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Beginning Monday, Major League Baseball is ramping up efforts to stop pitchers from doctoring baseballs. Here's how the enforcement will work.

The Rays announced that Wander Franco, rated by ESPN as the top prospect in baseball entering the season, will be called up.

Dallas Keuchel had one of his worst starts of the season in his return to Houston on Sunday, lasting less than three innings after giving up three earned runs.

The Yankees turned their record-tying third triple play of the season to strand the go-ahead run in the ninth inning, bailing out closer Aroldis Chapman and sealing a 2-1 win over the Athletics on Sunday.

Kyle Schwarber homered three times and tied a major league record with five in a two-game span, leading the Washington Nationals over the New York Mets 5-2 Sunday to take three of four in the series.

At least three teams intend to set aside the gentlemen's agreement to not ask umpires to check opposing pitchers for foreign substances, sources told ESPN's Buster Olney.

When Joey Votto was ejected, it brought a young fan to tears at her first MLB game.

San Diego Padres star shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. exited Saturday night's game against the Cincinnati Reds early with an injury to his left shoulder.

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San Diego Padres star shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. exited Saturday's game against the Cincinnati Reds early with an apparent injury to his left shoulder.

When Joey Votto was ejected, it brought a young fan to tears at her first MLB game.

Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto and manager David Bell were ejected in the first inning Saturday following a heated argument with home plate umpire Ryan Additon after Votto was called out on a checked swing.

Beginning Monday, major league umpires will check pitchers for foreign substances after they've pitched with the exception of the closer who will be inspected before entering the game, sources familiar with the process told ESPN Saturday.

Byron Buxton was hitting .370 and leading the majors with a .772 slugging percentage before being sidelined with a right hip strain on May 6.

Veteran reliever Jacob Barnes, 31, was acquired by the Toronto Blue Jays from the New York Mets on Saturday for pitching prospect Troy Miller.

Second baseman Kolten Wong returned to the Milwaukee Brewers' starting lineup Friday night and singled in five at-bats in a 6-5 10th-inning loss to the Colorado Rockies after being reinstated from the 10-day injured list.

The pace of coronavirus vaccinations in Major League Baseball has slowed.

The Orioles went with righty Thomas Eshelman for Friday night's game against Toronto after placing Bruce Zimmermann on the 10-day IL with left biceps tendinitis.

Los Angeles Angels two-way sensation Shohei Ohtani announced Friday that he will participate in next month's Home Run Derby, becoming the first player to commit to the event.

From the Sugar Kings to the Serpientes, the South Side to Wrigleyville, we break down the best and worst of baseball's latest fashion trend.