MLB NEWS

King to start playoff opener for Padres vs Braves in front of 'absolutely nuts' fans at Petco Park

Michael King made his postseason debut for the New York Yankees in the AL playoff bubble during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season at eerily empty Petco Park, where the only “fans”...

OCTOBER 1 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

D-backs can only watch on TV as dreams of the playoffs and defending their NL title vanish

The Arizona Diamondbacks arrived at Chase Field on Monday afternoon for a light workout and heavy anxiety

OCTOBER 1 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Will anyone hit 74 homers? Even Aaron Judge thinks MLB season record is 'a little untouchable'

What used to be one of baseball’s most magical numbers — 61 home runs — now sits buried, eight lines deep, in the Major League Baseball record book

OCTOBER 1 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Pete Rose, MLB's all-time hits leader, dies at 83

Pete Rose, baseball's career hits leader and fallen idol who undermined his historic achievements and Hall of Fame dreams by gambling on the...

OCTOBER 1

Braves heading back to the playoffs after a season of adversity

After a season that didn’t go nearly as planned, the Atlanta Braves find themselves back in a familiar spot

OCTOBER 1 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

MLB scraps criticized All-Star Game uniforms and goes back to team jerseys

Major League Baseball is going back to using primary team uniforms for the All-Star Game, scrapping criticized special jerseys used for the...

OCTOBER 1

Pete Rose, MLB'S all-time hits leader who was banned from baseball for gambling on the game, has died at 83

Pete Rose, MLB'S all-time hits leader who was banned from baseball for gambling on the game, has died at 83

SEPTEMBER 30 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

2024 MLB Playoff bracket, World Series schedule, picture

Check out the 2024 MLB playoff picture and where the bracket stands today.

SEPTEMBER 30

Braves split doubleheader against Mets to clinch playoff berth and eliminate Diamondbacks from postseason contention

Braves split doubleheader against Mets to clinch playoff berth and eliminate Diamondbacks from postseason contention

SEPTEMBER 30 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

FOX Sports' ultimate MLB playoff rosters: American League edition

With October baseball nearing, we asked our experts to draft superteams from each league's postseason rosters. It's Team Deesha versus Team...

SEPTEMBER 30

Brewers and Mets both proved skeptics wrong to set up unlikely NL Wild Card Series matchup

The New York Mets weren’t supposed to get this far

SEPTEMBER 30 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Chaim Bloom to replace John Mozeliak as St. Louis Cardinals president of baseball ops in 2026

Chaim Bloom will replace longtime St. Louis Cardinals President of Baseball Operations John Mozeliak after the 2025 season

SEPTEMBER 30 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Not long since 100-loss seasons, the Royals and Orioles meet in an AL Wild Card Series

The Baltimore Orioles host the Kansas City Royals in an AL Wild Card Series featuring teams that not long ago were among the worst in baseball

SEPTEMBER 30 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Mets reach playoffs, beat Braves to cap comeback from 22-33 start

The New York Mets earned a wild-card berth with a wild rally to beat the Braves in the first game of a double-header. They can eliminate Atl...

SEPTEMBER 30

Mets reach playoffs, beat Braves to cap comeback from 22-33 start

Four months after falling 11 games under

SEPTEMBER 30 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Salvador Perez is back in the MLB playoffs with the Royals and ready to face the Orioles

Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez is back in the MLB playoffs nearly a decade after helping the club win a World Series championship

SEPTEMBER 30 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Shohei Ohtani and the MLB playoffs, a pairing the world will experience for the 1st time

Shohei Ohtani spent the last six years going home in October

SEPTEMBER 30 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

2024 MLB Power Rankings: Handicapping the postseason field

On the eve of the MLB playoffs, Ben Verlander ranks every club still playing.

SEPTEMBER 30

Dodgers home run star Shohei Ohtani tops MLB jersey sales for 2nd straight season

Shohei Ohtani topped Major League Baseball jersey sales for the second straight season while becoming the first player to reach 50 homers and 50 stolen bases in the same year

SEPTEMBER 30 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Giants tab Buster Posey as new president of baseball operations, replacing Farhan Zaidi

The Giants have named former catcher Buster Posey their new president of baseball operations and fired Farhan Zaidi.

SEPTEMBER 30

Giants hire former catcher Buster Posey as president of baseball operations, replacing Farhan Zaidi

The San Francisco Giants have hired former All-Star catcher Buster Posey as their president of baseball operations and fired Farhan Zaidi

SEPTEMBER 30 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

The San Francisco Giants have hired ex-catcher Buster Posey as President of Baseball Operations and fired Farhan Zaidi

The San Francisco Giants have hired ex-catcher Buster Posey as President of Baseball Operations and fired Farhan Zaidi

SEPTEMBER 30 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Braves salvage playoff berth with 3-0 win over the Mets, who win thrilling opener 8-7 to clinch

The Atlanta Braves bounced back from a stunning loss in the first game of a makeup doubleheader, claiming the last postseason berth with a 3-0 win over the Mets in the nightcap Mon...

SEPTEMBER 30 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Any help for the lowly Chicago White Sox is likely to come from the inside

At the very end of an awful season for the Chicago White Sox, there was a small sign of hope in the Deep South

SEPTEMBER 30 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Why your team will — and won't — win the 2024 World Series

October baseball is historically about who can get hot. Every team in the postseason is a legitimate threat, so our FOX Sports MLB experts m...

SEPTEMBER 30