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June 8 2025 | Vinnie Pasquantino of the Kansas City Royals wins MLB Player of the Week for June 2-8, with a .348 batting average (13-26), 4 runs, 2 home runs, and 7 RBI. |
June 1 2025 | Christian Yelich of the Milwaukee Brewers wins National League Player of the Week, batting .500 with 5 runs, 3 home runs, and 9 RBIs |
June 1 2025 | Cal Raleigh of the Seattle Mariners and Junior Caminero of the Tampa Bay Rays win American League Player of the Week, with Raleigh batting .348 with 6 runs, 6 home runs, and 10 RBIs, and Caminero batting .379 with 8 runs, 4 home runs, and 13 RBIs |
May 25 2025 | Taylor Ward of the Los Angeles Angels wins American League Player of the Week, batting .407 with 9 runs, 3 home runs, and 12 RBIs |
May 25 2025 | Seiya Suzuki of the Chicago Cubs wins National League Player of the Week, batting .480 with 9 runs, 3 home runs, and 10 RBIs |
May 18 2025 | Miguel Vargas of the Chicago White Sox wins American League Player of the Week, with a .417 batting average (10-24), 5 runs, 4 home runs, and 9 RBIs. |
May 18 2025 | Will Benson of the Cincinnati Reds wins National League Player of the Week, with a .526 batting average (10-19), 5 runs, 5 home runs, and 10 RBIs. |
May 2025 | MLB introduces 'MLB Rivalry Weekend' during the third weekend in May, featuring all 30 teams playing against a designated rival. This inaugural event expands on the 2014 'natural rivalries' concept, with some rivalries modified or added. |
2025 | Bud Black is fired during the 2025 season. |
May 11 2025 | Freddie Freeman of the Los Angeles Dodgers wins National League Player of the Week, with a .500 batting average (14-28), 7 runs, 3 home runs, and 12 RBIs. |
May 5 2025 | Rafael Devers of the Boston Red Sox wins MLB Player of the Week for May 5-11, batting .476 with 3 runs, 2 home runs, and 8 RBIs |
May 4 2025 | Kyle Stowers (Miami Marlins) wins National League Player of the Week, batting .421 with 5 runs, 4 home runs, and 10 RBIs |
April 28 2025 | Riley Greene (Detroit Tigers) wins American League Player of the Week, batting .464 with 7 runs, 4 home runs, and 8 RBIs |
April 27 2025 | Andy Pages (Los Angeles Dodgers) and Eugenio Suárez (Arizona Diamondbacks) win National League Player of the Week, with Pages batting .650 with 5 runs, 3 home runs, and 6 RBIs, and Suárez batting .400 with 9 runs, 4 home runs, 5 RBIs, and a 4-home run game on 4/26 |
April 27 2025 | Andy Pages of the Los Angeles Dodgers wins National League Player of the Week, with .650 batting average, 5 runs, 3 home runs, and 6 RBIs. |
April 27 2025 | Eugenio Suárez of the Arizona Diamondbacks wins National League Player of the Week, with .400 batting average, 9 runs, 4 home runs, 5 RBIs, and a notable 4-home run game on 4/26. |
April 27 2025 | Jorge Polanco of the Seattle Mariners wins American League Player of the Week, with .471 batting average, 5 runs, 4 home runs, and 8 RBIs. |
April 26 2025 | Andy Pages of the Los Angeles Dodgers hits a notable 4-home run game while winning National League Player of the Week |
April 20 2025 | Dylan Moore of the Seattle Mariners wins American League Player of the Week, with a .385 batting average (10-26), 6 runs, 3 home runs, 5 RBIs, and a 1.177 OPS. |
April 20 2025 | Fernando Tatis Jr. of the San Diego Padres wins National League Player of the Week, with a .375 batting average (9-24), 9 runs, 4 home runs, 7 RBIs, and a 1.441 OPS. |
April 13 2025 | William Contreras of the Milwaukee Brewers wins National League Player of the Week, with a .391 batting average (9-23), 8 runs, 3 home runs, 10 RBIs, and a 1.293 OPS. |
April 13 2025 | Ty France of the Minnesota Twins wins MLB Player of the Week for April 7-13, with a .440 batting average (11-25), 6 runs, 2 home runs, 6 RBIs, and a 1.315 OPS. |
April 6 2025 | Alex Bregman of the Boston Red Sox wins American League Player of the Week Award for April 1–April 6, achieving a .407 batting average (11–27), scoring 7 runs, hitting 2 home runs, and driving in 10 RBIs with a 1.263 OPS. |
April 6 2025 | Kyle Tucker of the Chicago Cubs wins National League Player of the Week Award for April 1–April 6, with a .391 batting average (9–23), scoring 11 runs, hitting 3 home runs, and driving in 8 RBIs with a 1.461 OPS. |
2025 | Major League Baseball expanded yearly matchups against interleague rivals from four to six games, while reducing some intraleague opponent matchups from seven to six games to balance the schedule. |
March 31 2025 | Eugenio Suárez of the Arizona Diamondbacks won the National League Player of the Week Award for the week of March 28-31, with a performance including a .235 batting average (4-17), 5 runs, 4 home runs, 7 RBIs, and a 1.555 OPS. |
March 31 2025 | Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees won the American League Player of the Week Award for the week of March 28-31, with an exceptional performance including a .545 batting average (6-11), 8 runs, 4 home runs, 11 RBIs, and a 2.461 OPS. |
March 2025 | Opening Day starting pitchers announced for Major League Baseball, featuring 30 teams with their designated starting pitchers for the season opener. |
March 2025 | Opening Day 2025 featured Zac Gallen as the starting pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks |
March 2025 | Luis Severino started Opening Day for the Oakland Athletics |
March 2025 | Garrett Crochet made his Opening Day start for the Boston Red Sox |
March 2025 | Chris Sale made his 6th Opening Day start for the Atlanta Braves |
March 2025 | Zach Eflin started Opening Day for the Baltimore Orioles |
March 14 2025 | The Oakland Athletics plan to temporarily move to West Sacramento, California, branding themselves without a city name until their permanent move to Las Vegas. |
2025 | Planned increase of interleague games to 48 regular season games, with 24 games at home and 24 games on the road for National League teams. |
2024 | Shohei Ohtani becomes the first MVP winner to have played exclusively as a Designated Hitter (DH) in a season, and wins his third career unanimous MVP award. |
2024 | Paul Skenes of the Pittsburgh Pirates wins the MLB Rookie of the Year Award, posting a 1.96 ERA with 170 strikeouts in 133 innings and an 11-3 record. |
2024 | Luis Gil of the New York Yankees wins MLB Rookie of the Year with a strong pitching performance, including a 3.50 ERA and 171 strikeouts |
2024 | Nice Horse sang the Canadian national anthem, and Cody Johnson sang the American national anthem at the MLB All-Star Game. |
2024 | Jarren Duran won the 2024 All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award, becoming the fifth Boston Red Sox player to do so. |
2024 | Jarren Duran hit a game-winning two-run home run in the bottom of the fifth, giving the American League a 5-3 lead. |
2024 | Shohei Ohtani hit a three-run home run off pitcher Tanner Houck in the top of the third inning, giving the National League a 3-0 lead. |
2024 | Emmanuel Clase secured the final three outs, giving the American League a 5-3 victory over the National League. |
2024 | Juan Soto hit an RBI double to score Steven Kwan and Marcus Semien, and later scored an RBI single from David Fry to tie the game 3-3. |
2024 | New York Yankees, New York Mets, Kansas City Royals, Houston Astros, Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee Brewers, and San Diego Padres last appeared in postseason |
2024 | Oakland, CA ends its tenure as a Major League Baseball team host after 56 years of baseball history. |
2024 | Oakland Athletics potentially relocating, signaling ongoing challenges with franchise sustainability. |
2024 | Current division consists of New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, and Tampa Bay Rays, with the most recent division champion being the New York Yankees. |
2024 | First postseason game between Japanese-born starting pitchers Yoshinobu Yamamoto (Dodgers) and Yu Darvish (Padres), with Yamamoto prevailing in a 2-0 shutout. |
2024 | Mets won Game 5 with a 12-6 victory, becoming the first team since the 2002 Anaheim Angels to not strike out in a postseason game. |
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