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Major League Baseball is struggling to restore fan attendance to pre-pandemic levels despite capacity restrictions being lifted for the first time since 2019.

Who will dominate in the homestretch and what does your team have to play for? Here is everything you need to know coming out of the All-Star break.

Veteran left-hander Dallas Keuchel has been designated for assignment by the Arizona Diamondbacks after struggling in his only four starts, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan on Wednesday.

Albert Pujols won the Muhammad Ali Sports Humanitarian Award as part of the 2022 ESPYS, the result of his foundation's work in the Dominican Republic and with those who have Down syndrome.

The MLB All-Star Game remains the most-watched all-star game in the major professional sports, even though it drew record lows in viewership for the fifth time since 2015.

Sportsbooks are facing seven-figure liabilities on the surging Orioles, who started the MLB season as a 2,000-1 long shot but are down to 250-1 to win the World Series at Caesars Sportsbook.

Giancarlo Stanton took home All-Star MVP honors after his 457-foot blast powered the American League to its ninth straight victory in the All-Star Game.

Albert Pujols and Miguel Cabrera both said they would not play in next year's World Baseball Classic, saying they want younger players to take their spots.

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The Baltimore Orioles selected 7-foot left-hander Jared Beck from Saint Leo University with the first pick in Round 13 of baseball's amateur draft.

New York Mets starting pitcher Jacob deGrom, sidelined since spring training, pushed back a simulated game scheduled for Tuesday after experiencing muscle soreness in his right shoulder.

MLBPA head Tony Clark, asked before the All-Star Game if he was concerned with baseball's increased gambling relationships, said "we're entering a very delicate and, dare I say, dangerous world here. We hope that it is truly beneficial for our game."

Commissioner Rob Manfred called the addition of advertising patches to jerseys and helmets "a revenue source that is significant enough that it is really impossible for the sport to ignore over the long haul."

Here are the most fashionable arrivals to the 92nd edition of the Midsummer Classic.

Here's what you need to see from the 92nd edition of the Midsummer Classic.

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said Tuesday he "reject[s] the premise" that minor league players are not paid a living wage, prompting a barrage of criticism a day after the Senate Judiciary Committee in a letter inquired about treatment of minor leaguers.

MLBPA executive director Tony Clark told the Baseball Writers' Association of America that "there's a lot of work that needs to be done, and I am more than committed to continue to do it."

Rob Manfred said the A's need to move fast on any new deal for a ballpark -- either in the Bay Area or relocation elsewhere -- and that the preferred location for the Rays would be Tampa over St. Petersburg.

For 50 years, Rachel Robinson has preserved the memory and legacy of her husband, Jackie Robinson. In celebration of her 100th birthday, her son David honors her activism and the impact she's made on her children and generations to come.

Stats and times change. Making the Midsummer Classic doesn't. We talked to the stars in L.A. about why they, and other All-Stars, belong.