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This story was excerpted from Kennedi Landry’s Rangers Beat publication. To learn the complete publication, click on right here. And subscribe to get it often in your inbox. CINCINNATI -- Josh Jung hasn’t been on the forefront of the early American League Rookie of the Year dialog this season, however perhaps he needs to be. Anthony Volpe and Gunnar Henderson -- two prime 10 prospects, per MLB Pipeline -- dominated the dialog in Spring Training, however Jung has finished greater than sufficient to place himself in place to be thought of.  Lost in Monday’s collection opener towards the Reds was Jung’s two-homer recreation that ought to have been the story of the day had the Rangers not fallen, 7-6, on a walk-off. It was the second two-homer recreation of his profession, the primary coming S...

Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports The Rays proceed to play phenomenal baseball. While their 14-game dwelling successful streak got here to an finish on Tuesday night time, they've received six of their final seven and boast what is well the very best run differential within the sport. Their common margin of victory is 3.7 runs, which is greater than the Tigers, Marlins, and Royals are scoring per recreation. As if all that weren’t sufficient, Tampa Bay is barely getting stronger. Zach Eflin returned from a again damage on Sunday and twirled 5 innings of one-run ball. Tyler Glasnow threw his first simulated recreation on Monday, a vital step in his rehab course of as he works to rejoin the rotation. Meanwhile, high prospect Taj Bradley is ready within the wings after making a incredible hug...

PHOENIX — Nick Ahmed took a wholesome swing within the eighth inning, however was a little bit off on his timing. The ball squirted off the top of his bat, rolling slowly up the primary bottom line. That gave Christian Walker time to dash house with the decisive run for Arizona. ...

ANAHEIM -- It was onerous to know what to anticipate from Griffin Canning this season. The right-hander missed all of final yr with a stress fracture in his decrease again and hadn’t made a begin with the Angels since July 2, 2021. But he’s been strong by way of his first three begins in 2023, together with a seven-strikeout efficiency over five-plus innings in a 5-3 victory over the A’s on Tuesday night time at Angel Stadium. He allowed three runs on 4 hits and two walks to get the win and has posted a 4.11 ERA with a complete of 15 strikeouts, 5 walks and two homers permitted in 15 1/3 innings. It marked Canning’s first win within the Majors since June 9, 2021, or 685 days in the past. Canning stated he was merely glad the Angels got here out on high. “I’m just happy the team won,” Canni...

Eric Canha-USA TODAY Sports Sonny Gray has been one among baseball’s greatest pitchers up to now this season. Over 5 begins, the Minnesota Twins right-hander has fanned 34 batters and allowed simply 20 hits and two runs in 29 innings. His ERA is a Lilliputian 0.62. Gray is not any flash within the pan. Now 33 years outdated and in his eleventh massive league season, the Vanderbilt University product is a two-time All-Star with a 3.50 ERA and a 3.54 FIP over 252 profession appearances, all however 9 as a starter. Originally with the Oakland Athletics, he subsequently pitched for the New York Yankees and the Cincinnati Reds earlier than coming to the Twins Cities previous to final season. How because the veteran hurler advanced through the years? Gray addressed that query when the Twins...

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Pirates basic supervisor Ben Cherington has spent greater than 4 years methodically overhauling the group from the underside up, relentlessly stockpiling prospects by way of three straight last-place finishes within the NL Central and promising the membership would have the monetary sources to take a position on the major-league degree when the timing was proper. ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- It was arduous to think about a more difficult situation for rookie catcher Blake Sabol. After main the Giants by way of their first bullpen recreation of the yr, Sabol stepped as much as the plate to face Cardinals nearer Ryan Helsley with a runner on second base, two outs and the Giants trailing by one within the backside of the ninth inning. The second didn’t show too large for Sabol, who promptly delivered the largest hit of his younger profession, crushing a two-run homer to heart discipline to elevate the Giants to a dramatic 5-4 walk-off win on Tuesday evening at Oracle Park. Sabol’s first profession walk-off homer prolonged the Giants’ profitable streak to 4 video games and set off a joyous celebration at residence plate, the place the 25-year-old was mobbed by his...

BALTIMORE — Boston Red Sox supervisor Alex Cora says he was not accusing Baltimore of something nefarious when he identified how few swings and misses the Orioles had towards Chris Sale on Monday evening. Orioles supervisor Brandon Hyde stated Tuesday he felt Cora was “disrespectful” to the Baltimore hitte...

Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports Let’s begin this text with a daring declare: Wander Franco’s first two seasons within the majors had been a disappointment. That’s a startling assertion, even when it may not appear that means at first. Franco hit .282/.337/.439, good for a 121 wRC+, whereas taking part in league common protection at shortstop; he was 20 years previous for the primary of these seasons. He performed at a 4.3 WAR per 600 PA clip, which the FanGraphs glossary helpfully notes is an All-Star degree. That’s all true. For the perfect prospect of the previous decade, although, it nonetheless seems like a letdown. The actual factor that has betrayed Franco is taking part in time. First for nebulous service time causes, then on account of damage, his first two seasons within ...

NEW YORK — The New York Mets have turned Max Scherzer’s suspension right into a style assertion. With the workforce simply again from a West Coast journey, new Mets T-shirts that learn “Sweat and Rosin” confirmed up within the clubhouse Tuesday earlier than New York’s collection opener towards Washington. ...