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BRIDGEWATER, N.J. -- Around the time he was traded from the Rangers to the Mets final month, Luisangel Acuña logged onto WhatsApp to publish a video of himself stealing a base. This was nothing uncommon for Acuña, a speedy prospect who had swiped greater than 40 luggage in just half a season in Double-A. But when Luisangel’s well-known brother, Ronald, noticed the clip, he challenged him to a contest. The phrases had been easy: Whoever finishes the season with extra steals wins $5,000. Luisangel apparently by no means stopped to appreciate that he might have been hustled. Over his previous 14 video games, Ronald has stolen 9 bases to construct a commanding lead over his brother. “I want to get to that level, the one that my brother’s at,” Luisangel stated Tuesday from TD Bank Ballpark earl...

Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports After buying and selling away veteran items and restocking the farm system on the deadline, the Mets have pivoted and are actually specializing in the longer term. That being the case, it each was and wasn’t a curious time for the workforce to choice Brett Baty, seemingly their third baseman of the longer term, to Triple-A Syracuse on Monday. Now is the time to let the children play and determine issues out on the big-league stage, however Baty has been struggling so mightily that he would possibly want a change of surroundings. He’s working a 77 wRC+ on the season, and because the begin of July, he’s at a measly 39. He hasn’t recorded a success since July 23, a stretch of 25 plate appearances. That’s the second-longest energetic streak in baseball, behind...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Tampa Bay Rays All-Star left-hander Shane McClanahan might not pitch once more this season. Rays supervisor Kevin Cash s...

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays will doubtless be with out ace Shane McClanahan for the remainder of the yr, as supervisor Kevin Cash stated it's “highly unlikely” the injured left-hander will pitch once more this season. McClanahan is at the moment on the 15-day IL as a consequence of tightness in his left forearm, which he skilled within the fourth inning of his begin at Yankee Stadium final Wednesday. Cash stated “probably everything's on the table” for McClanahan at this level, together with Tommy John surgical procedure, flexor surgical procedure and unfastened physique elimination. The Rays hope to achieve additional readability after McClanahan meets with Dr. Keith Meister in Texas on Monday. “Surgery is certainly an option, but I don’t want to get too far ahead,” Cash stated. “I think i...

Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports A fast hitter right here: at this time, MLB launched the schedule for the 2023 playoffs. It’s not precisely compelling studying; for essentially the most half, groups play a sequence of video games in opposition to one another, principally day by day aside from journey, similar to you anticipate. But the brand new 12-team playoff format continues to be contemporary, so let’s run down the related construction of the rounds simply as a reminder. Wild Card RoundThis one is similar as earlier than and can doubtless stay this manner for so long as this playoff format exists. The worst division winner and the three wild card groups in every league play (as much as) three straight video games, on the higher seed’s stadium, on three straight days, October 3–5. T...

PITTSBURGH — Rookie infielder Liover Peguero had two hits in a six-run third inning and the Pittsburgh Pirates chased Spencer Strider early earlier than holding off the Atlanta Braves for a rain-delayed 7-6 victory Monday night time. ...

This story was excerpted from Juan Toribio’s Dodgers Beat e-newsletter. To learn the complete e-newsletter, click on right here. And subscribe to get it recurrently in your inbox. SAN DIEGO -- Lance Lynn has pitched nicely in his first two begins, however the Dodgers didn’t make a lot of a splash on the beginning pitching facet earlier than final week’s Trade Deadline. Whether that call (and Eduardo Rodriguez declining a deal) comes again to hang-out them, can be decided by what occurs over the remainder of the season and playoffs. But the most important acquisition the Dodgers could possibly be making is getting probably first-ballot Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw again from the injured record. Before his left shoulder harm in late June, Kershaw was the Dodgers’ finest pitcher, and one of ...

  Brooklyn-based Jay Jaffe is a senior author for FanGraphs, the creator of The Cooperstown Casebook (Thomas Dunne Books, 2017) and the creator of the JAWS (Jaffe WAR Score) metric for Hall of Fame evaluation. He based the Futility Infielder web site (2001), was a columnist for Baseball Prospectus (2005-2012) and a contributing author for Sports Illustrated (2012-2018). He has been a recurring visitor on MLB Network and a member of the BBWAA since 2011, and a Hall of Fame voter since 2021. Follow him on Twitter @jay_jaffe... and BlueSky @jayjaffe.bsky.social. Content Source: blogs.fangraphs.com

CHICAGO — Chicago White Sox administration on Monday refuted claims by former reliever Keynan Middleton that the downtrodden group had a tradition with “no rules,” permitting a rookie reliever to repeatedly go to sleep throughout video games and different gamers to overlook conferences and practices. ...

CHICAGO -- Yankees supervisor Aaron Boone had seen sufficient by the waning innings of Monday’s 5-1 loss to the White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field. Boone was ejected by home-plate umpire Laz Diaz within the eighth inning, after rookie shortstop Anthony Volpe was referred to as out on strikes, and he made certain to get his cash’s price. Boone argued with Diaz whereas concurrently placing on a prolonged show on the plate. At one level, Boone drew traces within the filth to make his level, and at one other, he seemingly imitated Diaz’ strikeout name. But his frustrations went past that one pitch -- which gave the impression to be a strike. “I actually heard Anthony’s was a strike, maybe,” Boone stated. “I just thought there were a ton of pitches all night, culminating I think with DJ, a coup...