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Padres fans gear up for Opening Day game against the Atlanta Braves
The buzz for Opening Day at Petco Park has been growing all day long. Fans are ready and so are nearby businesses. NBC 7’s Omari Fleming reports.
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Is another playoff run in store for the Padres? Predictions for 2025 season
By the end of the 2024 baseball season, it was easy to make the argument — and you probably wouldn’t get a whole lot of pushback for doing so — that there were two teams capable of winning the World Series: 1) The Dodgers, who did so without much of a challenge from the Yankees. And, 2) the Padres, who…
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MLB Opening Day 2025: Here's everything you missed during the offseason
Here’s a deep dive into everything that happened over the MLB offseason, plus some predictions for the 2025 season.
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World Series champion Dodgers to visit White House next month
In World Series tradition, the Los Angeles Dodgers have accepted their invitation to visit President Donald Trump and White House next month on April 7. In a social media post Tuesday the team wrote it “look[s] forward to visiting the White House and celebrating our title.” Select players and personnel will visit Capitol Hill the following day on April 8....
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Mookie Betts' Opening Day status unclear as he deals with mysterious illness
Mookie Betts is dealing with an illness that has left doctors searching for answers and the Dodgers anxiously awaiting his return to full strength.
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Former Yankees star Brett Gardner's 14-year-old son dies after unexpected illness on vacation
Former New York Yankees star Brett Gardner’s teenage son died unexpectedly after falling ill on vacation, the family said Sunday.
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Major League Baseball removes ‘diversity' references from MLB Careers home page
Major League Baseball has removed references to “diversity” from its MLB Careers home page following an executive order by President Donald Trump that could lead to possible federal action against organizations using DEI programs in contravention of his administration’s interpretation of civil rights law. MLB says in a statement “our values on diversity remain unchanged” and “we are in the...
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Yu Darvish to miss start of 2025 Padres season due to elbow issue
Padres starting pitcher Yu Darvish has an elbow issue and will not be ready for the start of the 2025 MLB season.
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On Friar Podcast: Biggest Questions Facing the Padres One Week From Opening Day
Suddenly there are two spots in the rotation to fill thanks to a concerning bit of injury news.
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2025 MLB rule changes: Expanded replay reviews, stricter penalties for shift violations
In order to improve fairness and speed up the game, two new rule changes have been implemented for the 2025 MLB season.
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Jackie Robinson's Army career wiped from military website in DEI purge
At least one website about Robinson, who trained as an officer and was assigned to a tank regiment during World War II, was reinstated Wednesday afternoon.
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Ohtani homers in Tokyo as Dodgers top Cubs, 6-3
Shohei Ohtani homered and Roki Sasaki madę his Major League debut as the Dodgers beat the Cubs 6-3 to wrap up the Tokyo Series on Wednesday.
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MLB Opening Day 2025: Full schedule, dates, times and matchups
The 2025 MLB season kicked off with the Tokyo Series, but when is Opening Day? Here’s all the info about the start of the regular season.
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Dodgers open 2025 season with win over Cubs in Tokyo
The reigning World Series champion Dodgers topped the Cubs 4-1 in the opening game of the Tokyo Series to kickoff the 2025 season.
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MLB Tokyo Series: Ohtani and Yamamoto lead Dodgers to 4-1 win over Cubs in opener
Shohei Ohtani, playing in Japan for the first time as a major leaguer, led the Dodgers’ thrilling 4-1 comeback over the Cubs in the opening game of the 2025 MLB season.
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What's the future of baseball in Japan as the best players leave for MLB?
What happens to baseball in Japan, to the country’s pro league, if the stars all leave for the United States?
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On Friar Podcast: John Seidler in Charge, Roster Questions as Opening Day Nears
Gavin Sheets emerged in the last week in a crowded race for bench spots.
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2025 MLB season key dates, matchups: From Tokyo opener to the Fall Classic
The road to the Fall Classic begins in Tokyo, Japan. Here are the must-know dates and matchups for the 2025 MLB season.
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New Era Texas Rangers cap yanked off shelves after Spanish slur spotted, shared online
A new Texas Rangers cap caught fire on social media, but not for the reason designers probably hoped. The newly released “New Era Overlap 59FIFTY” collection featured caps for each of the 30 teams in Major League Baseball. The specific design for that collection features the team’s logo stitched over the team name in a fused design. The Rangers cap...
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Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole scheduled for Tommy John surgery, will miss 2025 season
Yankees ace pitcher Gerrit Cole is scheduled to have Tommy John surgery and will miss the entire 2025 season, NBC New York has learned.