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Major League Baseball has suspended free agent pitcher Carlos Martinez for 85 games for violating its joint domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse policy.

The National League outdueled the American League at the top of our rankings.

Shohei Ohtani became the first player in major league history to hit 30 home runs and record 10 pitching wins in the same season.

The song has meant one of the best closers in baseball is about to make his entrance ... and Mets fans got to enjoy it in person on Wednesday night.

New York Yankees first baseman Anthony Rizzo did not start in Wednesday's game against the Angels because of a tight lower back, but entered as a defensive replacement at first in the bottom of the eighth.

Major League Baseball said Angel Hernandez was on track to umpire in the 2018 World Series before getting overturned three times at first base on video reviews during Game 3 of that year's AL Division Series.

Mets rookie third baseman Brett Baty will undergo surgery Thursday after an MRI revealed a UCL tear in his right thumb, the team announced Wednesday. Also, pitcher Tylor Megill will begin a rehab assignment Thursday.

White Sox manager Tony La Russa is out indefinitely with an unspecified medical issue, a source confirmed to ESPN.

The Rays placed All-Star left-hander Shane McClanahan on the 15-day injured list Wednesday, a day after he was scratched from his start because of left shoulder impingement.

Lee Thomas, an All-Star player who eventually became the architect of the 1993 NL champion Philadelphia Phillies, has died. He was 86.

The San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants will play in the first regular-season Major League Baseball games in Mexico City next year, three seasons after the first scheduled matchup there was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Orioles have promoted top infield prospect Gunnar Henderson to the majors and signed veteran first baseman Jesus Aguilar as they continue their push for a postseason spot.

Why did the M's hand a 21-year-old rookie an unprecedented nine-figure deal? Because Seattle saw something special.

Fernando Tatis Jr. had to postpone a scheduled shoulder surgery because he has strep throat, the latest wrinkle in what's been a turbulent season for the San Diego Padres shortstop.

New York Yankees veteran starter Jameson Taillon was diagnosed with a right forearm contusion after leaving his start against the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday night, but X-rays for a possible fracture came back negative, the team said.

Timmy Trumpet tweeted he'd back at Citi Field on Wednesday night, hoping again to play Edwin Díaz's wildly popular entrance song in person when the Mets hosted the Dodgers.

Rays All-Star Shane McClanahan (shoulder) was a late scratch in his scheduled start against the Marlins on Tuesday.

The White Sox said manager Tony La Russa would miss Tuesday night's game on the recommendation of his doctors and would undergo further testing Wednesday.

Three-time NL Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw, who hasn't pitched since Aug. 4 due to back pain, will be activated off the injured list and start against the New York Mets on Thursday.

The Washington Nationals are placing rookie right-hander Cade Cavalli on the injured list with right shoulder inflammation, and manager Dave Martinez said he will be shut down for two weeks and then re-evaluated.