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NEW YORK -- Aaron Judge continued to look good in exercises on the Yankees’ advanced in Tampa, Fla., and the membership is hopeful that it might have the reigning American League MVP again within the lineup as quickly as Friday towards the Orioles in Baltimore. Yankees supervisor Aaron Boone stated after Wednesday's 3-1 victory over the Mets that he didn't know if Judge can be activated for the Baltimore sequence, however he acknowledged that Judge traveled again to New York through the sport. The New York Post reported earlier within the day that "barring a late setback," Judge might be with the Bombers at Camden Yards. “I do not know but," Boone said. "He got here again right here; he is again in New York and we'll see the place we're at [Thursday]. I'm unsure if he'll run by a exercise ...

Steven Bisig-USA TODAY Sports Marcelo Mayer has a promising bat and one of many highest ceilings within the minors. No. 1 on our Red Sox Top Prospects checklist, and no. 9 in baseball general, the left-handed-hitting shortstop is batting in the midst of a Double-A lineup whereas nonetheless 5 months shy of his twenty first birthday. Promoted to Portland from High-A Greenville in late May, the young-for-his-level infielder is slashing .249/.318/.457 with 13 house runs and a 107 wRC+ between the 2 stops. His pedigree is that of a first-rounder. Taken fourth general by Boston in 2021 out of Chula Vista, California’s Eastlake High School, he had been projected by many prognosticators to go even greater. And for good purpose. As Eric Longenhagen wrote in that yr’s draft recap, Mayer introd...

New York Yankees rumors n","providerName":"Twitter","providerUrl":"https://twitter.com","type":"oembed","width":550,"contentType":"rich"},"__typename":"Markdown","content":"**July 17: Yanks in search of upgrades throughout a number of positions** nAt 50-44, the Yankees enter the center of July within the AL East basement (9 video games again), however are solely two video games behind the surging Astros for the AL's last Wild Card spot. That stated, the Yankees are nonetheless available in the market to seize some reinforcements, as MLB.com's Mark Feinsand reported Monday that the Yankees are looking for to improve their outfield, catching, beginning rotation and bullpen.nnThe greatest fish amongst these positions is Angels' ...

Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports Just to get this out of the best way: I actually do not know if this gimmick is humorous to all of you, and I don’t care. I feel it’s humorous, and so does Mike Baumann. The Orioles righthander and I've identified of one another since he was enjoying at Jacksonville University and I used to be protecting school baseball; I’d interviewed him twice for the Ringer MLB Show, as soon as when he was drafted in 2017 and as soon as extra after he made his large league debut in September 2021. But each these interviews have been accomplished remotely; it wasn’t till this week that we met in individual. The Orioles simply got here to Philadelphia for a three-game sequence, so I made a degree to go meet the opposite Michael Baumann. (I scanned the BBWAA badge list...

Red Sox full comeback to defeat Braves n","providerName":"Twitter","providerUrl":"https://twitter.com","type":"oembed","width":550,"contentType":"rich"},"__typename":"Markdown","content":"“It’s at all times good momentum while you win the sequence,” mentioned Cora. “It's a long flight. And I know the guys are gonna have fun, hopefully they don't lose too much money playing cards and just be ready to play a tough team in San Fran. They're really good.”","sort":"textual content"],"contentType":"news","subHeadline":"Boston scores 5 unanswered runs in its last three innings to brush Atlanta","abstract":"BOSTON -- Three runs within the gap is normally nothing on a heat, summer season night time at Fenway Park. But on Wednesday, wit...

Starting pitching is all the time in excessive demand across the Trade Deadline, with contenders on the lookout for that one arm who could make a distinction within the postseason race or put them excessive of their hunt for a World Series championship. This yr's crop of beginning pitcher commerce choices might be pretty sturdy, particularly if bubble groups such because the Padres and Mets take part on the sale. Here are the highest 16 beginning pitchers who've been floated as doable commerce candidates this yr, ranked based mostly on their capacity to assist a rotation in 2023 and past. (All stats are by way of Tuesday.) 1) Dylan Cease, RHP, White SoxContract standing: controllable by way of 2025 Cease’s ERA (4.04) is up practically two runs from his dazzling 2.20 mark in 2022, however h...

Carlos Rodón earns first Yankees win in opposition to Mets n","providerName":"Twitter","providerUrl":"https://twitter.com","type":"oembed","width":550,"contentType":"rich"},"__typename":"Markdown","content":"Oswald Peraza, Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Anthony Volpe drove in early runs off Mets starter José Quintana because the Yankees received for the fourth time in 5 video games, establishing a key showdown this weekend in opposition to the American League East-leading Orioles in Baltimore that could include Aaron Judge’s return.nn“I think we’re getting the big guy back, so I’m really excited and we’ll see what happens,” Kiner-Falefa said. “His presence when he’s not even playing is huge, so to have him back in the lineup, it’s goi...

We all know what contending groups might be in search of forward of the Trade Deadline, and that’s the identical factor they’re at all times in search of: pitching, particularly aid pitching, and perhaps a bench bat to fill a particular function, like hitting lefties or taking part in shortstop. It’s the identical yearly. But baseball in 2023 is not like something you’ve ever seen earlier than, as a result of it’s the primary 12 months below the new guidelines. Stolen bases are up. Speed is in -- and common managers are overtly speaking about how they’ve been making an attempt to construct their rosters to be just a little extra athletic, and just a little sooner. Speed, by itself, received’t flip a dropping workforce right into a profitable workforce. But come October, it’s not that arduo...

HOUSTON -- Marcus Semien is often as calm and regular as they arrive. But the Rangers’ star second baseman felt like he was deliberately hit by Astros starter Framber Valdez throughout Wednesday evening’s sequence finale. So he wore his feelings on his sleeve, sharing phrases with Valdez and with catcher Martín Maldonado. Then he hopped in celebration onto house plate when Adolis García put an exclamation level onto the 13-5 sequence finale win by hitting a grand slam onto the prepare tracks at Minute Maid Park. “Any time a guy gets hit, it's between the pitcher and the catcher, the manager, whoever. Whoever's decision it was,” Semien mentioned. “I obtained hit. It was on function. I'm not going to simply take that. “It definitely fueled us. We got the win when we needed it most.” The skip...

Edgar Quero, Ky Bush traded to White Sox n","providerName":"Twitter","providerUrl":"https://twitter.com","type":"oembed","width":550,"contentType":"rich"},"__typename":"Markdown","content":"Bush, 23, was the No. 3 prospect within the Angels system per MLB Pipeline. He is 1-3 with a 5.88 ERA and 33 strikeouts (11.4 per 9.0 IP) in six begins this season with Rocket City. Over his previous three outings, Bush is 1-1 with a 1.84 ERA and 17 strikeouts.nnLong-term positioning figures into the event equation for each, with Quero being one of many youthful gamers within the Southern League, based on Hahn.nn“So, to say he’s going to be on the Opening Day roster in ‘24 is a tick aggressive,” Hahn stated. “Both he and Bush have the abili...