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TORONTO -- Juan Soto makes little secret of his disdain for watching games from the bench. But when the outfielder’s bruised right hand still presented an issue in the hours before Sunday’s scheduled first pitch, the Yankees filled out their lineup card without his name. Soto still had time to

In Part I of our weekend series, we looked at nine pressing questions in the American League that will have to be answered with one month left before the Trade Deadline. Now batting: the National League. The NL’s postseason picture is as crowded as any in recent memory, so let’s

KANSAS CITY -- After a June filled with tests against first-place clubs, the Royals brought out their ace material to close out the month. Seth Lugo who now leads the Major Leagues with 11 wins, dealt six innings of scoreless ball with 10 strikeouts in the Royals’ 6-2 win over

MILWAUKEE -- Slamwaukee? Wisconslam? AmSlam Field? The nickname needs workshopping. But the Brewers have the hard part down pat.

PHILADELPHIA -- Trea Turner admitted on Saturday that he was trying to do too much in the absences of Bryce Harper, Kyle Schwarber and J.T. Realmuto. But on Sunday afternoon, he did more than enough. Turner's clutch go-ahead two-run single in the seventh -- one of his three hits on

Phase 2 of 2024 All-Star Game voting is open, and one race stands out as the most compelling on the All-Star Ballot: Gunnar Henderson vs. Bobby Witt Jr. These are two game-changing shortstop phenoms and two of MLB's brightest young superstars, Henderson leading the way for the Orioles and Witt

WASHINGTON -- Mark your calendars. The start of your week is also the start of James Wood’s Major League career. The Nationals' top prospect is expected to make his debut on Monday night at Nationals Park in the series opener against the Mets. Wood has powered his way through the

Mother's Day has passed this year, but it's never to late to honor the heroics of one motherly figure. In the bottom of the fifth inning of the Chattanooga Lookouts' Friday night contest with the Rocket City Trash Pandas (Angels), Reds prospect Nicholas Northcut fouled off the first pitch of

SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants were starved for innings. Spencer Bivens certainly helped sate that appetite. Bivens allowed only one run over a career-high five innings in his first Major League start as the Giants clinched a rare series victory over the rival Dodgers with a 10-4 rout in Sunday

Shohei Ohtani typically plays the hero for whatever team he's playing on, so he definitely knows one when he sees one. And there's no question he's fully aware that bat boy Javier Herrera saved the day on Wednesday. In the third inning of the Dodgers' 4-0 win over the White

BOSTON -- May 12 was a dark day for Josh Winckowski, as he was optioned to Triple-Worcester to make room for Brayan Bello’s return from the injured list. A key member of Boston’s bullpen last season, the righty was hoping his ability to perform in multiple roles would be enough

ST. PETERSBURG -- On June 1, Taj Bradley gave up nine runs and recorded only 10 outs against the Orioles’ powerful lineup at Camden Yards. The results kept him up at night -- literally. He stayed up until 2 a.m. thinking about it. Through conversations with teammates and staff, family

PHOENIX -- Blaze Alexander's seeing-eye base hit scored a pair of runs to key a three-run seventh inning for the D-backs, who held on to beat the A’s, 5-1, on Sunday afternoon to secure a series win at Chase Field. With one out and runners on second and third in

ST. LOUIS -- Asked earlier in the season how he was able to rack up such a good whiff rate by throwing primarily all fastballs, Cardinals veteran right-hander Lance Lynn replied somewhat sarcastically, “Because I know how to pitch a little bit.” The 37-year-old Lynn showed just that once again

BALTIMORE -- Already hamstrung by injuries in a lot of ways this year, the Rangers received another enormous scare on that front Saturday night. Texas superstar shortstop Corey Seager exited the club’s 6-5 loss to the Orioles after being struck on the left wrist by a Cade Povich pitch in

ATLANTA -- Rowdy Tellez went to bat looking for a splitter up, but didn't strike when he got it the first time in his fifth-inning at-bat against Spencer Schwellenbach. Schwellenbach couldn’t get away with a pitch there twice, though. He went up again with the split, and Tellez wasn’t gonna

It's been a difficult couple of weeks for the Giants. They lost the most iconic player in the franchise's long and storied history, Willie Mays, when he passed away at the age of 93 on June 18. Ten days later, another iconic Giant, Orlando Cepeda, passed away at the age

BOSTON -- Matt Waldron brought the knuckleball back to Fenway Park on Sunday afternoon. Only, here’s the thing about the knuckleball: It doesn’t always do what you expect it to do. Or, if you’re the guy throwing it, it doesn’t always do what you want it to do. Waldron was

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While the regular season began in late March this year, it is simple to think of it broken up into six one-month segments. So, while all teams now have made it through half their schedule, now that we're at the end of June, three of those six one-month segments are

It’s Pop Girl Summer! Are you ready for it? Teams from across the Minors are celebrating pop stars, friendship bracelets and mascots reclaiming ownership of their work. And some teams are in their ERA era. Fans of all levels can enjoy these specialty games, whether they're a Swiftie or have

This story was excerpted from Mark Sheldon’s Reds Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. ST. LOUIS – Former Reds infielder Alex Blandino was willing to go all the way back to the beginning and start over. At 31

ANAHEIM -- Angels superstar Mike Trout has started light baseball activities and said he’s getting closer to running on the field and hitting in the cages, which are the next steps in his recovery from surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee. Trout, speaking before Saturday’s walk-off

When MLB’s regular season gets past its midway point, it’s time for one of the great annual traditions to get underway. No, we’re not talking about the All-Star Game. Not the Home Run Derby either, or the Futures Game. We’re talking about where the best of the best leave everything