Two years ago, the White Sox set a modern-day record with 121 losses. Last year, they suffered through a third straight 100-loss season. Now, they’re one win away from advancing to the American League Championship Series for the first time since winning the World Series in 2005. Here are my takeaways from Chicago’s 4-3 Game…
The format of the wild-card series means that after one game, you are already on the brink of elimination. Thanks to stellar pitching and some big bats, the Yankees and Padres took care of business to leave the Red Sox and Cubs, respectively, on the verge of an early exit. Meanwhile, the Braves rallied past…
Depth over the marathon of a 162-game season helped 12 teams reach the postseason. Now, it’s the stars and standouts who will take center stage. Here are the 26 players who will define the 2026 MLB playoffs, whether through their talent, their storylines entering October, their importance to their clubs or all of the above. …
Three months ago, MLB on FOX analyst A.J. Pierzynski visited Pope Leo XIV and presented the pontiff with the final out ball from Game 1 of the 2005 Fall Classic. Pierzynski, who was the catcher for that World Series-winning White Sox team, did not need to make much of an introduction. The pope, who grew up…
It all came down to Game 162 to round out the 12-team MLB postseason field. The Astros won the American League West (with the worst full-season record by a playoff team in MLB history) and the Phillies held off a late surge from the Diamondbacks to secure the final National League wild-card spot on the…
Occasionally, a team’s most valuable player isn’t the one going to the All-Star Game. Take the Pirates, for instance. Superstar Paul Skenes is the only Pittsburgh player who was named an All-Star when the teams were unveiled this weekend, despite his rotation mate Braxton Ashcraft having a lower ERA and more strikeouts in the same…
Obviously, every MLB All-Star Game is filled with star players. However, the 2026 MLB All-Star Game might feature the greatest collection of pitchers that a league has ever assembled. Nine starting pitchers in the National League have a sub-3.00 ERA entering Tuesday’s slate (among pitchers with enough innings to qualify), and that doesn’t include the…
Andrew Benintendi launched a pinch-hit grand slam off Camilo Doval in the eighth inning Thursday night and the Chicago White Sox ended a nine-game losing streak at Yankee Stadium with a 5-1 victory over New York. Benintendi batted for Randal Grichuk and was Chicago’s third pinch hitter of the inning. He snapped a 1-all tie…
From Ben Rice and Cam Schlittler with the Yankees to Miguel Vargas and Davis Martin with the upstart White Sox, some of the most productive MLB players at their respective positions this season have never been All-Stars before. That should change soon. All-Star voting is underway, and we’re a month away from this year’s All-Star…
Munetaka Murakami hit his first career grand slam, Davis Martin gave up three hits over seven innings, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Athletics 9-2 on Friday night. Murakami went 3 for 5 with singles in the third and fourth innings before his 431-foot grand slam in the seventh, the third of the season…
