Dodgers' Big-Ticket Imports Find Groove in LA's Winning Culture  —  PHOENIX — The integration of Japanese stars Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto into the fabric of the Los Angeles Dodgers has been anything but smooth. … But as the season began, Ohtani was rocked by gambling allegations involving …

Mock draft: College prospects stack up Top 10  —  You know it's really Draft season when the first mock draft is out.  —  Between now and July 14, when the 2024 Draft begins, Jim Callis and I will be providing prognostications of the first round on a fairly regular basis with the hope …

Early MLB takeaways: Best and worst teams, umpires, trends  —  This time last year, the pitch clock had fundamentally changed baseball, and its effects were wide-ranging.  This year, the game has fallen into relatively familiar patterns.  The teams that were supposed to be better than everyone …

Ex-Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías pleads no contest to domestic battery charge  —  LOS ANGELES — Former Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías pleaded no contest Wednesday to a misdemeanor domestic battery charge stemming from his arrest last September outside BMO Stadium in Exposition Park.

Padres Fans Are Filling Petco Park to Capacity; Padres Aren't Returning the Love  —  Home-field advantage has turned into home-field disadvantage for the San Diego Padres this season.  —  Padres fans have shown up for their team this season.  Through Wednesday, Petco Park averaged 40,024 fans per game …

How will Texas Rangers handle Nathan Eovaldi's groin injury?  Expect caution  —  ARLINGTON — Big news: The Rangers' starting rotation may have finally found their identity on this homestand.Now on to the potentially bigger news: Did they lose their top starter in the process?

Here are MLB's 8 top performers from March/April  —  One down, five (and change) to go.  With April comfortably in the rearview mirror, it's time to hand out the first round of monthly awards for the 2024 Major League Baseball season.  —  Here are the eight stars — household names and new phenoms alike …

Four suspended for roles in Brewers-Rays brawl  —  Three Milwaukee Brewers, including manager Pat Murphy, and Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Jose Siri received suspensions for their roles that led to a bench-clearing incident between the two teams in the eighth inning of their game Tuesday night.

Pest control hero saves Dodgers-D-backs game from bees  —  PHOENIX — A few hours before Christian Walker's second homer of the game gave the D-backs a 4-3 walk-off win over the Dodgers in the 10th inning, a crucial series of events was about to start unfolding at a different type of ballgame on the Westside of the Valley.

Angels star Mike Trout needs knee surgery for torn meniscus  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. — Angels superstar Mike Trout, hoping for a fully healthy season after being significantly limited by injury the past three years, needs knee surgery, general manager Perry Minasian said Tuesday.

DJ Stewart hits a 3-run homer to lead the Mets past the Cubs 4-2  —  NEW YORK — DJ Stewart hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the sixth inning Tuesday night, lifting the New York Mets to a 4-2 win over the Chicago Cubs.  —  Stewart had just three hits in his previous 23 at-bats …

Buster Posey on the Giants' start, Logan Webb's leadership and Greg Johnson's commitment  —  The thought hit me early last week, stuck with me through the San Francisco Giants' solid homestand and remained present enough in my mind that I decided to go ahead and ask Buster Posey about it.