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Wendell Cruz-USA TODAY Sports The thought of the Mets buying and selling Pete Alonso would have appeared positively preposterous six months in the past. Coming off a 101-win season, the Mets dedicated to a half-billion {dollars} in new contracts over the winter, getting into the season with the costliest staff in historical past. But quite than battle the Braves for NL East supremacy, they’ve as an alternative been preventing to remain forward of the Nationals for fourth place, a mêlée they’re at the moment shedding. The Mets have already traded off a few of their veterans, together with each Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer, so the thought of parting with Alonso doesn’t appear fairly as farfetched because it as soon as did. There have been some sports radio rumblings about Alonso-re...

PHILADELPHIA — Bryce Harper‘s first lengthy drive of the day got here on his commute to the ballpark, when he tuned into the native sports radio station and heard a caller pump up the streaking Phillies. ...

DENVER -- The Braves can spend the following month making an attempt to show they're one of the best dwelling run hitting group baseball has ever seen. But with 30 video games nonetheless remaining, they will take nice satisfaction in having already posted the best homer complete in franchise historical past. Orlando Arcia drew the consideration of hitting the record-setting 250th homer within the sixth inning of the Braves’ 7-3 win over the Rockies on Wednesday evening at Coors Field. As the previous couple months elapsed, it was a matter of when, not if, this report would fall. “That’s pretty special,” Braves catcher Travis d’Arnaud mentioned. “Everybody is so good with their approach and staying within themselves. Fortunately, we’re rewarded with home runs. It’s fun to be a part of.”  M...

Data Engineer, Baseball Analytics Location: Miami, FL Position Summary:The Miami Marlins are searching for a full-time Data Engineer for the Baseball Analytics division. The candidate will probably be chargeable for designing, implementing, and optimizing ETL processes that ingest, validate, and set up baseball information. The Data Engineer will assist the data necessities of our analysts, coaches, and scouts. Strong candidates may have expertise with trendy ETL processes and database administration, with in depth data of each SQL and Python. Essential Functions: Continuously enhance the division’s entry to data; design, develop, and optimize ETL processes to ingest information from new information sources. Improve completeness, cleanliness, and timeliness of current information sou...

MIAMI — Randy Arozarena, Josh Lowe and Isaac Paredes homered because the Tampa Bay Rays rallied from two early deficits and beat the Miami Marlins 11-2 Tuesday evening for his or her ninth win in 11 video games. ...

As the 2023 season nears its finish, every crew’s focus will shift primarily based on the standings. Some can be preventing for a playoff spot, however others can be utilizing the ultimate days to proceed getting seems to be at younger expertise. Ultimately, whether or not a crew is a playoff contender or not, all 30 golf equipment will nonetheless be taking part in for one thing. Here's one milestone to observe for every crew through the remaining stretch of the common season. All stats coming into Thursday except in any other case famous. Blue Jays: Bo Bichette’s quest to three-peat as AL hits chiefEven after lacking three weeks with a knee damage, Bichette has an opportunity to steer the American League in hits for the third straight season. He’s additionally within the race to steer hi...

BOSTON — Alex Bregman and Yordan Alvarez hit back-to-back homer runs within the first inning and the Houston Astros continued their late-August surge with a 6-2 win over the Red Sox on Tuesday night time. ...

LOS ANGELES -- When August began, the Dodgers have been centered on including a few items to a workforce that was clinging to a 2 1/2-game lead within the National League West.  As August nears its finish, the script has fully flipped for the Dodgers. Los Angeles improved to 24-4 this month following a 7-0 win over the D-backs on Wednesday evening at Dodger Stadium and now have a 14 1/2-game benefit over the Giants atop the NL West. The 24 wins in a single month is probably the most by the Dodgers since shifting to Los Angeles, and so they have an opportunity to match the general franchise document on Thursday towards the Braves. The .857 profitable share this month would even be the very best in membership historical past. With 30 video games to go within the common season, the Dodgers (8...

NEW YORK — Winning shut ballgames has been a problem for the Texas Rangers all season, however that’s two in a row they’ve taken at Citi Field. Mitc...

In the previous couple of weeks, the information surrounding the Padres' affiliate in San Antonio revolved round Ethan Salas changing into the youngest Double-A participant since 2014. Making solely his second Double-A begin, Snelling picked up his first victory on the stage and the tenth of his professional profession after throwing 81 pitches, 51 for strikes, whereas matching his profession excessive with 9 punchouts. MLB's No. 64 total prospect thought of it a formidable rebound after solely going 3 2/3 innings in his earlier begin towards Amarillo on Aug. 23. "It was awesome, especially coming off of last week," Snelling stated. "[I was] really frustrated with five walks. I was lucky to get out of there with only one run. I really put in the work to get to this outing this week. And I ...