Here's everything we know about Fernando Tatis Jr.'s injury and the latest news on when he may return to the field.
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Here's what you need to know to watch opening weekend of the 2021 MLB season, including a full TV schedule with start times and TV channels.
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Major League Baseball is returning to a full 162-game slate in 2021 after a shortened season last year. Here's everything to know about Opening Day, including the full TV schedule with start times for all 30 teams.
Spoiler: It's mostly bad, especially the potential ban on shifts and the limits on teams' ability to control the running game.
Bedlam breaks loose as Thomson turns defeat to victory.
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MLB announced Friday and Saturday's games have been called off. Game 2 of the four-game set was called just before it was about to begin.
Skies above San Francisco and Oakland turned orange as smoke blocked the sun.
Shaun Anderson has thrown at Mike Trout's head not once, not twice, but now three times in the same week.
Jordan Heck
Zack Greinke's voice could be picked up on the television broadcast.
There are 26 MLB teams starting their quest for a World Series appearance today. Sporting News will be tracking highlights, scores, updates and more.
Coonrod was clear about why he didn't kneel with everyone else in a pregame demonstration, but he also tried to obscure his reasons with the shield of his faith.
Here's what you need to know to watch opening weekend of the 2020 MLB season, including a full TV schedule with start times and TV channels.
Clayton Kershaw is dealing with a balky back. Dustin May is set to begin the Dodgers' chase for glory instead.
Betts was the only Dodger not standing during the anthem.
Dan Bernstein
Here is a complete guide to watching Thursday's game between the Dodgers and Giants, including the start time and TV schedule for MLB Opening Night.
There's been a shift in tone from MLB regarding the Black Lives Matter movement.
Some were surprised by the San Francisco Giants' decision to kneel during the national anthem.
The 30-year-old Nakken has helped shatter the glass ceiling for women in baseball.
The Giants will play without one of the faces of their franchise this year.
While Bay Area fans may be worried about Sandoval's conditioning, Giants manager Gabe Kapler is unconcerned.
Jordan Greer
Baseball can at least use a nixed year as an opportunity fix its woefully short supply of competition.
Mike DeCourcy
Teams have a lot to unpack. MLB is trying to cover every potential coronavirus hazard.
Big-market teams are spending the most, but the league overall has been careful to keep a lid on expenses.
When is Opening Day? Your guess is as good as ours.
July opening? November ending? That's the latest speculation. Some thoughts on those rumors.
It's already like that in the baseball world. Hey, games are games and stats are stats.
The Mets right-hander will have the surgery Thursday in Florida, where the state's governor has barred non-essential procedures.
We all remember when Randy Johnson hit that bird with a pitch. Now, for the first time, the bird's family tells his side of the story.
Emily Carson
The Astros are obviously the biggest storyline of spring action, but all teams carry compelling narratives worth fan attention.
People saw Giants reliever Yapson Gomez show off his weird windup, but it's something he's been doing for years.
Nakken will be a full-time traveling member of San Francisco's staff.
Many nice things will be said when these top hurlers visit their former parks for the first time, but some people might want to say things about their former favorites that aren't as pleasant.
The Phillies fired Kapler in October.
J Crabtree-Hannigan
There's certainly going to be a big market for the big lefty. Here are six sensical new teams for MadBum.
Bochy bowed out as Giants skipper after the 2019 season. We may see him back in the dugout sometime after 2020.
The Padres reportedly wanted to bring back their former manager, but he declined and plans to sit out next season.
Marc Lancaster
A look back at the Loma Prieta earthquake, which occurred just before Game 3.
Kapler was fired by the Phillies at the end of the regular season after he managed the team to an 81-81 record.
Gabrielle McMillen
"It felt personal playing for him.”
The move follows a league trend over the past 20 years.
Gerardo Parra hit a grand slam in a whopping nine-run second inning to highlight the victory, which is Washington's seventh consecutive win.
Alexis Mansanarez
Milwaukee dominated as it punched its ticket to postseason, just one day after the Nationals secured a wild-card spot.
Ameer Tyree
George Springer hit three home runs in four innings and added four RBIs.
Bochy, who managed the Padres for 12 seasons and lives in the area, immediately surfaced as a candidate to replace the ousted Andy Green.
Arthur Weinstein
The Rays sit in the second spot in the wild-card race, with a one-game lead over the Indians, after a 5-4 win over the Red Sox.
Yaz's grandson hit a home run Tuesday at Fenway Park, which was cool. But there was a whole lot of other things that went on.
Bob Hille
Boston witnessed a dramatic baseball moment as it welcomed another Yastrzemski to its home field.
The Brewers and Cubs both have 82-69 records and are now tied for the second National League wild-card spot.
Mike is the 29-year-old grandson of Hall of Famer and Red Sox icon Carl Yastrzemski, 80, who'll be at one of the games.
Milwaukee (80-69) is one game back of the Cubs, who hold the National League second wild-card spot.
Rajai Davis hit a three-run double in the eighth inning to give his team the lead, helping keep the Mets' postseason hopes alive.
Cueto, who last pitched in the big leagues on July 28 of last year, allowed one hit over five innings against the Pirates.
Los Angeles' offense was powered by Corey Seager, who hit two home runs and tallied five RBIs in the contest.
New York also got a strong showing from Jacob deGrom, who tallied 11 strikeouts in seven innings of work while only giving up three hits.
Arizona has gone 11-1 in its last 12 games with its most recent win Saturday over Cincinnati.
The Rangers' pitching staff handed New York its first shut out in 220 games to break the second-longest streak in MLB history.
Verlander struck out 14 and walked only one in the Astros' 2-0 win over the Blue Jays and is now 17-5 this season.
While LeMahieu went 1 for 5 on the day, he came up big when his team needed him most.
There's a complex timeline and plenty of emotions behind on-field bullpens.
The Giants picked up Scooter Gennett at the trade deadline but they are apparently ready to move on.
Thomas Lott
The Cardinals' hits matched their RBIs on the night, as they notched 12 of each. They also got home runs from Yadier Molina and Paul DeJong.
The feat came exactly one year and one day after Justin Verlander joined the 200 club.
Seager became the 11th Mariner in team history with three home runs in a single game.
The Giants designated Panik for assignment earlier this week.
E.Jay Zarett
The ace pitched six innings, allowing five runs off seven hits while striking out two and walking two in his debut.
David Dahl has sustained yet another unfortunate injury.
"I just asked (manager) Joe (Maddon) to be patient with me. Just give me a shot and here we go," Heyward said.
"I feel the exact same, honestly," Bumgarner said. "I feel I've done a good job of not letting that stuff creep into my head."
The Brewers have added a couple of pitchers.
Get your trade fix right here to prepare for a fun couple of weeks of wheeling and dealing.
The Astros and Giants have discussed Madison Bumgarner in recent days.
The 11-8 Atlanta victory came a day after Washington won with a similar margin of victory, 6-3, and was led by the efforts of Adam Duvall.
"All our goals are still here," J.T. Realmuto said after the game. "We feel like we have a team here to do something special."
The trade would send Noah Syndergaard to the Padres while getting pieces to New York that would help land Marcus Stroman.
The Blue Jays trailed the Rays by four runs entering the ninth inning, but rallied to tie it up and win it in extra innings.
Eric Sogard is a free agent after this season, so he would be a rental. This drives home the idea that the Giants are not selling.
Once sure-fire trade deadline sellers, San Francisco is the hottest team in baseball. There are reasons for that.
There is a perfect case study for why the Giants should sell at the deadline and it led to one of the worst runs in MLB history.
The 25-year-old infielder had run afoul of manager Joe Maddon in recent days for base-running blunders and missing signs.
"The difference is the body of work," Chicago's manager said. "Don’t underestimate the body of work and the presence and everything else."
Cano went 4 for 4 with three home runs and drove in all five of his team's runs.
Minnesota turned a 5-4-3 triple play in the first inning against New York.
"It's impossible to say what the next 10 days are going to present," Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi told reporters.
The Mets lost to the Giants in dramatic fashion on Friday but came back to claim a huge win on Saturday at Oracle Park.
The Mets visit the red-hot Giants on Saturday. Here's everything you need to know to tune in.
Drew Nantais
Smith, a converted first baseman, failed to catch a shallow fly to left and the Giants took advantage.
The Cardinals topped the Reds 12-11 at Great American Ball Park, despite trailing 7-0 entering the sixth inning.
Bumgarner's best pitching performance in years continued San Francisco's unexpected hot streak.
SN takes a detailed look at what to expect from teams in the AL and NL West ahead of the trade deadline.
The Giants have shaken things up massively with their recent trip to Coors Field in Colorado.
Madison Bumgarner will likely be traded, but the Giants don't want to give him up for nothing.
Bellinger managed to steal the show after he hit two home runs to now lead the major league with 33 on the season.
Smith holds a 2.17 ERA and has recorded 23 saves for the Giants so far this season.
Tampa Bay was close to pitching the first combined perfect game in MLB history.
Tampa Bay tallied a staggering 20 hits to Baltimore's five, and first baseman Nate Lowe went 4 for 5 with one home run.
San Francisco's ace tried to tough it out but yielded after being checked by manager Bruce Bochy and trainer Dave Groeschner.
It was the 20th three-homer game in franchise history, according to MLB.com, and the first ever by a switch-hitter.
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.''
Baltimore was exceptional at the plate and racked up 16 hits to Cleveland's six on the night.
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.
Bumgarner has heard the talk he's on the decline, but says, “I’m the same guy I was in 2014, contrary to popular belief."
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 Yankees pitcher threw nine scoreless innings and struck out 10 in his team's 3-0 victory over the Rays.
An early look at the big moves that might be made over the next couple of months.
Yordan Alvarez because just the fourth player ever to hit at least four home runs in his first five career games.
The Yankees need starting pitching, but apparently, they don't think they need it that much.
Muncy blasted a pitch from Bumgarner into McCovey Cove, then stood to momentarily to admire it, irking the Giants pitcher.
These teams are not expected to compete any time soon.
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.
The Giants outfielder had an RBI triple in the first inning before hitting his first MLB home run one frame later.
It is the first time the Twins (36-16) are 20 games over .500 since the end of the 2010 season.
Mike Yastrzemski was initially drafted by the Orioles in 2013 but was traded to San Francisco in March.
Kirstie Chiappelli
Jorge Polanco trails only Mike Trout among American League position players in WAR.
Grab your notebooks, class is in session. In today's lesson, Professor Rivera breaks down the San Francisco Giants.
Houston became just the third team in MLB history to have multiple 10-plus game winning streaks before June 1st.
Mike Soroka and Austin Riley might have been the stories of the day in MLB.
The 20-year-old third baseman hit a no-doubter for his first long ball in the bigs. He added another moonshot five innings later.
The Giants' lefty didn’t pick eight teams he wanted to stay away from; instead, he picked eight teams most likely to want to deal for him, to give himself a bit of leverage in the trade conversation.
Ryan Fagan
Yasiel Puig homered off of Madison Bumgarner on Sunday but the Giants' ace was not impressed.
Derek Holland was blunt when addressing his demotion to the bullpen on Saturday.
Chicago has homered in 15 consecutive games, matching its best run since 2002.
Posey was put on the 7-day concussion injured list after taking a ball to his catcher's mask, while Pomeranz is dealing with a strained lat.
What appeared to be hundreds of bees descended on Great American Ball Park just before the first pitch Monday afternoon.
"Those situations don't happen a lot, but there's something special about them," Marte said after the game.
Rhys Hoskins is doing something special right now for the Phillies.
The veteran outfielder is hitting just .198 in his first season in San Francisco.
Webb, considered the Giants' No. 5 prospect, said in a statement he did not knowingly take the PED.
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.
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.
Marte's loss is especially tough for the Pirates, who had already been dealing with the loss of three of their top four outfielders.
Home runs were aplenty Friday night as a few pitchers had nights to forget.
Thomas Schlarp
The Brewers found out Thursday exactly who the Dodgers left fielder is.
The Astros completed a three-game sweep of the Mariners on Sunday, have won nine straight and are only a game behind Seattle in the AL West.
Some may have felt that playing into Saturday morning was for the birds.
Arrieta, 33, gave up just one run in seven innings pitched. He has the 22nd most wins among active pitchers.
The Athletics outfielder had his 17th multi-home run game since 2016 against the Orioles.
The Reds pulled off an impressive victory Tuesday, using a seven-run sixth inning to top the Marlins 14-0.
The Cubs' 2-7 start had people asking questions, but Chicago had plenty of answers Monday with a 10-0 win over the Pirates.
Austin, 27, hit 17 home runs with a .767 OPS in 244 at-bats split between the Yankees and Twins.
Los Angeles picked up a 7-2 win Sunday as Trout completed one of the best four-game series of all-time.
The Dodgers and Diamondbacks just keep scoring runs.
The Giants need help in the outfield and Kevin Pillar is just that.
Joe Kelly has blown two save opportunities in two relief appearances with the Dodgers.
The 444-foot homer was the last of New York's runs in its 7-3 victory over Miami.
The Padres enjoyed a first weekend filled with optimism.
Philadelphia started the Bryce Harper-era off on the right note.
Chris Paddack was outstanding in his major league debut, providing the Padres a glimpse of why he is considered one of the best pitching prospects in baseball.
Jacob Janower
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.
San Diego's phenom went 2 for 3 in his first MLB game.
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 National League West continues to look like the Dodgers' division to lose, but the clock's ticking.
What is standing in the way of the Dodgers and their seventh-straight NL West title? Can the Padres put it all together this quick? Those and more are answered in an examination of the NL West.
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.
One spotty night in Arizona won't set back MadBum, who looked like his old self when he delivered to the plate.
The Giants added another veteran to their position player group, according to a report.
Jeff Samardzija is a fan of starters taking the ball every five days and pitching deep into games. Billy Hamilton talks of his new team going retro because its hitters don't go deep enough.
San Francisco's star catcher wishes all teams were committed to winning every year.
Each National League team has at least one designated hitter candidate on its roster, and a lot of those options are making serious money. SN lists the best in-house option ahead of spring training.
They plan to make the San Francisco Giants' stadium their home before heading to Las Vegas.
Bryce Harper can land any number of places this winter, and his value is through the roof.
Former MLB catcher Hector Sanchez delivered a knockout blow during a wild fight.
If Madison Bumgarner is going to be in another uniform on Opening Day 2019, here are five that could make sense.
The hot stove is already lit, but free agents on the market aren't the only players who could be in new uniforms come 2018.
Former players who knew Willie McCovey made it clear that they respected him very much.
The NL East outfielders figure to be rivals for years to come. The competition began in 2018, when each became top-of-the-order producers.
The Dodgers outfielder is frustrated that he isn't crushing Giants pitching this week. One Giant gave Puig grief about that, and Puig pushed back.
Baseball's greatest living player publicly campaigns for his godson on the night the Giants retire Bonds' No. 25.
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.
Josh Hader was not warmly received by fans at AT&T Park who told him what they thought of his racist, anti-gay and misogynistic teenage tweets.
Fans had all the wrestling jokes after Stephen Piscotty and Mark Melancon got tangled up in the Giants' bullpen.
Miami and San Francisco have been exchanging angry words and fastballs the past couple days. Will the Giants attempt to get the last word Wednesday?
The Washington Capitals Stanley Cup celebration is hitting the ground running, and made its way to Nationals Park on Saturday.
Evan Sporer
Here at Team SN MLB, we decided to go back a full decade and look at the results of the 2008 draft, with the idea of providing an idea of how one specific draft played out, in terms of talent produced for each franchise.
Cole, a big part of the Astros' dominant rotation, said he wasn't thrilled that Crawford homered off him for the first time, but the right-hander could feel better knowing he got the win.
Brandon Belt seemed to think that plate umpire Doug Eddings was in a hurry to end Wednesday's matinee in San Francisco.
Andrew McCutchen is embracing his return to the city where he became a star and turned around a franchise. Pirates fans are eager to return that embrace in an emotional at PNC Park.
Andrew Lawrence
Tampa Bay's all-time leader in games played says the club might be better off getting out of the area altogether.
The Giants lowkey might have found another bullpen arm: Pablo Sandoval, who looked very much like a pitcher against the Dodgers.
Brandon Belt set a major-league record Sunday when he faced 21 pitches in the same at-bat.
Bill Bender
J.T. Snow jokes that people remember his 2002 World Series mostly for pulling Darren Baker out of harm's way in Game 5.
LA's exhibition Tuesday was called early when water spilled onto the field at Dodger Stadium.
For a spring training exhibition matchup between cross-bay rivals Sunday in Oakland, Giants fans can avoid the higher parking prices on one condition.
Gabe Fernandez
It certainly seems like Bobby Evans and the Giants' front office had a George Costanza streak when they set out to construct their roster for 2018.
Dave Tobener
The Giants are OK with giving Shohei Ohtani a similar amount of rest between starts he received in Japan. SN devised a rotation model that accommodates Ohtani and keeps the Giants' aces pitching every five days.
Bobby Evans is a busy front-office executive right now.
It wasn’t so much that Jeffrey Leonard put up gaudy numbers for a losing team in the 1987 NLCS. It was the manner in which Leonard hit those home runs, cranking moon shots and then lumbering around the bases deliberately slowly to play mind games with the Cardinals.
Graham Womack
If you've never heard of Brian Johnson or his walk-off home run in 1997, ask any Giants fan. They'll tell you all about it, now, 20 years from now, and forever.
In a peculiar coincidence, Harper hit the 150th home run of his career at the exact age Trout hit his 150th.
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Are the Giants willing to overlook Sandoval's weight issues and poor 2016 performance?
Joe Rodgers
Well, this won't help to quell the debate over who is the best among #pitcherswhorake.
Brandon Schlager
Is Taylor Swift to blame for the Giants postseason ouster? Some Giants fans are really tweeting this crazy conspiracy theory.
You can't eliminate the Giants.
Jake Arrieta and the Cubs head to San Francisco to try to sweep their NLDS against the Giants, but Madison Bumgarner stands in the way.
Alec Brzezinski
