2026 Major League Baseball season

General managers

Field managers

American League

National League

Batters

• Chase DeLauter (CLE):
  • Became the seventh player to hit two home runs in his Major League debut on March 26, hitting home runs in the first and ninth innings.^[30]
  • Homered in his first three career regular-season games against the Seattle Mariners, becoming the third player in Major League history to achieve this mark. He joins Trevor Story (2016) and Kyle Lewis in 2019. Story homered in his first four career games.^[31]

• José Fernández (AZ):
  • Became the eighth player to hit two home runs in his Major League debut on March 31, hitting home runs in the fourth and eighth innings.^[30]
• Munetaka Murakami (CWS):
  • Homered in his first three career regular-season games against the Milwaukee Brewers, becoming the fourth player in Major League history to achieve this mark. He joins Trevor Story, Kyle Lewis, and Chase DeLauter.^[31]
  • Hit his fourth home run of the season on April 4 against the Toronto Blue Jays. The four home runs are the most by a Japanese-born player in his first eight career games.^[32]
  • Tied a Major League rookie record by hitting a home run in his fifth consecutive game on April 22 against the Arizona Diamondbacks. He became the 13th rookie to achieve this mark.^[33]
  • With his 10th home run on April 22 against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Murakami's ten home runs are the most in Major League history by a Japanese-born player in his first 24 games.^[34]
  • With his 15th home run on May 8 against the Seattle Mariners, Murakami has become the first player in Major League history to homer in the first game of eight straight series.^[35]

• Joey Wiemer (WSH):
  • Tied the Major League record for most consecutive plate appearances to reach base to start a season with ten on March 30 against the Philadelphia Phillies. He is the second player in the live ball era (since 1920) to reach base ten consecutive times to start the season, tying Carlos Delgado of the Toronto Blue Jays who accomplished this feat in 2002.^[36]

• Munetaka Murakami / Colson Montgomery (CWS):
  • With their home runs on April 22 against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Murakami (five games) and Montgomery (four games) became the first set of teammates to each homer in four consecutive games in Major League History.^[34]
  • With home runs in the same game on May 1, it was the seventh time this season that Murakami and Montgomery homered in the same game. That’s the most by any teammate duo in their team’s first 35 games of a season in Major League history, and it was only game 32. The duo broke a tie at six with 1994 Colorado Rockies' Andres Galarraga and Ellis Burks, 1980 Philadelphia Phillies' Mike Schmidt and Greg Luzinski, and 1956 New York Yankees' Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra.^[37]

• Kyle Schwarber (PHI):
  • Recorded his 350th career home run on April 30 against the San Francisco Giants in the first inning of game one. He became the 105th player to reach this mark. Schwarber now ranks seventh in Major League history in the fewest career games to 350 home runs, with 1,321 games played. The six that were faster are Aaron Judge, Mark McGwire, Juan González, Alex Rodriguez, Harmon Killebrew, and Albert Pujols.^[38]

• Ildemaro Vargas (AZ):
  • Started the season with a 24-game hit streak (27 total games dating back to the previous season), which was the longest hitting streak by a Venezuelan-born player, eclipsing the previous mark of 26 set by Wilson Ramos of the Mets in 2019. The 24-game streak was the second-longest streak to open a season since 1940.^[39]

• Nick Kurtz (ATH):
  • Recorded his 20th consecutive game with a walk on May 2 against the Cleveland Guardians. Kurtz is now tied with Barry Bonds, while the all-time record is 22 games set by Roy Cullenbine set during the 1947 season.^[40] The walk streak ended the next day at 20 games.^[41]

Pitchers

• José Soriano (LAA):
  • Soriano became the first pitcher in Major League history (excluding openers) to allow just one run through the first six starts of a season. His 0.24 ERA is the lowest in a pitcher's first six starts of a season since earned runs became official in both leagues in 1913.^[42]

• Chris Sale (ATL):
  • Recorded his 150th career win on April 26 against the Philadelphia Phillies. Sale becomes the 267th player to reach this mark.^[43]

• Tyler Glasnow (LAD):
  • Recorded his 1,000th career strikeout in the first inning on May 5 against the Houston Astros by fanning Yordan Alvarez. Glasnow became the fastest starting pitcher in Major League history to reach 1,000 strikeouts at just 793 innings. He broke the record that was held by Freddy Peralta with 804+2⁄3 innings.^[44]

• Jacob deGrom (TEX):
  • Recorded his 1,900th career strikeout by striking out Seiya Suzuki of the Chicago Cubs in the first inning on May 10. He became the second-fastest pitcher to 1,900 strikeouts in both games (256 to Randy Johnson's 252) and innings (1,5771⁄3 to Chris Sale's 1,5601⁄3).^[45]

• Kevin Gausman (TOR):
  • Recorded his 2,000th career strikeout by striking out Hunter Feduccia of the Tampa Bay Rays in the fourth inning on May 11. He became the 91st player to reach this mark.^[46]

Miscellaneous

• Toronto Blue Jays:
  • Struck out 50 Athletics over the first weekend of the season, setting a new Major League record for strikeouts in the season's first three games.^[47]

• Pittsburgh Pirates:
  • The Pirates drew seven consecutive walks in the second inning against the Cincinnati Reds on May 2, tying the Major League mark set by the Chicago White Sox (Aug. 28, 1909) and Atlanta Braves (May 25, 1983).^[48]

Monthly awards

Wholesale changes

• The Athletics unveiled a new gold alternate uniform, featuring a "Sacramento" script across the chest. This jersey replaces the existing gold alternate jersey with the "A's" logo featured on the chest.^[54]
• The Brewers tweaked their primary road uniform, swapping the gray base on the jersey in favor of powder blue. The Brewers become the third team since 2024 to wear colored jerseys as a primary road option following the Seattle Mariners and the Tampa Bay Rays, and the first to wear powder blue as a primary road uniform color since the Kansas City Royals and Montreal Expos in 1991.^[55]
• The Orioles add a new alternate cap, featuring an orange "B" script lettering from their road uniform inside a black cap with orange brim.^[56]
• The Marlins unveiled a new teal alternate uniform, harkening back to the team's inaugural color scheme.^[57]
• The Mariners replaced their retro-inspired cream alternate uniform in favor of a white home uniform based on the uniforms worn by the Negro league Seattle Steelheads.^[58]
• The Twins changed their navy alternate uniform, replacing "MINNESOTA" with the "Twins" script on the chest along with the Minnesota outline replacing the "TC" insignia on the sleeve.^[59]
• The Tigers unveiled two new alternate uniforms. The home orange alternate featured the white-trimmed navy Old English "D" logo on the left chest, while the road navy alternate featured the white and navy-trimmed orange script "Detroit" wordmark that appears on their primary road uniform. Both uniforms are paired with a navy cap with orange brim featuring the orange Old English "D" logo.^[60] These alternates marked the first time since 1995 that the Tigers wore an official alternate uniform (which they only wore for one game), excluding City Connect and one-off themed uniforms.^[61]
• The Giants updated their black alternate uniform, featuring "GIGANTES" (the Spanish translation of the team name) on the chest, gray accents and a step fret design.^[62]
• The Dodgers added a blue road alternate uniform with a script "Los Angeles" in front. The Dodgers became the only team with two road alternate uniforms, as they continue to wear a gray road alternate uniform with a script "Los Angeles" on the chest.^[63]

City Connect

Eight teams unveiled new City Connect 2.0 uniforms this season.

• The Braves' second City Connect uniforms are inspired by the team's uniforms from the 1970s and 1980s, with a baby blue color scheme and white pants, red and blue piping on the sleeves and pants, and the script logo and cap insignia both being white with red outlines. The sleeves feature an "ATL" insignia modeled after the former logo of TBS, in homage to the team's former broadcasts on the station.^[64][65]
• The Orioles' second City Connect uniform pays tribute to Camden Yards due to the popularity of the park, which is considered the ballpark which changed how modern baseball stadiums were developed. The jersey is a cream color base, which features "BMORE" across its chest in a dark green that matches the color of their outfield wall and orange outlines. It also features an Oriole bird perched on top of the "R", which marks a return of the Oriole logo to their uniform set. It has a homerun patch on the left sleeve which pays tribute to Eutaw Street that runs parallel to the iconic warehouse behind the ball park and that has the saying "From The Stoop to The Yard" along with the distance to home plate "410", as well as an area code for Maryland. Any player who hits a homerun to Eutaw Street, they receive a brass plaques that includes the player name, date of the homerun and distance. The right sleeve features a patch in dark green and orange which has the Baltimore-based company and team sponsor T. Rowe Price. The trim of the uniform is in Orioles orange is designed with brick paying tribute to the warehouse on Eutaw Street and has a jocktag on the bottom of the jersey which features a 19th century clock that reads "CHARM CITY" and "BAL", which has been a part of the ballpark above the centerfield scoreboard since the park opened April 6, 1992. The hats and batting helmets use the same colors as the uniform that has an orange "B" which is inspired by the Baltimore Baseball Club of the 1890's.^[66]
• The Reds' second City Connect uniform is has a red base, features five different shades of red and continues to use the modern "C" logo but in white with black accents that is located on the chest and cap. For the first time since 2006, the entire Reds uniform will feature pinstripes in a dark red, the sleeves will be a third shade of Red but does not feature the pinstripes to pay tribute to the vest style uniforms worn from 1993–2006. The hat has the fourth shade in which the bill of the hat is a darker shade of Red different from the body of the uniform but has the updated "C" logo. The right sleeve has a patch in black and a fifth shade of Red that says "CINCY", which also has a graphic that resembles the Tyler Davidson Fountain on Fountain Square which is located in Downtown Cincinnati. The Reds will also be the first MLB team to use both versions of their city connect uniforms and will alternate wearing the different versions on Friday and Saturday home games throughout the season.^[67]
• The Royals' second City Connect uniform is an all white uniform with a color gradient starting with fuchsia into the typical Royal Blue, which is a nod to the number of fountains throughout all of Kansas City. The team has nicknamed them the "Forever Fountain" uniform that celebrates the city nickname "City of Fountains". The jersey features a "R" logo on the left chest that starts in Royal Blue at the bottom and blends into fuchsia at the top, which is similar to the logo from the original 1969 team logo with a crown on top of the "R". The hat also features the same crown logo as the jersey logo and uses the same color blend from Royal Blue on the brim to fuchsia on the top of the hat. The jersey numbers are the same font as the official logo of Kansas City, along with a white line around two vertical stripes on the armbands of the jersey, symbolizing teams unique position along the state lines between Missouri and Kansas. At the bottom of the right sleeve is a heart which reflects the team being in the middle of the nations' heartland. Inside the collar of the jersey is the phrase "HEY HEY HEY HEY", which was a song famously covered by the The Beatles called "Kansas City' in 1969 at Municipal Stadium and now plays after everyone Royals win at Kauffman Stadium.^[68]
• The Brewers' second City Connect uniform has a blue base that is inspired by the number of lakes, rivers and shoreline that stretches from Milwaukee River to Eagle River to Lake Mendota but also features "WISCO" across the front in script letter in partial accents of blue, cream which is the color of the sandy shores along the shoreline and sunset orange resembling the summer sunsets in the state of Wisconsin. The script lettering is a blend of script that has influence from the early 20th century American Association Milwaukee Brewers, classic supper clubs and vintage Wisconsin brewery labels. The jersey has trim in the design of Wheat and Barley braids that pays tribute to Wisconsin's agricultural roots and brewing industries across that State that is also the inspiration for the team name. The left sleeve features a patch of the old Barrelman logo in front of an outline of the State of Wisconsin using the same color outlines throughout the uniform. Inside the collar of the jersey is the inscription "Forward" which is the State motto for Wisconsin, which means to honor the past while continuing to progress forward. The bottom of the jersey features a jocktag in the shape of a fishing bobber with a baseball design resting on top of a Wisconsin Lake celebrating one of the favorite state pastimes. The hat uses the same coloring and script with a "W" in front of the Wisconsin State border.^[69]
• The Pirates' second City Connect uniform is a black base with "PIRATES" across in Gold lettering with each letter cutting off at the bottom to look like a Pirate sword and in a front that is to resemble a rugged Pirate style. The numbers and name on the back of the jersey feature the same style of font and color. The font of the uniform also resembles the design of the "Sister Bridges" including the famous Roberto Clemente Bridge which connects PNC Park with Downtown Pittsburgh. The right sleeve features a patch that is similar to the logo which was debuted in 1997 that has a Pirate logo with a red banana & black eyepatch, with the inscription "PGH" the cities abbreviation and "1887" the year the club was founded. The uniform also has accents of red that pay tribute to the red Pirate banana design on the Jolly Roger.^[70]
• The Padres' second City Connect uniform featured the city name across the chest which celebrates the binational region of "San Diego" and draws inspiration of the cities coastline and is outlined in a yellow/orange to resemble the sunsets in San Diego. The pants and hat are in a bone white, that has a trim and braid in a marigold pattern that is quintessential to Dia de los Muertos. The hat has a brim in obsidian blue with an interlocked "S" and "D" in the original Padre orange/obsidian blue, with the inner lining of the hat featuring famous San Diego landscaping in bone, marigold, aqua, fireberry and Padre gold, combing all their uniform colors into one blend. The jocktag features a papel picado resembles the team being located close to Mexico and has all the previous Padre logos and names. The right sleeve has a La Catrina patch honoring and celebrating Dia de los Muertos which is an iconic holiday heavily celebrated in San Diego in front of an Aqua blue resembling the water color of San Diego.^[71]
• The Rangers' second City Connect uniform goes back to the Rangers original color they wore during the 1980's and 90's but has not been worn since 2022, which is a shade of cochineal red, a crimson dye that comes from a crushed-up cochineal insect, which is part of Mexican culture. The team opted to use "TEJAS" across the front of the jersey with white outline, which is the Spanish word for Texas. The entire uniform uses a Charro inspired piping which is used with Mexican horsemen suits, as well as mariachi trajes and also worn by the Mariachis de los Texas Rangers. The right sleeve features a patch with papel picado, a decorative Mexican form of art used at birthdays, weddings and Dia de los Muertos by cutting colorful paper into Mexican style designs and also features the State of Texas in place of where the Flag of Texas used to be. The hat uses the same cochineal red and has a block "T" logo in white using a raised weave that is similar to the design used in Mexican artistry.^[72]

Anniversaries and special events

The 2026 season marks the 150th anniversary of the founding of the National League. Two of the eight charter members of the National League are still playing: the Atlanta Braves (formerly of Boston) and the Chicago Cubs.^{[citation needed]}

This also marks the American League's 125th anniversary as a major league. Seven of the league's 15 current franchises date back to 1901.^{[citation needed]}

Other uniforms

All players. coaches and umpires wore #42 on April 15, the 79th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's debut in the majors. For the fifth consecutive year, the #42 was set in the Dodger Blue font.

Television

Radio