LOS ANGELES -- Umpires barredDodgersmanager Dave Roberts from using a position player to pitch the ninth inning against the New York Mets on Saturday night, enforcing a rule Roberts apparently did not ...

Northwestern baseball is less than a month away from teeing off the 2026 season, and much of the team’s success this year hinges upon a revamped pitching staff. While Ben Greenspan’s tenure has been ...

The 2025 MLB season has seen some instances where teams allow a position player to pitch in the game. It seems to have been happening more frequently this year, and former pitcher John Smoltz is tired ...

BOSTON – The Orioles had a game postponed yesterday for the fifth time this season, setting up the third of their four scheduled doubleheaders. Life keeps getting harder for them. They give up 13 runs ...

We were close, y'all. Or at least we THINK we were close: There was a possibility that a position player could have come in and pitched in the World Series. The situation: Both the Los Angeles Dodgers ...

USA TODAY Sports has live coverage of Dodgers vs. Blue Jays in World Series Game 4. LOS ANGELES — Just how close did this World Series come to suffering the indignity of a position player pitching in ...

Full disclosure: I did not have a great year with starting pitchers. In my early drafts, I was heavily exposed to George Kirby and Grayson Rodriguez, and I had Framber Valdez, Dylan Cease, and Pablo ...

Depending on who you ask, position players pitching is an utter embarrassment to the game of baseball, or it’s a fun sideshow to distract from the complete horror show on the field that day. Although ...

The Miami Marlins have set their first workouts dates for pitchers, catchers and position players for spring training in February, per MLB.com. The Marlins will hold spring training at their team ...