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Eric Karabell looks at the current batch of closers in fantasy baseball and which ones you need to pick up now.

Inside MLB clubhouses, baseball's biggest stars are trading cards hoping for rare finds just like collectors everywhere.

With Memorial Day weekend behind us, it's time to take our first look at the leaders for MVP, Cy Young and more.

The top players you should consider claiming off the fantasy baseball waiver wire this week.

Shinnosuke Abe has resigned as manager of Japan's storied baseball team Yomiuri Giants after being arrested for the alleged assault of his teenage daughter.

The Athletics are calling up Gage Jump, one of the best left-handed pitching prospects in baseball, sources told ESPN. He has 56 strikeouts in 38 innings in Triple-A.

Utilityman Kike Hernandez made his season debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers in a 5-3 victory against the Colorado Rockies on Monday night, going 2 for 2 with an RBI double down the third base line while batting ninth and starting at third base.

Astros' Tatsuya Imai and relievers Steven Okert and Alimber Santa combined to throw a no-hitter in a 9-0 win.

Rockies first baseman TJ Rumfield left the game due to a right hand contusion after getting hit by a pitch in Monday night's game vs. the Dodgers.

Nolan McLean has pitched poorly in consecutive starts, with his ERA ballooning to 4.40 after he allowed a career-worst seven runs in a career-low 3⅓ innings during a 7-2 loss to the Reds on Monday. Also, Tyrone Taylor became the latest Met to get hurt.

Colton Cowser hit a walk-off home run for the second consecutive day Monday to complete the Orioles' 9-7, 13-inning victory over the Rays, one he said was one of his "favorite complete team wins."

Rikuu Nishida showed off his arm and his infectious enthusiasm in his big league debut with the White Sox, a 3-1 win over the Twins.

Chicago's 2-1 loss to the Pirates on Monday marked its ninth straight defeat, joining the 2017 Dodgers as the only two teams in the expansion era to have multiple 10-game winning streaks and a nine-game skid in the same season.

Rangers shortstop Corey Seager still had not resumed actual baseball activities Monday, the day that he could have been eligible to return from the IL.

Wander Franco was declared criminally responsible for the sexual and psychological abuse of a minor by a Dominican judge, but will not serve a sentence for it.

Brewers ace Jacob Misiorowski matched a career high with 12 strikeouts, carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning and hit 100 mph on more than half his pitches in Monday's win over the Cardinals.

Blue Jays right-hander Dylan Cease has been placed on the 15-day injured list after suffering a left hamstring strain, manager John Schneider said.

Mets star Juan Soto was out of the starting lineup for the second straight day Monday because he was sick.

Aaron Judge arrived at Fresno State unsure whether he was a pitcher or a hitter, or both. Within a year, the debate was over.

Our experts look at the best and worst of the season to date -- and predict which teams will rule from here on out.