Author: Jesse Yomtov, USA TODAY

Los Angeles and New York are Nos. 1 and 2 in this week’s MLB power rankings as division races start to take shape.

Pitching has been the key for both the Mets and the Giants so far, with the Giants’ team 2.20 ERA through Sunday the best in the majors.

Giants first base coach Antoan Richardson says that Padres coach Mike Shildt yelled profanities directed at him that “reeked undertones of racism.”

Fans around the world will be treated to some top-quality matchups in the group stage.

USA TODAY Sports makes its 2022 MLB record projections for a season that will include 12 teams in the playoffs and the universal DH.

Walker, who has been the Blue Jays’ pitching coach since 2012, is in Florida for spring training.

Kershaw has spent his entire 14-year career with the Dodgers and helped the team reach the postseason in each of the past nine seasons.

Sen. Bernie Sanders referred to team owners as “baseball oligarchs” and said he plans to introduce legislation to end MLB’s antitrust exemption.

With the MLB lockout coming to an end, All-Star shortstops Carlos Correa and Trevor Story are still available as free agents.

In a series of tweets that began Friday night, Netzer took aim at transgender people, Black Americans and Jewish Red Sox executive Chaim Bloom.