Every MLB season, we get new prospects making Opening Day rosters but this year feels different. The youth movement in 2026 has thrust some of baseball’s top prospects into the spotlight early on as we navigate the first full week of the season.

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MLB and X are teaming up to revive the classic "This Week in Baseball" franchise, giving a serious jolt of nostalgia to fans of a certain age and giving younger fans a new way to track the sport's highlights and storylines.

Expected to contend for the division title, Kingsway had its two-game winning streak to open the season snapped. With nine returning starters among 13 letter winners, the Dragons battled all day, but were just never able to get that one extra run they needed.

As MLB games begin, no one knows how successful their fantasy teams will be. But a little self-reflection from draft season can be hugely beneficial.

Scouts see aces as a tier of trusted starters, not 30 Opening Day starters of various ability, but the cutoff of this tier is not clear at all and varies widely from evaluator to evaluator. It's generally 10 to 12 pitchers.

But the fun continued for Holyoke, as the Purple Knights recorded six more runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to secure the mercy-rule victory. Overall, though, Holyoke recorded 15 combined runs, 11 hits, and committed no errors.

Vestavia Hills and Hewitt-Trussville both made big jumps this week in the latest Alabama Sports Writers Association high school baseball rankings. Vestavia (18-8) jumped from No. 8 to No. 2 with a huge week. Rival Hewitt-Trussville (17-4) moved up to No. 3 after three wins in four games last week.

The Salt Fork baseball team scored the first run of Tuesday's game against St. Thomas More, but could not keep up as the Storm lost 12-2 to the Sabers. Brayden Norton had an RBI for the Storm, while Zayden Bromley and Hayden Knight each had two hits.