MLB Morning Lineup Podcast

With a record-tying 15 homers through just three games, it's safe to say the Yankees are in an early power groove. Drawing most of the attention, though, are the new (and legal) shaped bats some of the Bombers are deploying with staggering success. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let's see ... Tyler O'Neill homered on Opening Day for the sixth consecutive season, Juan Soto certainly made his presence felt in his first game as a Met, and Paul Skenes did Paul Skenes things as the season got fully underway in epic fashion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some of today's more compelling storylines involve the new-look Red Sox, the Mets showcasing their new superstar in Juan Soto, Paul Skenes ready for his encore and last year's AL Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal battling Shohei Ohtani and the Dodgers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From injuries and ailments to star players and pitchers, to rookies like the Astros' Cam Smith landing on big league rosters, we put a bow tie on all the preparation and exhibitions and turn our focus to tomorrow's epic Opening Day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Dodgers' quest to repeat, Juan Soto changing New York teams, several stars returning from injury and an impressive group of young players taking center stage are among the reasons the new season should be one to remember. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who’s going to win the NL West? That one is easy. The other five division winners - and the six Wild Card teams while we’re at it - are a whole different story, though. Also, we recap the Rockies-Guardians weekend trade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The week leading into Opening Day is a time for hope, so we are looking at five teams that missed the postseason last year but have the pieces in place to be playing this October, including a very recent World Series champion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Not only did the Tokyo Series provide plenty of fireworks on the field, MLB.com’s Mandy Bell looks back at the top highlights that happened outside the lines. Plus, does this Blue Jays prospect have the best nickname in baseball? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Topping 100 mph in the first inning of the Tokyo Series finale, the Dodgers' Roki Sasaki showed flashes of brilliance in his first MLB start. A homer from Shohei Ohtani also helped LA sweep the set. Also: These players are dominating in Spring Training. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 2025 season is here. The Dodgers and Cubs started things off with a gripping pitchers' duel at the Tokyo Series, with Japanese superstars Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Pikachu in the middle of it all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When the World Series champion Dodgers and the Cubs take the field at Tokyo Dome on Tuesday morning, it will offer the perfect moment to appreciate the connective tissue baseball has brought to the United States and Japan for more than 150 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The top three Red Sox prospects – Roman Anthony, Kristian Campbell and Marcelo Mayer – all homered, and so did top Rays prospect Carson Williams, whose blast in the eighth put the punctuation mark on Game 1 of the second annual Spring Breakout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each spring, MLB.com reporters anonymously survey players on a handful of topics. In this episode, Major Leaguers weigh in on who the most underrated players are in today’s game. Of note, players cannot name their own teammates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All teams deal with injuries, some more than others. Today, Anthony Castrovince uses his very own Freak-Out Factor to determine how dire a team's situation is. The AL East has been hit especially hard this spring, with three teams reeling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The National League is well-represented as we count down our picks for the top five lineups in baseball, and MLB.com's latest survey of more than a hundred players reveals their pick for this season's surprise team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yankees ace Gerrit Cole has a potentially serious right elbow injury and Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez could miss 2 months with a broken hand. Will Leitch has all the details. Also, Leitch & Mike Petriello held their annual World Series team draft. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The rosters are out for MLB's second annual Spring Breakout, where top prospects from all 30 clubs will compete in a 4-day, 16-game event from March 13-16. MLB.com's Will Leitch highlights the biggest names to watch and how to tune in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

He's the no-doubt No. 1 prospect in all of baseball, so it should surprise nobody that Roki Sasaki was electric in his first Cactus League start with the Dodgers. What makes the 23-year-old righty so special, though? Time for a deep dive to find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who's the leading HR hitter this spring? Aaron Judge? Good guess. But no. You'll want to hear the story of Vinny Capra. Also, get this: In a World Baseball Classic qualifier, Manny Ramirez's son batted vs. Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf's son. Really. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MLB Pipeline is unveiling its Top 30 prospect lists this week, so we're looking at some of the future stars turning heads in camp. Plus, the Yanks face an early rotation test as reigning AL ROY Luis Gil (lat strain) will be shut down for six weeks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shohei Ohtani was 2-for-2 pulling one over on Dave Roberts. But his manager struck back, filling the star's car with ball-pit balls. The, uh, ball is now in Ohtani's corner. Also, the Yanks are in wait mode as Luis Gil deals with shoulder discomfort. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chances are, your ride-or-die team won't win the World Series this season. Sorry, but that's just the way it goes. The good news? We have a backup plan for you. Let's whittle down the field and find the stand-in club you can hitch your bandwagon to. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From a home run by the top pick in the 2024 Draft, to Elly De La Cruz doing Elly De La Cruz things, all topped by a smashing debut from the Mets’ newest slugger, Spring Training has given us many massive moments to take in this month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After the Twins' Royce Lewis signs an autograph for a kid, he then asks for THEIR autograph in return. The kids are stunned! Justin Verlander just turned 42 and the Giants pranked him with a wheelchair. Plus Bryce Harper got a Phanatic tattoo! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With Spring Training in full swing, MLB.com's Anthony Castrovince lists his favorite Cactus League and Grapefruit League stadiums, then breaks down the clubs that made the biggest positional upgrades in the offseason Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices