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DENVER — Kris Bryant went deep for the second straight recreation, one among 4 house runs by Colorado, and the Rockies beat the Chicago Cubs 7-3 on Wednesday for his or her first sequence win in a month. ...

BOSTON -- Chaim Bloom’s run because the chief baseball officer of the Red Sox has ended, the membership introduced previous to Thursday’s day-night doubleheader towards the Yankees. With the Red Sox in peril of ending in final place within the American League East for the third time in 4 years since Bloom took over baseball operations within the fall of 2019, the membership determined this was the time to make a change. Bloom was knowledgeable of the information by principal proprietor John Henry, chairman Tom Werner and president/CEO Sam Kennedy. “While parting ways is not taken lightly, today signals a new direction for our club,” stated Henry in a press launch. “Our organization has significant expectations on the field and while Chaim’s efforts in revitalizing our baseball infrastructu...

  Dan Szymborski is a senior author for FanGraphs and the developer of the ZiPS projection system. He was a author for ESPN.com from 2010-2018, an everyday visitor on a variety of radio exhibits and podcasts, and a voting BBWAA member. He additionally maintains a horrible Twitter account at @DSzymborski. Content Source: blogs.fangraphs.com

PHILADELPHIA — Marcell Ozuna and Ronald Acuña Jr. might need ruffled some feathers in Philadelphia this week once they flapped their arms throughout house run trots - a nod to giving the ball “wings” on the lengthy balls - however not a lot within the Phillies’ clubhouse. ...

You will be forgiven if in case you have not thought concerning the American League Central shortly. There was nobody within the division with a file over .500 as just lately as July 14, it has been practically a month since any staff was nearer than 5 video games of the division chief and, let’s face it, when the second-place staff trades away one among its greatest pitchers on the Trade Deadline, it’s troublesome to take a position an excessive amount of emotional capital within the each day push-and-pull of the division standings. That’s why, when individuals speak concerning the prime contenders within the American League, the Minnesota Twins not often come up. This regardless of that incontrovertible fact that they’re assured to host a playoff collection, and that, quietly, they’ve be...

Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports Earlier this month, Orioles supervisor Brandon Hyde stood within the visiting dugout at Chase Field and solid a furtive look towards the warning observe the place his gamers started to heat. “I haven’t seen a baseball thrown today and it’s already 3:15,” he stated. Even right here, three time zones away from the comfy climes of Camden Yards, the duties of an enormous league supervisor had pulled him in each course. So many individuals had popped into his workplace – entrance workplace members, coaches, reporters, gamers – he’d barely discovered time to shed his avenue garments and don his uniform. At the helm of the group with the most effective report within the American League, Hyde is a transparent frontrunner to be named AL Manager of the Year, an a...

MILWAUKEE -- Finding perspective within the face of adversity isn’t straightforward, however Marlins catcher Jacob Stallings supplied some after Tuesday’s loss to the Brewers. Miami had misplaced the primary two video games in Milwaukee and had been outscored by 9 runs. “We’ve been a resilient group all year,” Stallings mentioned. “We’ve had a lot tougher than two bad games in a row. Overcome injury, overcome longer losing streaks, longer tough stretches. I’m pretty confident we’ll come back tomorrow and be better.” That season-long theme of resiliency confirmed up as soon as once more Wednesday. The Marlins knocked off the Brewers, 2-0, at American Family Field to choose up an enormous win of their push for the postseason. “It’s big, really big,” mentioned rookie infielder Xavier Edwards,...

Ronald Acuña Jr. has the type of numbers that make the younger Atlanta Braves star a no-doubter for the National League MVP award. Then once more, s...

NEW YORK -- Coming off the primary nine-inning full recreation of his profession in his earlier begin towards the Cubs, the joy round Zac Gallen couldn’t have been larger within the D-backs' clubhouse. Prior to Wednesday night time’s contest vs. the Mets, pitching coach Brent Strom raved about Gallen -- a prime candidate for the National League Cy Young Award -- and the way he and Merrill Kelly have supplied stability in an unsettled rotation. “We have our version of our top two, and they’re going to step up these last few games,” Strom stated. “Obviously, these next two games are vital for us against the Mets before we go home.” But Wednesday night time proved to be the alternative of what Arizona wanted. Gallen bumped into bother within the D-backs' 7-1 loss at Citi Field, giving up seve...

LOS ANGELES -- At this level within the season and with the division lead they’ve constructed, it’s a matter of when, not if, the Dodgers win their tenth National League West title in 11 seasons.  But as has been the case these previous few seasons, the Dodgers will use the previous few weeks finding out by way of some questions earlier than they make a run at a second World Series title in 4 years.  One of these questions is how they’ll line up in opposition to left-handed pitching in October – and in the event that they’ll have sufficient firepower. In a 6-1 loss to the Padres on Wednesday at Dodger Stadium, the Dodgers had no solutions for Padres ace Blake Snell, who represents the standard of pitcher they’ll see within the postseason.  Mookie Betts led off the sport with a tender singl...