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DENVER -- The Dodgers shall be well-represented within the 2023 All-Star Game introduced by Mastercard, set for July 11 in Seattle. On Thursday, it was introduced that outfielder Mookie Betts, first baseman Freddie Freeman and designated hitter J.D. Martinez have been all named starters for the National League within the Midsummer Classic at T-Mobile Park. This is the primary time the Dodgers have three or extra non-pitcher starters in an All-Star Game since 1980, once they had 4 with Steve Garvey, Davey Lopes, Bill Russell and Reggie Smith. The trio went on to indicate precisely why they earned that honor, combining for eight hits and eight RBIs within the Dodgers’ 14-3 blowout win over the Rockies on Thursday night time at Coors Field. The begin of the rubber recreation was delayed by pr...

Todd Tichenor would be the house plate umpire and crew chief for the All-Star Game at Seattle’s T-Mobile Park on July 11. Tichenor, 46, shall be wor...

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Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports I don’t know if this occurs to my colleagues, however I get hooked up to the gamers I write about. I can’t assist it. Cormac McCarthy as soon as wrote, “Things separate from their stories have no meaning,” and I’ve discovered that studying a participant’s story, even when it’s simply the story of why they should lay off the slider, is sufficient to imbue them with an additional layer of that means. Last 12 months, I wrote about Jose Altuve after each the ALDS and the ALCS. It made me really feel extra linked to him, and throughout the World Series, every time he got here to the plate when my fiancée was within the room, I’d say, “That’s my little guy!” I actually stated that (and he or she actually married me anyway). Back in spring coaching, I wrot...

TORONTO — Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. goes again to the Home Run Derby. Guerrero stated Thursday he'll take part within the July 10 occa...

ST. LOUIS -- Considering the variety of accidents the Astros have suffered this season, an 88-win tempo on the precise midpoint of the season isn’t a trigger for alarm. Of course, the expectations are a lot increased regardless of who’s on the sphere for the Astros, who've gained a minimum of 100 video games in 4 of the earlier 5 full seasons. The Astros, who bought 5 RBIs from Kyle Tucker, an Alex Bregman grand slam and 7 scoreless innings from rookie starter J.P. France in Thursday’s 14-0 blowout of the Cardinals at Busch Stadium, seem to have put their worst stretch of baseball -- dropping 10 of 13 video games earlier this month -- behind them. Now comes their greatest collection of the season -- towards the first-place Texas Rangers. The defending World Series champions have spent many...

Joe Puetz-USA TODAY Sports It’s now not early. Whether or not one considers the preseason prognostications in regards to the Cardinals being contenders getting into the 2023 season to be effectively or ill-conceived, they’re definitely not contenders now. Reassurances that it was nonetheless early within the season now not work with baseball approaching the midway level and the All-Star break. Wednesday evening’s collapse within the eighth inning in opposition to the Astros dropped St. Louis to 33–46, giving the group a four-game cushion within the ignominious contest to be the worst within the NL Central. The solely silver lining is a tragic one: in a sea of humiliations, no one notices one other bucket being bailed into it. The Cardinals’ playoff probabilities haven’t really evapora...

NEW YORK — Mike Trout will see a bunch of recent faces surrounding him at this yr’s All-Star Game. The Los Angeles Angels heart fielder was chosen f...

OAKLAND -- It's going to take greater than only one standout efficiency to fill the Aaron Judge-sized gap within the Yankees' lineup. But the Bronx Bombers have proven that if everybody chips in, they will make lots of noise within the absence of their captain. One day after backing Domingo Germán with 11 runs -- the most in any excellent sport in AL/NL historical past -- the Yankees romped en path to a 10-4 victory over the A's on Thursday afternoon on the Coliseum, securing their third straight sequence win. "We were able to just keep passing the baton," stated Isiah Kiner-Falefa, who drove in three runs. "I think that's the biggest thing right now, is not trying to do too much. Just trying to do some small things and let the next guy behind us do the job." After New York dropped Tuesday...

Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY Sports In 2021, the Mariners referred to as up Logan Gilbert, their no. 3 prospect on the time; he has compiled a tidy 7.0 WAR throughout almost 400 innings during the last three years. Last yr, the Mariners referred to as up George Kirby, their no. 3 prospect on the time; he was a key member of the rotation that helped break Seattle’s two-decade-long postseason drought. With Luis Castillo becoming a member of the rotation on the commerce deadline final season after which signing a five-year extension in September, Robbie Ray heading into the second yr of his five-year deal he signed previous to the 2022 season, and Marco Gonzales consuming innings in the back of the rotation, Seattle entered this season with a beginning 5 that gave the impression to be the mos...