This rule alteration allows a team to leave a departed pitcher in as the DH for the remainder of the game. So when Ohtani leaves the mound, he essentially morphs from a pitcher in the batting order to just a designated hitter in the batting order. The Dodgers won't have to let their relief pitchers hit. Ohtani will hit for them.

Shohei Ohtani shocked his teammates by taking rare on-field batting practice ahead of Game 3 of the NLCS — and launched a ball out of Dodger Stadium.

The Dodgers offense is down bad, and they are going to need to make a couple of tweaks to their offense in order to claim their second straight World Series.

Blue Jays’ Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in midst of hitting postseason never done in history of baseball originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Toronto Blue Jays must continue to pinch themselves at how well the Vladimir Guerrero Jr. contract has worked out so far.

The mighty defending champions are slumping at the worst possible time, and Toronto is one win from a championship after a 6-1 win Wednesday night in Game 5.

The Blue Jays veteran and fan of the former Hartford NHL franchise is donating his gloves to the Hall of Fame in Toronto — not Cooperstown.

New York Yankees hitting coach James Rowson interviewed for the Minnesota Twins manager role recently, and has now made the shortlist of finalists for the job.

The Toronto Blue Jays are determined to finish the job and win the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, relying on their best hitters to strike early and try to get to Ohtani within the first five innings.