Astros’ slugger Yordan Alvarez. Likewise, Japanese star Munetaka Murakami might be striking out a lot, but he’s still exactly what the White Sox hoped for. We’ve got all that and more—including goats—in today’s news brief,

There’s plenty more going than the 96th Midsummer Classic and the Home Run Derby, as baseball joins the semiquincentennial party.

Major League Baseball and the Philadelphia Phillies today announced the 2026 All-Star Week schedule of fan events taking place in and around Philadelphia, PA from Friday, July 10th–Tuesday, July 14th.

Happy Wednesday, everyone! Just a light general news post for the day, where we look at Dillon Dingler’s incredible zone awareness, just how good Kevin McGonigle has been to start his rookie season, and in a more broad strokes look at baseball news we get a preview of the All-Star Week events,

The Major League Baseball All-Star Game will be a five-day event as the league announced Tuesday morning the full schedule for July’s Mid-Summer Classic in Philadelphia. Citizens Bank Park will host the HBCU Swingman Classic — a showcase of the top ballplayers from historically Black colleges and universities — on July 10 and the All-Star Futures Game — a showcase of baseball’s top prospects —