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Power Rankings: Red-hot Mariners, Padres heat up division races
With six weeks left in the 2025 season, a number of winning streaks have led to much tighter division battles, making for some exciting baseball.
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EXTRA-INNINGS ANTICS
Twins manager Rocco Baldelli flings hat on field after ejection in 11th inning
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PROSPECT BIG BOARD
Updated top 10 prospect rankings for all 30 MLB teams
Who is rising and falling in every major league farm system after the trade deadline? Kiley McDaniel digs in.
LATEST ON AWARD RACES
MLB Awards Watch: August update on MVP, CY Young and more
We go inside the numbers as baseball's best players heat up for the stretch run.
TIME TO PANIC IN NEW YORK?
How worried should Mets, Yankees be? ESPN insiders break it down
Not long ago, both N.Y. teams seemed to be cruising toward October -- then things took a turn for the worse.
FANTASY BASEBALL
Still looking for late-season heroes? Six more players to target
Can "going with your gut" help you figure out what to do with your team's lineup as the fantasy trade deadline approaches?
Cubs give top OF prospect a call; Nationals activate Crews
All of the important fantasy spin and actionable takeaways resulting from the latest baseball news.
UPDATE OF BASEBALL'S BEST PLAYERS
Ranking the top 50 players in baseball right now: MLB Rank 2025 in-season update
We asked ESPN MLB experts to give an updated top-50 ranking, allowing us to take stock of the best performances of the 2025 season so far.
MLB Rank update: What we got right -- and very wrong -- on both of this season's lists
Who is still too low in our update? Who did we miss in our initial list? Our best -- and worst -- rankings revisited.
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Gurriel, Rodriguez lead the resurgent Diamondbacks past the Rockies, 8-2
— Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit a three-run homer in the first inning, Eduardo Rodriguez pitched a season-high seven innings and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Colorado Rockies 8-2 on Thursday night.
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- First-place Phillies to use 6 SPs with Nola return
- Fire up the grill: Brewers free burger promo Wed.
- Padres put King back on IL, this time for knee
- Nats DFA slumping Lowe; activate Crews from IL
- Ohtani pitches into 5th but Dodgers fall out of 1st
- Cubs' Amaya injured in return, goes back on IL
- Reds' Greene delivers 6 shutout innings in return
- Yanks' Goldschmidt (knee) might be headed to IL
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2025 MLB Awards Watch: MVP, Cy Young and more for August
We go inside the numbers as baseball's best players heat up for the stretch run.
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2025 MLB playoff contender tiers: From locks to long shots
As hot streaks and cold spells jumble the postseason picture, here's how sure we are that your team will be playing in October.
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MLB Rank 2025 in-season update: Ranking baseball's top 50 players
We asked ESPN MLB experts to give an updated top-50 ranking, allowing us to take stock of the best performances of the 2025 season so far.
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Injured stars who could boost contenders down the stretch
These injured stars expected to come off the IL could prove as good as any trade deadline blockbuster.
