ARLINGTON, Texas — It’s not just the Seattle Mariners’ losing record here in the first 13 games of the season, which dropped to 4-9 following Wednesday’s 3-0 loss to the Texas Rangers.

To be certain, it’s an unexpected and abysmal start to a highly-anticipated season where much was expected following last season’s postseason run.

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CHICAGO — It might not matter where Taylor Ward bats in the lineup. He’s producing regardless.

Ward, hitting out of the No. 2 spot for the first time this season, racked up four hits, including three doubles, to lead the Orioles to a 5-3 win over the Chicago White Sox Wednesday. The victory earned Baltimore (6-6) a road sweep and pulled its...Read more

BOSTON — It may still be early, but this week represented a gut check of sorts for the Red Sox.

Entering the week with the worst record in baseball at 2-7, the Red Sox found themselves matched up against a 7-2 Milwaukee Brewers team that was tied for the best record in MLB. The Red Sox had already dug themselves a huge hole, and another ...Read more

CLEVELAND — The Kansas City Royals received an early injury scare against the Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday afternoon.

Royals ace Cole Ragans exited in the first inning with a left thumb contusion. He was drilled by a 92.4-mph line drive off the bat of Guardians star Jose Ramirez.

Ragans knocked the ball down. However, he immediately ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — For a couple moments Tuesday afternoon, Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts spit out a rapid-fire version of Yoshinobu Yamamoto's biography, or at least his Baseball Reference page.

World Series winner? Check. World Baseball Classic winner? Check. Olympic Games gold medalist? Check. Sawamura Award winner, presented annually...Read more

PITTSBURGH — The Pirates have finalized a contract extension with Konnor Griffin that will make the 19-year-old shortstop the highest paid player in franchise history. The team announced that it had signed Griffin to a nine-year extension Wednesday morning.

The deal is worth $140 million of guaranteed money, a source confirmed to the Post-...Read more

CHICAGO — Four years ago, Nick Raquet was working behind a desk.

The Orioles’ new left-handed reliever, acquired from the St. Louis Cardinals in a trade on Tuesday, flamed out of professional baseball after a rough showing at High-A in 2019 and entered the working world. He took a job in finance at the account firm Ernst & Young in ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — We focused on the destruction, which was startling, and wondered about the future, which was uncertain. In the post-hurricane rush, all the social media platforms and email exchanges seemed to revolve around the ragged roof of Tropicana Field and reckless speculation of the decimation within.

What the world failed to account for...Read more

ANAHEIM — Jorge Soler took the Angels’ biggest swings of the night on Tuesday, first with his bat and then with his fists.

One produced two runs and the others got him ejected.

The Angels’ designated hitter took exception to a high and tight pitch from Reynaldo López, sparking a fight that was the most memorable part of the Angels’ 7-...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — To snap their skid, the Giants leaned on a rookie and a vet.

Robbie Ray delivered his first quality start of the season as San Francisco (4-8) snapped a four-game losing streak with a 6-0 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday night at Oracle Park, pitching 6 2/3 scoreless innings (109 pitches) with seven strikeouts to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — It took a tag-along pinch runner inserted into the game as part of a larger move to deliver the biggest hit of the Cardinals’ comeback.

Nathan Church, a late-game sub mostly because of his glove, snapped out of deep freeze to deliver the two-run homer that yanked the Cardinals back into the game Tuesday night and toward an ...Read more

NEW YORK — With Ryan McMahon struggling and a neutral right-hander in Aaron Civale pitching for the Athletics on Tuesday, Aaron Boone decided to start the righty-swinging Amed Rosario at third base.

“He’s just a good hitter,” the Yankees manager stressed when asked about the veteran before the game.

Those words proved prescient, as ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — In a game that featured reigning two-time Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal, it was Taj Bradley who stole the show.

Bradley, on this 44-degree evening at Target Field, outdueled the best pitcher in baseball. He was in complete control, yielding one run in 6 1/3 innings to lift the Twins to a 4-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers ...Read more

DENVER — The Rockies have been talking the talk, insisting they have erased the nightmare of 2025, and proclaiming they can be a winning team — “a lot sooner than you think,” in the words of manager Warren Schaeffer.

Eyes might be rolling at those comments, but on Tuesday night at Coors Field, the Rockies walked the walk, beating the ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays’ plans for Tuesday’s game, and their chances to win, changed significantly around 10 a.m.

The Rays thought they were in good shape for opening-day starter Drew Rasmussen to make his scheduled start against the Chicago Cubs with his wife, Stevie, four days from her due date with their second child.

Until ...Read more

TORONTO — Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto returned to the mound where he threw the final pitch of the 2025 World Series and immediately struck out the side to set the tone for the Dodgers’ 4-1 win Tuesday against the Toronto Blue Jays.

If Kyle Tucker had been a little more sure-footed on a line drive over his head to ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — A chilly evening on the North Shore didn’t seem to matter Tuesday night for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

After being shut out in Monday’s loss, the Pirates erupted for seven runs in the final four innings to beat the San Diego Padres, 7-1, at PNC Park.

Paul Skenes put forth a strong performance in his first home start of the ...Read more

BOSTON — After too many short, run-filled starts the Boston Red Sox, owners of the worst record in Major League Baseball, badly needed Garrett Crochet in top form Tuesday night.

They got their wish. And when all was said and done, the Red Sox were 3-8 on the season, having won, 3-2.

Crochet went 6 1/3 innings and held the Milwaukee Brewers ...Read more