The Detroit Tigers are currently headed to Seattle to play in the ALDS after defeating the Cleveland Guardians in three games to take the AL Wild Card Series. All eyes are on them as they attempt to ...

San Diego Padres pitcher Matt Waldron was unexpectedly benched by the team in February 2026 in order to have hemorrhoid ...

Wilbur Wood, a knuckleball pitcher who won 20 games for four consecutive seasons as the workhorse of the Chicago White Sox staff during the 1970s, died on Jan. 17. He was 84. Wood spent 17 seasons in ...

In the Playoff Pulse Series, our MLB editor takes on a hot October topic. There's something fitting, or poetic, or maybe even perfect about Boston's season coming down to a start by Tim Wakefield.

SURPRISE, Ariz. — It has long been a battle for Matt Waldron. Now, on the precipice of either making the Padres roster or perhaps being finished with the organization, he appears to be better for ...

Twins reliever Pierson Ohl saw the way the Athletics’ Darell Hernaiz reacted to one of his pitches in the sixth inning Tuesday night, and he knew he had him a little surprised. Ohl, making his sixth ...

If Bugs Bunny had a pitch, it would be the knuckleball. It weaves and bobs, zigs and zags, and acts like it has a mind of its own. Catchers have trouble catching this pitch. It leaves hitters dazed.

San Diego Padres pitcher Matt Waldron has been benched indefinitely after undergoing a surgical procedure to “drain” his hemorrhoids. “[Matt] had to have surgery to drain it and make it better,” ...