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The fifth installment of the World Baseball Classic is set to begin in March 2023. Here’s everything you need to know about the worldwide events.

The 2023 World Baseball Classic gets underway in the United States, Japan and Taiwan in March. Here’s how the tournament works, along with the top players expected to compete.

Rafael Devers will be in Boston for the long haul after all. The Red Sox reportedly signed their star third baseman to an 11-year contract extension on Wednesday.

Aaron Judge has issued his ruling: Court remains in session in the Bronx. Judge is staying with the New York Yankees on a $360 million, nine-year contract, according to a person familiar with baseball’s biggest free agent deal ever. Judge, who hit an American League record 62 homers last season and won MVP, will earn $40 million per year, the highest...

The Atlanta Braves re-acquired left-hander Kolby Allard, their former first-round draft pick, from the Texas Rangers on Wednesday for right-hander Jake Odorizzi and cash.

A 20-year-old Long Island native and minor league pitcher with the Philadelphia Phillies has died after a battle with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, the team’s head of player development announced Thursday. Corey Phelan, of Greenlawn, was an undrafted free agent out of Harborfields High School who signed with the squad in 2020. He gave up just one run while pitching nine...

The goose is loose. If rain at Dodger Stadium during Game 1 of the National League Division Series wasn’t odd enough, a wild goose decided to up the ante during Game 2 on Wednesday night. As the Dodgers batted in the bottom of the eighth inning, a wild, and likely injured goose flew on to the field at Dodger Stadium…

What makes a rivalry? Is it 100 years of history? Is it proximity? Is it a mutual hatred of each other’s respective teams? The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres certainly don’t have a storied rivalry that goes back decades, but the feud between the two Southern California franchises is as intense and furious as a lion snatching...

In honor of the baseball excitement this week, NBC 7 decided to take a deep dive into our archive footage to relive the best moments from the Padres’ two postseason appearances leading up to the world series in 1984 and 1998.

The San Diego Padres knocked off the 101-win New York Mets in the National League wild-card series. Awaiting them in the NL Division Series is an even bigger challenge: the 111-win Los Angeles Dodgers. “They’re hot and we’ve been hot for seven months,” a smiling — or was it smirking? — Dodgers slugger Freddie Freeman said Monday. Call it a postseason...

San Diego Padres’ Joe Musgrove pitches Friars past New York Mets to win NL Wild Card Series, setting up a showdown with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The Cleveland Guardians used some favorable hometown weather and a whole lot of Shane Bieber to push the Tampa Bay Rays to the brink of elimination on Friday afternoon.

In Kristin’s hometown of Las Cruces, New Mexico, we learn all about a baseball league helping kids with different abilities experience the joy of baseball. MORE: MiracleLeagueNTX.com

After a mathematical error by MLB, the Los Angeles Dodgers have now officially clinched a spot in the 2022 postseason.

The Dodgers are now the first MLB team to clinch a playoff spot following an 11-2 rout over the San Diego Padres on Sunday.

The 43rd President of the United States, George W. Bush will participate in Sunday’s ceremonial pitch to recognize the 21st anniversary of Patriot Day prior to the Texas Rangers-Toronto Blue Jays game at Globe Life Field, it was announced Sunday morning. Bush is expected to attend the game along with his wife Laura and will escort Fort Worth, Texas...

Josh Jung can’t even describe the whirlwind of emotions he has gone through the past seven months, since shoulder surgery that took away the top prospect’s opportunity to compete for a spot on the Texas Rangers roster in spring training.

Josh Jung can’t even describe the whirlwind of emotions he has gone through the past seven months, since shoulder surgery that took away the top prospect’s opportunity to compete for a spot on the Texas Rangers roster in spring training.

The Texas Rangers snapped a nine-game losing streak with a 4-3 win over the AL West-leading Houston Astros

Hunter Brown dazzled in his major league debut, scattering three hits across six impressive innings as the Houston Astros beat Texas 1-0 on Monday night to hand the Rangers their ninth straight defeat.