Trade Talk & Rumors World Baseball Classic MLB Press Releases Major League Baseball will mark the 25th anniversary of 9/11 on Friday with on-field tributes, special programming, community projects and other off-field observances. The day's off-field activities will begin with MLB and the Mets co-hosting a meal-packing event Friday at Citi Field in partnership with the nonprofit 9/11 Day as NEW YORK -- On Sept. 11, 2001, Chief Terri Tobin of the New York Police Department spent over an hour evacuating survivors from Ground Zero before the South Tower fell. The injuries she sustained in the collapse put her in the hospital. Ten days later, Tobin, a Mets fan born There's something striking about the shirt when you first see a photo of it. It's not that it's flashy or has some distinctive mark or is really out of the ordinary at all. It's just that it's there. Flying in the wind atop a grassy green hillside in Kinsale, Ireland. NEW YORK – Anthony Volpe received no promises when he packed his bags in early August, uncertain when – or if – he might walk into Yankee Stadium again. Spending the better part of a month with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, there was only one thing to do: Get to work. “There For the vast majority of the 2026 season, Jacob Misiorowski and his historic fastball have been the frontrunner for the National League Cy Young Award. That’s still the case entering Friday, after Misiorowski bounced back from his worst outing of the year with 6 1/3 innings of one-run ball against CHICAGO -- The White Sox were punched in the mouth. Erick Fedde didn’t shy away from it. Neither did Andrew Benintendi. After a three-game sweep at the hands of the Pirates, one that ended with two hits and no runs Thursday night, the message inside Chicago’s clubhouse was clear. ATLANTA -- Martín Pérez sauntered into the Braves’ clubhouse on Thursday morning wearing a hat and sunglasses. He said hello to a couple teammates and then coolly walked to the other side of the room, where he changed the music playlist from '90s rap to more of a salsa mix. PHILADELPHIA -- The stakes weren’t nearly as high as the last time he toed the rubber at Citizens Bank Park, but Cristian Javier looked as comfortable Thursday as he did during his combined no-hitter against the Phillies here in the 2022 World Series. Making his first start in Philadelphia since Some seasons are breakouts. Others become benchmarks. Andrew Fischer has put a stamp on a 2026 campaign that has long since crossed that line. As the Double-A regular season winds down, Milwaukee’s No. 5 prospect is putting the finishing touches on a year that places him in some rare Minor NEW YORK -- Aaron Boone had been to the site of the World Trade Center before, standing near the intersection of Liberty and Greenwich Streets to gaze into the deep reflecting pools, which sit atop the site of the former Twin Towers and offer a sense of their enormous scale. ATLANTA -- The Rays entered Thursday with a chance to seal their 15th series sweep of the season and potentially clinch a trip to the postseason. Both will have to wait for another day.

Here’s our weekly look at 10 mind-blowing notes from the last week in baseball (Sept. 4-10). Fish are friends: Griffin Conine hit his 20th career home run on Saturday. He and his father Jeff for the Marlins are the 10th father/son duo with at least 20 career homers each for The Cubs have the best offense in baseball, and by a large margin, too. It’s actually arguably the best in team history, and this is a team with a lot of history. The Cubs have the best defense in baseball too, by another large margin. That undersells it; they’re going The 2026 postseason is approaching. As you keep an eye on the standings, here is everything you need to know about how the playoff field is shaping up, as well as info about potential tiebreakers and clinch scenarios for each contender. MLB's postseason format, explained The final month of the regular season is here, and MLB.TV has you covered. With the playoff chase heating up, fans can purchase an MLB.TV Seasonal package at a new low price for the season at $29.99. The Single Team package is available for $24.99. Subscribe now through ESPN -- With less than three weeks remaining in the regular season, many clubs have already started to formulate their offseason plans as they prepare for 2027 and beyond. We started previewing the hot stove season with a look at the Top 10 free agents and an exhaustive list of options and CHICAGO -- Jared Jones has waited his whole life for moments like this: a crucial start with postseason implications on the line. After working his way back from an internal brace surgery in May 2025, Thursday night’s 6 ⅔ no-hit innings held even more meaning. “Going through the injury I SEATTLE -- This pitchers’ duel was brought to you by the Stetson Hatters and the letter K. Thursday’s matchup at T-Mobile Park pitted a pair of Florida-born Stetson alums against each other on the mound -- again -- and Logan Gilbert and Jacob deGrom did not disappoint, combining for 23 NEW YORK – Max Fried sat near the dugout railing on Thursday at Yankee Stadium, a thousand-yard stare across his face. Most of the lefty’s stat line looked sharp: a run, a hit, seven strikeouts. But it was only the fourth inning, and already he had thrown his last pitch Soon after signing Josue De Paula for $397,500 out of the Dominican Republic in 2022, the Dodgers began calling him the most advanced young hitter they've had since Corey Seager and the best international bat since longer than they could remember. And now De Paula is doing something Seager didn't, Lazaro Montes is 6-foot-5 and 250 pounds. He used all of it to hit a mammoth home run on Monday, carrying 474 feet into the night, the longest homer at T-Mobile Park in the Statcast era (2015). What fuels the Mariners’ larger-than-life rookie? Montes has a sweet answer that might PHILADELPHIA -- Old habits resurfaced at one of the worst possible times for the Phillies on Thursday afternoon at Citizens Bank Park. Despite Zack Wheeler once again looking more and more like his usual self, the Phils were dealt a crushing 2-1 defeat by the Astros on a day when CHICAGO -- Pirates All-Star pitcher Braxton Ashcraft is headed to the 15-day injured list with right arm discomfort. Pittsburgh recalled right-hander Antwone Kelly from Triple-A Indianapolis in a corresponding move. Ashcraft has pitched 95 2/3 more innings in 2026 than he did last season as he soared to a breakout Edwin Díaz may be nearing the end of his rehab assignment just in time for the final stretch of the regular season. The Dodgers’ closer tossed a scoreless inning on Thursday night for Triple-A Oklahoma City, pitching in his second consecutive game. Díaz threw 18 pitches (10 strikes) while scattering Last Wednesday at Wrigley Field, the Cubs dinged Jacob Misiorowski for five hits, four walks and five earned runs over four innings. It was tied for his shortest outing of the year and was his first time allowing more than three earned runs. It was a rare dent in the