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| April 13 2025 | Ty France of the Minnesota Twins wins MLB Player of the Week for April 7-13, with a .440 batting average (11-25), 6 runs, 2 home runs, 6 RBIs, and a 1.315 OPS. |
| April 6 2025 | Alex Bregman of the Boston Red Sox wins American League Player of the Week Award for April 1–April 6, achieving a .407 batting average (11–27), scoring 7 runs, hitting 2 home runs, and driving in 10 RBIs with a 1.263 OPS. |
| April 6 2025 | Kyle Tucker of the Chicago Cubs wins National League Player of the Week Award for April 1–April 6, with a .391 batting average (9–23), scoring 11 runs, hitting 3 home runs, and driving in 8 RBIs with a 1.461 OPS. |
| 2025 | Major League Baseball expanded yearly matchups against interleague rivals from four to six games, while reducing some intraleague opponent matchups from seven to six games to balance the schedule. |
| March 31 2025 | Eugenio Suárez of the Arizona Diamondbacks won the National League Player of the Week Award for the week of March 28-31, with a performance including a .235 batting average (4-17), 5 runs, 4 home runs, 7 RBIs, and a 1.555 OPS. |
| March 31 2025 | Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees won the American League Player of the Week Award for the week of March 28-31, with an exceptional performance including a .545 batting average (6-11), 8 runs, 4 home runs, 11 RBIs, and a 2.461 OPS. |
| March 2025 | Opening Day starting pitchers announced for Major League Baseball, featuring 30 teams with their designated starting pitchers for the season opener. |
| March 2025 | Opening Day 2025 featured Zac Gallen as the starting pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks |
| March 2025 | Luis Severino started Opening Day for the Oakland Athletics |
| March 2025 | Garrett Crochet made his Opening Day start for the Boston Red Sox |
| March 2025 | Chris Sale made his 6th Opening Day start for the Atlanta Braves |
| March 2025 | Zach Eflin started Opening Day for the Baltimore Orioles |
| March 14 2025 | The Oakland Athletics plan to temporarily move to West Sacramento, California, branding themselves without a city name until their permanent move to Las Vegas. |
| 2025 | Planned increase of interleague games to 48 regular season games, with 24 games at home and 24 games on the road for National League teams. |
| 2024 | Nice Horse sang the Canadian national anthem, and Cody Johnson sang the American national anthem at the MLB All-Star Game. |
| 2024 | Jarren Duran won the 2024 All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award, becoming the fifth Boston Red Sox player to do so. |
| 2024 | Jarren Duran hit a game-winning two-run home run in the bottom of the fifth, giving the American League a 5-3 lead. |
| 2024 | Shohei Ohtani hit a three-run home run off pitcher Tanner Houck in the top of the third inning, giving the National League a 3-0 lead. |
| 2024 | Emmanuel Clase secured the final three outs, giving the American League a 5-3 victory over the National League. |
| 2024 | Juan Soto hit an RBI double to score Steven Kwan and Marcus Semien, and later scored an RBI single from David Fry to tie the game 3-3. |
| 2024 | New York Yankees, New York Mets, Kansas City Royals, Houston Astros, Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee Brewers, and San Diego Padres last appeared in postseason |
| 2024 | Oakland, CA ends its tenure as a Major League Baseball team host after 56 years of baseball history. |
| 2024 | Oakland Athletics potentially relocating, signaling ongoing challenges with franchise sustainability. |
| 2024 | Current division consists of New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, and Tampa Bay Rays, with the most recent division champion being the New York Yankees. |
| 2024 | First postseason game between Japanese-born starting pitchers Yoshinobu Yamamoto (Dodgers) and Yu Darvish (Padres), with Yamamoto prevailing in a 2-0 shutout. |
| 2024 | Mets won Game 5 with a 12-6 victory, becoming the first team since the 2002 Anaheim Angels to not strike out in a postseason game. |
| 2024 | Yankees broke their fifteen-year pennant drought, which was tied for the longest in franchise history since their previous 15-year gap between 1981 and 1996. |
| 2024 | Francisco Lindor hit a solo home run, Tyrone Taylor an RBI double, and Mark Vientos a grand slam in Game 2, securing a win for the Mets and evening the series. |
| 2024 | Yankees defeated the Cleveland Guardians in the American League Championship Series (ALCS) in five games, returning to the World Series for the first time since 2009. |
| 2024 | Freddie Freeman hits the first walk-off grand slam in World Series history in Game 1, which was dramatically compared to Kirk Gibson's iconic 1988 home run due to similar circumstances and location at Dodger Stadium. |
| 2024 | National League Division Series between Philadelphia Phillies and New York Mets, their first postseason meeting, with the Mets defeating the Phillies in four games. |
| 2024 | Jack Flaherty pitched seven shutout innings in Game 1, leading the Dodgers to a blowout victory. |
| 2024 | Dodgers dominated Games 3 and 4 with offensive blowouts against the Mets' pitching. |
| 2024 | This was the first ALCS since 2016 not featuring the Houston Astros, who had made seven consecutive appearances from 2017 to 2023. |
| 2024 | National League Division Series between Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres, their third postseason meeting, with the Dodgers ultimately winning in five games. |
| 2024 | Game 2 of Dodgers-Padres series was marred by controversy with Dodgers fans throwing trash and baseballs at Padres players, causing a ten-minute game delay. |
| 2024 | First time since 2000 that both New York City teams (Yankees) appeared in the League Championship Series. |
| November 11 2024 | Clayton McCullough is hired as the Marlins' manager after Schumaker's resignation. |
| October 31 2024 | Will Venable is hired as the Chicago White Sox manager, succeeding Grady Sizemore who managed the team after Grifol's firing. |
| October 4 2024 | Terry Francona is hired as the new manager of the Cincinnati Reds. |
| October 1 2024 | The MLB postseason began. |
| September 30 2024 | The New York Mets and Atlanta Braves both clinched playoff spots through a doubleheader, leading to the elimination of the defending National League champions, the Arizona Diamondbacks. |
| September 27 2024 | The Detroit Tigers ended their nine-year playoff drought, and the Kansas City Royals clinched their first playoff berth since their 2015 championship season. |
| September 24 2024 | The Houston Astros returned to the postseason for the eighth consecutive time, and the Baltimore Orioles and San Diego Padres also secured playoff berths. |
| September 20 2024 | The Philadelphia Phillies returned to the postseason for the third consecutive year, and the Texas Rangers were eliminated from postseason contention. |
| September 19 2024 | The Cleveland Guardians returned to the postseason for the seventh time in twelve seasons, and the Los Angeles Dodgers secured their twelfth consecutive playoff appearance. |
| September 18 2024 | The Milwaukee Brewers became the first team in the National League to clinch a postseason berth, marking their sixth appearance in the past seven seasons. |
| September 18 2024 | The New York Yankees became the first team in the American League to clinch a postseason berth, returning to the playoffs for the seventh time in eight seasons. |
| September 16 2024 | Shohei Ohtani wins National League Player of the Week for the Los Angeles Dodgers, batting .500 with 11 runs, 6 home runs, and 17 RBIs. |
| August 22 2024 | Scott Servais is fired as Mariners manager, and former player Dan Wilson is hired as the new manager on the same day. |
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