholm Jr. Not Knowing Basic MLB Rule Says a Lot About the Yankees Jazz Chisholm admitted to not knowing an extremely basic rule of baseball after his game-ending error on Saturday night. Sports Illustrated · Apr 12
Padres Fans Provided Goosebump-Worthy Moment Ahead of Gavin Sheets’s Walk-Off Homer “Holy Sheets” is right. Sports Illustrated · Apr 11
Jazz Chisholm Jr. Blames Early Struggles on Cold Weather The Yankees second baseman claims the cold weather has been the reason for his offensive struggles to start the season. Sports Illustrated · Apr 11
Kansas City officials are proposing $600M in stadium bonds to keep MLB's Royals in Missouri Kansas City, Missouri, would issue $600 million in bonds for a new stadium for Major League Baseball’s Royals under a proposal officials there are pursuing The Independent UK · Apr 10
As veil falls on Ichiro Suzuki's statue, so too goes his bat A statue has been unveiled of Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki at the Seattle Mariners' T-Mobile Park The Independent UK · Apr 10
Mariners’ Ichiro Statue Reveal Goes Horribly Wrong The Seattle Mariners dedicated a statue to Ichiro outside T-Mobile Park and managed to break the bat while revealing it. Sports Illustrated · Apr 10
White Sox expand plans for giveaway of pope-themed hats The Chicago White Sox are expanding their tribute to Pope Leo XIV, a Chicago native and longtime fan of the baseball team The Independent UK · Apr 10
Mason Miller Is the Closest Thing We Have to Unhittable The Padres closer is on an incredible run of dominance dating back to last year. A deeper look at what he’s done and how he’s done it boggles the mind. Sports Illustrated · Apr 10
Sports Illustrated · Apr 10 Five Hot MLB Starts to Believe in for 2026 Separating the noise from the real deal can be challenging in the first few weeks of a baseball season, but these players seem to have turned over a new leaf.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 10 Cam Schlittler’s Breakout Fuels Yankees’ Pitching Dominance Even with Gerrit Cole and Carlos Rodón on the injured list, New York's rotation is pacing MLB through the season's first few weeks.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 10 MLB Salaries Hit Record High As League Heads Toward Looming Labor Battle Major League Baseball’s average salary jumped to a new high in 2026, just as the league and players are set for a big labor fight.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 9 Longest Fighting Suspensions in MLB History After Jorge Soler and Reynaldo Lopez Get Punished Revisiting some of the longest suspensions handed down in MLB for fighting after Jorge Soler and Reynaldo López’s skirmish.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 9 Ranking the Eight New MLB City Connect Jerseys in 2026 From Worst to Best The good, the bad, and the ugly of the new City Connect jerseys that will be debuting on a baseball diamond near you.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 9 Marlins Broadcasters Seem Disturbed By Reliever Tyler Phillips Tyler Phillips didn’t pitch against the Reds on Wednesday night, but he still made an impression.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 9 Nine MLB Stars Struggling to Start the 2026 Season There are a bunch of teams waiting for some big bats to wake up two weeks into the season.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 9 There's a First Time for Everything: Tracking All of MLB's ABS Challenge Firsts From the first-ever ABS challenge to the first ejection involving an ABS challenge, here are all of MLB's firsts involving the new balls-and-strikes arbiter.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 8 Why White Sox Optioned Opening Day Starter Shane Smith After Just Three Outings Shane Smith will look to reset in the minor leagues after a rough start to the 2026 season.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 8 Enjoy the Final Season of Baseball As We Know It The 2026 MLB season will likely be the last of its era, as several converging factors could turn the sport on its head by this time next year.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 8 Sandy Alcantara Was Frustrated After Marlins Pulled Him in Ninth Inning Alcantara was two outs away from a complete game shutout when Marlins manager Clayton McCullough pulled him. Miami lost in extra innings.