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Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports Red Sox hitters shall be dealing with an enigmatic fastball after they host the Royals at Fenway Park tonight. When Eric Longenhagen put collectively our Kansas City Royals Top Prospect record final month, he wrote that Alec Marsh’s fastball “doesn’t hop even though it has the approach angle and spin axis of a fastball that typically does; it has below-average vertical break and might be surprisingly hittable against big league bats.” Calling the pitch “weird,” our lead prospect analyst additional described it as a “flat-angled, high-spin sinker,” including that the 25-year-old right-hander, whom he assigned a forty five FV and a no. 3 rating within the system, is not touching triple digits as he did in his preliminary seasons of professional ball. Intrigued...

PHILADELPHIA — Trea Turner, Nick Castellanos and J.T. Realmuto hit two-run homers, main the Philadelphia Phillies to a 6-2 win over the Washington Nationals on Thursday night time. ...

The Phillies stated Harper was being additional evaluated. It is unclear how Harper might need tweaked his again, though he seemed uncomfortable after fielding a pickoff throw from Aaron Nola and swiping to tag CJ Abrams within the third inning. Harper stood up and appeared to stretch his again after the play. Harper went 0-for-1 with a stroll earlier than he left the sport. The remainder of the Phils stars shined in Harper's absence, as Trea Turner, Nick Castellanos and J.T. Realmuto all hit two-run homers within the victory. Content Source: www.mlb.com

12:00 Dan Szymborski: It’s a chat! 12:00 Jose Abreu: My again hurts, ought to I be afraid on Jon Singleton taking up? 12:00 Dan Szymborski: Probably not in severe jeopardy. ZiPS projections for Singleton aren’t nice, both 12:00 the man who asks the lunch query: what’s for lunch? 12:01 Dan Szymborski: some unsalted peanuts I occur to have right here 12:01 seth: that lorenzen highschool no hitters stat is fairly bonkers, huh? 12:01 Dan Szymborski: For these not conscious of the factoid, Fullerton Union highschool in California has had 4 pitchers throw no-hitters within the majors 12:02 Joe: Why is John Angelos? Like, why is he? 12:02 Dan Szymborski: Well, someday in fall of 1966, a d...

OAKLAND, Calif. — Freddy Tarnok threw 4 scoreless innings of aid for his first MLB win and 5 Oakland pitchers mixed for a four-hitter because the Athletics beat AL West-leading Texas 2-0 Wednesday to keep away from a sequence sweep and snap the Rangers’ eight-game profitable streak. ...

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Dave Nelson-USA TODAY Sports How on the planet are you able to clarify a crew just like the Rays? There are a number of unusual and seemingly magical issues happening there, however let’s give attention to simply their starters. They churn out top-of-the-line dudes like nobody’s enterprise. Shane McClanahan is nasty. Tyler Glasnow seems to be unhittable at occasions. Jeffrey Springs went from zero to hero and stayed there. Zach Eflin is immediately dominant. They can’t appear to take a step with out tripping over a terrific starter. They’re additionally all the time hungry for extra. Whether it’s unhealthy luck, adversarial choice, or one thing about their efficiency coaching strategies, the Rays stack up pitching accidents like few groups in baseball historical past. Of that group I ...

BALTIMORE — Adley Rutschman and Ryan Mountcastle homered, Félix Bautista labored by one other shaky ninth inning and the Baltimore Orioles prolonged their streak to 76 collection with out being swept, edging the Houston Astros 5-4 on Thursday. ...

BALTIMORE -- The Orioles shall not be swept. Not even by the defending World Series champions. Baltimore staved off one other potential sweep by defeating Houston, 5-4, in Thursday afternoon’s collection finale at Camden Yards. Dean Kremer cruised over seven robust innings whereas getting offensive assist from the Orioles’ two catchers -- Adley Rutschman (2-for-4 along with his first profession leadoff dwelling run and two RBIs) and James McCann (2-for-3 with a double and an RBI) -- and Ryan Mountcastle, who stayed sizzling by slugging a two-run homer. It marks the 76th consecutive multigame collection through which the O’s haven't been swept, a run that dates again to once they misplaced three in Detroit from May 13-15 final season. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, it’s the fourth-lo...

Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports Do you keep in mind the springtime? We had been so younger and carefree, so stuffed with hope. We hadn’t even breathed in our first lungfuls of Canadian wildfire smoke. Pitchers had been stuffed with hope, too. They’d spent the entire offseason in a lab, or taking part in winter ball, or perhaps simply in a pleasant condominium, attempting to determine how you can get higher. Amazingly, a whole lot of them settled on the very same recipe for achievement: begin throwing a cutter. You couldn’t open up a soon-to-be-shuttered sports part with out studying an article about some pitcher whose plan for world domination hinged on whipping up a scrumptious new minimize fastball. Now that we’re within the canine days of summer time, it’s time to verify and see how th...