Following a breakout defensive season that included his Major League debut, former Louisville Bats outfielder Carlos Jorge has been named one of nine recipients of the 2026 Rawlings Minor League Baseball Gold Glove Award.

Jorge is just one of three outfielders across all of Minor League Baseball to earn the honor,

On Sunday, September 13, 2026, Tod Shafer took the mound at Louisville Slugger Field with a baseball in his hand. The location was very familiar, but the reason was not.

With his son Tommy stationed behind home plate and his grounds crew by his side around the mound, Shafer tossed

Banana Ball is coming back to Louisville Slugger Field in 2027, as the Texas Tailgaters and Indianapolis Clowns will face off in a two-game series from Thursday, July 8 through Saturday, July 10.

The three-game event will bring Banana Ball’s unique blend of baseball and entertainment back to downtown Louisville. Created

Cosmic Baseball, an immersive, blacklight entertainment baseball experience, announces the 2027 touring schedule across 44 Minor League Baseball (MiLB) stadiums. The Cosmic Takeover Tour: Baseball brings high energy entertainment that blends professional baseball with a full-scale neon phenomenon at Louisville Slugger Field on Friday, September 10 and Saturday, September 11.

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When the Louisville Bats take the field for the 2027 season, their uniforms will have a new addition.

Beginning next season, Minor League Baseball teams will have the chance to sell a sponsor patch on their jerseys, and the Bats are currently searching for a partner to have its logo featured

The Louisville Bats today announced their schedule for the 2027 International League season. The 27^th season of Minor League Baseball at Louisville Slugger Field will begin on Tuesday, March 30 when the Bats welcome the Indianapolis Indians to Louisville for a six-game series.

The Bats will begin the 2027 season on the

With a historic season that culminated in his MLB debut now in the books, Hector Rodriguez is adding another honor to his list of accolades. Rodriguez was recognized by Minor League Baseball as an International League All-Star for the 2026 season.

Named to the International League Postseason All-Star team as an

After decades in professional baseball, Pat Kelly and Terry Francona still talk about the game. But these days, their conversations sometimes include compression socks, too.

Francona and Kelly first managed against each other in the Double-A Southern League in 1994, when Francona was at the helm for the Birmingham Barons and

The end of one chapter and beginning of the next is often veiled by ambition. Sometimes, the path forward only becomes clear after the original journey comes to an end.

For Louisville Bats coach Vince Harrison, the realization came in waves, often while recovering from injury.

A two-sport athlete in baseball and

The Louisville Bats have had a lot of turnover in personnel this season, and sometimes that turnover calls for some unlikely faces to join midseason from unusual places. For Cam Cotter, Kent Emanuel, and Ben Wereski, that was their reality. The three new arms for the Bats were all a

The Louisville Bats and the American Red Cross are teaming up once again to help meet the ongoing need for blood donations in the Louisville community with a blood drive at Louisville Slugger Field on Friday, October 23 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Donors of all blood types are encouraged

The Louisville Humidity are cranking up the heat on the national stage.

The Louisville Bats’ new weather-themed alternate identity has been selected as one of seven finalists for Best New Alternate Identity in the 2026 Minor League Baseball Awards.

The winner will be determined by an online fan vote. Fans can vote

The Louisville Bats season ended in shutout fashion, dropping the finale against the Toledo Mud Hens 2-0 on Sunday afternoon at Fifth Third Field.

Sparse hitting and great pitching led to a slow offensive day for both teams, but the Mud Hens managed to pull through in the game that took

The Louisville Bats will welcome families and guests of all ages to Louisville Slugger Field for the Bats Fall Festival, presented by Cambria Hotels and Rumpke Waste & Recycling, on Friday, October 2 from 6-9 p.m.

The Bats’ annual trick-or-treat event is being held earlier than in previous years, giving Louisville

The Louisville Bats received stellar pitching and timely offense to win their first game of the series 3-1 against the Toledo Mud Hens at Fifth Third Field on Friday evening.

Darius Vines got the nod for his first start in six appearances with the Bats after the Reds called up scheduled

Fall is coming to Louisville Slugger Field as the Louisville Bats will host the Bats Fall Festival on Friday, October 2 from 6-9 p.m.

The family-friendly event will feature trick-or-treating on the concourse, pumpkin decorating, carnival games, face painting, live music, a Spooky Zone, a costume contest, and a screening of

In their penultimate game of the regular season, the Louisville Bats fell behind and couldn’t produce much offensively, suffering a 4-1 loss to the Toledo Mud Hens on Saturday night at Fifth Third Field.

The Bats had a great chance to open the scoring against rehabbing Tigers starter Jack Flaherty. A

The Louisville Bats struggled to come up with runs in key situations against the Toledo Mud Hens in a 5-1 loss Thursday Night at Fifth Third Field.

Louisville’s Jose Franco (L, 3-5) and Toledo’s Dylan File (7-11) were going at it through the first two innings. However, with one out in

Getting that call that you’re going to the show is any player's lifelong dream. On June 3^rd, that was Zach McCambley’s reality, and in his first big league appearance, he made the most of it. The righty walked into Great American Ballpark and shoved two punchouts in 0.2 innings pitched.

However,

The Louisville Bats were defeated 3-1 by the Toledo Mud Hens in a two-hour and two-minute pitcher’s duel at Fifth Third Field on Wednesday evening.

In a battle of southpaws, 34-year-old Kent Emanuel (L, 2-2) made his sixth appearance for the Bats, opposed by Toledo’s Jackson Wolf (W, 4-1).

The Bats led

Seby Zavala’s go-ahead solo shot in the bottom of the seventh sealed the Louisville Bats' fate in game one of the season’s final series, falling 5-3 on Tuesday night at Fifth Third Field against the Toledo Mud Hens.

Chase Petty (L, 3-7) entered in the seventh with a 3-1 lead and

The Louisville Bats concluded their 2026 home campaign with a 6-4 win over the Columbus Clippers in front of 4,863 fans in attendance on Sunday afternoon at Louisville Slugger Field.

Ben Wereski (W, 3-2) made his eighth start of the season since joining the Bats and his second of the series.

The Louisville Bats overcame an early deficit and came surging back to secure a series win at Louisville Slugger Field against the Columbus Clippers on Saturday night. Multiple big innings, capped off by home runs, aided in the 7-4 win.

The Clippers got on the board in the top half of