This story was excerpted from Jordan Bastian's Cubs Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe ...

The understanding of pitch quality, and how to improve it, has led to more strikeouts and perhaps more injuries as well.

Major League Baseball has fired umpire Pat Hoberg after he shared sports betting accounts with a professional poker player ...

Major League Baseball has fired umpire Pat Hoberg for his association with a known gambler who bet on baseball, Commissioner ...

Major League Baseball (MLB) announced today that following an appeal process in accordance with its Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with the Major League Baseball Umpires Association (MLBUA), ...

Umpire Pat Hoberg was fired by Major League Baseball on Monday for sharing his legal sports gambling accounts with a friend ...

MLB opened the investigation last February when it was brought to its attention by the sports book, and Hoberg did not umpire ...

Although the league found no evidence Pat Hoberg bet on baseball, his friend did so 141 times between 2021 and 2023.

The Cubs are still chasing after Alex Bregman, but if they don't bring him in, Justin Turner could get a call.

Houston Astros free agent Alex Bregman has been seeking $200 million this offseason, but may resort to an alternate plan per an MLB insider.

One MLB insider has said he'd be "shocked" if third baseman Alex Bregman returns to owner Jim Crane, GM Dana Brown and the Houston Astros.