MLB Morning Lineup Podcast
Are you a baseball fan looking for a quick, easy way to catch up on all the scores and stories from the night before? To hear the craziest stat from every team? To learn which player dominated the day? To find out who tied Boots Poffenberger’s 90-year-old hit-by-pitch record?
MLB.com’s Morning Lineup podcast will be coming to you five days a week – Monday through Friday – all in under 10 minutes. A rotating group of hosts will get you up to date on everything you need to know first thing in the A.M., so you can move on with your day, watch more baseball, and then (hopefully) listen to our podcast again the next morning. We can’t wait to meet you all there!
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Skubal, Skenes run away in Cy Young race
There's no shortage of electric arms in baseball, but Tarik Skubal and Paul Skenes left no doubt among voters that they were the top pitchers in their respective leagues.
9 min
2
These 2 can't stop winning Manager of Year Awards
For the 1st time, both Managers of the Year have repeated - the Guardians' Stephen Vogt & the Brewers' Pat Murphy. Elsewhere, we revisit some of the year's best manager ejections and word from the GM Meetings is that this one team might be very busy.
8 min
3
Kurtz, Baldwin honored as MLB's top rookies
A's first baseman Nick Kurtz was unanimously selected as the AL Rookie of the Year and Braves catcher Drake Baldwin was a runaway winner in the NL to open the 2025 BBWAA award announcements, which continue tonight with the Managers of the Year.
9 min
4
Japanese home run king heading to MLB
Munetaka Murakami clubbed 56 homers in 2022 to break Sadaharu Oh’s 58-year-old, single-season NPB record. He was posted by the Yakult Swallows last week to open a negotiating window with all MLB clubs till Dec. 22. Which teams are the top contenders?
9 min
5
NL Silver Sluggers; 6 teams to watch this winter
Pete Alonso was one of five first-time winners of an NL Silver Slugger Award, given to the top offensive player at each position. AL winners will be announced tonight. Also, we take a look at a half dozen clubs to keep your eyes on this offseason.
8 min
6
Tracking the biggest offseason storylines
Up first, what will the Blue Jays do? On the heels of World Series heartbreak, they already got good news with Shane Bieber's decision to return. Elsewhere, big Japanese stars are heading to MLB, plus more on the Padres, Kyle Schwarber & Edwin Díaz.
8 min
7
Ranking the top free agents this offseason
From Kyle Tucker to Dylan Cease, MLB.com's Matt Monagan breaks down the top 10 free agents of this class and wonders where they might land this winter.
10 min
8
Award finalists announced; LA celebrates title
The BBWAA unveiled the MVP, Cy Young, Rookie of the Year and Manager of the Year finalists, with the winners to be announced next week. Among the candidates were Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who were part of the Dodgers' victory parade.
9 min
9
Baseball's best in the field awarded Gold Gloves
Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. earned his second straight Gold Glove and was joined by teammate Maikel Garcia, who took the honors at third base. On the NL side, 23-year-old shortstop Masyn Winn became the youngest Cardinals player to win the award.
8 min
10
Dodgers reign again after unbelievable Game 7
Miguel Rojas hit a stunning game-tying homer in the ninth, Will Smith delivered a go-ahead shot in the 11th and Game 6 starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto closed it out in relief as the Dodgers outlasted the Blue Jays to win the World Series.
11 min
11
What a game! What an ending! Game 7 is TONIGHT
The 2025 MLB season will finish in November. Yoshinobu Yamamoto was again outstanding, slumping Mookie Betts delivered the key hit & the Dodgers' 3-1 win over the Blue Jays ended with an incredible lineout double play. World Series Game 7 is tonight.
9 min
12
Is the Series going 7 or will Jays end it tonight?
We’re either finishing this off in Game 6 or in store for a winner-take-all tilt Saturday. The Dodgers will need another gem from Yoshinobu Yamamoto for the latter to happen. For the former and third straight Jays win? Keep doing what they're doing.
8 min
13
Yesavage deals Jays a win away from Series title
A rookie with an unconventional pitching angle and a devastating splitter has put Toronto on the cusp of a Fall Classic triumph, as Trey Yesavage carved up the Dodgers to the tune of 12 K's and back-to-back homers in the first set the tone in Game 5.
9 min
14
Blue Jays' bats awaken vs. Ohtani in Game 4
A marathon Game 3 didn't slow down Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who took Shohei Ohtani deep to help Toronto even the World Series at 2-2. His two-run blast gave the Blue Jays the lead in the 3rd and they erupted for four in the 7th to pull away with a much-needed win.
7 min
15
Freeman's HR ends legendary World Series Game 3
After Shohei Ohtani homered twice and reached base nine times, Clayton Kershaw pitched out of an extra-inning jam and 19 different pitchers took the hill, Freddie Freeman hit a walk-off home run in the 18th inning for a 2-1 lead in the World Series.
11 min
16
Blue Jays need Scherzer in vintage form in Game 3
Max Scherzer struggled down the stretch. But in the ALCS, he turned back the clock against the Mariners. The Blue Jays need that again in a huge way tonight in L.A. Meanwhile, the Dodgers are still waiting for their "Big 3" to click at the plate.
10 min
17
Yamamoto's gem knots up World Series
Yoshinobu Yamamoto became the first pitcher with back-to-back postseason complete games in 24 years, and homers by Will Smith and Max Muncy in the seventh inning put the Dodgers ahead for good against the Blue Jays in Game 2 of the Fall Classic.
9 min
18
Jays feast on some Canadian rakin' in Game 1
Early on, it looked like the Dodgers would use a familiar postseason plan in the Fall Classic opener. The Jays had other ideas, though, erupting with a nine-run sixth -- highlighted by pinch-hitter Addison Barger's grand slam -- in a Game 1 rout.
9 min
19
Jays fans in a full fall frenzy; Snell dominating
It's been 32 years since the Jays last made it to the World Series, and fans in Toronto will no doubt make their presence felt in deafening fashion. Looking to silence the Jays in Game 1 is Blake Snell, who's been nearly unhittable for the Dodgers.
9 min
20
It's World Series Eve! Here are the top storylines
The Dodgers were in the Series last year. But someone on the Jays, coach Don Mattingly -- aka Donnie Baseball -- has never been going back about 4 decades. That's one of many cool storylines. Elsewhere, there's been an unprecedented managerial hire.
9 min
21
6 key characters in Blue Jays' World Series run
How did this Toronto team defy expectations to reach its first Fall Classic since 1993? Stars like Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and George Springer stepped up, sure, but unlikely heroes like Ernie Clement and Trey Yesavage played a big part too.
10 min
22
Springer's clutch HR sends Jays to World Series
Down by two runs in the seventh inning of ALCS Game 7, George Springer delivered a three-run homer as the Blue Jays edged the Mariners to earn their first trip to the World Series since winning back-to-back titles in 1992 and '93.
10 min
23
Blue Jays force Game 7 in front of raucous crowd
A trip to the World Series comes down to an ALCS Game 7 tonight in Toronto after rookie starter Trey Yesavage pitched another gem and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. slugged his sixth home run of the postseason to lead the Blue Jays past the Mariners.
11 min
24
Jays even up ALCS; Dodgers eye NLCS sweep
Max Scherzer turned in a vintage performance as the Blue Jays won their second straight game over the Mariners, and the Dodgers are one win from a return trip to the World Series after another dominant pitching performance vs. the Brewers.
11 min
25
Sweepless in Seattle; NLCS resumes in Los Angeles
Facing a raucous crowd and the threat of a 3-0 ALCS deficit, the Blue Jays silenced Seattle, walloping five homers in a rout of the Mariners. They play Game 4 tonight, while the Dodgers try to take a commanding 3-0 NLCS lead over the Brewers.
10 min