Owen Poindexter dives deep into the hitting positions, illustrating the value pockets and highlighting the unique contributors at each spot.

Almost 40 years ago, Pat Murphy stormed into European baseball, and made an underdog team from the Netherlands believe in themselves. Illustration: Demetrius Robinson / The Athletic; Photos: Geoff ...

Rebuilding a Major League team takes time. We often hear about so-called “five-year plans” when a club embarks on such a project, but just how soon a team can contend after tearing things down to the ...

The Cardinals began the "4 A Greener Game" program at Busch Stadium during the 2008 season as a two month pilot program. After tremendous success, the program averages over 25 volunteers per game with ...

For the first time in history, the Brazilian national team is being led by a homegrown manager as they head into the 2026 World Baseball Classic. Daniel Yuichi Matsumoto makes history as the first ...

The Boston Red Sox have a decision to make involving the young infielder.

Team USA's World Baseball Classic roster looks like the best they've ever put together, but it just took a hit. Two-time AL Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal will pitch just once for USA and it'll happen ...

The 2026 Winter Olympic Games are officially in the books, with the United States having its best Olympic performance in history with a record-setting 12 gold medals, which was capped off by the U.S.

USA Baseball announced today that Illinois head coach Dan Hartleb will lead the 2026 Collegiate National Team. The Big Ten Coach of the Decade (2010s) and multiple-time Big Ten Coach of the Year (2024 ...

With the Central Texas high school baseball season getting underway, here are the American-Statesman’s top 10 teams entering the spring. Once district play begins, who's going to get hits against the ...

The Spokane Indians, in conjunction with their parent club the Colorado Rockies, announced that Tom Sutaris will take over as manager for the 2026 season after serving as bench coach the past two ...