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ARLINGTON, Texas — Jose Altuve homered his first 3 times up, beginning with a pair off All-Star right-hander Nathan Eovaldi in his return from the injured listing, and the Houston Astros pummeled the Texas Rangers 14-1 on Tuesday evening. ...

WASHINGTON -- When Brett Baty arrived at Nationals Park on Tuesday and checked the lineup card hanging outdoors the clubhouse kitchen, he didn’t cease scanning as soon as he noticed his identify. Also catching Baty’s eye was the truth that the Mets’ fifth via eighth hitters had been, so as: Mark Vientos, Francisco Alvarez, himself and Ronny Mauricio -- all rookies, two of whom the Mets simply referred to as up final week. “That’s probably the first thing I noticed,” Baty mentioned. “It was cool how we were just all back-to-back-to-back.” All 4 are inside two years of age, none older than 23. They got here up collectively via the system, overlapping at varied associates alongside the best way. All 4 had been in massive league camp in every of the final two springs, fostering a bond that is ...

Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports In August, the Phillies hit 59 house runs, which is the best whole for a month in franchise historical past and tied for the third-highest whole in any single month by any crew in historical past. It was a exceptional efficiency, however maybe not a very shocking one given how this roster was constructed; by design, Rob Thomson’s expenses are massive, sturdy, and (of late) more and more shirtless. They had been born to mash. Last week, I had the great fortune to be current at Citizens Bank Park as 5 of these 59 house runs took flight in a single night, off the bats of 5 totally different Phillies. This was a type of shut, muggy summer time nights that outline the mid-Atlantic summer time; with a pleasing, light breeze blowing out to left discipline, the...

Pete Alonso hit his forty second homer and Brandon Nimmo went deep twice to again a pointy outing by José Quintana, and the New York Mets thumped the Washington Nationals 11-5 on Tuesday evening. ...

ANAHEIM -- Shohei Ohtani was held out of the lineup for a second straight sport on Tuesday, as he’s nonetheless coping with proper indirect tightness after injuring himself on a swing throughout batting follow earlier than Monday’s sport. Ohtani, who was initially within the lineup on Monday earlier than being scratched, underwent additional testing on Tuesday, however supervisor Phil Nevin didn’t have an replace on the severity of the harm earlier than the sport. He did say Ohtani was feeling higher and wished to be within the lineup earlier than Nevin overruled him. Ohtani, the overwhelming favourite to win the AL MVP Award for a second time in three seasons, wasn’t positioned on the injured listing on Tuesday, however that hasn’t totally been dominated out simply but. “He woke up today ...

We’ve lastly made it to the final month of the common season, and there are nonetheless a handful of thrilling, drama-filled postseason races to carry our consideration till the playoffs start in earnest. A reminder for the way these rankings are calculated: first, we take the three most necessary elements of a crew — their offense (wRC+), their pitching (a 50/50 mix of FIP- and RA9-, weighted by starter and reliever IP share), and their protection (RAA) — and mix them to create an general crew high quality metric. I additionally add in an element for “luck,” adjusting a crew’s win share primarily based on anticipated win-loss report. The result's an influence rating, which is then introduced in tiers beneath. Note: All stats are via Sunday’s video games. Tier 1 – The Best of the ...

NORFOLK, Va. — The Baltimore Orioles have promoted high prospect Jackson Holliday to Triple-A Norfolk, one other step within the 19-year-old shortstop’s outstanding rise by the minors in his first full professional season. ...

The Pirates introduced on Tuesday that Skenes was positioned on the Development List and gained’t pitch once more this season. The predominant goal was for the No. 1 choose on this yr’s Draft to get his toes moist and get an early glimpse of what it’s like to arrange to start out each fifth day. “We’re excited and encouraged by the positive things Paul has been able to accomplish in his short time in the Pirates organization,” Pirates common supervisor Ben Cherington stated. “He’s checked all of the boxes we aimed for him to check during the 2023 season. The goal now is to focus on a complete off-season in preparation for his first full professional year in 2024.” Skenes, who signed for a file $9.2 million as the highest choose within the Draft, completed with 5 complete appearances at thr...

Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports Last season’s rookie class launched us to some immediate stars. Julio Rodríguez and Adley Rutschman turned the primary pair of rookies to succeed in 5.0 WAR in the identical season since Albert Pujols and Ichiro Suzuki in 2001. Teammates Michael Harris II and Spencer Strider had been simply shy of 5.0 WAR themselves, with the latter’s 4.9 the best whole by a rookie pitcher since Hideo Nomo in 1995. Rodriguez, Rutschman, and Harris had been all top-25 place gamers in baseball by WAR, with Steven Kwan not far behind at thirtieth, and Strider completed eighth amongst pitchers regardless of spending the primary two months of the season within the bullpen. This 12 months, an arguably extra spectacular barrage of gifted kids has arrived in clubhouses througho...

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates have spent the higher a part of a decade being relegated to the position of spoiler when September rolls round. ...