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Major League Baseball won't change its schedule to boost the sport's chances of getting back into the Olympics.

Lined up in front of their dugouts, all wearing No. 42 on Jackie Robinson Day, the Washington Nationals and Miami Marlins stood for a moment of silence to honor bombing victims at the Boston Marathon.

Outfielders Ryan Braun of Milwaukee, Giancarlo Stanton of Miami and Adam Jones of Baltimore and Cy Young Award winner R.A. Dickey headline the United States' provisional roster for the upcoming World Baseball Classic.

Kyle Lohse still doesn't have a home, and there could be a few more trades of starting pitchers. But there is enough information available to rank the 10 best rotations for 2013. 1. Detroit Tigers The rotation of Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer, D...

Blog | Conversation | December 31, 2012

The Kansas City Royals gambled their future Sunday night for a chance to win right now.

Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera is one of five finalists for the AL MVP award in voting by the Baseball Writers Association of America.

With baseball's hot stove season in its early stages, executives give their thoughts on notable questions that will play out in the weeks ahead.

Justin Verlander should become the first back-to-back AL Cy Young winner since Pedro Martinez of the 1999-2000 Red Sox.

A group that includes former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Peter O'Malley and pro golfer Phil Mickelson reached agreement Monday to buy the San Diego Padres from John Moores in a deal believed to be around $800 million.

We polled our experts and asked them to give their award winners 25 percent of the way through the season, and here are the results.

Ben Zobrist hit a tiebreaking two-run single in the ninth inning, and the Tampa Bay Rays scored four runs in their final at-bat to beat Justin Verlander and the Detroit Tigers 4-2 on Wednesday.

Check out the MLB players ranked from No. 1 to No. 10 as ESPN completes its top 500 ranking of 2012.

As part of the ESPN top 500, Keith Law looks ahead to 2017 and predicts who the top 10 players will be five years from now.

Blog | Conversation | March 26, 2012

If Jacoby Ellsbury hits leadoff for the Red Sox on Opening Day against Justin Verlander, a little bit of MVP history and trivia will be made, writes Buster Olney.

Blog | Conversation | March 26, 2012

Three ESPN contributors discuss storylines from section 351 to 400 of the top 500 player rankings for 2012.

Check out the MLB players ranked from No. 301 to No. 350 as ESPN counts down the top 500 of 2012.