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CHICAGO -- During his pregame media session on Monday, Angels supervisor Phil Nevin mentioned there was a “fairly good chance” Ben Joyce would make his Major League debut later that night. Whether Nevin might have ready the 22-year-old flamethrower for the state of affairs he was known as on for or not, the membership's No. 9 prospect dealt with it like a 10-year veteran. Joyce, who was known as up from Double-A Rocket City on Sunday, entered within the seventh inning with the Angels clinging to a one-run lead over the White Sox. He pitched a scoreless body -- placing out a pair of batters whereas firing triple-digit fastball after triple-digit fastball -- in Los Angeles’ 6-4 win at Guaranteed Rate Field. “Ideally, yeah, you want to have a soft landing,” Nevin mentioned. “But, hey, that's ...

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Pete Alonso‘s, um, emergency swing, the activations (6:25) of four players (Liam Hendriks, Michael Soroka, Paul Blackburn, and Royce Lewis), the small leads in most divisions (12:03) and the leveling out of the league (A’s apart), José Abreu‘s first homer “trot” of the season, and an umpire comment caught on a hot mic. Then (40:15) they answer a listener email about the ball’s liveliness and comply with up on just a few different electronic mail solutions, carry on Rob Mains (57:35) of Baseball Prospectus to Stat Blast concerning the zombie runner’s impression on dwelling area benefit and talk about the origins of the DL’s rechristening to “injured list” (1:18:45), and comply with a Past Blast from 2013 (1:27:27) with banter about Andrew McCut...

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Aaron Judge homers twice in opener vs. Mariners n","providerName":"Twitter","providerUrl":"https://twitter.com","type":"rich","width":550},"type":"oembed"},"__typename":"Markdown","content":"Boone mentioned that he believes Judge could also be underrated defensively and will ultimately win a Gold Glove Award, one of many few particular person honors left on his to-do record.nn“I take pride in my defense,” Judge mentioned. “From throwing to bases to trying to make plays at the wall, cutting balls off. People can say what they want, but I’m still going to go out there and do what I do.”","type":"markdown","__typename":"Video","contentDate":"2023-05-30T06:36:39.891Z","description":"Aaron Judge discusses his efficien...

Michael Soroka makes Atlanta Braves 2023 season debut n","providerName":"Twitter","providerUrl":"https://twitter.com","type":"oembed","width":550,"contentType":"rich"},"__typename":"Markdown","content":"When Soroka was first sidelined, he was coming off an All-Star 2019 marketing campaign. The Braves' righty completed second in National League Rookie of the Year voting and sixth in NL Cy Young Award voting, posting a 2.68 ERA over 29 begins.nnThere's no assure that Soroka can persistently carry out at that stage, however with Max Fried and Kyle Wright probably sidelined till July, he has an opportunity to show that he belongs in Atlanta's rotation for good.nnFor the time being, Soroka hopes that he can put the pr...

Big Ten Tournament champion Maryland is headed to the NCAA Regionals for the third yr in a row and can play within the Winston-Salem Regional beginning on Friday. ...

Contrary to what your reminiscence may inform you, the Rangers have in truth made the postseason since their crushing loss within the 2011 World Series, throughout which they had been one strike away from successful their first championship. One strike away, twice. They’ve reached the playoffs 3 times since then: A Wild Card Game loss to the Orioles in 2012, a five-game ALDS loss to the Blue Jays in ‘15 and a sweep at the hands of Toronto again the following season. So the Rangers have been there. It has just been a while, and they didn’t do a lot of something once they obtained there. You’re forgiven for presumably forgetting. We deliver all this up, as a result of holy cow, look the place the Rangers are. They have reached the No. 2 spot in our Power Rankings after one other terrific wee...

LOS ANGELES — J.D. Martinez hit a three-run homer and Freddie Freeman had a two-run double through the Dodgers’ six-run fifth inning, and Los Angeles rolled to a 6-1 victory over the Washington Nationals on Monday evening. ...

This match felt like an apparent one from the second Sánchez was designated for project by the Mets final week, and it got here to fruition on Monday. The Padres claimed Sánchez off waivers from New York in an try and bolster their underperforming catching state of affairs. For Sánchez, it marks his third group of the season. He started the yr with the Giants, although he by no means performed a sport for them, earlier than becoming a member of the Mets, the place he had one hit in six at-bats. A nine-year veteran and a two-time All-Star with the Yankees, the 30-year-old Sánchez has largely struggled over the previous 4 seasons. But he was a worthwhile pickup for a group that has gotten the game's worst manufacturing from its backstops this season, in line with fWAR. "At the catching spot,...

Washington Nationals pitcher MacKenzie Gore’s final two begins are good examples of why he’s a piece in progress — and why his progress may very well be well worth the wait. In his May 23 outing in opposition to the San Diego Padres, Gore piled pitches up, surrendered two house runs and was in the end pulled within the fifth inning in a 7-4 loss.  ...