Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Toronto Blue Jays agreed to a $500 million, 14-year contract that starts in 2026, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press, a deal that removes what would have been the biggest star from next offseason’s free-agent market.

Major League Baseball’s average salary broke the $5 million barrier on opening day for the first time, according to a study by The Associated Press.

Three-time American League Cy Young Award winner Justin Verlander turned 42 years old on Thursday.

Spring training workouts start Sunday with the Los Angeles Dodgers trying to become the first repeat champion since the New York Yankees won three in a row from 1998 to 2000.

Max Scherzer is joining the Toronto Blue Jays, agreeing to a $15.5 million, one-year contract, according to a person with direct knowledge of the deal.

Juan Soto appears on a timetable to decide on where to sign either before or during baseball’s winter meetings in Dallas, which start Sunday and run until Dec. 12.

Max Scherzer is going home and into free agency after what the three-time Cy Young Award winner considers the most frustrating of his 17 seasons in the big leagues.

Luisangel Acuña had two hits in his major league debut with the New York Mets.

Texas Rangers starter Jacob deGrom doesn’t expect to get much sleep Thursday night.

Veteran stars Jacob deGrom and Max Scherzer will rejoin the Texas Rangers’ pitching rotation later this week after both had an extended absence due to injuries.

The Washington Nationals plan to call up outfielder Dylan Crews, the No. 3 prospect in Major League Baseball.

Aaron Judge hit his major-league leading 48th homer and Gerrit Cole allowed one hit in six innings to become the fourth active pitcher to reach 150 career wins as the New York Yankees beat the Cleveland Guardians 6-0.

Three-time Cy Young Award winner and baseball’s career active strikeout leader Max Scherzer has been placed on the 15-day injured list because of right shoulder fatigue.

New York Mets closer Edwin Díaz was suspended 10 games by Major League Baseball after his ejection from a 5-2 win over the Chicago Cubs for having a foreign substance on his hand.

Gerrit Cole pitched four-plus innings Wednesday for the New York Yankees and Max Scherzer worked five scoreless frames Sunday for the Texas Rangers.

Max Scherzer pitched five scoreless innings in his season debut for the Texas Rangers.

Three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer is set to make his season debut for the Texas Rangers.

José Berríos turned 30 years old on Monday, giving up an obscure crown in the process.

The Texas Rangers host the Arizona Diamondbacks this week in a rematch of last year’s World Series.

Charlie Morton just surpassed 2,000 career innings during another win for the Atlanta Braves.

The final cost of the Mets’ sorry 2023 season has been totaled: $420 million.

The Texas Rangers unfurled a World Series championship banner for the first time in franchise history before their season opener at home gainst the Chicago Cubs.

Free agent right-hander Michael Lorenzen gives the Texas Rangers another starting pitcher less than a week before the season opener.

New York Mets closer Edwin Díaz is set to appear in a game for the first time since tearing a patellar tendon during the 2023 World Baseball Classic.

Major League Baseball wants to put a greater emphasis on starting pitching.

The World Series champion Texas Rangers have two multiple Cy Young Award winners who could return to their rotation sometime in the middle of the summer.

The New York Mets must pay a record luxury tax of nearly $101 million after a fourth-place finish in their division, among an unprecedented eight teams that owe the penalty for the 2023 season.

Max Scherzer had surgery for a herniated disk in his lower back and will miss the start of next season for the World Series champion Texas Rangers.

Shohei Ohtani’s jaw-dropping $700 million, 10-year deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers has some similarities to other contracts for the world’s biggest sports stars, including soccer icons Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, along with NFL quarterback Patrick Mahomes.

Gerrit Cole was a unanimous winner of his first American League Cy Young Award, and Blake Snell took the NL honor in becoming the seventh hurler to earn baseball’s top pitching prize in both leagues.

Corey Seager and Marcus Semien are really just getting started in Texas and already have a World Series title together with a franchise that had never won one.

Texas Rangers slugger Adolis García and pitcher Max Scherzer will miss the rest of the World Series after getting hurt in Game 3 against the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Corey Seager launched a two-run homer and made a slick defensive play in the eighth inning to start a crucial double play, Max Scherzer combined with four relievers for a gem on the mound and the Texas Rangers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-1 to take a 2-1 lead in the World Series.

Christian Walker ran through a stop sign and right into a costly out in the Arizona Diamondbacks' 3-1 loss to the Texas Rangers in Game 3 of the World Series.

Texas starter Max Scherzer left his World Series Game 3 outing against Arizona after three innings because of back tightness.

Max Scherzer is being glued together to make his start in World Series Game 3.

The Arizona Diamondbacks and Texas Rangers combined for zero errors over the first two games of the Fall Classic, which is the first time that’s happened since 2018.

Three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer is set to start Game 3 of the World Series for Texas against Arizona.

The most accomplished player to have spent time with both the Arizona Diamondbacks and Texas Rangers is Max Scherzer.

Max Scherzer is set to pitch another Game 7 in Houston with visiting teams undefeated in the series.

Jose Altuve homered, Cristian Javier worked into the sixth inning of another solid postseason start and the Houston Astros beat the Texas Rangers 8-5, closing to 2-1 in the AL Championship Series.

Max Scherzer was roughed up again by the Houston Astros, this time in Game 3 of the AL Championship Series.

Max Scherzer is getting back on the mound for the Texas Rangers with a chance to put them up 3-0 in the AL Championship Series against the Houston Astros.

Texas Rangers starters Max Scherzer and Jon Gray were included on the roster for the AL Championship Series against the Houston Astros.

Andrew Heaney and Dane Dunning helped Texas reach the sixth inning with a lead, and the Rangers’ maligned bullpen held on through some anxious moments for a 3-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles in Game 1 of their AL Division Series.

Max Scherzer is not on the AL Division Series roster for the Texas Rangers.

For the first time in nine years, baseball’s postseason won’t include a New York team.

The Washington Nationals are giving Mike Rizzo a chance to finish what he started as the team’s longtime president of baseball operations and general manager.

The Houston Astros made quite a powerful statement while slugging themselves back to the top of the AL West.

San Diego Padres reliever Robert Suárez has been suspended for 10 games by Major League Baseball, the sixth pitcher penalized for using banned sticky stuff.

Washington Nationals manager Dave Martinez has agreed to a new multiyear contract with the club he led to the 2019 World Series championship.

Max Scherzer had six strikeouts and pitched three-hit ball over seven innings and the Texas Rangers extended their longest winning streak in seven years to eight games, beating the last-place Oakland Athletics 6-1.

Max Scherzer settled down after a shaky start to win his debut for the AL West-leading Texas Rangers.

New York Mets owner Steve Cohen met with player and team personnel in Kansas City prior to the team's game Wednesday.

The Texas Rangers certainly expected to win a lot of games this season after bolstering their rotation and hiring three-time championship manager Bruce Bochy last winter.

The arms race in the AL West began with Lucas Giolito and quickly escalated.

Justin Verlander is headed back to the Houston Astros, who reacquired the three-time Cy Young Award winner from the New York Mets in a trade-deadline blockbuster.

Ace pitcher Justin Verlander was shipped from the New York Mets to Houston ahead of the trade deadline, returning to the Astros after he helped them win the World Series last year.

The Milwaukee Brewers continued attempting to upgrade their lineup for their NL Central title quest on Monday as they acquired outfielder Mark Canha from the New York Mets for minor league pitcher Justin Jarvis.

The New York Mets are paying the Texas Rangers $35.51 million over the next 14 months as part of the Max Scherzer trade.

The Texas Rangers have acquired three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer in a blockbuster trade with the New York Mets, an all-in move for the surprise AL West leaders.

Pristine white baseballs that would not require rubbing are under consideration by Major League Baseball as a way to solve the issue of pitchers using sticky substances for better grip.

Shohei Ohtani became a two-way All-Star for the third straight year when he was picked for the American League pitching staff, and eight Atlanta Braves were chosen for the July 11 game in Seattle — the most of any team since 2012.

Francisco Lindor homered and drove in five runs, and Max Scherzer pitched eight fantastic innings for his longest outing with the New York Mets in their 11-1 victory over the skidding Houston Astros.

Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred thinks the use of banned sticky stuff is more widespread than the three pitchers ejected this season for illegal grip aids.

New York Mets pitcher Drew Smith was suspended for 10 games by Major League Baseball on Wednesday, the fifth pitcher and second on his team penalized for using banned sticky stuff.

Drew Smith became the second New York Mets pitcher to get ejected this season for using an illegal foreign substance when he was tossed from their Subway Series opener against the Yankees at Citi Field.

New York Mets ace Max Scherzer struggled in his return from a suspension Wednesday night, allowing six runs on eight hits in 3 1/3 innings against the Detroit Tigers during the second game of a doubleheader.

New York Mets star pitchers Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer are returning to the mound in Detroit against a team both of them played for.

Clayton Kershaw reached 200 victories this past week.

Mets pitcher Max Scherzer was suspended for 10 games by Major League Baseball on Thursday following his ejection for having a foreign substance on his hand during a game.

Max Scherzer was ejected in the fourth inning after the umpires’ check of his glove, but Brandon Nimmo went 5 for 5 and New York’s bullpen came through in the Mets’ 5-3 victory over the slumping Los Angeles Dodgers.

Max Scherzer has been ejected from the New York Mets’ game in Los Angeles after the umpires did the customary check of his glove before the bottom of the fourth inning.

Max Scherzer shut down the San Diego Padres for five innings, rebounding from his postseason flop against them last year, and the New York Mets won 5-0 in a playoff rematch between National League heavyweights.

The average Major League Baseball salary was up 11.1% to a record $4.9 million to start this season, the biggest jump for the sport since 2001, according to a study by The Associated Press.

Here’s one baseball fans might not have bet on: At least one prominent oddsmaker thinks starting pitchers will go deeper into games this season.

Chicago Cubs right-hander Marcus Stroman committed Major League Baseball’s first pitch-clock violation in the third inning of an opening day game against the Milwaukee Brewers.

The Miami Marlins and New York Mets will kick off their 2023 seasons on Thursday at loanDepot Park.

A major shift is coming to Major League Baseball, starting on opening day this Thursday.

Union head Tony Clark claims Major League Baseball’s rules changes would have gone more smoothly during spring training if player thoughts had been incorporated.

Max Scherzer and many other big league pitchers seem to like the new pitch clock that Major League Baseball is now using.

Max Scherzer has theorized that baseball’s new pitch clock will allow pitchers to dictate the pace of games.

So far, baseball's new speed-up rules are working.

Major League Baseball’s average salary rose 14.8% to a record $4.22 million last year after the end of the lockout, boosted by big deals for Max Scherzer, Francisco Lindor, Marcus Semien and Corey Seager.

New York Mets right-hander Max Scherzer described pitching under Major League Baseball’s new rules as a “cat-and-mouse” game.

There were some familiar faces in new places as teams picked up the pace on the second day of spring training.

Justin Verlander says owner Steve Cohen and his willingness to spend his hedge-fund fortune on building a World Series-contender is the reason he joined the New York Mets.

Japanese pitcher Kodai Senga and the New York Mets have agreed to a $75 million, five-year contract, according to a person familiar with the negotiations.

A person familiar with the negotiations says Justin Verlander has agreed to an $86.7 million, two-year contract with the New York Mets.

Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred confirmed Thursday that Major League Baseball is looking into potentially improper communication between the New York Mets and Yankees regarding star free agent Aaron Judge.

In the hallways and meeting rooms of Resorts World, baseball general managers are starting to weigh bigger bets than the wagers placed on tables and machines in the casino downstairs.

Major League Baseball views expanded playoffs as the more the merrier.

Baseball’s biggest spenders looked spent.

Joe Musgrove brushed off chants of “Cheater!”.

Pete Alonso launched a tiebreaking homer and Jacob deGrom pitched well enough to help save the New York Mets’ season with a 7-3 victory over the San Diego Padres that evened their wild-card playoff series at one game apiece.

The New York Mets find themselves on the verge of getting aced out.

Josh Bell and Manny Machado smashed two of San Diego’s four home runs off Max Scherzer, and the Padres romped past the New York Mets 7-1 in their playoff opener.

For two teams that finished second fiddle in their divisions, the Padres and Mets bring an awful lot of star power into the playoffs.

The entire Major League Baseball playoff picture is now set.

Jim Palmer pitched 25 complete games in 1975.