From top sluggers like Ohtani and Judge to star pitchers like Skenes, we rank — and make predictions for — the best players in baseball right now.
Category: Baseball
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Study: MLB average salary tops $5M for 1st time
Major League Baseball’s average salary broke the $5 million barrier on opening day for the first time, according to a study by The Associated Press.
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Dodgers’ 7-0 start ties 1933 Yanks as May returns
With Dustin May on the mound for the first time in more than 22 months, the Dodgers came from behind to beat the Braves 3-1 on Tuesday night and improve to 7-0, tying the 1933 Yankees for the best start to a season by a reigning World Series champion.
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Dodgers’ 7-0 start ties 1933 Yanks in May’s return
With Dustin May on the mound for the first time in more than 22 months, the Dodgers came from behind to beat the Braves 3-1 on Tuesday night and improve to 7-0, tying the 1933 Yankees for the best start to a season by a reigning World Series champion.
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An MIT-educated professor, the New York Yankees and the bat that could be changing baseball
After the Yankees’ home run barrage with bats that look like bowling pins, the innovation is sweeping baseball.
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Angels’ Neto doubles in first rehab appearance
Angels shortstop Zach Neto went 1-for-6 with a double in his first rehabilitation game with Triple-A Salt Lake City as he moves closer to a return from offseason shoulder surgery.
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Schmidt to debut for banged-up Yanks in 2 weeks
The Yankees plan to have right-hander Clarke Schmidt make two rehab starts before making his season debut either April 15 or 16, manager Aaron Boone said.
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Mariners put Polanco on paternity list, recall Rivas
The Mariners recalled infielder Leo Rivas from Triple-A Tacoma on Tuesday to take the roster spot of veteran infielder Jorge Polanco, who was placed on the paternity list.
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Rangers’ Eovaldi gets season’s 1st complete game
Nathan Eovaldi pitched a four-hitter for the majors’ first complete game of the season, and the Texas Rangers blanked the Cincinnati Reds 1-0 on Tuesday night, an effort in which the veteran starter struck out eight and walked none across his 99 pitches.
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Freeman details slip, fall: ‘0-for-1 on that shower’
Freddie Freeman is hearing it after he slipped and fell in the shower, injuring his surgically repaired right ankle and missing his second straight game for the Dodgers.