MLB Power Rankings: NL team on the rise; AL contender slips With just a few weeks left, the playoff picture is quickly taking shape — with a number of teams all but a lock for October.

MLB postseason tracker: Who’s in, who’s next and games to watch We have everything you need to know as the regular season winds down, from current playoff matchups to league races to the postseason schedule.

Sources: MLB to keep pitch clock rules for playoffs Major League Baseball will maintain its pitch clock rules during the postseason, hoping the positive momentum of faster regular-season games translates similarly into playoff atmospheres in which games have been notoriously longer, sources told ESPN.

MLB Power Rankings: An NL battle for the top spot While two of the hottest teams in baseball battle for the No. 1 spot, a division race is heating up — and taking over our top 10.

Scherzer now 11th all time on MLB’s strikeout list Max Scherzer, making his fourth start for the AL West-leading Texas Rangers since getting traded from the New York Mets, moved into 11th place on baseball’s career strikeout list, notching No. 3,343 Sunday to pass Hall of Fame knuckleballer Phil Niekro.

MLB Power Rankings: Where every team stands post-trade deadline With all the movement over the past week, where does your favorite team rank following the Aug. 1 trade deadline?

Real or not? Making sense of the MLB trade deadline Are the 2023 Angels for real? What about the 2026 Mets? We separate truth from fiction.

Who’s No. 1 in our MLB Power Rankings before the trade deadline? There’s less than a week until the Aug. 1 trade deadline. Where does every team stand?

ESPN held talks with NBA, NFL and MLB in search for strategic partner, sources say ESPN has held early talks with the NBA, NFL and MLB as potential strategic partners, sources said.

MLB has offensive outburst not seen since 1894 Twelve teams scored double-digit runs Tuesday night, tying May 30, 1884, for the second-most in one day and trailing only 13 on July 4, 1894.

MLB takes over D-backs broadcasts after ruling MLB will take over broadcasts of Diamondbacks games after a federal bankruptcy judge granted a motion for Diamond Sports to reject its rights agreement.

How can you watch the D-backs? What you need to know about MLB’s TV takeover Diamond Sports Group’s latest dropped contract could have wide-ranging effects on televised sports. Here’s what it means for fans today.

MLB All-Star Game: Predictions, live updates and takeaways Baseball’s best are in Seattle. Here are the matchups we want to see and what our experts think will happen.

MLB Power Rankings: A new No. 1 heading into All-Star break?! The Rays have held our top spot for 10 consecutive weeks, but that streak has come to an end. Which red-hot team usurped them?

The MLB will debut a new ‘virtual ballpark’ this weekend The MLB virtual ballpark. | Image: Major League BaseballMajor League Baseball (MLB) has a new “virtual ballpark” coming to the web, opening to the public this Saturday for a celebrity softball game. The MLB says it will have a social component, letting fans interact with one another, and will include minigames and avatars that can be customized …