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Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer has supplanted Angels outfielder Mike Trout as baseball's highest-paid player, and the Boston Red Sox again have the highest payroll at the start of the 2019 season.

The Dodgers had eight homers on Thursday, four of them off Greinke, breaking the opening-day record of six.

Mike Trout suffered a "strawberry" sliding into the bag and later a leg cramp while going 1-for-3 with a walk in the Angels' 4-0 loss at Oakland.

The Eagles, 76ers and Villanova men's basketball team have brought Philadelphia plenty of joy recently. Harper's arrival only brought more sports joy.

Jose Urena walked through the home clubhouse at Marlins Park before a Friday game against the Colorado Rockies without anything resembling a limp. Less than 24 hours earlier, Urena took …

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A Texas grand jury has indicted former All-Star and World Series MVP pitcher John Wetteland on three counts of continuous sexual assault of a child.

Cameron Maybin, who was released by the Giants after hitting .163 in 43 at-bats during spring training, has signed a minor league deal with the Indians and will play at Triple-A Columbus.

Major League Baseball said Friday that 251 of 882 players on Opening Day rosters, injured lists and the restricted list were born outside of the United States.

Pitchers have used all sorts of tricks to adulterate balls and make their jobs easier. These days, though, it's harder to create the necessary mess.

Aaron Boone has a team capable of ending an intolerable title drought. But to meet the lofty expectations of no less than Mariano Rivera, the Yankees must keep getting it done against the lowly.

Everybody remembers their first Opening Day, though not always fondly. Manager Don Mattingly's first-ever home opener as a Yankee in 1983 saw the first baseman try to pick a ball …

DeGrom threw six shutout innings and got offensive and defensive support from Cano in a promising opener.

A few minutes after noon on Opening Day, the majority of the Miami Marlins' 25-man roster poured into the home clubhouse at Marlins Park and for the next half our …

Milwaukee center fielder Lorenzo Cain soared above the wall to rob Jose Martinez of a tying home run for the final out, lifting Christian Yelich and the Brewers over the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 in an opener Thursday.

The Mets' Jacob deGrom outpitched the Nationals' Max Scherzer as each struck out at least 10 in a sterling matchup between the winners of the past three NL Cy Young Awards on Thursday.