The World Baseball Classic is back for its sixth edition, with pool play kicking off this week in Tokyo, San Juan, Miami and ...

Juan Soto, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Fernando Tatis Jr. headline a loaded Dominican Republic team at the 2026 World Baseball ...

GOODYEAR, Ariz. — The game has a way of humbling you. Christian Encarnacion-Strand was so popular that fans voted for him to get a bobblehead in 2025. Early in his career, he once gave Joey Votto ...

Infielder Christian Encarnacion-Strand will not be available when position player workouts begin. Reds prospect Christian Encarnacion-Strand is dealing with a hamstring injury suffered before camp ...

Rafael Encarnacion, affectionately known as Ralph, age 82, passed away peacefully on January 22, 2026, in Florida, where he had resided for the past two years. Prior to that, he lived in Vineland for ...

Ordinarily, the arrival of the annual Baseball Hall of Fame ballot involves careful examination of the newcomers and their qualifications. Most years, there are a handful of players at least worthy of ...

Hey, Hoynsie: Which feat is more impressive ... the Indians’ 22-game winning streak under Terry Francona in 2017? Or the Guardians’ rally from a 15 1/2-game deficit in July to win the AL Central on ...

As we've mentioned several times this winter while discussing the 2026 Baseball Hall of Fame class, it's a relatively weak ballot. Such a label often revolves around the first-timers. The way things ...

Every November, when the baseball world is otherwise quiet, the BBWAA publishes its yearly Hall of Fame ballot to decide who will be heading to Cooperstown the following summer. Usually, these ballots ...

On Monday, the 2026 Hall of Fame ballot was released. It features two former Toronto Blue Jays, Mark Buehrle and Edwin Encarnación. The latter stayed on the ballot after receiving 11.4% of the votes ...

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Cole Hamels, Ryan Braun and Matt Kemp are among 12 newcomers on the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot released Monday, and Carlos Beltran heads 15 holdovers after falling 19 votes shy ...

The Baseball Hall of Fame released its ballot for the Class of 2026 on Monday, and two former Toronto Blue Jays stars are on it. Former pitcher Mark Buehrle, who pitched for the Blue Jays from 2013 to ...