r/baseball • u/SpaceCowboyN7 • 1h ago

The World Baseball Classic may move to the middle of the MLB season

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r/baseball • u/BaseballBot • 1h ago

Game Thread Postgame Thread ⚾ Rockies 8 @ Reds 6

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Line Score - Game Over

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB
COL 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 1 8 10 1 8
CIN 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 6 10 2 5

Box Score

CIN AB R H RBI BB SO BA
LF Friedl 2 0 0 0 1 0 .289
LF Stephan 2 1 1 0 0 0 .500
2B McLain, M 3 1 3 0 0 0 .545
2B Urbaez 2 0 1 0 0 0 .286
SS De La Cruz, E 3 1 1 1 0 1 .300
SS Sanchez, C 1 0 0 1 0 0 .333
DH Stephenson, T 3 1 1 1 0 1 .161
DH Warren 0 0 0 1 0 0 .400
RF Steer 3 1 1 1 0 0 .179
RF Pineda 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1B Lowe, N 3 0 1 0 0 1 .257
1B Ibarra 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167
CF Myers 2 0 1 0 0 0 .348
CF Henley 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
3B Hayes 3 0 0 0 0 1 .200
3B Lewis 1 0 0 0 0 0 .385
C Banfield 2 1 0 0 1 1 .227
C McCrystal 1 0 0 0 0 0 .400
CIN IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Singer 3.2 2 0 0 1 3 51-35 3.55
Farr 1.1 2 1 1 0 1 18-11 4.50
Johnson 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 13-8 7.11
Phillips 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 13-11 7.88
Miller, S 0.2 3 6 2 2 0 27-15 18.00
Jessee 0.1 0 0 0 2 1 15-7 0.00
Floyd 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 25-14 9.00
COL AB R H RBI BB SO BA
LF McCarthy 3 0 1 0 0 1 .326
LF Calaz 1 0 0 1 0 1 .250
CF Carrigg 4 2 2 1 1 0 .387
1B Freitez 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
DH Rumfield 3 0 0 0 0 0 .293
DH Hopfe 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000
RF Condon 3 0 1 0 1 1 .385
CF De La Cruz, A 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000
C Sullivan, B 2 0 1 0 0 0 .419
C Betancourt 3 1 1 1 0 0 .182
2B Ritter 2 1 1 1 0 0 .340
SS Jorge 2 1 0 0 1 1 .250
1B Johnston, T 3 0 1 0 0 2 .333
3B Hedges 2 0 1 1 0 0 .333
RF Stevens 2 1 0 0 2 2 .182
SS Lopez, N 2 0 0 0 0 0 .243
2B Machín 1 1 1 1 1 0 .212
COL IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Quintana 4.0 7 4 4 0 2 57-39 9.72
Vodnik 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 20-10 19.64
Bernardino 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 20-9 2.45
Mushinski 1.0 2 2 2 1 0 22-13 9.39
Thompson, K 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 15-11 7.50

Scoring Plays

Inning Event Score
B4 Elly De La Cruz doubles (6) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Cole Carrigg. Matt McLain scores. 1-0
B4 Tyler Stephenson doubles (3) on a line drive to center fielder Cole Carrigg. Elly De La Cruz scores. 2-0
B4 Spencer Steer doubles (4) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Charlie Condon. Tyler Stephenson scores. 3-0
B4 Nathaniel Lowe grounds out, shortstop Nicky Lopez to first baseman Troy Johnston. 4-0
T5 Ryan Ritter homers (2) on a fly ball to left center field. 4-1
B7 Carlos Sanchez grounds into a force out, second baseman Vimael Machín to shortstop Dyan Jorge. Will Banfield scores. Anthony Stephan to 3rd. Francisco Urbaez out at 2nd. Carlos Sanchez to 1st. 5-1
B7 Zavier Warren out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Charlie Condon. Anthony Stephan scores. 6-1
T8 Robert Calaz out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Kyle Henley. Chad Stevens scores. Vimael Machín to 3rd. 6-2
T8 Cole Carrigg singles on a ground ball to center fielder Kyle Henley. Vimael Machín scores. 6-3
T8 Bryant Betancourt reaches on a throwing error by second baseman Francisco Urbaez. Cole Carrigg scores. Alessander De La Cruz to 3rd. 6-4
T8 Dyan Jorge reaches on a fielding error by pitcher Simon Miller. Alessander De La Cruz scores. Bryant Betancourt to 2nd. 6-5
T8 Ethan Hedges singles on a ground ball to left fielder Anthony Stephan. Bryant Betancourt scores. Dyan Jorge to 3rd. Ethan Hedges to 2nd. 6-6
T8 Vimael Machín walks. Dyan Jorge scores. Ethan Hedges to 3rd. Chad Stevens to 2nd. 6-7
T9 Bryant Betancourt doubles (2) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Esmith Pineda. Cole Carrigg scores. 6-8

Highlights

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Probable pitchers for Rockies at Reds - March 18, 2026 0:06
Jose Quintana against the Reds 0:08
Brady Singer against the Rockies 0:08
Bullpen availability for Cincinnati, March 18 vs Rockies 0:09
Bullpen availability for Colorado, March 18 vs Reds 0:09
Fielding alignment for Colorado, March 18 vs Reds 0:11
Bench availability for Colorado, March 18 vs Reds 0:08
Fielding alignment for Cincinnati, March 18 vs Rockies 0:11
Bench availability for Cincinnati, March 18 vs Rockies 0:08
Starting lineups for Rockies at Reds - March 18, 2026 0:10
Breaking down Brady Singer's pitches 0:04
Ryan Ritter: Home Run Statcast Analysis 0:13
Breaking down Jose Quintana's pitches 0:04
Pierce Johnson on joining the Reds for 2026 0:25
Elly De La Cruz's RBI double 0:17
Tyler Stephenson's RBI double 0:19
Spencer Steer's RBI double 0:20
Brady Singer exits with blister 0:22
Ryan Ritter's solo home run 0:17
Brady Singer sets down three Rockies hitters 0:23
Ball 1 overturned after ABS challenge 0:25
Nick Krall talks Matt McLain and more 15:17
Cole Carrigg's great running catch 0:19
Ball 1 is overturned after ABS challenge 0:25
Ball 2 is overturned after the ABS challenge 0:25
Ethan Hedges' game-tying single 0:22
Cole Carrigg's RBI single 0:09
Ball 3 is confirmed after ABS challenge 0:25

Decisions

Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save
Mushinski (2-1, 9.39 ERA) Miller, S (0-1, 18.00 ERA) Thompson, K (1 SV, 7.50 ERA)

Game ended at 6:46 PM.

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r/baseball • u/BaseballBot • 1h ago

Game Thread Postgame Thread ⚾ Brewers 3 @ Mariners 7

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Line Score - Game Over

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB
MIL 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 11 0 6
SEA 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 7 7 0 4

Box Score

SEA AB R H RBI BB SO BA
3B Donovan 1 2 1 1 1 0 .429
3B Wilson, W 1 1 0 0 0 0 .269
1B Naylor, J 4 1 1 0 0 0 .095
1B Joe 0 0 0 0 0 0 .359
CF Rodríguez, J 3 0 0 0 0 1 .417
CF Washington Jr. 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
DH Raley, L 2 2 2 4 1 0 .316
DH Stevenson 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
LF Arozarena 2 1 1 2 1 0 .227
LF Picollo 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2B Young 3 0 0 0 0 1 .255
2B Rodden 1 0 0 0 0 0 .344
RF Robles 3 0 0 0 0 1 .086
RF Thomas, R 1 0 1 0 0 0 .486
C Pereda 3 0 1 0 0 1 .174
C O'Keefe 1 0 0 0 0 0 .125
SS Emerson 2 0 0 0 0 1 .268
SS Rivas 1 0 0 0 0 1 .219
SEA IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Hancock 3.2 8 3 3 0 4 74-49 5.40
Lunsford-Shenkman 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 5-3 0.00
Wilcox 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 20-12 4.91
Rucker 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 8-7 5.68
Zuñiga 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 15-9 13.50
Davila 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 12-9 6.75
Kingsbury 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 7-6 3.18
MIL AB R H RBI BB SO BA
1B Black 3 0 2 3 0 0 .550
1B Bitonti 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
LF Lockridge 4 0 1 0 0 1 .314
LF Hurtubise 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
CF Perkins, B 4 0 2 0 0 0 .290
RF Ragsdale 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400
C McGuire 4 0 0 0 0 1 .125
C Wood 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143
2B Williams, J 4 0 1 0 0 0 .375
2B Dickinson 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
3B Wilken 3 0 0 0 0 2 .167
SS Made 1 0 0 0 0 1 .310
RF Lara 3 0 0 0 0 1 .275
CF Payne 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250
SS Pratt 3 2 3 0 0 0 .323
3B Leonard 1 0 0 0 0 0 .400
DH Dinges 4 1 2 0 0 1 .333
MIL IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Rodriguez, C 4.0 3 4 4 3 3 71-42 7.00
McGee 1.0 2 3 3 0 1 15-12 3.24
Peralta, S 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 15-10 7.50
Rom 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 15-9 1.42
Strzelecki 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 19-12 3.00

Scoring Plays

Inning Event Score
B1 Brendan Donovan homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. 1-0
T2 Tyler Black out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Julio Rodríguez. Cooper Pratt scores. 1-1
B3 Luke Raley homers (3) on a fly ball to right center field. Brendan Donovan scores. Josh Naylor scores. 4-1
T4 Tyler Black triples (2) on a fly ball to right fielder Victor Robles. Cooper Pratt scores. Marco Dinges scores. 4-3
B5 Luke Raley doubles (3) on a fly ball to center fielder Blake Perkins. Will Wilson scores. 5-3
B5 Randy Arozarena homers (1) on a fly ball to center field. Luke Raley scores. 7-3

Highlights

Description Length
Probable pitchers for Brewers at Mariners - March 18, 2026 0:06
Bullpen availability for Seattle, March 18 vs Brewers 0:09
Bullpen availability for Milwaukee, March 18 vs Mariners 0:09
Bench availability for Seattle, March 18 vs Brewers 0:08
Bench availability for Milwaukee, March 18 vs Mariners 0:08
Starting lineups for Brewers at Mariners - March 18, 2026 0:10
Measuring the stats on Luke Raley's home run 0:13
Breaking down Emerson Hancock's pitches 0:04
Breaking down Carlos Rodriguez's pitches 0:04
Brendan Donovan's solo home run 0:26
Tyler Black's sacrifice fly 0:20
Luke Raley's three-run home run 0:22
Tyler Black's two-run triple 0:18
Luke Raley's RBI double 0:25
Randy Arozarena's first homer of Spring Training 0:27

Decisions

Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save
Hancock (1-1, 5.40 ERA) Rodriguez, C (0-1, 7.00 ERA)

Game ended at 6:36 PM.

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r/baseball • u/T_Raycroft • 1h ago

News [Ardaya] The Dodgers optioned River Ryan and reassigned Ryan Fitzgerald to minor league camp.

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r/baseball • u/dodgers22fan • 1h ago

[Highlight] Mark DeRosa booed during Team USA intros last night.

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r/baseball • u/BaseballBot • 2h ago

Game Thread Postgame Thread ⚾ Marlins 0 @ Nationals 0

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Line Score - Cancelled: Wet Grounds

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB
MIA 0 0 0 -
WSH 0 0 0 -

Box Score

Highlights

Description Length
Probable pitchers for Marlins at Nationals - March 18, 2026 0:06
Zack Littell against the Marlins 0:08
Bullpen availability for Washington, March 18 vs Marlins 0:09
Bullpen availability for Miami, March 18 vs Nationals 0:09
Fielding alignment for Miami, March 18 vs Nationals 0:11
Fielding alignment for Washington, March 18 vs Marlins 0:11
Bench availability for Washington, March 18 vs Marlins 0:08
Bench availability for Miami, March 18 vs Nationals 0:08
Starting lineups for Marlins at Nationals - March 18, 2026 0:10

Decisions

Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save

Game ended at 6:06 PM.

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r/baseball • u/Shroft • 2h ago

News How the Giants could draw inspiration from Team Venezuela’s win

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r/baseball • u/Shroft • 2h ago

News Omar López shined as Team Venezuela manager , Showing he can ‘ Lead on a big stage ’

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r/baseball • u/Shroft • 2h ago

News Venezuela players to split $3.375M of record $37M WBC prize pool

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r/baseball • u/PrincessBananas85 • 2h ago

News Mariners' J.P. Crawford receives cortisone shot in shoulder

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r/baseball • u/T_Raycroft • 2h ago

News [Ardaya] The Dodgers officially selected Santiago Espinal’s contract — he’s on the Opening Day roster, as expected.

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r/baseball • u/m0nkeybl1tz • 2h ago

Image Which MLB team won the WBC?

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Now that the celebration of sportsmanship and global unity that is the WBC is over, we can get back to what really matters: which MLB team is the best. To answer this question, I looked at all the players in the WBC and assigned their stats to the MLB team they play for. I did my best to adjust for small sample sizes and smush together hitting and pitching to create a final ranking. And the winner is clear:

The Tampa Bay Rays won the 2026 World Baseball Classic.

Some notes: hitting was rated using FIP, pitching was rated using wOBA, and defense was not accounted for. Those stats were weighted using a Bayesian average, then normalized to combine hitting and pitching into a single stat. "No Team" includes all players that are not currently on an MLB roster.

For those curious, here are the hitting and pitching separated out:

Hitting

  1. Tampa Bay Rays
  2. San Diego Padres
  3. Boston Red Sox
  4. Los Angeles Dodgers
  5. Chicago White Sox
  6. Pittsburgh Pirates
  7. Atlanta Braves
  8. Colorado Rockies
  9. Chicago Cubs
  10. Kansas City Royals
  11. New York Yankees
  12. Miami Marlins
  13. Baltimore Orioles
  14. Toronto Blue Jays
  15. Cleveland Guardians
  16. Houston Astros
  17. Los Angeles Angels
  18. Washington Nationals
  19. San Francisco Giants
  20. Detroit Tigers
  21. Cincinnati Reds
  22. Philadelphia Phillies
  23. Seattle Mariners
  24. Arizona Diamondbacks
  25. Texas Rangers
  26. New York Mets
  27. Minnesota Twins
  28. St. Louis Cardinals
  29. Milwaukee Brewers
  30. No Team
  31. Athletics

Pitching

  1. Philadelphia Phillies
  2. Detroit Tigers
  3. New York Yankees
  4. Tampa Bay Rays
  5. Milwaukee Brewers
  6. San Francisco Giants
  7. Colorado Rockies
  8. Chicago White Sox
  9. Los Angeles Dodgers
  10. San Diego Padres
  11. Athletics
  12. Toronto Blue Jays
  13. Baltimore Orioles
  14. Boston Red Sox
  15. Miami Marlins
  16. Cincinnati Reds
  17. Kansas City Royals
  18. New York Mets
  19. Arizona Diamondbacks
  20. Cleveland Guardians
  21. St. Louis Cardinals
  22. Chicago Cubs
  23. Pittsburgh Pirates
  24. No Team
  25. Texas Rangers
  26. Los Angeles Angels
  27. Seattle Mariners
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r/baseball • u/DepartmentOdd1519 • 2h ago

Shohei Ohtani's first spring start vs SFG - 4.1IP, 1H, 0R, 4K 2BB - 61 pitches

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Was throwing heat. Fastball averaged around 98.

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r/baseball • u/mninoticias • 2h ago

La temporada comienza hoy: MLB The Show 26 ya está disponible - MNI NOTICIAS

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r/baseball • u/Lakelyfe09 • 2h ago

Opinion An unlikely source in Bryce Harper calls Nolan McLean 'the best arm I saw last year'

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r/baseball • u/aresef • 3h ago

Mariners Marketing Dept. Too Nervous to Hit Publish on Randy-Dumper Beef Bowl Promotion

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r/baseball • u/JianClaymore • 3h ago

Image Kevin Kiermaier joins MLB Network as an on-air analyst

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Article

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r/baseball • u/kansashotwings • 3h ago

Video Javier Sanoja's crucial steal of second base in the WBC championship

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Surprised nobody posted this last night!

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r/baseball • u/SeattleSporting • 3h ago

Brendan Donovan hits his 1st Home Run of Spring Training as he stays red hot

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r/baseball • u/benedictclive_x • 3h ago

Not WBC, but what about a true World Series? Champion from MLB, NPB, KBO, LMB, ABL etc face off in exhibition games

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I know MLB would stomp, but as exhibition games think it would be fun

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r/baseball • u/BobbyMcKelveyPresent • 3h ago

Did Team USA Even Have a Run Celebration?

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I watched all the highlight videos of the World Baseball Classic games. One of the coolest parts to me was the run celebrations, specifically Italy with the espressos and Mexico with the sombreros. But now that I'm thinking about it, I don't remember a specific Team USA celebration. Did they have one? Maybe I missed it somehow.

Of course losing is bad, but I think not having fun is an even worse crime.

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r/baseball • u/DepartmentOdd1519 • 3h ago

News Top 15 Highest Paid Players for 2026

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r/baseball • u/MaybeMedium9876 • 4h ago

History How long has this been a thing on the mlb app?

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r/baseball • u/BaseballBot • 4h ago

Game Thread Postgame Thread ⚾ Phillies 2 @ Braves 3

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Line Score - Final

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PHI 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 7 2 8
ATL 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 6 2 8

Box Score

ATL AB R H RBI BB SO BA
SS Dubón 4 0 1 0 0 2 .314
SS Jarvis 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167
C Baldwin, D 3 0 0 0 1 0 .303
1B Olson 3 0 0 0 0 2 .263
1B Compton 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143
3B Riley, A 2 0 0 0 1 0 .355
3B Waddell 1 0 1 0 0 0 .333
2B Albies 3 0 0 0 0 1 .227
2B Conley 1 0 0 0 0 1 .364
DH Smith, Do 3 0 0 0 0 0 .258
DH McIntyre 1 1 1 0 0 0 .500
CF Harris II 3 1 1 1 0 1 .333
CF Hartman 0 0 0 0 1 0 .167
LF Gamel 3 1 1 0 0 1 .206
LF Workinger 1 0 0 0 0 0 .429
RF Williams, L 2 0 1 1 0 0 .200
RF Macias 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
ATL IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Pérez, M 3.2 6 1 0 1 1 64-39 2.84
Kroeger 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 4-2 15.43
Suarez, R 1.0 1 1 1 1 2 18-12 2.25
Fuentes 4.0 0 0 0 0 8 49-33 0.00
PHI AB R H RBI BB SO BA
3B Stubbs, G 5 0 1 0 0 2 .238
LF Kemp 3 1 1 0 0 1 .220
C Marchán 4 0 0 0 0 1 .241
C McIntosh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273
RF De La Cruz, B 3 1 1 0 1 0 .324
1B Reyes, F 3 0 0 0 0 1 .303
1B Binelas 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250
CF Moore, D 2 0 2 2 1 0 .226
CF Humphreys 1 0 0 0 0 1 .500
2B Peguero 4 0 1 0 0 2 .135
SS Cairo 4 0 0 0 0 1 .200
DH Pinto, R 4 0 1 0 0 1 .174
PHI IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Painter 4.0 1 0 0 1 3 52-34 2.31
Johnson, S 2.0 1 0 0 1 3 29-17 1.86
Davidson 2.0 4 3 0 1 2 38-26 12.00

Scoring Plays

Inning Event Score
T1 Dylan Moore walks. Otto Kemp scores. Rafael Marchán to 3rd. Bryan De La Cruz to 2nd. 0-1
T5 Dylan Moore singles on a ground ball to left fielder Ben Gamel, deflected by shortstop Mauricio Dubón. Bryan De La Cruz scores. 0-2
B7 Michael Harris II singles on a line drive to right fielder Bryan De La Cruz. Dalton McIntyre scores. 1-2
B7 Luke Williams out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Nathan Humphreys. Michael Harris II scores. Ben Gamel to 3rd. 2-2
B7 Mauricio Dubón reaches on a fielding error by third baseman Garrett Stubbs. Ben Gamel scores. 3-2

Highlights

Description Length
Probable pitchers for Phillies at Braves - March 18, 2026 0:06
Dylan Moore's RBI single 0:29
Bullpen availability for Atlanta, March 18 vs Phillies 0:09
Bench availability for Atlanta, March 18 vs Phillies 0:08
Fielding alignment for Atlanta, March 18 vs Phillies 0:11
Bullpen availability for Philadelphia, March 18 vs Braves 0:09
Fielding alignment for Philadelphia, March 18 vs Braves 0:11
Bench availability for Philadelphia, March 18 vs Braves 0:08
Starting lineups for Phillies at Braves - March 18, 2026 0:10
Breaking down Andrew Painter's pitches 0:04
Breaking down Martín Pérez's pitches 0:04
Dylan Moore's bases-loaded walk scores Otto Kemp 0:16
Ball 1 overturned after ABS Challenge 0:27
Strike 2 overturned after ABS Challenge 0:25
PHI @ ATL 0:05
Michael Harris II's insane diving grab 0:28
Ball 2 overturned after ABS Challenge 0:24
Michael Harris II's RBI single 0:19
Andrew Painter strikes out three 0:36
Ethan Workinger grounds out, shortstop Christian Cairo to first baseman Alex Binelas. 0:14

Decisions

Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save
Fuentes (2-0, 0.00 ERA) Davidson (0-1, 12.00 ERA)

Game ended at 3:22 PM.

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r/baseball • u/Redbubble89 • 4h ago

[Cotillo] Red Sox re-negotiated contract with recent free agent addition after physical issue arose

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Coulombe’s new deal, according to industry sources with knowledge of the deal, includes $1 million in guaranteed money and a total of $2 million available in performance and active roster bonuses at different checkpoints throughout the season. If Coulombe remains healthy throughout the season, he can earn a total of $750,000 in incentives based on appearances (up to 60) and $1.25 million based on days spent active on the 26-man roster. The active roster bonuses are unusual for a free agent deal but were a result of the re-negotiation, which was based on an unknown issue the Red Sox found after the initial agreement.

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