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The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Mookie Betts will compete within the All-Star Home Run Derby at Seattle’s T-Mobile Park on July 10, becoming a member of Seattle’s Julio Rodríguez and Toronto’s Vladimir Guerrero within the eight-man competitors. ...

This story was excerpted from Mark Bowman’s Braves Beat publication. To learn the total publication, click on right here. And subscribe to get it recurrently in your inbox. I’m actually not as assured as I used to be once I made this prediction in March. Olson is on tempo to hit 52 homers, which might eclipse Andruw Jones’ franchise document (51). Acuña is on tempo for 38 and Riley for 28. Why it would nonetheless occur: Acuña homered eight instances throughout the first 15 days of August in 2018 and tallied 10 homers throughout the identical span the next 12 months. It's attainable he may get pleasure from one other a type of early-August tears and set himself up for the second 40-homer season of his younger profession. As for Riley, he homered as soon as each 10.6 at-bats in July 2021 an...

Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports It’s robust to not choose on the Cardinals as of late. Last season, they received 93 video games and took the NL Central title with a crew that mixed robust offense, distinctive protection — lengthy a St. Louis custom — and good pitching; it was their fifteenth straight season above .500 and fourth in a row reaching the postseason. This 12 months, nevertheless, they’ve hung out because the NL’s worst crew, and whereas they’re now merely the third-worst, at 33-46 they’re going nowhere and impressing no person. An enormous and maybe undersold a part of the Cardinals’ drawback is the collapse of their vaunted protection, which has usually featured 5 gamers — first baseman Paul Goldschmidt, third baseman Nolan Arenado, outfielder Tyler O’Neill, and multipositi...

NEW YORK — Devin Williams struck out Starling Marte to strand the bases loaded within the ninth inning and the Milwaukee Brewers held on for a 3-2 victory over the Mets on Thursday night time, dropping New York a season-high 9 video games beneath .500 on the midway level. ...

This story was excerpted from Anthony DiComo's Mets Beat e-newsletter. To learn the total e-newsletter, click on right here. And subscribe to get it often in your inbox. During a routine hitters assembly at Citi Field this week, outfielder Tommy Pham steered that the Mets can do a greater job stealing bases. The timing of Pham’s remark might have appeared odd, contemplating the Mets had been within the midst of a document stolen-base streak that’s since elevated to 35 in a row with out anybody getting caught. Pham’s level was that given their success, the Mets must be working much more typically than they're. “It’s all about not getting caught though,” Pham mentioned. “You don’t want to just be running into outs. It’s all about stolen-base efficiency.” That evening, Alonso stole his thirte...

John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports The Rays have been actually good this 12 months, however their bullpen has not. And this has come regardless of them largely sticking to their technique of deploying relievers with all kinds of various launch factors: two sidearm righties in Kevin Kelly and Ryan Thompson, one sidearm lefty in Jake Diekman, an over-the-top righty in Pete Fairbanks, and an over-the-top lefty in Jalen Beeks. This technique has succeeded prior to now: from 2020 to ’22, Rays relievers have by no means posted an ERA increased than 3.37; their collective ERA of three.31 in that span is second solely to the Dodgers (whose bullpen additionally occurs to be struggling this 12 months); and their FIP of three.71 ranks third. This 12 months, issues are completely different. Even...

PITTSBURGH — A recreation between the Pittsburgh Pirates and San Diego Padres was delayed 45 minutes Thursday on account of poor air circumstances brought on by lingering smoke from wildfires in Canada. ...

We’ve solely reached the midway level of the baseball season, however it already seems like a lot greater than that, as if we’ve crammed a complete season’s price of motion and pleasure into the primary 81 video games, earlier than we even reached the Fourth of July. Because of every part that’s occurred and due to the best way the rule adjustments have labored, it seems like this could be one of the best first half we’ve ever seen. Here are simply a few of the issues which have occurred thus far -- and belief me, that is the brief record -- lower than two weeks away from the All-Star Game in Seattle: 1. Shohei Ohtani continues to make historical pastHe continues to be a once-in-a-hundred-years expertise. He leads baseball in dwelling runs with 29 and has an OPS of 1.058 with 66 RBIs. Oh, ...

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Andrew McCutchen’s newest “furries” tweet, the Pirates taking part in by means of a excessive AQI and the necessity for a security customary, Domingo Germán’s good recreation and the state of the Yankees, Yandy Díaz turning again into Ground Beef, Shohei Ohtani lapping his league and surprisingly struggling on the plate with two strikes, and the Orioles’ Pride Night, then (1:02:25) reply listener emails about pointing big followers on the subject, an official scoring determination on a Luis Arraez single, whether or not the Reds ought to have known as up Elly De La Cruz sooner, whether or not contending groups ought to purpose for playoff matchups with the Central division winners, and whether or not taking part in MLB The Show may have an eff...

Over the final two years, the Washington Nationals have been the belle of the ball at MLB’s commerce deadline. That’s when occurs when a crew has stars like Juan Soto, Max Scherzer and Trea Turner and is open for enterprise. Everyone desires a dance.  ...