With roughly one month of the 2026 MLB season done, small sample sizes are starting to turn into legitimate trends, and that's true on an individual level as well as a team level.

The Philadelphia Phillies face the Atlanta Braves on Friday, April 24, 2026, at Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia, for game one of a three-game series. Watch for free with a trial to Apple TV This marks the fifth year of Apple TV’s “Friday Night Baseball” doubleheader coverage.

The Chicago Cubs announced that they have made a trade with the Colorado Rockies. They beat the Phillies earlier in the day.

Former Major League Baseball All-Star Yasiel Puig is attempting to continue his baseball career, but under circumstances unlike anything seen before. The 35-year-old outfielder has signed with the Toronto Maple Leafs of the Canadian Baseball League (CBL),

The Phillies recalled right-hander Alex McFarlane, the team’s No. 19 prospect per MLB Pipeline, from Double-A Reading prior to Friday’s game against the Braves in Atlanta. McFarlane, who joined the Phillies organization as a fourth-round Draft pick in 2022,

Vancouver launched an official EOI for an MLB franchise. Salt Lake City still appears ready with a planned Power District and public funding options.

There is something about the 2026 MLB season that just feels all wrong. And without putting too fine a point on it, that something is the American League.