Braves at Mets Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for August 12  —  It's Tuesday, August 12 and the Braves (51-67) are in Queens to take on the Mets (63-55).  Spencer Strider is slated to take the mound for Atlanta against Clay Holmes for New York.

Angels turn triple play when Shohei Ohtani lines out to Zach Neto and 2 Dodgers are caught off base  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Los Angeles Angels turned the eighth triple play in team history Tuesday night, with shortstop Zach Neto getting two putouts and an assist off a line drive by Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani.

Pete Alonso breaks Darryl Strawberry's Mets franchise home run record  —  NEW YORK — New York Mets slugger Pete Alonso hit his 253rd career homer on Tuesday night, breaking the franchise record held by Darryl Strawberry for 37 years.  —  The 30-year-old Alonso drove a 95.1 mph fastball …

Astros All-Star closer Josh Hader placed on 15-day disabled list with shoulder strain  —  HOUSTON — Houston Astros All-Star closer Josh Hader was placed on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday with a strained left shoulder.  —  The move, retroactive to Monday, comes after the left-hander …

Goold's chat: How do Cardinals save ‘Baseball Heaven,’ lure fans, thrills back to Busch?  —  Greetings.  Welcome to another edition of the longest-running chat in Cardinals baseball.  The local nine edged the Cubs, 3-2, in front of the smallest weekend crowd to see the rivals at Busch III in a non-pandemic year.

Ohtani, agent accused of sabotaging $240M Hawaii real estate project  —  A Hawaii real estate investor and broker are suing Shohei Ohtani, claiming the Los Angeles Dodgers star and his agent got them fired from a $240 million luxury housing development on the Big Island's coveted Hapuna Coast that they brought him in to endorse.

Brewers claim 10th straight game and become 1st team since 2019 with 2 double-digit win streaks  —  MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Brewers became the first MLB team since 2019 with multiple winning streaks of 10 or more games.  However, any excitement over that particular accomplishment is tempered by the bigger picture.

MLB Rank 2025 in-season update: Ranking baseball's top 50 players  —  A week into the 2025 MLB season, we created our annual MLB Rank list of the top 100 players in baseball to answer the question: Who will be the best player in 2025?  —  More than four months later, we asked 17 ESPN MLB experts …

A Red Sox iPad suggested Robert Suarez was tipping pitches.  The Padres were already on it  —  SAN FRANCISCO — It was the top of the ninth inning Saturday at Petco Park when a not-so-secret yet oft-hidden game within a game spilled into public view.  —  There, on the San Diego Padres' telecast …