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ATLANTA — The Milwaukee Brewers positioned right-hander Julio Teheran on the 15-day disabled listing on Sunday with a proper hip impingement. The tr...

HOUSTON -- They have been the No. 1- and No. 2-ranked Astros prospects by MLB Pipeline getting into the 2023 season, so the longer term was already shiny for right-handed pitcher Hunter Brown and catcher Yainer Diaz coming into the yr. Living as much as these expectations, although, isn’t all the time a certain factor. More than midway by way of their rookie seasons, each Brown and Diaz have had ups and downs, however they confirmed Saturday night time why this pitcher-catcher battery might wind up being elite. Brown carried a shutout into the seventh inning, and Diaz went 2-for-5 with a two-run homer and an RBI double because the Astros blasted the Rays, 17-4, at Minute Maid Park. “Hunter and I, we communicate a lot before the game, which is why when we go out there, we don’t argue much a...

CHICAGO -- It had been a very long time since Tim Anderson final hit a house run. The final lengthy ball launched by the White Sox shortstop got here on July 15, 2022, at Target Field, which was 419 plate appearances in the past. After 96 video games with out one, the dugout celebration figured to be a significant one after Anderson related on a Logan Allen four-seam fastball within the first inning of a 7-2 victory over Cleveland Saturday night time at Guaranteed Rate Field. Instead, when Anderson arrived, there was no person there however the coaches. “We didn’t have time to hide,” stated a smiling White Sox supervisor Pedro Grifol of the response to Anderson. “I was wondering where everybody went,” Anderson stated. “But it was a cool moment. I was happy to finally get it out of the way....

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Figuratively talking, Bryce Elder is pitching effectively underneath par. In 21 begins for the Atlanta Braves, the 24-year-old right-hander is 8-2 with a 3.18 ERA. Killing worms is his M.O. Relying closely on a modified two-seamer, Elder has a 53.6% ground-ball price that ranks fifth-best amongst certified hurlers. Earlier this month, he was named an N.L. All-Star in his first full big-league season. When he’s not sinking fastballs, he’s sinking putts. Atlanta’s fifth-round choose within the 2020 draft, the University of Texas product is an achieved golfer who shoots within the mid-to-low 70s. More on that in a second. Elder discovered his sinker late in his freshman 12 months of school. He’d thrown a four-seamer in highschool, however missing plus velocity — his heater was, and stays...

Less than 48 hours later, the Mets confirmed simply how severe they're about that strategy. New York despatched Max Scherzer and roughly $36 million to Texas in trade for infield prospect Luisangel Acuña -- the brother of Braves famous person Ronald Acuña Jr. -- in a deal that shook the baseball world to its core. The Rangers pays Scherzer -- who exercised his $43.33 million possibility for 2024, which means he shall be with Texas by the tip of subsequent season -- $22.5 million of the roughly $59 million he’s owed, with the Mets selecting up the remaining $36 million of the deal. Now that Scherzer is now not in New York, the place does this depart the Mets and the commerce market? Flushing fireplace sale?Having already dealt Robertson and Scherzer, what's going to the Mets do subsequent? ...

The July non-waiver Trade Deadline was instituted in 1986. For the six many years prior, the Deadline was June 15. So the historical past of the July (or often early August) Deadline, as we all know it, is comparatively brief. But that does not imply it lacks dramatic offers. Some Deadline offers are overrated. Some are understated. Some transfer the needle instantly and a few are solely appreciated with the helpful lens of retrospect. Let's have a look again on the trades that despatched shockwaves throughout baseball. Here, with the assistance of hindsight, are my picks for the commerce recreation's 5 largest July Earth-shakers. It has been a few years since former basic supervisor Tony Reagins made this commerce for the Halos, and the membership remains to be feeling the constructive re...

PHOENIX -- They took further bases, they got here from behind, they manufactured a run once they wanted it most, because of their velocity and fearlessness. In quick, the D-backs on Saturday night time appeared just like the D-backs of outdated, and by outdated we imply simply final month. That’s once they had been on high of the NL West, exuding confidence and power whereas increase a file of 16 video games above .500. Times have been leaner since as they’ve compiled a 7-15 file in July, and that features Saturday’s 4-3 nail-biter over the Mariners in entrance of a raucous crowd of 44,472. “Any win is a good win, especially with the grind we’ve been through,” D-backs supervisor Torey Lovullo mentioned. Like with many of the Arizona wins of late, this one didn't come straightforward. They ...

SAN DIEGO -- Whatever path the Padres had been going to chart on the Trade Deadline, this a lot has appeared clear for some time: They had been going to take their time. Either course -- shopping for or promoting -- comes with critical implications for the franchise in 2023 and past. There was no motive to hurry issues. The Padres wished to assemble as a lot data as attainable earlier than they dedicated, a method or one other. So whereas commerce season kicked off in earnest a number of days in the past, the Padres have, to date, remained idle. In the meantime, a weekend sequence towards the first-place Rangers supplied one remaining likelihood for the crew to stake its declare as consumers earlier than the Deadline on Tuesday. Two video games gained’t outweigh the earlier 103. But the Pa...

LOS ANGELES -- Max Muncy’s affect is all the time felt. When he’s struggling, the Dodgers’ total manufacturing takes a major dip. But when Muncy is on one in all his sizzling stretches, he has the power to hold the load offensively.  Right now, he’s on a kind of sizzling streaks, and the Dodgers benefited from it probably the most on Saturday as Muncy’s 14th profession multihomer recreation was all they wanted within the 3-2 win over the Reds at Dodger Stadium. According to Elias, Muncy is the primary Dodgers participant since RBI turned an official stat in 1920 to file the entire group's hits and drive in the entire group's runs in a win (min. two hits). “Max is a big cog in what we're trying to do,” mentioned Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts. “It was pretty much Max Muncy and Emmet [Sheeh...