Boston is reportedly “monitoring” the availability of Abreu and evaluating a potential deal for Hudson.
E.Jay Zarett
The Dodgers notched three home runs in the shutout but starter Walker Buehler stole the show.
Ameer Tyree
The Cardinals topped the Reds 12-11 at Great American Ball Park, despite trailing 7-0 entering the sixth inning.
Three friends had an extra ticket to Wednesday's Red Sox game and decided to gift it to a homeless man.
Alyssa Sconzo
Eovaldi, who can’t be activated until Saturday at the earliest, has been on the injured list since late April because of a sore elbow.
Travis Durkee
Green debuted with the Red Sox in 1959, making them the last in MLB to integrate 12 years after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier.
Bob Hille
The Giants have shaken things up massively with their recent trip to Coors Field in Colorado.
Thomas Lott
Bellinger managed to steal the show after he hit two home runs to now lead the major league with 33 on the season.
Alexis Mansanarez
The two teams went 18 innings that took 7 hours, 20 minutes in the 2018 World Series. This time? It took "only" 5:40 to finish things.
Tampa Bay was close to pitching the first combined perfect game in MLB history.
The Dodgers beat the reigning MLB champions handily on Saturday, and on Cody Bellinger's birthday no less.
The Red Sox have been contemplating adding to the back of their rotation and they did just that Saturday.
Ortiz, 43, was at a Santo Domingo bar in his native Dominican Republic the night of June 9 when a suspect shot him at close range.
Seager is batting .278/.359/.468 with eight home runs and 38 RBIs in 66 games this season.
Mookie Betts never stepped to the plate in the All-Star Game.
"We built our ballclub for them to be our strong suit," Dombrowski said. "I don't think it's been what we expected or hoped."
Sale said that he's never felt more "frustrated" by his performance after Boston's 6-3 loss to the Blue Jays on Wednesday.
Chelsea Howard
Eovaldi has been sidelined since April 20 after undergoing surgery on his elbow.
Gabrielle McMillen
The retired Red Sox star continues to recover from his injuries there, having been moved out of the intensive care unit.
Kirstie Chiappelli
Didi Gregorius added an insurance run in the eighth and extended the team's home run streak to 31 consecutive games.
"It was fun to watch,'' Rays manager Kevin Cash said. "Just the way he carried himself, it was kind of unflappable.''
The Yankees and Red Sox combined to score 12 runs in the first inning and the game only got crazier from there.
The Red Sox are reportedly starting to look around the market for a reliever. Who exactly could that be?
The teams combined to use 16 pitchers in a game lasting nearly five hours between the AL East rivals.
Thomas Schlarp
The person alleged to be behind the June 9 shooting is identified as Victor Hugo Gomez Vasquez, who was arrested in Santo Domingo.
The Astros have led the Rangers by more than 10 games at multiple points this season but Texas continues to chip away at the deficit.
Wright served an 80-game suspension for testing positive for PEDs, but if Boston makes it to the postseason, he will have to sit out.
Although the Marlins are last in the NL East standings, they beat the second-place Phillies three times in a row this weekend.
Gio Urshela's home run kept the historic streak going against the Astros as the Yankees went on to win 7-5.
Keuchel pitched in an MLB game for the first time since last year’s American League Championship series.
The retired Red Sox star, who had been listed in "guarded" condition in recent days, is still in intensive care.
Arthur Weinstein
Two men alleged to be linked to the shooting were revealed Monday, one by authorities and the other in his court hearing in the case.
Two home runs came from outfielder Teoscar Hernandez, raising his 2019 total to six.
An early look at the big moves that might be made over the next couple of months.
Dan Bernstein
A spokesman for the Dominican national police told CNN the former Red Sox star was shot in the back by "by a motorcyclist."
With a win in Game 7, the Bruins can help the city of Boston achieve something that hasn't happened since 1935.
Drew Nantais
It is not known whether police consider the arrested man the shooter.
Tom Gatto
Red Sox icon David Ortiz, who underwent surgery following a shooting, is on his way back to Boston.
Sacha Pisani
There are many examples of MLB teams finding value in the middle or near the end of a draft.
The Rockies topped the Blue Jays, 5-1, with the help of David Dahl and Nolan Arenado, who both finished 2 for 4 at the plate.
Hiura hit the game-tying two-run home run in the ninth to force extra innings against the Pirates on Saturday.
Even with stars such as Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and Luis Severino sidelined, the Yankees have the third-best record in baseball.
Aaron Boone really likes DJ LeMahieu in his Yankees lineup.
Moreland has a team-best 13 home runs for the Red Sox, who are tied for 26th in the majors in runs scored.
Oakland won its 10th consecutive game after topping Los Angeles, 8-5.
There were several odd moments in this sequence at Fenway Park.
Bill Buckner played in 22 MLB seasons with the Dodgers, Cubs, Red Sox, Angels and Royals. He died Monday following his battle with Lewy Body Dementia.
The Red Sox second baseman was moved to the 60-day injured list Monday and says he needs time to rest and think about his baseball future.
Cora is thinking about realigning Boston's rotation so Price can face Cleveland rather than the first-place Yankees.
It is the first time the Twins (36-16) are 20 games over .500 since the end of the 2010 season.
For once, people are complaining about a ball that didn't go out of Minute Maid Park.
David Price came out after giving up a single to Michael Brantley in the first inning. The team later said Price was removed because of illness.
Jorge Polanco trails only Mike Trout among American League position players in WAR.
Stroman snapped at Cora on Twitter after Tuesday's game, after Cora said Stroman "competes a certain way and people don't like it."
With Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final starting at 8 p.m. ET Wednesday, the Red Sox moved up their game time an hour so fans can watch both.
Toronto is counting on an old baseball adage to turn its season around.
Jenn Smith
Houston became just the third team in MLB history to have multiple 10-plus game winning streaks before June 1st.
George Springer hit a go-ahead two-run homer which would prove to be the difference in the Astros' win over the Red Sox.
Ryan Pressly had a 3.40 ERA when the Astros acquired him before the 2018 trade deadline from the Twins. He has given up two runs since.
The Rangers plated 16 runs in a win over the Royals and they didn't even score the most runs on the day.
There have been 32 games in MLB history with at least 18 strikeouts by a single pitcher. Of those 32, only two have happened in the past 10 years.
Ryan Fagan
Mike Soroka and Austin Riley might have been the stories of the day in MLB.
His 17 strikeouts against the Rockies were a career-high total.
Two home runs and four RBIs from third baseman Yandy Diaz helped Tampa Bay improve to 24-14 on the year.
Since falling to 11-17 on April 28, the Red Sox have won nine of 11 and are finally over the .500 mark.
Trump made no mention of the fact that 11 players and manager Alex Cora were absent from the gathering.
“Never picking up a baseball again is absolutely devastating,” Jenks said Tuesday preparing for the trial. “I was living my dream."
The Red Sox manager, who is a Puerto Rico native, announced he won't visit the White House because he doesn't feel comfortable.
Even by the Gold Glove winner's standards, this catch was special.
The Red Sox got the best version of Sale on Wednesday. The left-hander threw an immaculate inning and struck out 14.
Baltimore continues to hurt Boston despite struggling against almost everyone else.
Price has a 3.75 ERA in six starts this season. He pitched six innings against the White Sox last Thursday.
Marc Lancaster
"I’ve used my voice on many occasions so that Puerto Ricans are not forgotten and my absence is no different," Cora said.
"Those situations don't happen a lot, but there's something special about them," Marte said after the game.
Some major league pitchers will tell you the numbers don’t lie, pointing to the record 1,144 HRs hit in the first two months of the season.
Bill Marx
Rhys Hoskins is doing something special right now for the Phillies.
The Red Sox aren't as high up in the MLB standings as they'd like, so players decided to focus and quit playing the popular video game.
Jordan Heck
The Cardinals scored all the runs they needed in the fifth inning of their 6-3 win over the Nationals.
The Nationals had not one, not two, but three players 21 or younger hit home runs against the Padres on Sunday.
Trevor Bauer was superb in the Indians' 2-1 win over the Astros on Thursday.
It was the final homer of Buckner's career.
Jason Foster
Gordon hit his fifth home run of the season Monday, continuing his scorching start to the year.
The 29-year-old Red Sox starter will undergo surgery Tuesday to remove “loose bodies” in his right elbow, according to The Athletic.
The Red Sox completed a three-game sweep of the first-place Rays, while the Yankees have now won five of six.
The Angels slugger moved ahead of the Bambino in his final at-bat Saturday night.
Freddy Galvis stole the show with his no-glove catch, but there were a lot of other entertaining moments among baseball's coolest happenings Saturday.
Jacob Janower
Tucker, who was unexpectedly called up from the minors Saturday, drove a 431-foot home run into the wind to center for the game winner.
Boston right-hander Nathan Eovaldi is placed on the 10-day injured list because because of "a loose body in his right elbow."
Michael Chavis is the No. 75 prospect in baseball, according to MLB Pipeline.
The infielder is off to a slow start in 2019, hitting .159 in 44 at-bats.
Pedroia, who left Wednesday's game against the Yankees because of his surgically repaired left knee, reportedly avoided serious injury.
Pedroia 'was down' after leaving Wednesday's game against the Yankees after having more problems with his surgically repaired left knee.
From pitchers hitting home runs to squabbles over unwritten rules, it was an eventful afternoon and evening.
Sale said of his 0-4 start: “It’s as frustrated as I’ve ever been on a baseball field. It sucks. I’m not gonna sugarcoat it."
Elsewhere, Christian Yelich hit another home run and Collin McHugh reenacted "The Matrix" in avoiding a line drive headed right at him.
Paxton threw eight shutout innings while allowing just two hits in New York's 8-0 win over Boston.
As the Red Sox prepare for Tuesday's game against the Yankees, they recalled catcher Sandy Leon and designated Blake Swihart for assignment.
The 27-year-old star belted three homers and drove in seven runs in the Brewers’ 10-7 win over the Cardinals at Miller Park.
The 123rd Boston Marathon marked the first time it had been contested on April 15 since the 2013 race that was marred by terrorist bombs.
Craig Kimbrel was rumored to be looking for a deal in the $100-million range, but that doesn't appear to be the case now.
Arrieta, 33, gave up just one run in seven innings pitched. He has the 22nd most wins among active pitchers.
Tellez's mammoth blast surpassed Ted Williams' 502-foot home run hit in 1946.
Mark Suleymanov
The Mariners have won 86.7 percent of their games through 15 times out this season.
David Mellor's memoir, "One Base at a Time," will be released this June.
The Reds pulled off an impressive victory Tuesday, using a seven-run sixth inning to top the Marlins 14-0.
Sale was lit up in his first start of the year and there may be good reason for that.
Dustin Pedroia has played just three games since the start of the 2018 season.
The Red Sox, Braves and Cubs are among the teams in need of bullpen help. Soon enough, a club will turn to Kimbrel.
Los Angeles picked up a 7-2 win Sunday as Trout completed one of the best four-game series of all-time.
The last time Boston's season got off to a 2-8 start was in 2011.
Holt is off to a slow start in 2019, with only one hit in 16 at-bats, with seven strikeouts.
The Red Sox are off to a bad start this season and Rick Porcello is clearly feeling the frustration.
The Boston pitcher says his MVP teammate needs to be "on commercials."
The Dodgers and Diamondbacks just keep scoring runs.
Houston gifted the center fielder to Oakland in November 2017. Now, he's a key part of the A's lineup.
The 444-foot homer was the last of New York's runs in its 7-3 victory over Miami.
Philadelphia started the Bryce Harper-era off on the right note.
The Red Sox locked up another long-term piece on Sunday, agreeing to a seven-year, $132 million deal with shortstop Xander Bogaerts.
The top five highest-paid players were all pitchers, and five teams' payrolls were below $90 million.
It's just one start, so let's not go nuts, but there are legitimate warning signs for at least one of these pitchers.
The Dodgers set an MLB Opening Day record with eight home runs in their win over the Diamondbacks.
Sporting News tracked all the action from Opening Day for the 2019 MLB season. Catch up on the scores and highlights with our updates from Thursday's games.
MLB's blackout policy makes it difficult to watch live out-of-market games on Opening Day. Here's a guide to finding your favorite team on TV and live-streaming online, including DAZN's new whiparound highlights show.
Every MLB team will be playing on Opening Day in 2019 for a second straight year. Here is everything to know about the unofficial national holiday for baseball fans, including first pitch times and TV information for all 30 clubs.
The AL East is a three-horse race in 2019, but that doesn't mean the top three squads are without their questions.
Joe Rivera
Separate from those changes, players and owners will begin negotiations on a new collective bargaining agreement more than two years before the agreement is set to expire.
It’s hard to imagine what was going through Blake Swihart’s mind, or how he was able to keep his mind clear, as he stood in the batter’s box Thursday afternoon at JetBlue Stadium.
The once-heralded Japanese star is out of after an encounter with an "overzealous admirer" reportedly went badly.
A majority of the skippers, not surprisingly, want to keep something that gives them an advantage during games.
If Madison Bumgarner is going to be in another uniform on Opening Day 2019, here are five that could make sense.
The Yankees heighten a historical feat, the NL West features a surprise team and more bold, spicy predictions to keep you warm this winter.
I wanted to take advantage of the rather unique geographical opportunity presented by the 2018 World Series. The idea was to visit two truly coastal, iconic communities and find one person in each spot to talk baseball with.
The long-time Boston narrative — that Red Sox fans are uniquely tortured souls — no longer matches the reality of the situation.
Everything you need to know about the 2018 World Series, with start times and more.
Sporting News
The Red Sox are world champions.
The Red Sox's comeback victory in Game 4 are exemplary of what champions are made of.
The Dodgers manager was asked to respond to the chief executive's in-game tweet about the decision to lift starter Rich Hill in the seventh inning.
The Red Sox scored nine unanswered runs late in Game 4 to take a stranglehold on the 2018 World Series.
From Walker Buehler's spotless start to Nathan Eovaldi's special "loss," the longest game in MLB postseason history left us with a lot of questions.
The Dodgers and Red Sox continue their World Series theatrics less than 24 hours after Max Muncy ended Game 3 with an 18th-inning home run. Here's how to watch Game 4.
Brandon Schlager
Manny Machado hit a drive to the warning track in left field but had to stop at first base after posing and then breaking into a home run trot.
Max Muncy ends the longest game in World Series history with a solo shot off Nathan Eovaldi. LA is right back in the Fall Classic after winning a pivotal Game 3.
You would think persuading Bill Belichick to do anything for the media would be Mission Impossible. But Fox Sports' persistence paid off when it landed Belichick for one of the greatest World Series TV openings in recent years.
Michael McCarthy
Should the Red Sox win the World Series before David Price takes the mound again, his Game 2 start will mark the high point of an about-face in the relationship between Price and the moaner-and-grumbler crowd in Boston.
Sean Deveney
The Dodgers look to avoid a 3-0 series deficit at home against the Red Sox in Game 3. Here's how to tune in.
The Red Sox head west with a commanding 2-0 series lead over the Dodgers.
Boston celebrated its 2004 world championship squad without the former pitcher.
While home runs and power are the craze in baseball, reigning SN Player of the Year Mookie Betts showed that speed still rules in October.
The Red Sox look to take a 2-0 series lead against the Dodgers. Here's how to tune in.
The Red Sox drew first blood in the 2018 World Series.
The Dodgers and Red Sox face off in Game 1 of the Worlds Series. Here's how to tune in.
"MLB The Show 18" and "Out of the Park Baseball 19" agree that the Red Sox have the advantage over the Dodgers in the 2018 World Series.
Bryan Wiedey
Despite controversy in the past, Manny Machado has just one thing on his mind: Winning the World Series.
The Red Sox won the AL pennant on Thursday night with a win over the over the Astros in Houston.
The Boston center fielder's unorthodox ALCS resulted in high honors.
It seems like much ado about nothing, but Houston has found itself in this situation in the past. Here are five interesting details surrounding the situation.
It was a play that quite literally made the play-by-play man fall out of his chair.
A controversial ruling goes against the Astros early in Game 4, but Houston's manager says it didn't cost his team the game.
The Houston outfielder used his entire 5-6 frame to pull down a drive by Boston's Steve Pearce. Did Kemp get help from the scoreboard behind him? Well . . .
No player really wants to be eligible for Comeback Player of the Year because it means something went wrong. Though there were many candidates in 2018, two stood above the rest in a vote of their peers.
The Red Sox aren’t just trying to win a championship, they’re trying to avoid a trip into history’s dustbin.
Houston and Boston were expected to start their playoff series with a classic pitchers' duel. The game was a tedious, mistake-filled marathon instead.
David Price still has the confidence of Boston manager Alex Cora, who is giving the left-hander another opportunity to have success as a starter in the postseason.
Sporting News breaks down three keys to the ALCS between the Astros and Red Sox.
There will be no Game 5, just as there isn't much of a discussion as to who's in the driver seat of the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry.
The Red Sox had a response to Aaron Judge's musical selection in Boston over the weekend.
The Red Sox will face the Astros in the AL Championship Series after withstanding a ninth-inning comeback attempt by the Yankees in Game 4 of the AL Division Series.
The can landed a few feet from the Boston closer, who was making his way to the field in the middle of the ninth inning.
Let’s look back at the players — the stars and the surprises — who have worn the hero capes in this short, but intense, Boston-New York playoff rivalry.
New York does what it does best — hit the long ball — and becomes the first road team to win a game in this year's Division Series.
Ranking how each playoff team's chances at a title stack up to each other.
After putting away the Athletics in the wild-card game, the Yankees get the matchup they say they want.
SN's staff makes its predictions for the 2018 MLB postseason.
SN analyzes 10 players, one from each team, whose cost per WAR made them highly valuable in 2018.
Christopher Carelli
Keep track of the MLB postseason races all in one spot.
The arms race in the American League isn't short of talent, and the leaders of the pack have
In the American League, the MVP race is tighter than one would expect. It's down to Trout, Betts and Ramirez — and some more.
It takes years to accurately gauge moves, but there can still be initial observations. That's our basis for examining trades made during the two weeks leading to the 2018 non-waiver deadline.
On paper, the trade for Ian Kinsler makes a lot of sense, but is Kinsler the answer for the Red Sox?
PBS's "American Masters" series turns to Red Sox Ted Williams. The must-see documentary lauds the MLB hitting phenom, but doesn't hold back on his less-proud moments either.
The Yankees need rotation help even though they had the best winning percentage in the American League coming into Saturday. Where better to get it than the borough next door?
Stephen Piscotty went deep in his first at-bat after coming off the bereavement list. He took a moment at the end of his home run trot to acknowledge his late mother.
The Dodgers and Nationals are scuffling, which means there's no room in the top 10 for either. Meanwhile, it's top-heavy in the top three spots.
Diana Benedict, mother of All-Star Mookie Betts, has been involved in Betts' career from the very, very beginning, and still is to this day.
Gary Phillips
Yankees fans let Joe Kelly know what they thought of his fastball at Tyler Austin.
Even though it's still early, the Red Sox and Yankees seemingly never fail to deliver good matchups. Here are five things to watch heading into to Part 2 of this season's edition of the rivalry.
Sean Manaea is the seventh pitcher in A's franchise to throw a no-hitter and the first in MLB to do it against Red Sox in 25 years.
Shohei Ohtani's third major-league start was far worse than his first two, and now the right-hander is dealing with a recurring physical issue.
Joseph D'Hippolito
RotoQL's Mike Lovetro breaks down his favorite DraftKings and FanDuel core picks for Friday's MLB DFS slate.
Mike Lovetro
MLB's treatment of its doubleheader of brawls seems weird when compared with how the NBA treats fights.
Gabe Fernandez
RotoQL's Bennett Bedford breaks down his favorite DraftKings and FanDuel value picks for Thursday's MLB DFS slate.
Bennett Bedford
In the words of Ken Watanabe in "Godzilla," let them fight.
The Yankees' Tyler Austin offended the Red Sox, who took diamond justice into their own hands. Did official baseball justice play a role? Ex-Sox third baseman Kevin Youkilis believes so.
In-game player interviews are usually boring and full of cliches. But finally — finally! — something interesting happened during one Tuesday.
Chris Sale's opening day start for the Red Sox might be in jeopardy.
A 30-30 season from Hanley Ramirez is a fun thing to imagine, but it's almost certainly not going to happen.
Nick Stellini
The ability to score runs quickly, with one swing of the bat, matters in the postseason.
In Chicago, the Cubs have a relief pitcher in Dillon Maples who might light up the National League if he can improve his command. In Boston, the Red Sox have a third baseman in Rafael Devers who could help anchor the offense if they’re willing to overlook his suspect defense.
Jared Wyllys
The job as manager of the Boston Red Sox is one of the most coveted in baseball.