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Katie Stratman-USA TODAY Sports Spencer Steer is rising as a strong huge league hitter. One of three prospects acquired by the Cincinnati Reds from the Minnesota Twins eventually August’s commerce deadline in change for Tyler Mahle — Christian Encarnacion-Strand and Steve Hajjar have been the others — Steer is slashing .289/.356/.498 with a 124 wRC+ over 225 plate appearances. One yr after homering 23 occasions between two minor league ranges, and twice extra after a September call-up, he’s gone deep eight occasions in 2023. Eric Longenhagen has been bullish on his bat. Back in January, our lead prospect analyst wrote that the 25-year-old nook infielder has “a well-rounded hit/patience/power toolkit,” including that he's “a good hitter who will stabilize an infield spot in Cincinnati ...

MIAMI — Gary Sánchez began at catcher and batted seventh in his first recreation with the San Diego Padres. A day after he was claimed off waivers f...

MIAMI -- It began out with a stroll. Well, technically it began with eight scoreless innings. But when it actually mattered, it was a leadoff stroll within the ninth inning that received the ball rolling for the Marlins on Wednesday evening at loanDepot park. Entering the ninth inning, down one run and having floor into three double performs, Miami was in want of the clutch hitting that had eluded the membership of late. Rather than flip to the bench, supervisor Skip Schumaker put his belief in the course of his lineup. And it paid off. Stringing collectively that leadoff stroll, a sac bunt, two singles and a stolen base off of San Diego’s Josh Hader, one of many premier closers in baseball, the Marlins put an emphatic exclamation mark on the month of May and walked off the Padres, 2-1, to...

CHICAGO — Romy González simply would possibly play his manner into an even bigger function with the Chicago White Sox. If he retains connecting like this, supervisor Pedro Grifol may have no selection. ...

The climate is heating up, and the baseball season is in full swing. As we enter June, it’s time to take a superb have a look at the standings. Of course there’s nonetheless loads of baseball left, however traits that started in April have solidified additional in May. Just a few third of the way in which into the season, it’s time to actually take into consideration whether or not our present division leaders are for actual. Let’s check out these leaders and what the postseason discipline might appear like come October. Note, all stats under exclude the shortened 2020 season and as a substitute have a look at full seasons for the influence and postseason implications. What it means to be in first place Since 1996 -- the primary full season with at the very least one Wild Card in every lea...

When 6-foot-6, 247-pound right-hander Paul Skenes steps on the mound at LSU’s Alex Box Stadium - as he'll this weekend within the NCAA baseball event - sellout crowds 13,000 sturdy buzz with anticipation of 100 mph fastballs and strikeouts galore. ...

BOSTON -- Spencer Steer reveals no indicators of slowing down … and regardless of the calendar flipping to June, neither does his Mustache May. Steer continued his sturdy season with a go-ahead two-run homer en path to a 5-4 Reds victory over the Red Sox on Wednesday night time at Fenway Park to present Cincinnati its fifth straight win and simply its second sequence win over Boston, with the primary coming within the 1975 World Series. Steer’s blast got here with two outs within the seventh inning on a 2-2 pitch from Red Sox reliever Josh Winckowski, leaving the bat at 101.6 mph and touring a Statcast-projected 382 ft into the entrance row of seats atop the Green Monster. “Yeah, that one was pretty sweet, that one felt good,” Steer mentioned. “Don’t usually show a lot of emotion when I pl...

Chicago Cubs starter Justin Steele left Wednesday’s recreation in opposition to the Tampa Bay Rays after three innings due to left forearm tightness. ...

SEATTLE -- Cal Raleigh is making a behavior of epic Mariners walk-offs. Seattle’s burly backstop ripped a 107.1 mph RBI single within the backside of the tenth inning on Wednesday to interrupt a scoreless tie in a tense recreation with the Yankees and assist Seattle keep away from a sweep with a 1-0 win. The massive knock, which scored automated runner José Caballero, occurred practically eight months to the day after his walk-off homer ended the Mariners’ 21-year postseason drought final fall. Raleigh’s efforts backed essentially the most good outing but from second-year starter George Kirby, who tossed eight shutout innings and walked a tightrope of zero run assist. Kirby surrendered simply three hits and no walks whereas placing out seven and permitting only one runner to succeed in sco...

Ed Szczepanski-USA TODAY Sports Owning a baseball crew isn’t work in any significant sense. If it have been, John J. Fisher can be out of a job by now. Fisher’s Athletics are on tempo to have the worst single-season report of any AL or NL crew since 1899. It’s not even June but and so they’re 24 1/2 video games out of first place and 18 video games out of third. Their 4-23 report in divisional play has floated each different crew within the AL West over .500. Only one certified starter, Jordan Lyles, has an ERA worse than Oakland’s crew ERA. The baseball stinks, and satirically, A’s followers are seeing extra of it anybody else. There isn't any relaxation for the weary. The story {of professional} baseball for the reason that 2010s has been that of a divorce between aggressive and mon...