San Diego Padres pitcher Yu Darvish is on the cusp of Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball history.

Former OU baseball ace Kyson Witherspoon is listed as the No. 10 overall prospect in ESPN’s latest rankings ahead of Sunday's MLB Draft.

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There is a chance Ethan will be drafted first overall by the Nationals, but if he isn’t, the experts say his baseball destiny lies with the Rockies, the same organization that drafted his father in the seventh round in 1998 and saw him become the star of “Rocktober.”

Most of Major League Baseball is scrunched together for the break, as the Home Run Derby arrives tomorrow. Only five teams are double-digit games out of a playoff spot. Not everyone’s doing well, but most teams can feel decent, and a few have separated from the field. The outlook:

Smiles abounded all around at the 2025 HBCU Swingman Classic presented by T-Mobile on Friday. Hosted at Atlanta’s Truist Park, the Classic brought together 50 top players across the HBCU landscape for a night of baseball,

A big second inning and a unified team effort helped the Westfield Little League 9-Year-Old All-Stars capture the District 2 championship with a narrow 7-5 win over Longmeadow on Saturday at Strople Field in Longmeadow.

This CT Little League team and its coach have been dogged by controversy this season but it is still moving forward.

For one night the home of the Yankees’ Double- A affiliate Somerset Patriots became the neighborhood diner. Their game with the New Hampshire Fisher Cats ( Toronto Blue Jays) was the star of the 15 th episode of ESPN’s flagship SportsCenter program, 50 States in 50 Days.”