MLB fans blast latest disastrous strike call from umpire

Wynton Bernard was always a longshot to get to Major League Baseball. In 2012, he was selected by the San Diego Padres in the 35th round of the MLB Draft. His journey from there was anything but smooth. But on Friday, Bernard, now with the Colorado Rockies, completed his long path to the majors.

Fernando Tatis Jr. has missed the entire season recovering from an offseason wrist injury. He had recently started a rehab assignment and his return to the San Diego Padres appeared imminent. But that return will not happen in 2022, though it’s for an entirely different reason. Jeff Passan of...

It was announced that San Diego Padres shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. had tested positive for PEDs and would miss the rest of the season. The news was stunning and saddening to the Padres and the entire baseball world. That includes Tatis. Tatis released a statement (per Alden Gonzalez, ESPN) explaining...

The Oakland Athletics did not include Elvis Andrus in their lineup for Monday's game against the Texas Rangers. Andrus will start Monday's game on the sidelines while Chad Pinder starts at designated hitter and bats fifth against the Rangers. Andrus is slated for 165 more plate appearances this season according...

The Texas Rangers are in the middle of their fourth-straight losing season and are currently on pace to lose 90 games this season. As a result, it looks like the team is parting ways with manager Chris Woodward. According to a report from the Dallas Morning News, the Rangers are...

The Chicago White Sox did not include Yasmani Grandal in their lineup for Sunday's game against the Detroit Tigers. Grandal will take the afternoon off while Seby Zavala starts behind the dish and bats eighth against the Tigers. Our models project the veteran catcher for 3 home runs, 15 runs,...

With Saturday night’s game well in hand thanks to an offensive explosion, Roberts turned to an unlikely hero to pitch the ninth innings with a 13-3 lead. Hanser Alberto entered as first baseman in the sixth inning but was moved to the mound for the final inning of the game. This was his fourth pitching appearance this season and the most he’s pitched in his major leagues career.

The Los Angeles Dodgers and Kansas City Royals will play the second of their three-game series on Saturday. With that said, it’s a good time to check out our MLB odds series, which includes our Dodgers-Royals prediction and pick we have laid out below. The Dodgers are easily the...

The baseball world was shocked on Friday after San Diego Padres superstar Fernando Tatis Jr. was suspended 80 games for violating MLB’s performance-enhancing drug policy, by testing positive for Clostebol (Tatis released a statement after the news broke). Tatis hadn’t played in an MLB game this season after suffering...

The Houston Astros offered a kind gesture to those impacted by the tragic shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde County, inviting friends and families of victims and survivors to attend Sunday’s game against the Oakland Athletics. The Astros put on a show for the Uvalde country residents, winning 6-3, and Houston third baseman Alex Bregman had the most memorable moment of the game.

Kansas City Royals infielder Vinnie Pasquantino is not in the lineup Saturday in the team's game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Pasquantino is being replaced at first base by Nick Pratto versus Dodgers starter Andrew Heaney. In 166 plate appearances this season, Pasquantino has a .247 batting average with a...

The Los Angeles Dodgers hit a season-high six home runs en route to thumping the Kansas City Royals, 13-3, which extended their winning streak to 12 games. Mookie Betts hit a sixth leadoff homer this season and 35th of his career to set the tone in a five-run first inning. Max Muncy, Justin Turner and Gavin Lux each hit an RBI single with the bases loaded before Royals starter Brad Keller managed to get the first out of the game on his 34th pitch.

On Aug. 13, 1982, Steve Sax set a Los Angeles Dodgers rookie record with a stolen base in a 6-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants. The game took place at Dodger Stadium and after going 0-for-3 to start the night, Sax singled to right field in the sixth inning. With Ken Landreaux at the plate, Sax proceeded to swipe second base for his 41st steal of the season.

Sunday saw Tampa Bay Rays‘ pitcher Drew Rasmussen very close to making some exceptional MLB history, but he couldn’t quite pull it off. Rasmussen had a perfect game (which would have been only the 24th in MLB history) through eight innings on the road against the Baltimore Orioles, and with an incredibly low pitch count of 79. But he lost that in the top of the ninth against Jorge Mateo, the first batter he faced, who smacked a double on the first pitch he saw.

The San Francisco Giants did not include Luis Gonzalez in their lineup for Sunday's game against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Gonzalez will take a seat Sunday while Brandon Belt joins the lineup at first base and bats fourth. LaMonte Wade Jr. will take over for Gonzalez in right field and Tommy La Stella will move from first base to designated hitter.

The Chicago Bears hosted the Kansas City Chiefs on Saturday in their lone preseason game at Soldier Field. Between now and Chicago’s Week 1 home game against the San Francisco 49ers, the groundskeeping crew at Soldier Field has a lot of work to do to get the playing surface ready for the regular season.

The Houston Astros selected outfielder Drew Gilbert in the first round (28th overall pick) of the 2022 MLB Draft on July 17. He’s already playing games in the Houston farm system for the Single-A Fayetteville Woodpeckers, and on Saturday evening, he suffered an injury on a scary play. Gilbert...

Following an 8-3 victory on Friday, the Los Angeles Dodgers extended their winning streak to 11 games and are in position to take the series over the Kansas City Royals. The Dodgers’ 11 consecutive wins is their longest stretch of the season and it’s helped propel them to the best record in baseball at 78-33.

Over the offseason, the NFL asked its officials to focus more on illegal contact penalties this season. And after just one week of preseason action, it’s becoming clear we’re going to see a lot more called this NFL football season. NFL officials only threw 36 flags for illegal...

The Cincinnati Bengals had previously given no timeline for quarterback Joe Burrow’s return after the star had his appendix removed last month. But the team offered a significant update on Sunday that Burrow had returned to the practice field. The team announced Burrow‘s return to the practice field in...