The Yankees made noise for constructing one of the most vaunted bullpens on paper and an overall strong trade deadline after Thursday’s plethora of trades.

However, their newest additions contributed in large fashion to their worst loss of the season.

Agustin Ramirez’s tapped RBI-single capped off a three-run bottom of the ninth in the ...Read more

BOSTON — With two outs in the bottom of the ninth and the winning run at second, Wilyer Abreu sent a liner down the right-field line off Houston Astros closer Josh Hader to an area of the park with maybe six inches of foul territory. It wasn’t going to make the stands, so all the Red Sox needed was for it to land fair and they’d walk off ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Before the Phillies turned out the lights on the Tigers, they turned out the actual lights.

Welcome to the Jhoan Duran Show.

This is what it looks like to have an actual closer. The ninth inning becomes a spectacle. And considering everything that led up to it Friday night — Bryce Harper’s ejection for arguing a check ...Read more

It may take a minute to memorize the correct spelling of new Kansas City Royals outfielder Mike Yastrzemski’s last name.

However, it won’t take long to notice his impact. On Friday, Yastrzemski hit a two-run homer against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre in Toronto, as the Royals secured a 9-3 victory.

Yastrzemski hammered an 84.8-...Read more

CLEVELAND — On the first day of the rest of the season, the new-look Twins had a familiar ending against the Cleveland Guardians: A walk-off loss.

Kody Funderburk, the fourth reliever out of the Twins bullpen Friday at Progressive Field, gave up a walk-off single to Kyle Manzardo with one out in the 10th inning. It was Manzardo’s second ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — First, the meme made Freddie Freeman laugh.

Then, in a serendipitous twist, it gave him a lightning-bulb epiphany about his recently ailing swing.

At the end of a long day during last week’s homestand — when Freeman was hit by a pitch on July 20, immediately removed from the game to get an X-ray, then informed he somehow ...Read more

NEW YORK — It wasn’t a pretty win, but given how the last couple weeks have gone, the Giants will take wins however they come.

The Giants snapped a six-game losing streak on Friday night at Citi Field with a 4-3 victory in 10 innings over the New York Mets. All-Star Randy Rodríguez, the team’s new closer after Tyler Rogers and Camilo ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — There are reliable reports that a prospective new owner of the Twins is about to be revealed. It has taken some digging but I’m now willing to state the Twins are about to wind up in the hands of Matilda Phelps.

That would be the young, belligerent and greedy granddaughter of Rachel Phelps, the owner of the Cleveland Indians ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The cars were already clean sitting inside the showroom, but that didn’t stop 9-year-old Ed Kardon from grabbing a rag on a Saturday morning and dipping it into Windex.

The new salesman at his father’s dealership — Phillies superstar Dick Allen — needed help.

Allen was holding out for a bigger contract from the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — So much for the Dodgers ruining baseball.

They won't finish this season with the best record in history, as they could win every one of their remaining games and still not realize the 120-win season that was envisioned for them.

They might not even finish this season with the best record in the National League — or in their ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — As Jhoan Duran sat in the dugout for the first time as a Phillie, digital flames ignited the ribbon video board that wraps around Citizens Bank Park. Animated spiders crawled through the fire, past his name, “DURAN,” offering a preview of the new closer’s entrance.

Duran’s walk-out became well-known in Minnesota for its...Read more

CHICAGO — Framed by the backdrop of the ballpark’s iconic center-field scoreboard and green ivy, the long-awaited reveal was less anticipatory and more celebratory, a moment years in the making.

The 2027 All-Star Game officially is coming to Wrigley Field.

Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred made the announcement Friday that the...Read more

CHICAGO — Not even the most prolific lineup in baseball has answers for Trevor Rogers right now.

The Orioles left-hander pitched an eight-inning complete game against the Chicago Cubs on Friday, missing out on the chance to go nine frames only because his offense didn’t provide any run support in a 1-0 loss.

Rogers is the first Orioles ...Read more

Marcus Stroman’s time in the Bronx has come to an end.

The Yankees released the veteran right-hander on Friday, two days before Luis Gil was set to rejoin the rotation.

Stroman is 3-2 with a 6.23 ERA over 39 innings in nine starts this season, the second of a two-year, $37 million contract.

He finishes his Yankee career with a 13-11 record ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A funny thing blocked the path to another Andrew Friedman midsummer triumph.

An Andrew Friedman midsummer failure.

The Dodgers and their renowned baseball boss came to bat at baseball's trade deadline Thursday poised to knock another fat midseason pitch out of the park en route to a second consecutive World Series championship....Read more

SEATTLE — An old star returned.

A new one emerged.

And the biggest one did what he does best.

The vibes were high all around Thursday night for the new-look Seattle Mariners, whose 6-0 victory over the rival Texas Rangers put the finishes touches on Eugenio Suárez’s storybook return to Seattle.

Rookie Cole Young hit his first home run ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Let’s start with this: The Padres got a pitcher Thursday who wears Tony Gwynn’s number and averages 101 miles per hour with his fastball.

Mason Miller, newest Padre, could do worse than swapping 19 for 54, the number Goose Gossage retained after coming over from the Yankees and pitching his first San Diego club to the National...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — This was not a salary dump. That seems important to point out.

Instead, it felt more like a yard sale. A cleaning-out of the closet. The Rays got rid of some assets that weren’t in their long-term future and, in return, got a handful of mostly cheaper replacements with a longer shelf life.

They traded a light-hitting catcher ...Read more

SEATTLE — Eugenio Suárez never left T-Mobile Park.

Not literally. But nearly two years after he was traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks, Suárez’s three-word slogan is lit in neon blue in a hallway connecting the Mariners’ home dugout and clubhouse. It hangs above a photo of catcher Cal Raleigh watching his drought-ending homer disappear ...Read more