There will be no Shohei Ohtani. No Aaron Judge. No Dodgers or Yankees. No parade of nine-figure superstars dominating the promotional commercials. And perhaps that's exactly what makes this World ...

The Phillies have money. They have an owner willing to spend it. They have a perennial contender, a passionate fan base and a clubhouse filled with recognizable stars. So why can't they convince Japan ...

Dave Dombrowski demands better defense from Trea Turner, questions his lineup status and outlines Phillies’ offensive and ...

Carlos Mendoza joins the Phillies as third-base and infield coach as Don Mattingly reshapes his staff ahead of the 2027 Major ...

Major League Baseball has a vision for its future. Fewer regular-season games. More rest for players. Longer playoff series. And an October in which the best teams could choose their own opponents.

Don Mattingly spent the season managing the Phillies out of an April crisis. He reached October without losing the interim designation. Now the manager Dave Dombrowski pursued instead has said ...

John Crane has a simple way of explaining what he believes has gone missing from youth baseball. The games are the exams. Practice is the classroom. And somewhere along the way, travel baseball began ...

John Middleton said something in March that sounded almost defiant. “The pitching window is absolutely not closing. It’s not even closing an inch.” Seven months later, after another October ended ...

Bryce Harper stood inside the visitors' clubhouse at Truist Park Thursday night and offered perhaps the most revealing assessment of what comes next. “I’d imagine this team is going to look a lot ...

The Phillies spent five Octobers believing there would be another chance. Another series. Another adjustment. Another run with largely the same group. Thursday night felt different. The Atlanta Braves ...

The Phillies have already played a game to get into October and another to keep from leaving it. Now they need to win one to go somewhere. Aaron Nola starts Thursday’s deciding game of the National ...

There are sports that reward perfection. Baseball has never been one of them. That might be its greatest quality. Baseball humiliates you in public. It lets a routine play find the wrong piece of ...