Major League Baseball will implement an automated ball-strike challenge system starting in the 2026 season. Each team will receive two challenges per game, retaining a challenge if it is successful.

The MLB season is reaching a fever pitch. With one week remaining on the MLB schedule, 15 of the 30 teams entered Monday either in possession of a playoff spot or within one game of one. Only two of ...

The New York Mets suffered another painful defeat on Sunday, one that pushed them out of control in the postseason chase. The team went down 3-2 to the Washington Nationals at home, a game they needed ...

Here’s what Tampa Bay elected officials had to say as the $1.7 billion sale of the Rays nears completion. Major League Baseball approved a roughly $1.7 billion sale of the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday, ...

The MLB playoffs feature six teams from each league: three division winners and three wild card teams. The top two division winners in each league receive a bye, while the remaining four teams play in ...

The formal closing of the deal is expected later this week; MLB commissioner Rob Manfred says good things about new owners. Marc Topkin is a sports reporter covering the Tampa Bay Rays. Reach him at ...

The book has nearly closed on the 2025 regular season (and our 2025 MLB power rankings), so it's time to take stock. We've made it, everyone: the final weekend of the 2025 regular season. The playoff ...

With the Milwaukee Brewers locking up the National League Central title over the weekend, it clinched a trip to the division series, which also happened to offer some major clarity on the Brewers' ...

The Seattle Mariners made short work of the Houston Astros this weekend with the series sweep propelling the team forward in the MLB playoff picture. Following the recent Mariners-Astros series ending ...

Five of the six wild-card spots in the American and National Leagues are still up for grabs entering the final week of the MLB regular season. The Chicago Cubs are the only team locked into a ...

The Toronto Blue Jays became the American League's first team to clinch a playoff berth on Sunday with an 8-5 win over the Kansas City Royals (box score). Four teams have already laid claim to a spot ...