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TORONTO -- The Blue Jays’ rotation is on skinny ice, however they appear to maintain stepping in all the best locations. The cracks began to indicate when Alek Manoah was despatched to the membership’s advanced in Dunedin, Fla., to rebuild himself. Immediately, the Blue Jays have been left taking a look at a jarring lack of MLB-ready rotation depth, so that they turned to reliever Trevor Richards. It’s labored higher than anybody may have anticipated, however the long-term reply nonetheless probably includes some exterior assist, with the Trade Deadline simply over a month away. Richards nailed the task once more in a 6-1 win over the Giants on Wednesday evening at Rogers Centre, giving the Blue Jays three scoreless innings earlier than handing the ball off to Bowden Francis and mates. Ric...

BRADENTON, Fla. — Philadelphia Phillies prospect Noah Song pitched an ideal inning Wednesday evening for Class A Clearwater in his first recreation since becoming a member of the group in February from the U.S. Navy. ...

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Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports Out of all 323 gamers who attended final week’s MLB Draft Combine, I used to be solely aware of a couple of earlier than setting foot in Arizona. I’d watched highlights of some highschool prospects, caught a number of faculty gamers on TV. But the primary participant on the mix I’d seen in individual was neither an all-SEC participant nor a highschool showcase monster, however a junior outfielder from Princeton University named Scott Bandura. If you had been conscious of baseball and had fundamental cable in the summertime of 2014, you’ve most likely seen him play too. One of my first large journeys as a younger reporter was to Williamsport, Pennsylvania, in 2014. There I witnessed the largest media circus of any Little League World Series since. T...

SEATTLE — Washington Nationals supervisor Dave Martinez was ejected within the sixth inning of Wednesday’s sport towards the Seattle Mariners for arguing a play on the plate the place Keibert Ruiz was referred to as out for working out of the baseline. ...

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Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports The picture you simply scrolled previous is {a photograph} {of professional} baseball participant Bryce Harper. You would possibly keep in mind him from dwelling runs like this 2019 walk-off grand slam or his rain-soaked, NLCS-clinching blast. Indeed, Harper has hit 288 regular-season dwelling runs and one other 11 within the playoffs since making his massive league debut. Only 9 gamers have hit extra in that point. His profession .519 slugging share ranks twelfth amongst lively certified batters, and his .239 remoted energy ranks fifteenth. His most exit velocity has been within the prime 10% of the league for seven years straight. Long story brief, this Harper man is without doubt one of the most fearsome energy hitters of his technology. So why am I...

ATLANTA (AP) - Matt Olson homered late and doubled in an early run and the Atlanta Braves received their fifth straight sport, beating the Minnesota Twins 3-0 Wednesday for a sequence sweep. ...

Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports Want a very good instance of how powerful it's to pitch? Look at Sandy Alcantara. He was the consensus NL Cy Young final yr, with a 2.28 ERA accrued throughout a whopping 228.2 innings. Stamina, command, grounders, and strikeouts: what extra might you ask for? I had him tenth on final season’s Trade Value Series and if something, the consensus suggestions I acquired rated him much more extremely. Of course, the nice instances didn’t proceed, which is why I’m writing this text. Alcantara has been downright atypical this yr – he got here into final night time’s recreation with a 5.08 ERA. He’s strolling extra batters, putting out fewer, and getting fewer grounders. He’s averaging fewer innings per begin. Every single brilliant gentle in Alcantara’s 2022 effi...

DENVER — Clayton Kershaw carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning, J.D. Martinez homered twice to succeed in 300 for his profession, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 5-0 on Tuesday evening. ...