PHOENIX — The ghost runner is back for 2022. And even if it accomplishes its goal, it stinks. It’s clear that MLB and its players don’t want to have endless, marathon games anymore. That’s the…

TEMPE, Ariz. — When Jared Walsh reported to spring training as a two-way player in 2019, he felt pretty confident about his chances of playing first base and pitching out of the bullpen in the…

It’s been three months since Corey Seager, Marcus Semien and Max Scherzer found new homes amid an unprecedented free agent spending spree. Three long months of nothing, at least for fans used to filling their…

NEW YORK (AP) — Players have voted to accept Major League Baseball’s latest offer for a new labor deal, paving the way to end a 99-day lockout and salvage a 162-game regular season that would…

It’s happening, in real time, on my text chain — and perhaps on yours, too? In just the first week after Major League Baseball canceled some 2022 games, casual fans are second-guessing the sport. During…

If you want a stark example of how the NFL has lapped MLB when it comes to fan interest it would be hard to top the news this week. While MLB owners and the players…

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — As Rob Manfred stood behind a podium in the left-field corner of Roger Dean Stadium and announced that opening day was canceled, a cluster of fans gathered outside the spring training…

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Major League Baseball’s financial fight cost regular-season games for the first time in 27 years when often acrimonious talks to end a management lockout collapsed Tuesday and Commissioner Rob Manfred scrapped…

Stop if this sounds familiar. The World Series is here, and so unfortunately are the Houston Astros. For the third time in just five years, if you’re keeping score at home. And, yes, they’ve brought…

TORONTO (AP) — Bo Bichette homered and drove in five runs, Robbie Ray fanned 13 over seven innings to claim the major league strikeout lead and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays…