Major League Baseball will honor two of the game's greatest sluggers during the 2025 Home Run Derby in Atlanta.

Cleveland Guardians pitcher Luis Ortiz has been placed on non-disciplinary leave due to an investigation by Major League Baseball.

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Cleveland Guardians right-hander Luis Ortiz was placed on non-disciplinary paid leave through the end of the All-Star break due to an ongoing investigation, Major League Baseball announced Thursday.

That’s the recent vibe as it relates to big-time sports and big-time legal problems.

MLB said Ortiz’s paid leave is through the end of the All-Star break; players return to their teams July 17 and games resume the following day.

The M's hit the jackpot in securing a top-3 pick in this month's MLB draft. So who will they take at No. 3? We dive into eight possible options.

Associated PressEl lanzador dominicano de los Guardianes de Cleveland, Luis Ortiz, fue puesto en licencia no disciplinaria el jueves debido a una investigación por parte de las Grandes Ligas

The Los Angeles Dodgers had a full night Wednesday, watching Clayton Kershaw record his 3,000th career strikeout before Freddie Freeman capped a three-run ninth-inning rally with a game-ending single in a 5-4 victory over the visiting Chicago White Sox.

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In the case of the Royals pitchers on Tuesday, starter Michael Lorenzen didn’t last five innings, which is required of a starting pitcher to get a win. John Schreiber took over and got the last out of the fifth inning and the first out of the sixth.

The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani and the New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge have been the first players picked for the July 15 All-Star Game at Atlanta’s Truist Park, elected as starters by fans

Major League Baseball announced Thursday that Cleveland Guardians pitcher Luis Ortiz was placed on paid leave amid a league investigation.

Jacob Wilson is hitting .347: This maybe shouldn’t be a surprise — he hit .433 in 226 plate appearances across three minor-league levels last year. This year, his .347 mark is second-best in the sport, and the Athletics’ 23-year-old only has 22 strikeouts.

The 12th edition of Newsweek Sports' MLB Power Rankings, with the Dodgers rising back to the top and the Yankees plummeting.