MLB's new ABS challenge system explained and how Mets hope to use it in 2026

The Mets and all of MLB will need to adjust to the new ABS challenge system. Here's a primer on the essentials of the system ...
Major League Baseball

How Garver reunion impacts Mariners' backup catcher competition

Mitch Garver is returning to the Mariners, but his role is far from solidified. The veteran catcher and designated hitter was ...

College Reliever Causes Delay After Busting Through Bullpen Gate Trying to Enter Game

Alabama beat Alabama State 2-1 in some early season, mid-week college baseball action on Wednesday. The Hornets scored first, but the Crimson Tide came back and took the lead for good in the fifth ...

Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz fight pitch-rigging case as spring training starts

Pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz, speaking Spanish, entered not guilty pleas through a translator to a rewritten indictment in Brooklyn federal court.

Arrival of ABS challenge system creates new puzzle for Texas Rangers, Skip Schumaker

One key part of spring training will be experimenting with the new system and how teams want to implement it once the games count.
Major League Baseball

The chatty 3rd-string catcher who's the talk -- literally -- of Rangers camp

Even if you don’t see him, you sure can hear him. Willie MacIver, the Rangers’ third-string catcher, has been turning heads ...
Opinion

Kurtenbach: Does SF Giants manager Tony Vitello actually want to be here?

The Giants manager’s strange Monday presser opened up big questions that shouldn’t be asked in spring training.

Roosters and rocks: The shocking code language authorities say Emmanuel Clase used in pitch-rigging scheme

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The latest revelations in the federal case against Emmanuel Clase have sent shockwaves through Cleveland baseball circles, with prosecutors now confirming what many feared: the ...