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WASHINGTON -- If these Marlins are going to remain afloat, the time is now.  Fighting to stay within the postseason image, the flailing Marlins wrapped up a nightmare August on a excessive be aware Thursday, cruising to a 6-1 win over the Nationals that they hope helps them push the worst month of their season into the rearview mirror. Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Jake Burger homers equipped the offense behind six innings of one-run ball from Braxton Garrett as Miami inched 2 1/2 video games behind San Francisco (69-64) for the third National League Wild Card spot. Miami additionally moved to 2 video games behind idle Arizona (69-65) and 1 1/2 video games behind idle Cincinnati (69-66); the Giants play the Padres later tonight. If a tiebreaker is required to find out a Wild Card spot, it first go...

Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports Carlos Correa appears like he ought to be an excellent baserunner. He’s a younger shortstop with nice instincts within the area. He’s tall and lean, with a protracted pair of legs. In his rookie season, he stole 32 bases in 37 makes an attempt throughout Double-A, Triple-A, and the majors. Yet regardless of what you’d suppose, Correa is decidedly not an excellent baserunner. In truth, he’s been the least priceless runner within the sport this season. Over the previous two years, he has been value -13.6 baserunning runs (BsR); solely Christian Vázquez (-14.0 BsR) has been worse. Surrounded by catchers, first basemen, and growing old veterans, Correa is a fish out of water on the backside of the BsR leaderboards. The Twins shortstop not too long ago open...

SAN FRANCISCO — Christian Encarnacion-Strand homered and drove in three runs in his first four-hit recreation within the majors, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the San Francisco Giants 4-1 on Wednesday to keep away from a three-game sweep. ...

Jerry Reinsdorf on Chris Getz and the White Sox future n","providerName":"Twitter","providerUrl":"https://twitter.com","type":"oembed","width":550,"contentType":"rich"},"__typename":"Markdown","content":"Getz may have full autonomy within the baseball decision-making besides in relation to spending cash.nn“Every owner reserves that right,” Reinsdorf mentioned. “We spent a lot of money this year. People talk about, ‘Why won’t the White Sox spend?’ I think we had a payroll of $180 million this year. We’ll do what Chris thinks we ought to do to make us better. nn“Look, we’re not going to be in the [Shohei] Ohtani race, I’ll tell you that right now. And we’re not going to sign pitchers to 10-year deals. But we’re going to try to g...

Steven Bisig-USA TODAY Sports Have I acquired information for you. The J.P. Crawford and love is now 50% extra highly effective! After operating an ISO of .099 over the past two seasons, the Mariners shortstop is at .150 in 2023. And that’s not all. With that energy has come elevated manufacturing: Crawford’s 133 wRC+ is not only the very best of his profession, it’s second amongst all shortstops, trailing solely Corey Seager’s 179 wRC+. Let’s act now and work out what Crawford is doing otherwise this season. With Crawford, plate self-discipline is at all times an excellent place to begin. Crawford has at all times run low chase charges, however this season, he’s right down to 21.2%. That’s fifth-lowest amongst all certified gamers, and it’s led to a 15.6% stroll fee, fourth-highest....

DETROIT — The New York Yankees ended a 10-series winless streak as Gleyber Torres homered for the third straight recreation in a 6-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday evening. ...

AL West race traditionally shut n","providerName":"Twitter","providerUrl":"https://twitter.com","type":"oembed","width":550,"contentType":"rich"},"__typename":"Markdown","content":"Before we take a look at every staff, right here’s an explainer on how a possible tiebreaker would work if all three completed with the identical document after 162 video games:nn* If one staff completed with a greater head-to-head document vs. every of the opposite two groups, then that staff can be the AL West champion. As of now that’s not the case, which underscores simply how shut this race is. Texas leads Seattle, 5-1 (seven video games remaining between these two), Seattle leads Houston, 8-2 (three video games remaining) and Houston leads T...

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports Between Shohei Ohtani, Félix Bautista, and now Tony Gonsolin, the fragility of ulnar collateral ligaments has been an all-too-frequent matter of dialog inside the previous week. Gonsolin, in case you haven’t heard, is headed for Tommy John surgical procedure on Friday, whereas we’re nonetheless ready to listen to whether or not the UCL accidents of Ohtani and Bautista are vital sufficient to advantage going underneath the knife. Between that trio and the Rays’ Shane McClanahan taking place earlier this month — and the truth that neither Gonsolin nor McClanahan are the primary members of their groups’ rotations this yr to want such surgical procedure — it definitely feels as if we’re coping with lots of Tommy Johns recently, so it’s value slicing by t...

SEATTLE — After probably the most profitable month in franchise historical past, the Seattle Mariners would possibly choose if August simply by no means ended and rolled proper into October. ...

The Mets signaled they have been pivoting to 2024 and past with their blockbuster gross sales on the Trade Deadline. That theme will proceed in September, this time with an enormous addition. New York is predicted to name up No. 91 total prospect Ronny Mauricio by Friday for his Major League debut, sources instructed MLB.com’s Anthony DiComo this week. The transfer corresponds with September roster growth to twenty-eight gamers, giving golf equipment a bit extra flexibility and Minor League skills a possibility to see The Show. The switch-hitter heads to The Show after hitting .292/.346/.506 with 23 homers and 24 steals in 116 video games at Triple-A Syracuse. The 2023 season has seen a repeat 20-20 efficiency from Mauricio, and as of Thursday, he's one in every of 14 Minor Leaguers to hit...