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Left-hander Rich Hill and the Boston Red Sox have agreed to a contract, according to The Boston Globe’s Alex Speier.

Major League Baseball’s collective bargaining agreement expired on December 1 at 11:59 p.m. ET. With no agreement met, the league entered a work stoppage.

Tony Clark was a minor league prospect in the Detroit Tigers’ system and Rob Manfred a junior lawyer on management’s legal team during Major League Baseball’s last work stoppage

Former Red Sox shortstop Julio Lugo has died of an apparent heart attack at age 45, his family told ESPN’s Enrique Rojas on Monday.

Jerseys, baseball bats and other items that belonged to Pete Frates, the former college baseball player whose inspiring fight with Lou Gehrig’s disease helped popularize the ALS ice bucket challenge, are being auctioned. Proceeds from the online auction that runs through Tuesday will benefit the Peter Frates Family Foundation, which assists ALS patients and their families with the cost...

The Atlanta Braves first World Series win in over 20 years averaged 11.7 million viewers for the six-game set against the Houston Astros.

Former President Donald Trump did the Tomahawk chop with Atlanta Braves fans before Game 4 of the World Series only months after calling for a boycott of Major League Baseball

In northern Pennsylvania, Louisville Sluggers begin their journey to the MLB as billets of wood picked carefully from only the straightest, strongest tree trunks. NBCLX contributor Greg Bledsoe brings his Family Geography Project to Pennsylvania, where he introduces us to a man who can look at a log and tell you if it has the stuff to become a major...

Native American groups pushed back Wednesday against Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred’s claim that Indigenous communities support the Atlanta Braves’ tomahawk chop.

Carlos Correa hit a tie-breaking home run in the seventh inning that helped the Houston Astros beat the Boston Red Sox 5-4 in Game 1 of the AL Championship Series. Correa’s solo shot off Hansel Robles came with two outs and gave the Astros a 4-3 lead. Jose Altuve homered and drove in three runs for the Astros. Kiké...

It’s always been one of the most murky areas in baseball: What exactly constitutes a check-swing?

The Boston Red Sox are pretty excited – and they deserve to be after some hard fought wins in a series where many thought they wouldn’t prevail. The Red Sox are headed to the AL Championship Series after a 6-5 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night. The Sox took the “W” with another walk off – this…

Fans celebrated the Red Sox’ ALDS-clinching Game 4 victory over the Rays at Fenway Park.

Kiké Hernández delivered Boston’s second straight walk-off win, scoring pinch-runner Danny Santana with a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning to send the Red Sox to the AL Championship Series with a 6-5 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night. After winning Game 3 of their best-of-five AL Division Series on Sunday with Christian Vazquez’s two-run homer...

After the Red Sox’ dramatic walk-off home run in the 13 inning, fans at Fenway Park were ecstatic.

J.D. Martinez hit a tiebreaking, three-run homer in his return to the lineup and the Boston Red Sox backed Tanner Houck’s clutch relief effort with a franchise postseason record five home runs, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 14-6 Friday night to even their AL Division Series at a game each. Kiké Hernandez had five of Boston’s 20 hits, including...

The Boston Red Sox weren’t able to carry the momentum from their Wild Card win over the New York Yankees into the ALDS vs. the Tampa Bay Rays.

The Red Sox have taken a back seat locally for most of the summer for various reasons, but as our John Tomase writes, Fenway felt like 2004 as the hometown team sent he hated Yankees home.

Boston Red Sox TV analyst Jerry Remy returned to Fenway Park Tuesday to throw out the first pitch prior to the American League Wild Card Game against the New York Yankees.

The Red Sox and Yankees face off at Fenway Park at a single game that will determine who moves on to the American League Division Series.