KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In late August 2014, Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer was sent to Triple-A Omaha for a rehab stint while recovering from a fractured bone in his right wrist.

But he had another assignment there.

To keep his eye on Terrance Gore, then-general manager Dayton Moore told Hosmer.

So the ever-inviting Hosmer embraced Gore amid ...Read more

PALM BEACH, Fla. — In 2012, an attorney for Major League Baseball told a bankruptcy court judge that the league might soon find itself divided into "the Dodgers and the other 29 teams."

That time might be now, at least according to fans outside Los Angeles. The Dodgers are the first back-to-back World Series champions in 25 years, they are ...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — Just as no one expected the Texas Rangers to contend for much of anything in 2023, even fewer do in 2026.

Spring training has started in Surprise, Ariz., and the excitement and anticipation for the Rangers is noticeably absent.

Don’t blame the team’s 90-degree turn away from spending in the offseason, the L.A. Dodgers...Read more

Big crisis down at Camelback Ranch:

New Chicago White Sox player Luisangel Acuña is not a switch hitter, despite being advertised as one by general manager Chris Getz.

What this means for the rest of the 2026 season is unclear. But for Getz, beginning his fourth season on the job, it was an unforced error that fueled outrage from Sox fans on ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Work is continuing rapidly on the Athletics’ $2 billion Las Vegas ballpark, with two of four main levels of the stadium now stretching around the project’s 9-acre footprint.

The deck of the ballpark’s lower concourse has been poured from the foul pole on the third base line, with the pour starting Wednesday on a portion in ...Read more

Kiké Hernández agreed to a one-year, $4.5 million deal with the Dodgers Thursday, with the popular utilityman taking to his Instagram account to announce his return.

"What else did you expect?!!! 3 in a row has a nice ring to it," he wrote, accompanied by a picture of him at the parade celebration last year.

In a video posted on the Dodgers'...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — This is a make-or-break season for the Phillies, so they aren’t taking any chances with any clubhouse cancers.

A fading talent who will be 34 in less than a month, malcontent right fielder Nick Castellanos was released by the club on Thursday afternoon. That was one day after pitchers and catchers reported and four days ...Read more

CLEARWATER, Fla. — After getting replaced for defense late in a close game, the worst defensive outfielder in baseball since 2022 based on defensive runs saved brought a beer into the dugout and lectured his manager.

Brought a beer into the dugout.

Let those words wash over you. They belong, incidentally, to the player himself. The Phillies ...Read more

CLEARWATER, Fla. — The Phillies have released Nick Castellanos, the team announced on Thursday.

The drawn-out saga reached its conclusion three days before position players were set to report to the Phillies' facilities for spring training. This winter, the Phillies had repeatedly indicated their interest in finding a change of scenery for ...Read more

PALM BEACH, Fla. — As Major League Baseball closes in on an agreement for its players to participate in the 2028 Olympics, Commissioner Rob Manfred said the controversy surrounding LA28 chief Casey Wasserman would not impact the league's final decision.

"Our dealings are not with Casey," Manfred said Thursday at the MLB owners' meetings. "Our...Read more

PITTSBURGH — It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon. The Pittsburgh Pirates led the Athletics, 11-0, in the bottom of the eighth inning in a game that couldn't have been more inconsequential.

With two outs and a runner on second, Andrew McCutchen walked toward the plate to face right-hander Scott McGough. Time was called before he could dig in. ...Read more

DETROIT — Scott Harris has a pretty good poker face. But it’s not as if the Tigers’ president was bluffing all this time.

No, Harris just knew that, even with the cards he’d been dealt, he still had a hand that was better than most. And perhaps that he had another ace — or two — up his sleeve.

Tuesday was just the latest tell, as ...Read more

SARASOTA, Fla. — Over the past two days, Orioles president of baseball operations Mike Elias defended the rotation that he built this offseason.

Wednesday night, a few hours after the end of the Orioles’ first spring training workout, Elias struck a deal to bolster his rotation with one of the many pitchers remaining in free agency.

The ...Read more