Royals utilityman extraordinaire Whit Merrifield has been a bright spot on a struggling roster, playing his way into trade consideration. …

After the passing of his father, Rookie has taken over as the Trenton Thunder's bat dog

The Phillies’ Vince Velasquez did what with which arm?!

When the great former Phillies and Nats star Jayson Werth walked off the field in Nashville, Tenn. a couple weeks ago, he knew that was it.

The Oregon State pitcher pleaded guilty to child molestation at 15.

If ever there were a sport to completely nerd out about, it’s baseball. Geeks across America have been crunching data for years on what makes certain players or teams so great. We dug into the gritty details to figure out exactly how to hit one. You can even try it out for yourself.

As the Royals continue taking more dramatic steps to reset, another major change will come soon: For the first time in more than 400 games, someone besides Alcides Escobar soon will start at shortstop.

Let's assume someone seriously wants to create a robot umpire or sports referee. Is it possible to build an accurate and trustworthy augmented reality solution today? Or must we wait for the technology to catch up?

More bad news for Yankees Triple-A shortstop prospect Thairo Estrada, according to a report. He missed of all MLB spring training while recovering from a gunshot wound suffered in his hometown of Bejuma, Venezuela.

It’s a shame Eddie Gaedel isn’t with us anymore. This is his time to shine. You remember, Gaedel? He was the 3-foot-7 slugger hired by St. Louis Browns owner Bill Veeck as a publicity stunt to bat against the Detroit Tigers in the second game of a doubleheader in 1951.

Mike Trout is great! You know this already, but really, we don’t, as a baseball-loving society, spend enough time appreciating him. We mostly bemoan that this weather-loving generational talent isn’t more interesting at the times he isn’t holding a bat, but that’s a missing the forest for the trees issue we all need to get over.

The Nats' ace swears he's normal. The evidence -- three Cy Youngs, 152 strikeouts in 2018 and a near obsession with minor tweaks -- proves otherwise.

The Texas Rangers’ Game 7 of the 2011 World Series was just another time when the home plate umpire got it wrong, according to the latest episode of HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel.

Nicknamed "Black Babe Ruth," catcher Josh Gibson was considered the greatest hitter in the Negro leagues.

The Nationals have acquired Royals star reliever Kelvin Herrera in exchange for three prospects.

From playing catch to holding differing views on golf, Kelly Carlin reflects on her sports-filled relationship with her father, the late comedian George Carlin.

As baseball season is now in full swing, this is the perfect time to conduct some MLB fan research, so I recruited 3,792 fans to participate in a MaxDiff market research study with the goal of meaningfully ranking every MLB logo in the minds of fans. This study was conducted similarly to our popular NFL Logos Research. Each respondent viewed 23 sets of four logos. In each set, he or she chose the logo they found to be most and least appealing.

Bark at the Park is a delightful tradition that happens at ballparks throughout all levels of the game. Dogs fill the stands, barking, eating treats, meeting new friends and, usually, wearing dog-sized jerseys their owners dress them up in for the occasion.

Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost felt a call during Tuesday's game would have been overturned by replay ... if only it had been reviewable. Yost suspected Reds outfielder Billy Hamilton left the baseline to elude a tag.

MIAMI - Madison Bumgarner started his second game of the season Monday night and showed a level of intensity that's in midseason form. After Bumgarner was removed in the sixth inning of the Giants' 7-5 loss to the Marlins, he was ejected by plate umpire Jeremie Rehak before he reached the dugout. Bumgarner wasn't thrilled with Rehak's ball-strike calls and stopped to speak with him a couple of times between innings. Bumgarner issued a four-pitch walk to his second-to-last batter, Justin Bour, and didn't appreciate two of the borderline pitches being called balls. So Bumgarner popped off, and...