Mason Miller's last two pitches to Seiya Suzuki in the seventh inning were clocked at 102.1 and 102.7 mph. Suzuki swung and missed at the last one for strike three. It turns out Miller was only warming up.

The All-MLB started back in 2019 and looks at athletes all around baseball at their respected positions. The regular season is all that voters are looking at fo

Machado's two-run homer staked the Padres to a three-run lead, and that was more than San Diego would need thanks to its flame-throwing bullpen. Now the series is tied at a game apiece, and Chicago's season will be over with a loss on Thursday in Game 3.

The Chicago Cubs and San Diego Padres are in the middle of Game 2 in the best-of-three National League Wild Card series.

David Ross, who served as the Cubs' skipper from 2020 to 2023, was fired in November of the latter year when Chicago stole Craig Counsell from the division-rival Milwaukee Brewers. In two offseasons since, Ross has been passed over by teams looking for new skippers, and his third attempt to find work is about to commence.

I think what people don’t necessarily understand about Nico (Hoerner) is just his competitive fire and spirit,” said Chicago Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson.

Seiya Suzuki and Carson Kelly went deep in the fifth to erase an early deficit, and the Chicago bullpen made that slim lead stand up with 4⅔ shutout frames.

The Chicago Cubs opened up a wild card series against the San Diego Padres on Tuesday, with Matthew Boyd drawing the start against Nick Pivetta. Chicago finished the regular season with a 92–70 record, good enough to earn the club’s first postseason appearance since the pandemic-shortened 2020 season.