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SAN FRANCISCO — Shoes off and dropped close to the customer’s dugout in San Francisco, Christian Walker begins his barefoot stroll via the peerlessly manicured grass and makes his manner into proper area, the place he plops down for a much-needed dose of Vitamin D on a sunny, summer time Bay Area day. It’s a welcome probability for a superb stretch and recent air following a cross-country flight from Washington. ...

Jada Cooper, a participant on this 12 months’s Jennie Finch Classic throughout All-Star Week in Seattle, was just lately chosen because the second of 4 recipients to earn this 12 months’s esteemed Jennie Finch Empowerment Award. This award, which comes with a $10,000 scholarship test and a visit to the 2023 World Series, is given to a teenage softball participant who shouldn't be solely an awesome athlete, but in addition a scholar and a humanitarian. Out of the six traits of the Arm & Hammer JFEA -- humility, dedication, motivation, management, dedication and integrity -- humility and motivation are probably the most evident in Cooper. She talked about the place these come from and her mother’s response after she instructed her she received the award. “It’s so hype to be around [these...

Steven Branscombe-USA TODAY Sports I write to you, expensive readers, throughout the interregnum between the All-Star Game and the second half of the season. Soon sufficient, the main target of each baseball author in North America can be on the commerce deadline, and after that, the stretch run earlier than the playoffs. The season is mainly over already; goodness, how the time flies. Having spent many of the previous month concentrating on the draft and the NCAA match, I’m not fairly able to let go of that enjoyable midseason diversion. So I’ll spend that interregnum the way in which I spent the remainder of the All-Star break: working the draft question instrument on Baseball Reference. Today, we’re going to speak about shortstops. In Wednesday’s column on first-round catchers, I m...

This story was excerpted from Justice delos Santos’ Pirates Beat e-newsletter. To learn the total e-newsletter, click on right here. And subscribe to get it recurrently in your inbox. There is a plethora of adjectives that can be utilized to explain the Pirates’ first half. Boring isn’t one in every of them. There was a 20-9 begin adopted by a 21-40 skid. There was Andrew McCutchen getting his 2,000th profession hit and Henry Davis making his Major League debut. There was Mitch Keller making his first All-Star staff and David Bednar making it for the second 12 months in a row. And, for those who embrace the All-Star break, there was the Pirates choosing LSU pitcher Paul Skenes with the primary total decide. The second half can have its personal headlines. Oneil Cruz is on observe to return...

There's an pleasure within the air surrounding the Marlins nowadays. They come out of the All-Star break with the second-best document within the National League and the fourth-most wins within the Majors. Which implies that for the primary time since 2016, they count on to be consumers on the Trade Deadline. "That's what every team strives for at the start of every year is to be in contention at the Deadline, to try to see if there's ways they can improve the team down the stretch," stated assistant common supervisor Brian Chattin, who has been with the group since 1998. "We've been on the other side of that in the past, and so as we're heading into July, it's exciting and really meaningful to be playing these games now knowing that we're in it, and to have a chance to maybe do something ...

There little question might be some who rebound from sluggish begins to turn into second-half stars, whereas others will fade in the course of the depths of a scorching summer time. For now, although, here's a take a look at our newest Starting Pitcher Power Rankings, for which a panel of MLB.com voters thought-about observe document, season-long excellence and up to date efficiency. These are the very best starters within the sport, popping out of the All-Star break. 1. Framber Valdez, Astros (Last ballot: 2)Framber takes the throne, knocking Shane McClanahan from the highest spot. It’s the primary time in seven polls this season that the left-hander has ranked No. 1, and he's the fourth totally different pitcher to do it. A second-time All-Star this yr, Valdez leads the Majors with a 2.5...

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Now {that a} thrilling All-Star Game is behind us, it is time to look forward to what guarantees to be an incredible second half of the common season main as much as October. With a two-way famous person persevering with to do issues we have by no means seen earlier than, a grasp craftsman on the plate who has a official probability to hit .400 for the season, a number of shock contenders vying for the postseason and far more, the stretch run will likely be full of storylines to observe the remainder of the best way. Here's a take a look at seven second half storylines sure to captivate the baseball world within the months forward: What will Shohei do subsequent ... and the place? Angels two-way sensation Shohei Ohtani simply continues to dazzle us together with his dominance on the mound ...

Tyler Soderstrom and Zack Gelof have lengthy been considered as potential franchise cornerstones of the A’s. For each, the time is now. Soderstrom -- ranked Oakland’s No. 1 prospect and the No. 34 general prospect by MLB Pipeline -- and A's No. 3 prospect Gelof are each getting referred to as as much as the Majors, a supply informed MLB.com. Both are anticipated be part of the membership forward of Friday’s sequence opener in opposition to the Twins on the Coliseum. Soderstrom, 21, has flexed his muscle at Triple-A Las Vegas this season, main the Aviators with 20 homers together with 59 RBIs and a .839 OPS in 69 video games. The catcher/first baseman participated within the All-Star Futures Game at T-Mobile Park in Seattle final week. Gelof, 23, is batting .304 with a team-leading .930 OPS...

NEW YORK — The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres will play Major League Baseball’s first regular-season video games in South Korea, opening subsequent season in Seoul on March 20-21. ...