Juan Soto rejects $440 million offer; Nationals will entertain trade proposals: Sources  —  Juan Soto is available.  —  The All-Star outfielder recently turned down an offer from the Washington Nationals that would have made him the highest-paid player in baseball history …

2022 MLB Mock Draft 3.0: Kiley McDaniel predicts the first two rounds  —  The 2022 MLB draft is just days away, and it's time for my third mock draft projecting the full 80-pick first day of this year's event.  —  The draft will take place July 17-19 in Los Angeles, and I'd estimate …

Orioles' 10-game winning streak ends with 5-4 loss to Rays in AL East wake-up call  —  ExpandAutoplay  —  1 of 11  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Orioles have pledged that they show up to the ballpark each night expecting to win.  Friday night brought a reminder that the other teams in the American League East feel the same way.

Desperate Red Sox head to Yankee Stadium to try and build momentum before the break  —  The Yankees are mired, if you can call it that, in the worst stretch of their season.  —  After losing two of three against a Cincinnati team whose front office is actively not trying to win …

MLB to pay $185 million in settlement with minor league players over minimum-wage and overtime violations  —  Major League Baseball will pay $185 million to settle the federal class-action lawsuit filed by minor league players who sought pay for minimum-wage and overtime violations by teams …

How Reds ace Luis Castillo became the darling of the MLB trade deadline  —  Matt Carpenter had 32 career plate appearances against the Reds' Luis Castillo to draw upon, a catalog of sequences from competing against him in the NL Central.  But the Castillo that Carpenter faced with the Yankees …

MLB Mock Draft 4.0: Keith Law's final projection before the 2022 No. 1 pick is made  —  This is my fourth and almost-final mock for Sunday's first round of the 2022 MLB draft.  I say almost, since this is going up Saturday morning, so if I hear anything else between the time this article goes live …

Sources: Diamondbacks may dangle Christian Walker as trade chip as trade deadline nears  —  SAN DIEGO — Christian Walker has never been the subject of intense trade rumors, but the Diamondbacks first baseman has seen enough teammates who have been to learn a thing or two from their experience.

Mets earn another doubleheader sweep with pair of extra-inning wins against the Cubs  —  CHICAGO — The Mets could not have taken Game 1 of a doubleheader at Wrigley Field without J.D. Davis, who can pick it.  —  In the bottom of the 10th inning of a tied game, Adam Ottavino had the pressure turned …

‘Pitcher of a generation’: Clayton Kershaw flirts with perfect game as All-Star assignment awaits  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. - In his 15 well-decorated years in the major leagues, there have been nights Clayton Kershaw has been more dominant.  —  There have been nights he was all the Los Angeles Dodgers had …

Luis Robert's grand slam fuels the Chicago White Sox to a series-opening 12-2 rout of the Minnesota Twins  —  MINNEAPOLIS — The Chicago White Sox have looked for a breakthrough moment all season.  —  Luis Robert might have provided one with two outs in the fourth inning Thursday at Target Field.

Agent Casey Close sues Fox Sports radio host Doug Gottlieb for libel over tweet about contract offer to Los Angeles Dodgers' Freddie Freeman  —  Agent Casey Close sued Fox Sports radio host Doug Gottlieb for libel Thursday, alleging that Gottlieb “falsely and recklessly” …

What you need to know about Statcast bat tracking  —  Early returns indicate Julio Rodríguez has elite swing speed  —  One hundred years ago, Babe Ruth was redefining how baseball was played, and understood.  In 1920, Prof. A.L. Hodges, “the Well-Known Physicist,” wrote Ruth had …