8:05 AM ET Eleven days into the regular season, you might not expect huge changes in our Power Rankings, but you’d be wrong. Teams and players are already making indelible first impressions on this season, and it’s showing in the standings — and our first regular-season rankings of 2019. Boston didn’t suffer its eighth loss
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12:03 AM ET The beginning of this little Reds-Pirates fracas on Sunday at PNC Park was somewhat predictable. Derek Dietrich hit a long home run off Chris Archer in the second inning into the Allegheny River … and, well, he did admire his work: Derek Dietrich sends a souvenir into the river. 😳 pic.twitter.com/BcZ4EJfreJ —
7:34 PM ET Associated Press BALTIMORE — Orioles first baseman Chris Davis is nearing a record streak for futility. Davis was 0-for-4 with two strikeouts in Sunday’s 15-3 loss to the New York Yankees. He is 0-for-23 with 13 strikeouts this season and is hitless in 44 at-bats since a second-inning double off James Shields
7:31 AM ET A reflective Albert Pujols says it was the way the Los Angeles Angels showed they cared that led him to join the team seven years ago. Pujols addressed his 2012 decision to sign with the Angels over the St. Louis Cardinals in an interview on “In Depth with Graham Bensinger,” which is
1:16 AM ET MILWAUKEE — The Chicago Cubs‘ offense insulated itself from any potential bullpen meltdowns by scoring early and late in the team’s 14-8 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday, snapping a six-game losing skid in the process. It would be an understatement to say the Cubs needed the victory. “In the infamous
3:41 PM ET MILWAUKEE — After a dismal start to the season, the Chicago Cubs are calling up reinforcements for the bullpen. Righty Allen Webster and lefty Kyle Ryan will take the place of Carl Edwards Jr., who was optioned to Triple-A Iowa on Saturday. Mike Montgomery, meanwhile, was placed on the injured list with
1:29 AM ET MILWAUKEE – One picture tells the story: MVP runner-up Javy Baez, putting his arm around maligned reliever Carl Edwards Jr, as he walks off the mound after serving up a home run to Orlando Arcia in the Milwaukee Brewers’ 13-10 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Friday night. It was the Cubs
10:44 PM ET Minnesota Twins shortstop Jorge Polanco hit for the cycle in his first four at-bats during a 10-4 loss to the host Philadelphia Phillies on Friday. Polanco hit a triple in the first inning, a single in the third, a home run in the fifth and a double in the seventh. He added