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It's early. Still, the richest showdown in baseball history said a lot about both teams.

The Dodgers shattered Major League Baseball's spending record in 2025 with a combined $515 million in payroll and luxury tax last season.

Jackson Merrill robbed Julio Rodriguez of a home run and then capped his night with a walk-off two-run double as the Padres extended their win streak to seven.

Looking into the crystal ball to tell fantasy managers what might come to pass in the not-too-distant future.

Nick Pivetta will be sidelined "weeks and maybe months" after an MRI revealed a flexor strain in his right elbow, San Diego Padres manager Craig Stammen told reporters Wednesday.

Yankees right-hander Gerrit Cole, sidelined since undergoing Tommy John surgery in March 2025, will make his first rehab start with Double-A Somerset.

A singer leading the Jackie Robinson Day festivities before the White Sox's game against the Rays on Wednesday collapsed and was taken to a hospital.

Mets utility man Jared Young will miss somewhere in the neighborhood of six to eight weeks with a meniscus tear in his left knee. He has been placed on IL.

Not in the lineup for his start day Wednesday, Shohei Ohtani channeled all his energy into pitching and delivered a six-inning, 10-strikeout start Wednesday night in an 8-2 win over the Mets.

The Major League Baseball Players Association fired two top executives with cause Wednesday following an internal investigation, sources told ESPN.