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Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league and is the oldest among the four major sports leagues in the United States and Canada. It consists of 30 teams, split evenly between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 15 teams in each. The NL was established in 1876 and the AL in 1901 as independent organizations. Starting in 1903, the two leagues worked together while remaining separate until they officially merged into one entity under the leadership of the Commissioner of Baseball in 2000. MLB also governs Minor League Baseball, which includes 256 teams that are affiliated with the Major League teams. Additionally, MLB collaborates with the World Baseball Softball Confederation to organize the World Baseball Classic, an international tournament.

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'I've got to be better': Strider grinding through struggles

21 hours ago | mlb.com | Mark Bowman

ATLANTA -- How long might it take before Spencer Strider begins pitching like himself again? Strider’s patience was again tested as he allowed three homers in an 8-3 loss to the D-backs on Tuesday night at Truist Park. The Braves right-hander has battled inconsistent command as he attempts to regain the dominant form he had before tearing the UCL in his right elbow for a second time at the start of the 2024 season. “Command without stuff is batting practice,” Strider said.
PCA makes history, becoming 4th fastest to reach 15 HRs & 20 SB

1 day ago | mlb.com | Paige Leckie

Crow-Armstrong, who led off the fourth inning of the Cubs’ series opener vs. the Nats on Tuesday night with a double, swiped third base before coming home to score. With the steal, his 20th of the season, Crow-Armstrong became the fourth-fastest Major Leaguer in the Modern Era (since 1900) to record 15 home runs and 20 stolen bases in a season, reaching the marks in just 60 games.
Tigers prospect eager for fresh start after long road back

1 day ago | mlb.com | Jason Beck

This story was excerpted from Jason Beck’s Tigers Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. Sawyer Gipson-Long took pre-med studies and MCAT exams while at Mercer University. He was prepared to go to medical school before pro baseball was a real option for him. He didn’t necessarily expect the two pursuits to merge in quite this way.
El Fenway fue inaugurado en 1912… ¡y esta es la primera vez que ocurre algo así!

1 day ago | mlb.com | Rhett Bollinger

BOSTON -- Habían pasado casi 10 años desde que los Angelinos tuvieron una primera entrada como la que vivieron contra los Medias Rojas el lunes, y en el proceso, hicieron historia en el Fenway Park.
Bandits ready to roll in their Athletes Unlimited Softball League debut

1 day ago | mlb.com | Joey Pollizze

The Athletes Unlimited Softball League begins its inaugural season on Saturday. It’s a bold and fun new venture that will be barnstorming the country this summer. The league is guided by its commissioner, the barrier-breaking former MLB executive Kim Ng.The league’s season will involve four teams -- Bandits, Blaze, Volts, and Talons -- playing 24 games apiece in 10 different cities, culminating in a best-of-three championship series in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on July 26-28.
Meet the Talons of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League

1 day ago | mlb.com | Joey Pollizze

The Athletes Unlimited Softball League begins its inaugural season on Saturday. It’s a bold and fun new venture that will be barnstorming the country this summer. The league is guided by its commissioner, the barrier-breaking former MLB executive Kim Ng.The league’s season will involve four teams -- Bandits, Blaze, Volts and Talons -- playing 24 games apiece in 10 different cities, culminating in a best-of-three championship series featuring the top two seeds in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on July 26-28.
Get to know these relievers -- and their elite pitches

1 day ago | mlb.com | Theo DeRosa

While not many relievers reach that kind of legendary status, those who throw an offering long enough -- and well enough -- will soon become identified with their bread-and-butter pitch. Which current hurlers might reach that point? We identified a few under-the-radar relievers who have all found success by featuring an ELITE pitch in 2025. You might not have heard of some -- or any -- of the players on this list, but their arsenals all include some formidable weapons.
Agnos mourns grandfather, earns save with 'help from above'

1 day ago | mlb.com | Thomas Harding

MIAMI -- Rockies closer Zach Agnos acknowledges that he has to fight that “here we go” feeling after giving up a leadoff ninth-inning hit. But not Monday night while protecting a two-run lead against the Marlins, when something special was at work. What happened next was “like the movie ‘Angels in the Outfield’ … a little bit of help from above,” he said. The Marlins’ Agustín Ramírez blooped one that fell between second baseman Thairo Estrada and right fielder Tyler Freeman.
Texas Tech eliminates four-time defending champion Oklahoma at Women's College World Series

1 day ago | mlb.com | Manny Randhawa

In an epic game that brought to an end an epic run in the NCAA Women’s College World Series, No. 12 Texas Tech defeated No. 2 Oklahoma, 3-2, in the semifinal round on Monday in Oklahoma City to advance to the championship series against No. 6 Texas.
MLB's top-hitting catcher pops 2 HRs to lift Rox

2 days ago | mlb.com | Thomas Harding

For Goodman, it was his third career multihomer game, his first since knocking two homers last Sept. 13 in a 9-5 home victory over the Cubs, and his first multihomer game on the road. The homers, both off Marlins starter Max Meyer, were a solo shot in the third and a two-run jack in the fifth.