Playing in perhaps baseball’s toughest division, the Tampa Bay Rays were the class of the field this season.

Drew Rasmussen allowed his only hit in the seventh inning and struck out 11 as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the New York Yankees 6-1 in the second game of a day-night doubleheader to clinch their fifth AL East title.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone says slugger Aaron Judge is unlikely to play in the Wild Card Series after having an injection in his sore right calf.

Three-time AL MVP Aaron Judge will miss most or all of the rest of the regular season after the New York Yankees announced they are placing him on the 10-day injured list because of a right calf strain.

New York Yankees star right fielder Aaron Judge was pulled for a pinch hitter in the sixth inning against Minnesota because of tightness in his lower right leg.

Aaron Judge hit his first home run since May 24 as the New York Yankees clinched their record 61st postseason berth and ninth in 10 years.

Bacteria that cause Legionnaires' disease have been found in a Yankee Stadium cooling tower in New York City.

The New York Yankees marked the 25th anniversary of 9/11 with a ceremony including former players and a special first pitch.

Anthony Volpe hit a grand slam and drove in a career-high five runs during his rousing return to the majors as the New York Yankees beat the Colorado Rockies 10-3 to tighten the AL East race.

Aaron Judge struck out twice and flied out as he returned to the New York Yankees after a 99-day absence — a gap that matched his uniform number.

Aaron Judge has been reinstated from the 60-day injured list by the New York Yankees.

Paul Goldschmidt homered, left fielder Cody Bellinger threw out the potential tying run at home plate to end the seventh inning and the New York Yankees edged the Boston Red Sox 1-0 in the opener of a pivotal four-game series.

Yordan Alvarez went 3 for 5 and lined a go-ahead triple off Brent Headrick in the eighth inning as the Houston Astros beat the New York Yankees 9-7.

Pete Alonso’s deep fly was ruled foul, and the call stood after a review in Baltimore’s 5-3 loss to the New York Yankees on Wednesday night.

Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge played catch in New York on Friday as he continues working toward a return from a broken right rib.

Atlanta Braves ace Chris Sale was ejected by Dan Merzel before a pitch was thrown in Sunday’s game against the New York Yankees, a day after being called for a balk that scored a run.

Mariano Rivera was back on the field at the Yankees’ annual Old-Timer’s Day on Saturday after tearing an Achilles tendon playing the outfield at the event last year.

Ben Rice ripped a tying single off the right-field fence with two outs in the ninth inning and Ryan McMahon hit a game-winning sacrifice fly in the 10th as the New York Yankees rallied past the Atlanta Braves 3-2 in a rain-delayed game that ended after midnight.

Aaron Judge has been cleared to begin light workout activity, and the New York Yankees captain said he will return this season from the broken rib that’s sidelined him since May 31.

George Lombard Jr. homered in a memorable big league debut and the New York Yankees beat the St. Louis Cardinals 2-0.

George Lombard Jr. has homered in the fifth inning of his major league debut after being called up by the New York Yankees from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

Alec Burleson hit three two-run homers, including a drive into the second deck in right field that capped a seven-run eighth inning as the St. Louis Cardinals outslugged the New York Yankees 13-7 after blowing a six-run lead.

Two-time Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal is on the move to the Los Angeles Dodgers, giving the two-time defending champions even more talent on a loaded roster.

The Pittsburgh Pirates are acquiring reliever Camilo Doval from the New York Yankees to boost their struggling bullpen.

New York Yankees outfielder Cody Bellinger will be sidelined for four to six weeks with a Grade 2 left hamstring strain.

The New York Yankees have placed All-Star outfielder Cody Bellinger on the 10-day injured list with a left hamstring strain.

Shohei Ohtani has skipped a tentatively scheduled bullpen session and Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts says the two-way superstar won't throw off a mound again until his irritated left knee feels 100%.

Major League Baseball is cracking down on José Caballero's batting routine, saying it amounts to deception.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched a four-hitter for his first regular-season complete game in 66 major league starts, and the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees 8-2 in the opener of their day-night doubleheader.

Shohei Ohtani has received a lubricant injection in his left knee, according to Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts.

Aaron Judge's broken rib hasn't fully healed, and the New York Yankees star hasn't been cleared to resume baseball activities.

Aaron Judge will have his injured rib tested during the All-Star break and the New York Yankees are hopeful the results show the three-time AL MVP is healing.

Peña could miss 10 days or longer leading up to MLB All-Star break

Jarren Duran singled home the winning run to cap a three-run rally in the 10th inning after Boston blew a two-run lead in the ninth, and the Red Sox finished a four-game sweep of the rival New York Yankees with a 5-4 victory.

It is rare that a New York Yankees-Boston Red Sox game gets preempted for anything, especially on network television.

Sonny Gray was almost overloaded with reasons to celebrate.

The New York Knicks’ victory tour following their first NBA championship since 1973 made another stop Wednesday night when Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart threw out ceremonial first pitches at Yankee Stadium.

The Sacramento region strives to be more than just a way station for the Athletics before they complete their move from Oakland to Las Vegas.

The New York Yankees placed Aaron Judge on the 10-day injured list a day after announcing the slugger has a stress fracture in one of his ribs that will keep him off the field indefinitely.

New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge will be sidelined indefinitely with a stress fracture of one of his ribs, the team announced Thursday night.

New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge is out of the starting lineup for Tuesday’s game against Cleveland because of a bone bruise in his upper right rib that he feels in his right shoulder, and he might miss a few days.

The AL West may have missed its chance to leave the Seattle Mariners behind.

The New York Yankees scored 13 runs in an inning for the first time in nearly 21 years as their first 12 batters in the third reached safely against an overwhelmed pitching staff for the Athletics.

The ABS system appeared to hit a rare glitch during the Athletics game against the New York Yankees.

Yankees ace Gerrit Cole pitched six shutout innings in his return from elbow ligament reconstruction that caused a 569-day absence.

Trey Yesavage outpitched Cam Schlittler in a marquee matchup between young aces, and the Toronto Blue Jays edged the New York Yankees 2-1.

Carson Benge drove in the winning run with a 10th-inning chopper, leading the New York Mets to a 7-6 victory over the Yankees at Citi Field.

Trent Grisham hit a go-ahead, three-run double in a six-run sixth inning, and the New York Yankees beat the Texas 9-2 for their 16th win in 19 games on an afternoon the Rangers misplayed four balls in a difficult sun.

Jasson Domínguez is heading to the injured list yet again after spraining a shoulder when he crashed into Yankee Stadium’s outfield wall, opening a path for heralded prospect Spencer Jones to make his major league debut.

Aaron Judge hopes John Sterling's iconic call, “Ballgame over.

Don Mattingly has taken over as interim manager for the Philadelphia Phillies after Rob Thomson was fired.

New York Yankees right-hander Cam Schlittler says he’s looking forward to his Fenway Park debut against Boston even after revealing he and his family have received death threats from Red Sox fans.

Kansas City manager Matt Quatraro wanted to find out if Will Warren was committing a balk in the first inning when he was ejected by second base umpire Nestor Ceja in Saturday’s 13-4 loss to the New York Yankees.

Mike Trout homered for the fifth time in four games on Thursday afternoon when he hit a 446-foot drive in the seventh inning for the Los Angeles Angels.

Mike Trout and Aaron Judge turned their baseball game into a heavyweight slugfest Monday night, each hitting two home runs at Yankee Stadium.

Athletics pitcher Jeffrey Springs lost a no-hit bid with one out in the seventh inning against the New York Yankees when he allowed a single to Ben Rice.

Major League Baseball’s pitch clock was no match for the New York Yankees and Miami Marlins.

The San Francisco Giants matched a franchise record by reaching 20 straight innings without scoring to begin the season, then finally recorded their first run in the third inning of their third game against the New York Yankees.

Aaron Judge hit a two-run homer in the sixth to end an 0-for-7 start to his season after the two-time reigning AL MVP had a strike call overturned by the automated system earlier in that same at-bat when he challenged, and the New York Yankees beat the San Francisco Giants 3-0.

The Yankees’ José Caballero lost the first challenge taken to Major League Baseball’s so-called robot umpire, unsuccessfully appealing a strike by San Francisco Giants right-hander Logan Webb in the season opener won 7-0 by New York.

Managers have less to argue about as Major League Baseball starts ball-and-strike challenges this season with so-called robot umpires.

Baseball is changing at a dizzying speed in 2026 with the arrival of robot umpires, the return home of the Tampa Bay Rays and an alphabet soup of networks televising the games in perhaps the last season before a labor shutdown.

A “Hannah Montana” anniversary special starring Miley Cyrus and fresh music from Robyn and Charlie Puth album are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.

Gerrit Cole has returned to a mound to pitch in a game after a 377-day absence and threw a scoreless first inning for the New York Yankees in an exhibition game against the Boston Red Sox.

The robot-umpire system for overturning ball/strike calls is going to be used in regular-season games in the majors this year.

New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge hit two homers in his spring debut as he prepares for the World Baseball Classic next month.

Bill Mazeroski, the Hall of Fame second baseman who won eight Gold Glove awards for his steady work in the field and the hearts of countless Pittsburgh Pirates fans for his historic walk-off home run in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series, has died at the age of 89.

Aaron Judge says he felt frustrated watching top free agents sign elsewhere during much of the offseason, but likes New York's late additions, After the first full-squad workout, he says the slow offseason felt “brutal.”.

The Baltimore Orioles have won their salary arbitration case against pitcher Keegan Akin.

The New York Yankees have added to their bullpen by acquiring right-handed reliever Angel Chivilli in a trade with the Colorado Rockies.

Cody Bellinger has agreed to stay with the New York Yankees on a five-year, $162.5 million contract.

The Philadelphia Phillies have hired Don Mattingly as a bench coach on Rob Thomson's staff.

Spain will end 2025 as the top men’s team in the FIFA rankings after there were limited changes in the new standings.

The Los Angeles Dodgers will pay a record $169.4 million luxury tax after winning their second straight World Series title, raising their two-year total to $272.4 million.

Colorado selected right-hander RJ Petit from Detroit with the first of 13 picks in the Rule 5 draft of unprotected players left off 40-man major league rosters.

Devin Williams and the Mets have finalized a $51 million, three-year contract that locks in a critical late-inning reliever as New York rebuilds its bullpen this offseason.

Free agent reliever Devin Williams has agreed to a contract with the New York Mets, a person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press.

Kyle Tucker, Bo Bichette and Kyle Schwarber are among 13 players who have received $22,025,000 qualifying offers from their former teams.

The $500 million Los Angeles Dodgers’ thrilling World Series win over the Toronto Blue Jays attracted record international attention for Major League Baseball, affirmed LA’s status as the sport’s best team and drew more attention to baseball’s payroll disparity heading into what is likely to be contentious labor negotiations.

Pat Murphy and his Milwaukee Brewers adopted an underdog mentality even as they produced the best regular-season record in baseball this year.

Forget the preseason prognostications.

Aaron Judge's impressive season wasn't enough to end the New York Yankees' championship drought.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and George Springer each drove in a run, and eight Toronto pitchers shut down the New York Yankees in a 5-2 victory that sent the Blue Jays to the American League Championship Series for the first time in nine years.

When the New York Yankees needed someone to save them Tuesday night, Aaron Judge practically put on a cape.

Aaron Judge hit a tying homer and drove in four runs during a clutch performance for the ages, and the New York Yankees staved off elimination by rallying from five runs down to defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 9-6 in Game 3 of their AL Division Series.

The Toronto Blue Jays have found success after switching to retro caps with white panels.

Three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer has been left off the Toronto Blue Jays' roster for their AL Division Series against the New York Yankees.

From April through September this season, the Toronto Blue Jays got the best of the New York Yankees.

Ryan McMahon looked up and saw Jarren Duran’s foul popup veering toward the Boston bench.

Cam Schlittler has become an instant star for the New York Yankees, delivering a dominant performance against the rival Boston Red Sox in a playoff elimination game.

Rookie right-hander Cam Schlittler struck out 12 in eight dominant innings and the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 4-0 to win their AL Wild Card Series in a deciding third game.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. zipped all the way home from first base on Austin Wells’ tiebreaking single in the eighth inning, and the New York Yankees extended their season with a 4-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox in Game 2 of their AL Wild Card Series.

Left out of the starting lineup for the New York Yankees’ playoff opener, Jazz Chisholm Jr. was understandably unhappy.

Garrett Crochet led the Boston Red Sox to a 3-1 victory over the New York Yankees in their AL Wild Card Series opener.

Garrett Crochet retired 17 consecutive batters in a sparkling pitching performance, and pinch-hitter Masataka Yoshida lined a two-run single off reliever Luke Weaver that sent the Boston Red Sox past the New York Yankees 3-1 in their AL Wild Card Series opener.

The New York Yankees' bullpen has been one of their biggest weaknesses this season.

Flamethrowers have dominated the mound in the major leagues this year.

Chaim Bloom says the St. Louis Cardinals will be sticking to their roots to get back to October baseball.

Aaron Judge prefers to focus on the Yankees' upcoming Wild Card Series against Boston rather than past losses.

Major League Baseball's postseason is about to start with some spicy Wild Card Series matchups.