DETROIT — Tarik Skubal continues to entrench himself in the pantheon of great Detroit Tigers pitchers.

On Wednesday, by a vote of the Baseball Writers Association of America, Skubal won his second straight American League Cy Young Award.

He is the first American League pitcher to win the award in consecutive years since Boston Red Sox Hall ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — It’s more than likely the first of several.

It also wasn’t much of a surprise given Paul Skenes’ dominance in 2025.

A year after he burst onto the scene by winning National League Rookie of the Year, Skenes took both an impressive and logical next step Wednesday when the Baseball Writers’ Association of America announced...Read more

DETROIT — Tarik Skubal continues to entrench himself in the pantheon of great Detroit Tigers pitchers.

On Wednesday, by a vote of the Baseball Writers Association of America, Skubal won his second straight American League Cy Young Award.

He is the first American League pitcher to win the award in consecutive years since Boston Red Sox Hall ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — In between meetings this week, the Phillies’ highest-ranking baseball official said he recently had a“good conversation” for “quite a while” with the face of the franchise and “everything went well.”

And with that, Dave Dombrowski declared an end to l’affaire Harper.

Swell. What says Bryce Harper?

“Well, look,�...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Frank McCourt’s proposed gondola from Union Station to Dodger Stadium hit what appears to be its most significant roadblock yet on Wednesday, when the Los Angeles City Council voted to urge Metro to kill the project.

The resolution, approved by an 11-2 vote, is not in itself any kind of formal decision. It would not take ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesotans have gotten used to accepting Timberwolves and Lynx co-owner Alex Rodriguez as a buttoned-up exec, willing to hang just outside the spotlight.

“Alex vs. ARod,” a three-part documentary that clocks in at over 200 minutes, takes us back to his bad-boy days, but not without lots of explanations and excuses. The ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Almost everyone in baseball, it seems, is waiting to see how aggressive the Dodgers will be this offseason.

For now, that appears to include the two-time defending champions themselves.

As the club's front office arrived at The Cosmopolitan Hotel for MLB's annual general managers' meetings this week, the team's plans for this ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Dave Dombrowski had a “good conversation” with Bryce Harper since the end of the season, he said at the general managers meetings on Tuesday.

Shortly after the Phillies were ousted from the National League Division Series by the Los Angeles Dodgers, controversy began to develop around Dombrowski’s comments about Harper’s ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Trout National does not formally open until April. But, when you're Mike Trout, you can invite your friends to play a couple rounds on the course that carries your name.

And so it was that Trout, the best player in Angels history, last week welcomed Torii Hunter, one of the most popular and respected players in Angels history. ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Debating whether Paul Skenes should win the National League Cy Young Award is a waste of time.

Not only did the Pirates ace lead the league in ERA (1.97), FIP (2.36), WHIP (0.95) and ERA+ (217), but what Skenes has done through 55 career MLB starts (1.96 ERA) is nothing short of incredible.

The last MLB pitchers with a sub-2.00 ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Nick Kurtz is earning hardware for his impressive rookie campaign with the Athletics in West Sacramento, Calif.

The 22-year-old domineering first baseman on Monday was named the American League Rookie of the Year for 2025 after clubbing 36 home runs with 86 RBI while batting .290/.383/.619. Kurtz won the award unanimously...Read more

ATLANTA — Atlanta Braves catcher Drake Baldwin won the 2025 National League Rookie of the Year award, which was announced Monday evening on MLB Network.

Baldwin, 24, hit .274 with an .810 OPS in 124 games while drawing rave reviews for his work with the team’s pitching staff. His play and maturity appeared beyond his years throughout the ...Read more

Cleveland Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase and starter Luis Ortiz face federal charges of fraud, bribery and conspiracy for allegedly intentionally throwing pitches outside the strike zone so bettors could wager correctly on whether pitches would be balls or strikes.

The 23-page indictment unsealed Sunday in the Eastern District of New York ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — At least on paper, it's a reasonably deep position for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Yet it's also loaded with questions for this offseason and beyond.

Welcome to Pittsburgh's curious and continual catching question, where the team employs players drafted first (Henry Davis) and second (Joey Bart) overall, as well as two 25-year-olds ...Read more

DENVER — The email represented the Colorado Rockies in one news release.

They brought in a fresh set of eyes from the outside, a person who has been with the Browns for the last decade. Not St. Louis. Cleveland.

Wait, what?

They tried to do the right thing. And they still got it wrong.

Their search for a president of baseball operations ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The road to becoming the first repeat World Series champion in 25 years was not a smooth one for the Dodgers, who captured their ninth championship in franchise history when they knocked off the Toronto Blue Jays, 5-4 in 11 innings of a Game 7 for the ages.

After winning nine of their first 10 postseason contests, the Dodgers ...Read more

NEW YORK — There have been eight manager changes in baseball this offseason and almost all of them have the earmarks of analytics all over the hiring processes.

We’ve seen it coming — the gradual emasculation of managers by the analytic-driven GMs — and with almost all of the seven manager hirings so far (only the Colorado Rockies are ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A block away from the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Wednesday morning, a once-overlooked Dodgers star embraced his own newfound notoriety.

Four days after slugging the game-winning home run in Game 7 of the World Series, Will Smith was serenaded by hundreds of fans at a Raising Cane's promotional event at the intersection of Sunset ...Read more

President Donald Trump is granting a pardon to former baseball star Darryl Strawberry, who pleaded guilty three decades ago to tax evasion, according to a White House official.

The White House official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Strawberry found faith in Christianity and has been sober for over a decade, adding that he has ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Dodgers pitcher Alex Vesia and his wife, Kayla, announced on Instagram on Friday that their daughter, Sterling, passed away on Oct. 26 — a tragic loss that caused Vesia to miss the Dodgers’ appearance in the World Series last week.

“Our little angel, we love you forever & you’re with us always,” the Vesias wrote. “...Read more