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!
1
The hottest team in the Majors resides in Miami
This might come as quite the surprise, but after yesterday's shutout of the Mariners, the Marlins are an MLB-best 25-8 since June 1 and are now nine games over .500 for the first time since July 2023. They’ve also won 15 of their last 17 home games.
8 min
2
In one night, three performances for the ages
Shohei Ohtani crushed his 300th career homer. That's one. Ryan O'Hearn hit three homers in becoming the first Pirate to total 10 RBIs in a game. That's two. And the Royals' Tyler Tolbert tied an all-time MLB record with hits in 12 straight at-bats.
10 min
3
Yanks deliver opening salvo; Sho nearing next feat
Yanks deliver opening salvo; Sho nearing next feat
9 min
4
Complete 2026 All-Star Game rosters announced
The Braves, Dodgers and Phillies will each send 5 players to the Midsummer Classic. The Angels' Mike Trout leads all players with a 12th All-Star selection, while the Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman and Braves ace Chris Sale will each make their 10th trip.
10 min
5
Rocchio's walk-off HR pulls Guards even in Central
Brayan Rocchio's two-run shot off the first pitch he saw in the ninth was the difference as the Guardians edged the White Sox in the opener of their four-game series. It also pulled Cleveland into a tie with Chicago atop the AL Central.
9 min
6
Caminero keeps on homering, Rays keep on winning
Junior Caminero, who has already announced he'll be competing in this month's T-Mobile Home Run Derby, is on quite a tear, homering in six straight games and powering the East-leading Rays to seven wins in a row and an AL-best 50 on the season.
9 min
7
No one belongs in HR Derby more than this slugger
On the day the Rays' Junior Caminero became the first confirmed entrant in this year's T-Mobile Home Run Derby, he illustrated why he belongs by homering in a 5th straight game. Elsewhere, benches emptied in Boston and there were multiple ejections.
9 min
8
Cubs walk off amid crowded NL playoff picture
Seiya Suzuki delivered the game-winning hit as the Cubs figured out Padres closer Mason Miller for their 10th walk-off win of the season, moving into a tie atop the NL Wild Card standings with eight teams separated by only 4 1/2 games.
9 min
9
A 22-year-old MVP in Tampa? Yanks swept at Fenway
There's nobody hotter than Junior Caminero. The burgeoning star has seven homers in his last six games and as a result, the Rays have won five in a row and sit atop the AL East. Meanwhile, the Red Sox came alive and beat the Yanks in four straight.
10 min
10
Finalists unveiled for Phase 2 of All-Star voting
Shohei Ohtani and Ernie Clement were their leagues' top vote-getters in Phase 1 of All-Star Game balloting to secure starting spots, and finalists for the other positions were announced with Phase 2 of voting beginning Monday at noon ET.
9 min
11
Swanson steals the show in Lindor's return
Francisco Lindor was back in the Mets lineup for the first time in two months, but it was his shortstop counterpart -- Dansby Swanson -- who made waves with 11 RBIs in the Cubs' doubleheader sweep. Meanwhile, Mookie Betts joined the 300-homer club as Shohei Ohtani salvaged a shaky start.
10 min
12
Jazz's clutch homer extra sweet for Yankees
Jazz Chisholm Jr. watched his go-ahead HR clear the wall in Detroit, then danced all the way to the dugout. Once there, he grabbed a container of lollipops to hold in front of the TV camera, in reference to his Lollipopapalooza incident from Monday.
9 min
13
Banner night for perennial NL powerhouses
Brandon Woodruff was perfect until the sixth inning and struck out 10 in his first start for the Brewers since April, and the Dodgers were the first team in the Majors to reach 50 wins behind six no-hit innings in relief by Eric Lauer.
8 min
14
Momentum building in Motown and Miami?
With Tarik Skubal back and a sweep of the White Sox in hand, the Tigers are showing signs of life after a tough start to the season. Meanwhile, the Marlins -- the hottest team in baseball -- have emerged in the NL Wild Card race.
10 min
15
Pinch-hit slam continues magical White Sox run
Tied up in the eighth inning in the Bronx after dropping the first two games of the series, the White Sox stunned the Yankees on Andrew Benintendi's pinch-hit grand slam to keep Chicago in a virtual tie atop the AL Central standings.
9 min
16
With NBA champs in the Stadium, Judge-less Yank...
After two Knicks stars threw out the ceremonial first pitch, the Yankees blasted the White Sox again for their eighth win in their last nine games without Aaron Judge. Meanwhile out west, Shohei Ohtani found yet another way to bend the box score.
9 min
17
The Big Return of the Big Dumper
Cal Raleigh missed more than a month on the IL. In his first game back, he delivered the tiebreaking hit for the Mariners. Elsewhere, the longest homer in the Majors was hit, and you'll never guess by whom. Plus a big-time star clubbed his 300th HR.
9 min
18
PCA goes cycling, then Cubs take celebratory walk
On the day Pete Crow-Armstrong raced his way to the first cycle of the season, the Cubs used a run-scoring walk to rally for their MLB-best ninth walk-off win. Elsewhere, the upstart Nationals are starting to look like a legitimate playoff contender.
9 min
19
Miz gets Cy Young boost -- from teammates' bats...
We can explain. Flamethrower Jacob Misiorowski is in a hot NL Cy Young race with, among others, Cristopher Sánchez. So his Brewers teammates helped out by knocking around the Phillies' ace. The Marlins also aided the Miz by getting to Paul Skenes.
8 min
20
Dodgers not too worried about Ohtani's injury
Shohei Ohtani is dealing with left knee inflammation, but the Dodgers are not yet ruling him out for Friday's game. Elsewhere across the Majors, Juan Soto found motivation from watching the Knicks, crushing a clutch homer vs. the Cardinals
9 min
21
Sho pitches, homers -- and game goes off the rails
Shohei Ohtani pitched. And he homered. Which usually makes for a winning combination. But the Pirates went bonkers and stunned the Dodgers. Elsewhere, is there a more exciting play than a walk-off grand slam? Asking for the Giants' Bryce Eldridge.
9 min
22
MLB debuts don't get any better than this one
White Sox No. 2 prospect Braden Montgomery became only the 5th player in history to hit a walk-off HR in his MLB debut, an extra-inning blast that stunned baseball's best team, the Braves. Also, an elite pitching matchup that lived up to the hype.
9 min
23
Brewers outslug A's to open Las Vegas preview
Ahead of their scheduled move to Las Vegas in 2028, the A's are playing six games at the home of their Triple-A club this week, and the ball was flying as they combined with the Brewers for 11 homers and 29 runs on a hot night in the desert.
8 min
24
New fashion trend in Detroit? Seeing is believing!
A young fan in Detroit made some homemade glasses to support Tigers rookie Kevin McGonigle on Sunday. And the "McGonigoggles" certainly did the trick, too, as the 21-year-old homered and hit a two-run walk-off single in a win over the Mariners.
9 min
25
Yankees to be without Judge; Cubs win a wild one
A rib injury will sideline Aaron Judge for some time, but he is expected to return this season. In Chicago, Pete Crow-Armstrong’s walk-off hit capped the Cubs’ four-run ninth, atoning for an earlier misplay that resulted in an inside-the-park homer.
9 min