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PHOENIX — The up-and-coming Arizona Diamondbacks see themselves as potential contenders within the National League West after a great begin to the season. That optimism compelled normal supervisor Mike Hazen to make a troublesome determination on Thursday. ...

PHOENIX -- It’d been some time. But all these gameday feelings -- the butterflies, the joy, the nervous vitality -- got here flooding again to Fernando Tatis Jr. on Thursday afternoon. “The feeling that I’m going to play baseball tonight,” mentioned Tatis, moments earlier than he floated up the dugout steps to hitch his teammates for batting observe, “it’s just at the top of the world.” More than 18 months since he final suited up for the Padres -- a 564-day stretch that included a optimistic PED check, a ensuing 80-game suspension and a trio of surgical procedures on his left shoulder and wrist -- Tatis made his long-awaited return to the San Diego lineup in a 7-5 victory over the D-backs. He completed 0-for-5 -- although he hit a few balls onerous and made a formidable operating catch in...

NEW YORK — Sidelined with accidents for the eleventh time in 14 seasons, Giancarlo Stanton is overtly pissed off. “It’s unacceptable this often,” he stated Thursday, 5 days after straining his left hamstring throughout a sport in opposition to the Minnesota Twins. “The team relies on me and I can’t have th...

A model of this story was initially revealed in January 2021. You couldn’t make Conrado “Connie” Marrero cease pitching. That was true when he was a 27-year-old pitching for the primary time within the newbie Cuban Leagues, that was true when he turned a 39-year-old rookie with the Washington Senators in 1950, and that was true in 1999 when Marrero refused to go away the mound earlier than the Orioles took on the Cuban National Team for a historic preseason exhibition. That's not a joke, both -- in 1999, when the Orioles flew to Havana, Marrero was introduced out to throw the ceremonial first pitch. Except, he didn’t throw one pitch, bow earlier than the group and stroll off. He threw one other. And one other. He didn’t hand over till Brady Anderson lastly gave a half-hearted swing. Oddly ...

Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports On Wednesday night time, Phillies left-hander Bailey Falter caught slightly an excessive amount of of the plate with a fastball and, effectively, kaboom! Jake Burger does it once more! pic.twitter.com/aRrcdEJUEL — Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) April 18, 2023 What an absolute rocket. With a 118.2 mph exit velocity, Jake Burger’s three-run dinger was the second-hardest hit ball of the season up to now. Harder than something that’s come off the bat of Aaron Judge or Yordan Alvarez in 2023. Hard sufficient that this ball went 417 ft with only a 21 diploma launch angle. That’s not the launch angle of your standard-issue ballistic arc moon shot. Anyone who watched La Fleche Wallonne on Wednesday can inform you it’s attainable to experience a bicycle up a...

OAKLAND, Calif. — Ryan Thibodaux arrived within the Bay Area in 1995 from Texas and immediately turned a fan of the Oakland Athletics. The onetime Astros fan cheered slugger Mark McGwire, who hit 52 dwelling runs the next 12 months. He noticed the glory days of Dave Stewart and Dennis Eckersley, and cheere...

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter concerning the continued Yandy Díaz breakout and listeners’ options for his new beef-related nickname, the greatness of post-peak Clayton Kershaw and the top of Diamondbacks Madison Bumgarner, the Oakland A’s (virtually) formally leaving for Las Vegas, a Scott Boras metaphor about Juan Soto, Max Scherzer’s sticky suspension, the return of Fernando Tatis Jr., Rob Manfred’s feedback about contract-length limitations, the Marlins strolling again a Bartman promotion, the existence of Hoby Milner, the utilization of batted-ball exit speeds on broadcasts, and the numerous twists and turns of the Jarred Kelenic, Edwin Díaz, and Robinson Canó commerce, plus a Past Blast (1:24:00) from 1996. Audio intro: Nate Emerson, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Iva...

PHOENIX — Fernando Tatis Jr. is again with the San Diego Padres, bringing his trademark aptitude to the sport of baseball. He’s additionally returning with somewhat humility. ...

Here’s our weekly have a look at 10 mind-blowing notes from the final week in baseball (April 13-19). Volpe milestones: Yankees rookie Anthony Volpe hit his first profession residence run on Friday, and it was of the leadoff selection. At 21 years and 351 days outdated, Volpe grew to become the third-youngest Yankees participant with a leadoff homer, older than solely Mark Koenig (4/23/26: 21 years, 278 days) and Mickey Mantle (9/13/51: 19 years, 328 days). The subsequent day, he grew to become the youngest Yankees participant with no less than three stolen bases in a sport. He was the primary Yankee to take action since Ichiro Suzuki had 4 stolen bases on Sept. 19, 2012. And how about this? At 38 years and 333 days, Ichiro was the oldest Yankee with no less than three stolen bases in a sp...

Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports Well, shoot. After grounding out to shortstop within the second inning of Wednesday night time’s sport in opposition to the Nationals, Jorge Mateo was eliminated resulting from hip discomfort. The Baltimore shortstop is formally day-to-day, and Rotowire experiences that he appears to have averted a critical harm, however the timing nonetheless stinks. Mateo is on the most well liked streak of his quick profession: After 16 video games, he has a 192 wRC+ and 1.1 WAR, tying him for third and fourth in baseball, respectively. Naturally, he wasn’t going to have the ability to hold this up for a complete season; he has a .378 BABIP, and his wOBA exceeds his xwOBA by 59 factors. It’s April 20, and the regression monster is laying in wait proper for him proper...