Leif Skodnick

3 days ago | worldbaseball.com | Leif Skodnick

About 2 minutes reading time. If you’re a New York Mets fan and you don’t want want to jinx anything, just forget that before this weekend, the last time the Mets swept the St. Louis Cardinals in a four-game series was in April 1986.

5 days ago | worldbaseball.com | Leif Skodnick

About 3 minutes reading time. They’re getting the Mariachi band back together. After finding the country’s greatest success in a team sports tournament at the World Baseball Classic two years ago, Mexico has announced that the same three executives who led the team to a third-place finish at the 2023 World Baseball Classic will return to run the program for the 2026 WBC.

1 week ago | worldbaseball.com | Leif Skodnick

About 8 minutes reading time. The 2025 Liga Mexicana de Beisbol season — the league’s 100th campaign — begins tonight at Estadio Alfredo Harp Helu when the Leones de Yucatan take on the Diablos Rojos del Mexico at Estadio Alfredo Harp Helu. If you’ve never watched LMB games, the league is interesting. While there are a lot of Mexican players you’ve never heard of, there are also plenty of players from the U.S., Venezuela, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Cuba who you have heard of.

1 week ago | worldbaseball.com | Leif Skodnick |Fernando Tatis Jr

About 2 minutes reading time. Fernando Tatis Jr. has never suited up for the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic. However, one of the best players in the sport expects to make his debut in 2026, according to The Athletic’s Dennis Lin. “They haven’t made it official, but there’s really good talks out there,” Tatis told The Athletic.

1 week ago | worldbaseball.com | Leif Skodnick

About 2 minutes reading time. A moonshot solo homer from Robinson Cano in the first followed by another by Jose Rondon gave the Diablos Rojos del Mexico all the offense they would need, as they cruised to a 6-1 win over the Lenadores de Las Tunas in the 2025 Baseball Champions League Americas championship game Sunday in Mexico City. In the bottom of the first, Cano launched the 1-0 offering from Andy Vargas 450 feet into the right field bleachers to give the Diablos a 1-0 lead.