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Joey Meneses homered for the third consecutive day, Patrick Corbin earned his first residence victory since May 20, and the Washington Nationals defeated the Texas Rangers 7-2 on Sunday. ...

Blue Jays nearer Jordan Romano has made his second All-Star staff. Romano will change Astros right-hander Framber Valdez, who pitched Saturday, on the American League roster. Entering Sunday's motion, Romano has a 2.95 ERA and 47 strikeouts throughout 36 2/3 innings. He shares the league lead in saves (25) with Cleveland's Emmanuel Clase. The last-minute honors are nothing new for Romano -- that is the second consecutive season through which he is had an abrupt change of plans the Sunday earlier than the break, having changed Gerrit Cole on the AL All-Star staff hours earlier than the Blue Jays took the sector for his or her ultimate recreation of the primary half in 2022. With the addition of Romano, the Blue Jays will now have 5 gamers making the journey to Seattle. The right-hander join...

CLEVELAND — Kansas City Royals pitcher Ryan Yarbrough is returning to the mound Sunday to begin towards Cleveland in his first main league sport because the left-hander was hit within the face with a line drive two months in the past. ...

July 9: LHP José Alvarado (left elbow irritation) positioned on 15-day IL; RHP Andrew Bellatti recalled from Triple-A Lehigh ValleyThe Phillies' bullpen took a success on Sunday, as Alvarado has been stellar this season. The left-hander has a 1.38 ERA with 39 strikeouts and simply 9 walks in 26 innings. The Phillies have received 20 of the 26 video games by which he is appeared. This is his second stint on the IL for left elbow irritation in 2023. Bellatti, who has pitched in 15 video games for the Phillies this season, had a 1.20 ERA in Triple-A with a 16/3 Ok/BB ratio in 15 innings. LHP José Alvarado (left elbow irritation)Expected return: TBDHaving a profession season with a 1.38 ERA and 6 saves, left-hander Alvarado is on the shelf for the second time this season attributable to elbow ...

Eric Longenhagen Top Prospects Series Below is an evaluation of the prospects within the farm system of the Texas Rangers. Scouting studies have been compiled with info offered by {industry} sources in addition to my very own observations. This is the third 12 months we’re delineating between two anticipated reduction roles, the abbreviations for which you’ll see within the “position” column beneath: MIRP for multi-inning reduction pitchers, and SIRP for single-inning reduction pitchers. The ETAs listed typically correspond to the 12 months a participant needs to be added to the 40-man roster to keep away from being made eligible for the Rule 5 draft. Manual changes are made the place they appear applicable, however I take advantage of that as a rule of thumb. A fast overview of w...

PHOENIX — Major League Baseball has made the video games sooner, the bases larger and protection a bit bit more durable. Now, if it might solely do ...

Long earlier than Pete Alonso, Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge, Julio Rodríguez and different modern sluggers thrilled us with their prodigious energy throughout All-Star Home Run Derby competitions, one title towered above the remaining within the annals of Derby lore: No one has received as many Derby titles as Griffey’s three. The mixture of his immaculate swing, his capacity to ship beneath strain, his standing as probably the most thrilling participant within the recreation and, in fact, that backwards cap, made him a Derby legend the likes of which we haven’t seen since. With the Home Run Derby going down in Seattle for the primary time in additional than 20 years, Griffey’s memorable performances within the eight Derbies he participated in from 1990-2000 will function a becoming backdrop...

Grant Anderson had an especially-memorable MLB debut earlier this season. Pitching in Detroit on May 30, the 26-year-old Texas Rangers right-hander entered the sport within the fifth inning and promptly fanned Zach McKinstry to strand an inherited runner at second base. He then returned to the mound within the sixth and struck out the aspect. In the seventh, he induced a line-out adopted by a pair of punch-outs. In the eighth, one more strikeout was adopted by a Miguel Cabrera single that ended his night. All informed, the sidearming rookie had confronted 9 batters and fanned seven of them. He was credited with the win in Texas’s 10-6 victory. He may have been working in a rubber plant as an alternative. On two events — one in all them as just lately as this spring — Anderson signific...

HOUSTON -- The Astros’ fiftieth win of the season was actually in contrast to any of the earlier 49. They managed only one hit after the primary inning, wanted an incredible escape job from reliever Hector Neris and have been bailed out by catcher Martín Maldonado, who was in an 0-for-21 droop. Moments after Neris pitched his approach into -- and out of -- a bases-loaded jam within the eighth, Maldonado slugged a solo homer to left area off reliever Andrés Muñoz to ship the Astros to a 3-2 win over the Mariners on Saturday night time at Minute Maid Park. “We needed it very badly against them,” Astros supervisor Dusty Baker mentioned. “We were 1-4 [vs. Seattle] going into today and ... we wanted to pick up a game or two this weekend. And the fact Texas lost. I didn’t think they had a good c...

SEATTLE -- As Nasim Nuñez stepped to the plate for his first at-bat Saturday, the 22-year-old appeared round T-Mobile Park, taking in a giant league environment for the primary time in his younger profession. “I took it all in,” Nuñez stated. “It was amazing.” There had been hundreds of individuals within the stands, an higher deck that gamers don’t get to see within the Minors, and a buzz that doesn’t are inclined to occur in Double-A. The last item he checked out, nonetheless, was the dust within the batter’s field, reminding him that at its core, a Major League discipline continues to be only a baseball discipline. “That's why I looked at the dirt,” Nuñez stated. “So I know where my feet are.” It wasn’t lengthy earlier than Nuñez was utilizing these ft to race to second base as he shot ...