A California native, Melton played college baseball at San Diego State and was selected by the Tigers in the fourth round of the 2022 MLB Draft. He is currently ranked as the Tigers’ No. 10 prospect by MLB Pipeline. Scouting reports praise his mid-90s fastball and deep arsenal, which includes a cutter, curveball, slider and changeup.

Hill is 45 years old, which is remarkable enough. Even crazier is the record Hill is going to tie. This will be the 14th MLB team he pitches for, matching Edwin Jackson for most in league history. The Royals are 48-52 at the time of Hill's call-up, with a lot of work to do to try and return to the playoff race.

The Kansas City Royals plan to call up 45-year-old pitcher Rich Hill from the minors for a start against the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday, marking the left-hander’s 21st season in the majors.

When the 2002 fourth-round picks makes his Kansas City debut, he will tie Edwin Jackson’s MLB record by playing for his 14th team. The 6-foot-5 Boston native last pitched in the majors in September 2024 for the Red Sox.

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The former Milton High star would tie Edwin Jackson's MLB record by appearing for his 14th different franchise.

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Former Major League Baseball pitcher Jeff Bittiger, who was serving as a scout for the Athletics, has died, the organization announced. He was 63 years old. Bittiger spent the past 22 years as a scout for the Athletics before he died Saturday morning after a battle with cancer.

This list applies only to those who treated the first weekend after the All-Star break as its own scoring period and, thus, are beginning a new scoring period Monday

The quest of youth pitchers to emulate their heroes, such as Justin Verlander and Jacob deGrom, has caused them to need the same surgeries as the pros.

Former Baltimore Orioles pitcher Ben McDonald wrote on social media he got off "very lucky" after he fell 25 feet from a deer stand and landed in the hospital.