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Shane Bieber will make his third straight Opening Day start for the Cleveland Guardians when they travel to face the Kansas City Royals on April 7.

Joe Ryan will become the first Twins rookie to start Opening Day for the franchise since 1969 when he faces the Mariners on April 7.

Watt put in a special request to see the two-way star pitch in person, and the Angels made it happen.

Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson, whose carry-over suspension from last season called for a three-game ban, had that penalty reduced to two games to start the 2022 season, a source confirmed to ESPN.

Five-time All-Star Yu Darvish will make his third career start on Opening Day when he takes the mound for the Padres against the Diamondbacks on April 7.

Major League Baseball finalized the rules change Thursday to bring back automatic runners in extra innings for a third straight season.

Brian Cashman disputes the idea that the Yankees are in a championship drought, citing the 2017 team that lost to the sign-stealing Astros as a "cheating circumstance that threw us off."

With an influx of young talent ready to make their mark in the majors, the Royals have locked up manager Mike Matheny through the 2023 season by exercising their club option.

With Opening Day one week away, Passan dons many hats to forecast what the year ahead will bring.

Robinson Canó is scheduled to play first base in spring training Thursday as the New York Mets experiment with options that could keep his bat in the lineup on occasion.

Gold Glover Ke'Bryan Hayes? Willy Adames leads the Brewers to the World Series? Eric Karabell makes bold fantasy-relevant predictions for each of the 15 National League teams.

Wily Mo Pena? Jim Thome? Sammy Sosa? There are plenty of former mashers who would definitely put on a show in the Home Run Derby X competition.

The Nationals' mascot did not pitch Wednesday in an exhibition vs. the Cardinals, but it may have seemed like it, after Anibal Sanchez and Cade Cavalli allowed 10 runs each as St. Louis cruised to a 29-8 win over Washington in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Reds pitcher Hunter Greene, whose fastball was clocked as high as 104 mph in Triple-A last season, has earned a spot in Cincinnati's season-opening rotation.

Albert Pujols signed with the Cardinals and arrived in camp earlier this week knowing his wife was prepping for what doctors told them was relatively routine surgery.

Max Fried has been named the Braves' Opening Day starter for the second consecutive season.

Andrew Vaughn feared the worst when he got hurt making a diving catch for the Chicago White Sox on Sunday. Same for his team, which is looking for the slugger to play a key role this year.

Rachel Balkovec, hired by the Yankees as the first woman to manage a minor league affiliate of a Major League Baseball team, is nearing a return after being hit in the face by a batted ball during a drill last week.

MLB has announced the launch of MLB Home Run Derby X, a global baseball tour making stops in London, Seoul and Mexico City and featuring former stars Adrian Gonzalez, Jonny Gomes, Geovany Soto and Nick Swisher.

Retired pitcher Jake Peavy and outfielder Hunter Pence have joined the MLB Network as analysts.