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Minnesota Twins Executive Chairman Joe Pohlad could find himself in hot water with the MLB Players Association after telling WCCO-AM radio host Jason DeRusha that the Twins will “not spend $30 million” on any of the high-value free agents that are currently available, USA Today’s Bob Nightengale reports.

The man who first reported ex-Met Lenny Dystra’s stroke has a positive update on the former slugger’s condition.

A new survey shows that football has replaced baseball as America’s top pastime by a wide margin. 

Donations to replace the destroyed statue have soared well above $145,000, nearly doubling the original bronze statue’s $75,000 value.

A statue erected to honor MLB star Jackie Robinson was broken off and stolen from outside a Kansas youth baseball park Thursday.

Steve Garvey knocked Rep. Adam Schiff at a primary debate on Monday night “for lying” about the Trump campaign colluding with Russia. 

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco has been arrested Monday and charged with “commercial sexual exploitation.”

Police in the Dominican Republic conducted two home raids in search of Tampa Bay Rays star Wander Franco over allegations.

They are snippets in time, unforgettable snapshots that gloriously capture the soaring euphoria and gut-wrenching agony of the games we love, not to mention the randomness of a moment that might’ve gone unnoticed otherwise.

Joe Kelley’s wife lobbied hard to get Shohei Ohtani to come to the Los Angeles Dodgers. She even offered to have her husband surrender his #17 jersey. And it paid off, big time.

Ryan Minor, the Baltimore Orioles infielder who became part of baseball history when he replaced Cal Ripken at the end of his record-setting consecutive games streak in 1998, has died. He was 49.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prized free-agent pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto and the Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed to a $325 million, 12-year contract, according to multiple reports.

Buster Posey has claimed that current baseball star Shohei Ohtani declined a contract with the Giants due to SF’s poor reputation as a city. 

NEW YORK (AP) — Shohei Ohtani will receive just $20 million of his $700 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers over the next 10 years, with $680 million payable from 2034-43.

Former Major League Baseball all-star Ichiro Suzuki displayed his incredible at age 50 by ptching a complete game shutout against a girl’s high school team.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Oakland Athletics’ move to Las Vegas was unanimously approved Thursday by Major League Baseball team owners, cementing the sport’s first relocation since 2005, according to two people familiar with the vote.

Dick Drago, one of the stalwarts of the Boston Red Sox bullpen and starting rotations in the mid-1970s, died Thursday following complications from surgery.

Texas Rangers outfielder Evan Carter is on a “mission” to give back to his community in a Christ-honoring way, and inspiring others to do the same with his new “Jesus Won” campaign.

Fans leaving Chase Field after the World Series Thursday blasted a group of pro-Hamas protesters who had gathered to denounce Israel.

PHOENIX (AP) — Nathan Eovaldi pitched six gutsy innings, Mitch Garver broke a scoreless tie with an RBI single in the seventh and the Texas Rangers are champions for the first time in their 63-year franchise history after beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-0 in Game 5 on Wednesday night.

Two United Airlines flight attendants have filed a lawsuit against the Dodgers alleging they were denied jobs on team charter flights.

The NFL has suspended Broncos safety Kareem Jackson for four games after multiple unnecessary roughness violations.

HOUSTON (AP) — Adolis García homered twice and drove in five runs as the Texas Rangers reached the World Series with an 11-4 blowout of the Houston Astros in Game 7 of the AL Championship Series on Monday night.

Dan Serafini, a former MLB 1st round draft pick in 1992, was arrested in Las Vegas on Friday in connection with a murder and attempted murder that occurred in Lake Tahoe, California, in 2021.

Ian Kinsler, the former second baseman for the Texas Rangers, wore an Israel National Team jersey on the field for the ceremonial first pitch

A fan is stopped by security after trying to run on the field after the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 10-0 in Game Two of the Championship Series at Citizens Bank Park on October 17, 2023 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images)

SAN FRANCISCO — Alyssa Nakken, who became the first woman to coach on the field in a major league game when she worked first base for San Francisco in April 2022, has interviewed for the Giants managerial vacancy.

If you’re ever choking in a restaurant, and let’s hope that never happens, Bob Costas sounds like a good man to have around.

Fans in California flocked to the stadium to watch Steve Garvey play baseball. Now, he’ll see if those fans will flock to the polls to make him the state’s next senator.

Game 1 of the Orioles-Rangers ALDS series came and went without too much in the way of news or fanfare. That is unless you don’t count the activist who charged onto the field in a speedo claiming “Virginity Rocks.”

Trever Bauer has reached a settlement agreement with the woman who accused him of sexually assaulting her in 2021. 

Tim Wakefield, a pitcher known for delivering masterfully placed knuckleballs and using that skill to help the Red Sox break their 86-year World Series drought, has died.

BALTIMORE (AP) — Ramón Urías fielded a grounder and threw to first for the final out, and the Baltimore Orioles poured onto the field for a celebration at the mound.

The Phillies said “see ya later” to a fan who tried to enter the park with his “emotional support alligator” on a leash on Wednesday.

The benches cleared and both the Astros and Mariners nearly came to blows last night in Seattle. Why? Well, according to one Mariners player, the trouble started over a gay slur.

BALTIMORE (AP) — Hall of Fame third baseman Brooks Robinson, whose deft glovework and folksy manner made him one of the most beloved and accomplished athletes in Baltimore history, has died. He was 86.