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Mike Axisa

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Diamondbacks' Ildemaro Vargas snaps season-long hitting streak, MLB's longest since 2022

Vargas hit in 27 consecutive games before Saturday

Reds pitchers walk seven straight Pirates hitters, tying MLB record

Four runs scored without a ball in play in the second inning on Saturday

Plane urging Red Sox to fire Craig Breslow, ownership to 'sell the team' flies over Fenway Park

The stunt came just days after Boston fired manager Alex Cora

No, Yankees infielder Jazz Chisholm Jr. wasn't wearing an AirPod during a game

Chisholm said he was using a ball of cotton to block out ringing in his ear

Mets don't plan to fire manager Carlos Mendoza despite holding MLB's worst record, says POBO David Stearns

Mendoza, after overseeing a ugly collapse in 2025, has led the team to a 10-21 start this year

Six MLB prospects off to hot starts in 2026, including several who could help out their big-league teams soon

One month into the minor-league season, let's talk about three hitters and three pitchers making a mark

Five burning MLB questions in May: Can disappointments turn it around? How ugly will early CBA talks get?

April's lies are over and May is when the real MLB season begins to take shape

MLB trends: Dodgers ace has a new trick, the fastest man in baseball improves his defense

Yoshinobu Yamamoto is making life tougher for lefties, Chandler Simpson is tracking down more balls and we're barely seeing any pitch clock violations

Why Alex Cora turned down the Phillies managerial job before Rob Thomson was even fired

Cora was fired as the Red Sox manager just days earlier

Phillies fire manager Rob Thomson: Would-be NL East contenders tied for worst team in baseball in 2026

Thomson took over in 2022 and won the National League pennant in his first year

Do Phillies or Red Sox have a better chance of turning it around? Weighing the odds after managerial firings

Both struggling bottom-dwellers have fired their managers in recent days

How Yankees star Ben Rice leveled up into one of baseball's best power hitters

Rice this season is one of just five players with double-digit home runs -- and it's not even May yet

Mason Miller snaps historic scoreless streak as Padres closer allows his first run since August 2025

Miller allowed two Cubs runners to score Monday night, his first in 34 ⅔ innings

How the 2026 MLB free agents have fared so far: The home runs, the duds and everything in between

A month into the regular season, which new signings have already proven they were worth the contract?

Five more MLB managers on the hot seat: Who could be next to go after Red Sox fire Alex Cora?

The Mets' Carlos Mendoza, Phillies' Rob Thomson and others are not off to the starts they wanted one month into the season

Mike Axisa joined CBS Sports in 2013. He has been a member of the BBWAA since 2015 and has previously written about both fantasy baseball and real life baseball for MLBTradeRumors.com, FanGraphs.com, RotoAuthority.com, and YESNetwork.com. Mike is a native New Yorker.

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