Kyle Schwarber is at first base for Saturday’s showdown against the Blue Jays. Schwarber draws an extremely rare start at the cold corner with Alec Bohm taking a seat in this one. The 33-year-old ...

Mark Teixeira was the last consistent first baseman the New York Yankees could count on, year in and year out. Ten years have passed since he retired, and he has since traded in his first-base glove ...

The New York Yankees never lack intrigue, and Jasson Domínguez gave fans something new to talk about this week. Before last Monday’s matchup at Yankee Stadium, the 22-year-old outfielder was spotted ...

Like at third base, the longtime standard bearers at first base are beginning to show their age. Unlike at third base, there are enough compelling newcomers to ease the transition. One such newcomer ...

The first-base coach stands in foul ground, just behind the first-base bag, and helps relay signals from the dugout to both batters and baserunners. First-base coaches often assist baserunners in ...

For the first time since 2018, Pete Alonso will not be the New York Mets starting first baseman on Opening Day. After opting not to re-sign Alonso, who ended up inking a five-year deal with the ...

Jorge Polanco had 87 starts as Seattle's designated hitter and 34 at second base in 2025. Vaughn Ridley / Getty Images Jorge Polanco has never logged a major-league inning at first base, where the New ...

NEW YORK — Jorge Polanco’s first base experience is one pitch, when San Francisco’s Wilmer Flores lined a sinker off the end of his bat toward right field in the ninth inning of a tied game last April ...

The Dodgers have filled their coaching vacancy. On Friday night, the team announced it had hired Chris Woodward to be its first base coach, bringing him back for his second stint on Dave Roberts’ ...

First base is supposed to be big and beautiful, just a treasure trove of sluggers, but that's not what I'm seeing now. In fact, I regret to report that only four first basemen had 30-plus homers last ...

The Boston Red Sox front office dreamed that this would be the year that Triston Casas would fully blossom, mashing 30 homers and fully exploiting Fenway Park's dimensions in a way that other ...