MLB Standings Suggest Surprising Division Could Be in for Historic Year All five teams have been hot out of the gates and exceeding projections. Sports Illustrated · Apr 21
What the Padres Sale Says About Other Small-Market Teams San Diego’s story could be a model for the rest of the league, if only those other teams wanted it to be. Sports Illustrated · Apr 21
How Dodgers Could Handle Closer Role After Edwin Díaz's Elbow Injury Díaz is set to undergo surgery and should return in the second half of the season. Three relievers look primed to pick up the slack in the ninth inning. Sports Illustrated · Apr 21
‘Lab-Grown’ Pitches Are Making Hitting More Difficult Than Ever More pitchers are adding weapons to their arsenal, leaving hitters confused in an era already defined by high velocity and tunneling. Sports Illustrated · Apr 20
SI:AM | Mets’ Long Losing Streak Is Their Worst in Decades New York has lost 11 in a row after a brutal defeat against the Cubs on Sunday. Sports Illustrated · Apr 20
Why the Padres Sold for $3.9 Billion—and Why It Won’t Reset MLB’s Market Several unique factors led to the Padres’ sale shattering the previous MLB record. Don’t expect their sale to reset the market. Sports Illustrated · Apr 18
LA to pay $11.8 million to man blinded by police projectile during Dodgers celebration The city of Los Angeles must pay $11.8 million to a 27-year-old who was blinded by a projectile fired by police officers while he was celebrating the Dodgers 2020 World Series win The Independent UK · Apr 18
The Padres are close to being sold for a record amount A deal being discussed would be the highest valuation ever for a MLB team sale. Axios · Apr 17
MLB Scores and Standings: New Teams Enjoy View from First Place Mets are plummeting, Reds are surging and Dodgers are as good as ever. Sports Illustrated · Apr 16
MLB Power Rankings: Pirates Soar With Surprising Division Lead Pittsburgh has recovered from Paul Skenes’s Opening Day disappointment. That’s far from the only notable development of the season’s first three weeks. Sports Illustrated · Apr 16
Steve Cohen Finds the Bright Side With Late-Night Post Amid Mets' 7-Game Losing Streak New York suffered yet another loss to the Dodgers, but the Mets’ owner insists there were some positives. Sports Illustrated · Apr 15
MLB Scores and Standings: Mets and Red Sox Sinking, Padres and Tigers Getting Hot Here's where we stand after a Tuesday night full of one-run games. Sports Illustrated · Apr 15
The Best Pitchers in Major League Baseball Right Now There are many aces across the league. But this group stands out as the sport’s top-tier starters. Sports Illustrated · Apr 14
MLB Standings Reveal Some Surprising Struggles and First-Place Teams The Pirates off to a hot start while perceived contenders are limping out of the gates. Sports Illustrated · Apr 14
Sports Illustrated · Apr 13 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.
International Business Times UK · Apr 9 Davey Lopes Cause of Death Revealed After Sudden Confusion Leaves Fans Stunned Davey Lopes, Dodgers star and Phillies coach, dies at 80. Cause confirmed as Parkinson's complications, shocking MLB fans and followers worldwide
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 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 An Irate John Schneider Was Ejected From Blue Jays-Dodgers World Series Rematch John Schneider was red with rage after a balk call led to his ejection during Tuesday’s game against the Dodgers.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 7 How Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo’s Salaries Compare to Richest NFL, NBA, MLB Stars Dak Prescott, Steph Curry and Shohei Ohtani’s wages don’t quite stack up to soccer’s two highest-paid stars.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 7 MLB Panic Meter: Analyzing Three Expected Contenders’ Early Struggles The Blue Jays, Red Sox and Padres have gotten off to slow starts after entering the season with playoff expectations. How worried should their fans be?
Sports Illustrated · Apr 1 Shohei Ohtani Had a Very Unique Problem During Spectacular Pitching Performance This could only happen to him.
The Guardian - US · Apr 1 Can Congress stop the ‘straight greed’ of US sports teams leaving their cities? From Brooklyn to Oakland, relocations have left scars. US lawmakers Bernie Sanders and Greg Casar now want to give communities a chance to fight back
Sports Illustrated · Apr 1 Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani Logs Six Scoreless Innings in 2026 Pitching Debut Ohtani was outstanding in his first pitching appearance of the 2026 MLB season.
Reason · Mar 31 Bernie Sanders Has a Backdoor Plan To Socialize Sports Teams Plus: The NBA has more overcomplicated anti-tanking plans, and why Formula 1’s Drive to Survive is the best sports docuseries