New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge is out of the starting lineup for Tuesday’s game against Cleveland because of a bone bruise in his upper right rib that he feels in his right shoulder, and he might miss a few days.

The New York Yankees scored 13 runs in an inning for the first time in nearly 21 years as their first 12 batters in the third reached safely against an overwhelmed pitching staff for the Athletics.

Gerrit Cole shined in his second start since returning from Tommy John surgery on Wednesday night, leading the Yankees to a 7-0 win over Kansas City.

The Yankees achieved a first in franchise history on Tuesday night, getting at least two hits from every starter in the lineup.

One byproduct of the automatic runner on second base is that extra innings are one of the few times managers can still stomach ordering up an intentional walk.

Trey Yesavage outpitched Cam Schlittler in a marquee matchup between young aces, and the Toronto Blue Jays edged the New York Yankees 2-1.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. is making a style statement with baggy pants, and it's paying off for the New York Yankees.

Carson Benge drove in the winning run with a 10th-inning chopper, leading the New York Mets to a 7-6 victory over the Yankees at Citi Field.

Luke Weaver told a fib to Clay Holmes after helping the Mets secure a 6-3 win over the Yankees.

Luke Weaver escaped a seventh-inning, bases-loaded, no-outs jam when he entered to face his former team for the first time, and the New York Mets beat the Yankees 6-3 to even their weekend Subway Series at one game apiece.

Clay Holmes has a broken right leg after getting hit on the mound by a 111 mph line drive, another devastating blow to the New York Mets in their miserable season so far.

Trent Grisham hit a go-ahead, three-run double in a six-run sixth inning, and the New York Yankees beat the Texas 9-2 for their 16th win in 19 games on an afternoon the Rangers misplayed four balls in a difficult sun.

Aaron Judge hopes John Sterling's iconic call, “Ballgame over.

Munetaka Murakami is tied with Aaron Judge for the major league lead with 13 home runs.

Ben Rice and José Caballero homered, Will Warren won his third straight start and the Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 7-2 for their 11th victory in 13 games, overcoming a home run by Pete Alonso in his return to New York.

Aaron Judge allowed Ben Rice to match his home run total for only a few pitches.

Yordan Alvarez of the Houston Astros leads the majors in homers and several other offensive categories.

Mike Trout and Aaron Judge turned their baseball game into a heavyweight slugfest Monday night, each hitting two home runs at Yankee Stadium.

Aaron Judge and Trent Grisham both homered twice and the New York Yankees scored on a game-ending wild pitch in a three-run ninth inning to overcome Mike Trout’s two homers and five RBIs in an 11-10 win over the Los Angeles Angels that stopped a five-game losing streak.

Athletics pitcher Jeffrey Springs has a no-hitter through six innings against the New York Yankees.

Major League Baseball’s average salary rose 3.4% on opening day to a record $5.34 million, according to a study by The Associated Press, and the New York Mets topped spending at the season’s start for the fourth straight year.

The Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees are off to good starts — and their MVPs are finally starting to hit.

Aaron Judge hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the first inning, and the New York Yankees beat the Miami Marlins 8-2 in their home opener for their second 6-1 start in three seasons.

While Aaron Judge hit batting practice at T-Mobile Park, an advertisement featuring him and Cal Raleigh flashed on the videoboard with a link to buy tickets to the series between the New York Yankees and Seattle Mariners.

Aaron Judge hit a two-run homer in the sixth to end an 0-for-7 start to his season after the two-time reigning AL MVP had a strike call overturned by the automated system earlier in that same at-bat when he challenged, and the New York Yankees beat the San Francisco Giants 3-0.

Netflix’s forays into live sports have already been successful with the NFL and WWE.

Major League Baseball’s new Automated Ball-Strike System changes how pitches get called, and some players gain while others lose.

Baseball is changing at a dizzying speed in 2026 with the arrival of robot umpires, the return home of the Tampa Bay Rays and an alphabet soup of networks televising the games in perhaps the last season before a labor shutdown.

Major League Baseball plans to bring back the World Baseball Classic in 2029 or 2030 and it could eventually move to midseason.

Aaron Judge walked slowly back and forth in the United States’ dugout on Tuesday night while Venezuelan players shed tears and fell to their knees to celebrate the country’s first World Baseball Classic title.

Venezuela has won the World Baseball Classic for the first time, rebounding from a blown eighth-inning lead to beat the United States 3-2 on Eugenio Suárez’s tiebreaking double in the ninth.

Criticized for their cool, American players head into the World Baseball Classic championship also appreciating opponents’ flamboyant flair.

Aaron Judge says the World Baseball Classic has become baseball’s biggest stage.

Paul Skenes shined in the World Baseball Classic semifinal, dominating an All-Star lineup in the United States' 2-1 victory over the Dominican Republic.

Gunnar Henderson and Roman Anthony homered and the United States limited the Dominican Republic’s electric offense to win a thrilling semifinal 2-1 and move one win from capturing its second World Baseball Classic championship.

The United States is heading to the semifinals of the World Baseball Classic after a “different level of focus” helped this All-Star-studded team rebound from a shocking loss.

Aaron Judge doubled and Pete Crow-Armstrong and Brice Turang each had two hits as the United States beat Canada 5-3 on Friday night to reach the World Baseball Classic semifinals.

Elisabeth Moss, Kerry Washington and Kate Mara teaming up to star in a new psychological thriller for Apple TV called “Imperfect Women” and fresh music from both BTS and Luke Combs are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.

The robot-umpire system for overturning ball/strike calls is going to be used in regular-season games in the majors this year.

The surprising loss by the United States to Italy in the World Baseball Classic on Tuesday night means that the Americans need help to advance to the quarterfinals.

Cal Raleigh insists he has no beef with Randy Arozarena even though his Seattle teammate lashed out with a vulgar rant after Raleigh left him hanging for a handshake at the World Baseball Classic.

Manny Ramirez watched his son Lucas Ramirez hit two home runs for Brazil against the United States in the World Baseball Classic.

Aaron Judge will captain a loaded U.S. roster at the World Baseball Classic.

When Andrew Benintendi first broke into the major leagues in 2016, batting average was a priority for the outfielder.

Cal Raleigh has already gone deep this spring.

New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge hit two homers in his spring debut as he prepares for the World Baseball Classic next month.

Aaron Judge says he felt frustrated watching top free agents sign elsewhere during much of the offseason, but likes New York's late additions, After the first full-squad workout, he says the slow offseason felt “brutal.”.

For those worried robots are about to take over Major League Baseball, Colorado Rockies manager Warren Schaeffer has some experience with the Automated Ball/Strike system that’s coming to stadiums this summer.

Spring training starts Tuesday as pitchers and catchers return to the field just 102 days after the World Series.

NBC has hired Clayton Kershaw, Anthony Rizzo and Joey Votto as analysts for its Major League Baseball broadcasts.

Francisco Lindor and Carlos Correa are not on Puerto Rico's roster for the World Baseball Classic due to insurance issues.

Bo Bichette and the New York Mets have agreed to a $126 million, three-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press.

Clayton Kershaw isn't done pitching just yet.

Spain will end 2025 as the top men’s team in the FIFA rankings after there were limited changes in the new standings.

Two-time AL Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal of the Detroit Tigers has agreed to pitch for the United States in the World Baseball Classic.

Mike Trout, the U.S. captain at 2023 World Baseball Classic, is still under consideration as the roster for the 2026 tournament takes shape.

Lionel Messi has become the first back-to-back MVP in Major League Soccer history.

Perhaps it's fitting that after the World Cup draw ceremony began, it took about 90 minutes for the actual drawing of teams to begin in earnest.

The draw ceremony for the 2026 FIFA World Cup is underway at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. A record 48 teams will take part in the tournament field this summer.

Two-way star Shohei Ohtani won his fourth MVP award in a unanimous vote for the National League honor and Aaron Judge earned the American League accolade for the third time.

Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani and Yankees slugger Aaron Judge are in the running for consecutive MVP awards.

The $500 million Los Angeles Dodgers’ thrilling World Series win over the Toronto Blue Jays attracted record international attention for Major League Baseball, affirmed LA’s status as the sport’s best team and drew more attention to baseball’s payroll disparity heading into what is likely to be contentious labor negotiations.

The Toronto Blue Jays hit the first back-to-back homers to begin a game in World Series history Wednesday night when Davis Schneider and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. connected on the first and third pitches by the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Blake Snell.

Held out of the starting lineup a day after returning from a knee injury, Blue Jays infielder Bo Bichette grounded out as a pinch-hitter in the seventh inning of Toronto’s 5-1 loss to the Dodgers in Game 2 of the World Series.

Bi Bichette singled early, walked to begin a nine-run sixth inning and made a nice defensive play in his first game at second base in six years, helping the Blue Jays beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 11-4 in the World Series opener.

Blue Jays manager John Schneider says he's optimistic George Springer will be available against the Seattle Mariners in Game 6 of the AL Championship Series in Toronto on Sunday night.

Yankees star Aaron Judge won’t need surgery on his elbow but shortstop Anthony Volpe and left-hander Carlos Rodón had operations this week and could be sidelined until May.

Injured Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette isn't on the roster for the AL Championship Series against the Seattle Mariners that begins Sunday night in Toronto, but three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer and right-hander Chris Bassitt are both active after missing the Division Series win over the Yankees.

Aaron Judge's brilliant season wasn't enough to end the New York Yankees' championship drought.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and George Springer each drove in a run, and eight Toronto pitchers shut down the New York Yankees in a 5-2 victory that sent the Blue Jays to the American League Championship Series for the first time in nine years.

When the New York Yankees needed someone to save them Tuesday night, Aaron Judge practically put on a cape.

Aaron Judge hit a tying homer and drove in four runs during a clutch performance for the ages, and the New York Yankees staved off elimination by rallying from five runs down to defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 9-6 in Game 3 of their AL Division Series.

Three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer has been left off the Toronto Blue Jays' roster for their AL Division Series against the New York Yankees.

From April through September this season, the Toronto Blue Jays got the best of the New York Yankees.

Major League Baseball’s playoffs now move into the Division Series this weekend.

Ryan McMahon looked up and saw Jarren Duran’s foul popup veering toward the Boston bench.

Cam Schlittler has become an instant star for the New York Yankees, delivering a dominant performance against the rival Boston Red Sox in a playoff elimination game.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. zipped all the way home from first base on Austin Wells’ tiebreaking single in the eighth inning, and the New York Yankees extended their season with a 4-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox in Game 2 of their AL Wild Card Series.

Left out of the starting lineup for the New York Yankees’ playoff opener, Jazz Chisholm Jr. was understandably unhappy.

Garrett Crochet retired 17 consecutive batters in a sparkling pitching performance, and pinch-hitter Masataka Yoshida lined a two-run single off reliever Luke Weaver that sent the Boston Red Sox past the New York Yankees 3-1 in their AL Wild Card Series opener.

Miami’s 4-0 victory over the Mets in the season finale kept them out of the playoffs — even though New York got the help it needed in the form of a Milwaukee win over Cincinnati.

Aaron Judge prefers to focus on the Yankees' upcoming Wild Card Series against Boston rather than past losses.

Major League Baseball's postseason is about to start with some spicy Wild Card Series matchups.

Philadelphia’s Trea Turner won his second National League batting title with a record-low.

The New York Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays are tied atop the AL East at 93-68 going into the final day of the regular season.

Giancarlo Stanton's performance this season has been impressive despite being sidelined until mid-June with elbow injuries.

Giancarlo Stanton hit a pair of two-run homers on a five-RBI night, Aaron Judge had a go-ahead, two-run drive with his 52nd long ball of the season and the New York Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 8-4 to remain tied with Toronto for the AL East lead.

Shohei Ohtani has topped Major League Baseball's jersey sales for the third straight year.

The race for first place in the AL East is even with three games to go.

Cal Raleigh hit his major league-leading 59th and 60th home runs of the season and the Seattle Mariners won their fourth AL West title with a 9-2 victory over Colorado on Wednesday night.

Cal Raleigh has become the seventh player in major league history to hit 60 home runs in a season, launching two solo shots for the Seattle Mariners against the Colorado Rockies.

Aaron Judge put himself in some rare company while lifting the New York Yankees into a share of the AL East lead for the first time in 3 1/2 months.

The New York Yankees are headed to the playoffs for the eighth time in nine seasons.

José Caballero’s RBI single with two out in the ninth inning scored Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees rallied to beat the Chicago White Sox 3-2, securing their eighth playoff appearance in nine seasons.

Cal Raleigh breaks Mickey Mantle's record for home runs by a switch-hitter.

New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge has hit his 362nd home run, breaking a tie with Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio and taking sole possession of fourth place on the franchise’s career list.

Aaron Judge has hit his 361st career home run, tying Hall of Fame outfielder Joe DiMaggio for fourth place in New York Yankees history.

Yankees captain Aaron Judge has hit his 359th career home run in the first inning against the Detroit Tigers, breaking a tie with Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra for fifth place on the franchise list.

Major League Baseball's 2025 season has seen unexpected parity among teams.

New York Yankees star Aaron Judge hit his 358th career homer in the first inning of their series finale against the White Sox, moving into a tie with Yogi Berra for fifth in franchise history.