JAMES WAGNER

Baseball is full of traditions and superstitions. For numerous players, a heavy dose of cologne or women’s perfume is the unlikeliest of performance enhancers.

Rachel Balkovec outworked and out-studied the competition for years. Now, at the helm of the Tampa Tarpons, she is ready to change baseball, one player...

The team lost for the first time in four games this season amid encouraging signs that it could contend for its first postseason spot since...

No goal is too ambitious for Rodríguez, a magnetic outfielder who plans to end the Seattle Mariners’ postseason drought.

A contentious lockout came in the middle of an off-season with record spending. The gaps between the richest and poorest clubs have only grown wider.

DeGrom, one of the team’s top starters, will miss his opening day start and will not throw for a month after shoulder tightness was diagnosed...

Major League Baseball’s lockout suspended the league’s drug testing program. Doping experts say the opportunity was there for players to take advantage.

By adding Matt Chapman, a team on the rise might have the best infield in baseball. The goal: Win the World Series.

The Yankees’ No. 2 starter is expected to miss at least two months with a strained shoulder. The first baseman Luke Voit was also placed...