Major League Baseball (MLB) announced this week that following an appeal process in accordance with its Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with the Major League Baseball Umpires Association (MLBUA), Commissioner of Baseball Robert D. Manfred, Jr. has upheld an earlier decision by MLB to terminate Major League Umpire Pat Hoberg’s employment.

MLB will produce and distribute local games for the Cincinnati Reds during the 2025 season. The new arrangement will give more Reds fans in the Club’s home television territory the opportunity to watch games on television or to stream digitally with no blackouts for locally distributed games.

Major League Baseball Thursday announced that 2025 Spring Training will officially begin on Thursday, Feb. 20 as the Los Angeles Dodgers host the Chicago Cubs in Glendale, Ariz. to open the Cactus League season. On Friday, Feb. 21, the New York Yankees will host the Tampa Bay Rays in Tampa, Fla. to open the Grapefruit League season before a full slate of games including all 30 teams are featured on both Saturday, Feb. 22 and Sunday, Feb. 23.

The Cincinnati Reds and the Atlanta Braves will play a national regular-season game in the MLB Speedway Classic at Tennessee’s Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025 at 7 p.m. (ET) on FOX, Major League Baseball announced Friday.

Twenty-four baseball and softball teams from every region of the United States will be joined by teams from Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic for the 31st Nike RBI World Series, the annual championship tournament of the Nike Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) program, which will be held at its official home, the historic Jackie Robinson Training Complex in Vero Beach, Fla.

Major League Baseball has announced the schedule for the 2024 Postseason, which is set to begin with each of the four Wild Card Series on ABC, ESPN and ESPN2 on Tuesday, Oct. 1.

The Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association (MLBPAA) is pleased to announce the 30 preliminary winners of the 2024 Heart and Hustle Award.

Major League Baseball Thursday announced its master 2025 regular-season schedule, which will begin with the Tokyo Series presented by Guggenheim, featuring the Los Angeles Dodgers with Oshu, Japan native Shohei Ohtani and Bizen, Japan native Yoshinobu Yamamoto against the Chicago Cubs with Kitakyushu, Japan native Shota Imanaga and Arakawa, Japan native Seiya Suzuki on Tuesday, March 18 and Wednesday, March 19 at the Tokyo Dome. Traditional Opening Day, featuring all 30 Major League Clubs, will take place on Thursday, March 27.

Pitchers and reserves have been named to the American League and National League All-Star Teams, as announced Sunday by Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association. The 2024 AL and NL All-Star rosters were unveiled earlier this evening during the “2024 MLB All-Star Selection Show presented by BuildSubmarines.com” on ESPN.

Major League Baseball’s leading vote-getter Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees will be joined in the AL All-Star lineup by his teammate and fellow outfielder Juan Soto along with their AL East rivals Gunnar Henderson and Adley Rutschman of the Baltimore Orioles, while the National League’s leading vote-getter Bryce Harper will be joined by his teammates Alec Bohm and Trea Turner as well as Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani.

Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has been selected the American League Player of the Week presented by Chevrolet, and Cincinnati Reds second baseman Jonathan India has been named the National League Player of the Week presented by Chevrolet.

Rosters for the 2024 All-Star Futures Game, as well as selections to participate in the all-new MLB Futures Skills Showcase, were announced Tuesday on MLB Network.

Finalists for the 2024 MLB All-Star Ballot presented by BuildSubmarines.com were announced Thursday evening on MLB Network.

Commissioner of Baseball Robert D. Manfred, Jr. issued the following statement Tuesday night regarding the passing of Hall of Famer Willie Mays, who was 93.

Major League Baseball announced Tuesday that following investigations by its Department of Investigations, disciplinary action has been taken against Major League players Tucupita Marcano (San Diego Padres infielder/outfielder) and Michael Kelly (Oakland Athletics pitcher); and Minor League players Jay Groome (Padres pitcher), José Rodríguez (Philadelphia Phillies infielder) and Andrew Saalfrank (Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher) for unrelated violations of MLB’s sports betting rules and policies.