Baseball

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Seattle supervisor Scott Servais had an enormous smile when he began his postgame media session by saying you bought hit to win on the highway earlier than including “unless you got great pitching.” ...

All 30 nominees for the 2023 Roberto Clemente Award have been introduced by Major League Baseball on MLB Network on Friday. Considered baseball's most prestigious particular person honor for Major Leaguers, the Clemente Award yearly acknowledges the MLB participant who greatest represents the sport by way of extraordinary character, neighborhood involvement, philanthropy and optimistic contributions, each on and off the sphere. The league-wide winner of the Roberto Clemente Award introduced by Capital One can be honored on the 2023 World Series following choice by a blue ribbon panel. This panel contains representatives from the Commissioner’s Office, Capital One, MLB-affiliated networks (MLB Network, FOX Sports, ESPN and TBS), MLB.com, the National Baseball Hall of Fame, in addition to Ro...

Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports Spencer Strider could also be comically overpowering, however his bid to win the NL Cy Young is something however a cakewalk. Over the course of his previous two outings, he’s been hit for 10 runs in 8.2 innings, elevating his ERA from 3.46 to three.83, increased than any pitcher who has gained the award. The reality is that with lower than 4 weeks to go within the season, no NL pitcher — not Strider, Blake Snell, Justin Steele, Zac Gallen or Zack Wheeler, simply to run by way of a partial listing of names — has a very sturdy statistical case to win. While every candidate’s remaining few begins might present some readability earlier than voters ship off their ballots, the race because it stands is value a more in-depth look. I’m not a BBWAA voter on this ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. — It is subsequent to not possible to switch all that Shohei Ohtani can do when standing on a baseball subject, though the Los Angeles Angels did their greatest for a couple of minutes Tuesday. ...

NEW YORK -- The Yankees’ longest successful streak of the season is 5 video games, with the September surge fueled by Jasson Dominguez's arrival having matched a May 18-23 string put forth by a a lot different-looking roster. It’ll keep that means, not less than for now. Carlos Rodón endured a clunker, peppered for seven runs and eight hits over 3 2/3 innings because the Bombers fell for the primary time this month. Spencer Torkelson homered twice for the Tigers, who handed New York a 10-3 loss on Thursday night at Yankee Stadium. “My stuff was a little down, a little all over the place, and they barreled a lot of balls,” Rodón mentioned. “I just got my [butt] whooped. That’s pretty much it.” Toronto (77-63), Texas (76-63) and Boston (72-68) -- the three golf equipment forward of New York ...

Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports Ah, Labor Day. The climate is ideal (except you’re in New York), there’s a well-placed time off of labor, and playoff races are in full swing. It’s a terrific total time for sports — soccer is beginning up, and the US Open is headed towards a thunderous remaining. If your crew isn’t within the hunt for October, it may be simple to tune out; I wouldn’t blame you for going some other place on your sporting wants. But don’t fear: you possibly can nonetheless get your repair of baseball, as long as you’re keen to devour it in 5 bite-sized increments. Shout out, as at all times, to Zach Lowe, who was making lists of NBA issues he likes and doesn’t like earlier than it was cool. 1. Mandatory Weekly Elly ContentIt’s been some time since Elly De La Cruz debuted, ho...

CLEVELAND — For months, the AL Central was the butt of jokes. The Minnesota Twins could get the final chuckle. ...

CHICAGO -- A bit greater than 4 hours earlier than recreation time Thursday, Wrigley Field was empty and quiet save for a number of gamers stretching. Jordan Lawlar walked out to shortstop with D-backs third-base/infield coach Tony Perezchica and the 2 spent a while speaking. Perezchica confirmed Lawlar some completely different angles for the place a shortstop units up relying on who's on the plate and what terminology the D-backs use. It was the calm earlier than the storm for Lawlar, who was referred to as up from Triple-A Reno and put proper into the beginning lineup at shortstop for the D-backs-Cubs sequence opener. After grounding out in his first at-bat, Lawlar collected his first massive league hit within the fourth with an infield single to 3rd earlier than making a stellar play w...

TOKYO — Tokyo’s Jingu Gaien park space has been positioned on a “Heritage Alert” record by a conservancy physique that assesses worldwide monuments and historic websites. The conservancy says the deliberate redevelopment will result in “irreversible destruction of cultural heritage” with 1000's of timber being felled. ...

Spencer Torkelson slugs pair of two-run homers in rout of Yankees n","providerName":"Twitter","providerUrl":"https://twitter.com","type":"oembed","width":550,"contentType":"rich"},"__typename":"Markdown","content":"Just two batters into the primary inning, Torkelson smacked a Statcast-projected 354-foot dinger to the brief porch in proper discipline. In a full depend in opposition to New York starter Carlos Rodón, Torkelson lifted a 95.1 mph fastball on the backside of the zone and made positive it landed past the lengthy attain of Aaron Judge’s patrol zone.nn“That’s kind of his bread and butter,” Torkelson stated. “So when you can really focus on a guy’s best pitch, and then trust your eyes on his secondary stuff -- at least ...