Cristopher Sánchez struck out a career-high 13 while picking up the second shutout of his career as the Philadelphia Phillies drilled the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-0 on Saturday. Sánchez (5-2), the National League Cy Young runner-up a year ago, allowed five hits and didn’t issue a walk while extending his scoreless streak to 29 2/3 innings, … Read more
Will Shohei Ohtani win the National League Cy Young? Will Aaron Judge be replaced as the American League MVP? Will the New York Mets turn things around? All those questions are answered on the latest edition of MLB on FOX’s “Fact or fiction” with MLB on FOX analyst Dontrelle Willis. Dontrell Willis Predicts What’s Fact … Read more
There is a stark difference in the recent history of the American League Cy Young award and the National League one. First, let’s check out the early odds for this season’s winners at DraftKings Sportsbook as of April 13. This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners. If you sign up or … Read more
NEW YORK — Nobody could’ve predicted the first Citi Field standing ovation of the season would be for Paul Skenes. The new-look Mets lineup pummeled the reigning National League Cy Young award winner, with contributions from fresh and familiar faces alike, in an 11-7 win over the Pirates on a sunny Opening Day in Flushing. … Read more
Paul Skenes’ first start of the 2026 season might not have even lasted a New York minute. The Pittsburgh Pirates’ ace surrendered five runs in his Opening Day start against the New York Mets, and was pulled after pitching just â…” of an inning. All five runs were earned, with the Mets logging four hits … Read more
We know Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge and Paul Skenes are going to be in the mix for MLB’s biggest awards this season. That feels like a given. But for each of MLB’s marquee individual prizes, there will be some fierce competition. Ahead of the start of the 2026 MLB season, let’s give our favorites to … Read more
There was no shortage of stars in the World Baseball Classic, and many of them played their best baseball with a major international title on the line. The complete World Baseball Classic All-Tournament Team was unveiled on Wednesday following Venezuela’s triumph over the USA in Tuesday’s final. Of course, Venezuelan third baseman Maikel Garcia made … Read more
Venezuela is your new World Baseball Classic champion. After a dramatic back-and-forth affair at loanDepot Park in Miami on Tuesday, Venezuela beat the United States 3-2 to win its first-ever World Baseball Classic title. Venezuela was in complete control through eight innings before the U.S. made things interesting with a two-run home run from Bryce … Read more
We’re set for a World Baseball Classic final for the ages. USA vs. Venezuela. Two of the tournament favorites will play for it all on Tuesday in Miami. But before we get to that, let’s recap Monday’s semifinal action at the World Baseball Classic. Venezuela Into First Ever WBC Final In the end, the espresso … Read more
The last time that Team USA competed in the World Baseball Classic, Paul Skenes hadn’t even made his major league debut yet. In fact, it wasn’t until months later that the Pittsburgh Pirates would select him with the first overall pick in the 2023 MLB Draft. Now a two-time All-Star and the reigning National League … Read more