The designated hitter rule, in which pitchers are not forced to humiliate themselves at the plate, is now a permanent presence in Major League Baseball. The DH has of course been in force in the ...

Schwarber 's supreme form drew admiration from club legend Ryan Howard as evidenced by the latter's most recent interview on The Phillies Show podcast. Howard, who himself, has been the best slugger ...

Aaron Judge had jokes for Giancarlo Stanton after the Yankees’ beat the Braves on July 20, as none of the DH’s three hits in that game were for extra bases. “He’s a singles hitter,” a lighthearted ...

Shohei Ohtani was the story of the 2021 season, so much so that his presence is about to be felt in the MLB rulebook. MLB and the MLB Players Association have reached an agreement on a number of rule ...

PHOENIX — It was an impressive holdout for the National League, which made it nearly 50 years staving off a full-time designated hitter rule that the American League implemented before the 1973 season ...

Perhaps lost in the various trade deadline moves the Mets made was the transfer of Jesse Winker to the 60-day IL. The move allows Cedric Mullins to be added to the roster, but it also means the Mets ...

The New York Mets have largely tried to retain the key free agents that played major factors in the team's playoff run last season. Those key pieces the Mets were able to retain were starting pitcher ...

CLEVELAND, 0hio — The Guardians have placed first baseman Carlos Santana on outright waivers. Last weekend in Texas, manager Stephen Vogt told reporters that Santana, 39, was going to lose playing ...

BALTIMORE — David Hamilton will start at second base and Connor Wong will be behind the plate against Baltimore on Monday. The Red Sox and Orioles begin a four-game series at Oriole Park at Camden ...