By Brendan Samson @brendan_samson
1:18 AM EDT
Forty-nine of MLB’s top prospects will compete at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, this afternoon in the All-Star Futures Game. This year’s iteration, which marks the 25th anniversary of the contest, will feature the first Futures Skills Showcase, a three-challenge event that will test participants’ precision and power at
By Jason Foster @ByJasonFoster
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Phillies lefty Cristopher Sánchez has enjoyed a breakout season in 2024 and emerged as one of the most effective pitchers in the National League. Now, he's been rewarded with a spot on the NL All-Star roster. Sánchez has been named a replacement for Braves lefty Chris Sale, who is scheduled
By Jake Rill and Bryan Hoch @JakeDRill
12:27 AM EDT
BALTIMORE -- The tensions got high when the Yankees and Orioles met in the Bronx three weeks ago. However, neither side reached a boiling point. That changed when the American League East rivals reconvened at Camden Yards on Friday.
Flamethrowing reliever extends scoreless innings streak as Angels walk off in 10th
By Rhett Bollinger
1:41 AM EDT
ANAHEIM -- Don’t blink. You might just miss one of Ben Joyce's fastballs. Joyce has been lighting up radar guns yet again this season, including uncorking a 104.5 mph fastball in a scoreless seventh inning of the Angels’ 6-5 win over the Mariners in 10 innings on Friday, the hardest
By Casey Drottar @CDrottar19
July 12, 2024
CHICAGO -- Paul Skenes walked off the mound on May 5 for what turned out to be his final outing with Triple-A Indianapolis. It was just his 11th Minor League appearance since being taken first overall in the 2023 Draft, but the Pirates deemed they’d seen enough to know it
By Adrian Garro @adriangarro
2:12 AM EDT
ANAHEIM -- It wasn’t quite how Bryan Woo drew it up, but he’ll take it. The Mariners right-hander found himself in a jam in the bottom of the first inning on Friday night at Angel Stadium. Having already allowed a two-run homer to Willie Calhoun, the 24-year-old was trying to
By Kennedi Landry @kennlandry
12:41 AM EDT
ARLINGTON -- Texas Southern’s band, the “Ocean of Soul” echoed throughout the Rangers’ home of Globe Life Field. During pregame ceremonies, representatives from each of the “Divine Nine” Black Greek organizations lined the infield dirt as Grammy Award winner Kirk Franklin and his gospel choir performed the "Star Spangled Banner"
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By Mark Sheldon
12:01 AM EDT
CINCINNATI -- What a week rookie Rece Hinds is having. Normally, with a right-handed pitcher starting against the Reds, such as Marlins starter Yonny Chirinos on Friday, manager David Bell might have gone with a lefty hitter to start in right field. Not this time -- especially the way the
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Jacob Parker and Josiah Hartshorn are headed for the national spotlight. The two 2025 Draft prospects launched 24 and 23 longballs, respectively, in MLB’s 2024 All-Star High School Home Run Derby at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on Saturday morning moving on to Monday night's final round during MLB's
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HOUSTON -- When Jimmy Wynn hit his 223rd -- and final -- career home run with the Astros on Sept. 15, 1973, he set a franchise record that would stand for nearly the rest of the century. It wasn’t until Jeff Bagwell smacked his 223rd career homer 36 years later
By Bryan Hoch
July 12, 2024
BALTIMORE -- Aaron Judge turned the power back on, blasting his Major League-leading 33rd home run in the third inning of the Yankees’ 4-1 win over the Orioles on Friday evening at Camden Yards. Judge’s solo blast off Baltimore starter Cade Povich marked his second time hitting 33 home runs
By Steve Kornacki
July 12, 2024
DETROIT -- The Dodgers appeared to be squarely behind the eight-ball, with Tigers ace Tarik Skubal mowing them down early on Friday night at Comerica Park. But they got back in the game with a Freddie Freeman homer and eventually erased a three-run deficit on their way to a 4-3
By Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Sam Dykstra @SamDykstraMiLB
1:06 AM EDT
As always, the 25th edition of the All-Star Futures Game promises to be a festival of future big league talent, all on the field at the same time.
New York's red-hot offense goes yard five times to push winning streak to four
By Anthony DiComo
July 12, 2024
NEW YORK -- Luis Severino is the sign guy. After every Mets homer on days he’s not pitching, Severino grabs the “OMG” sign that a fan gifted to Jose Iglesias earlier this year and passes it to the player who went yard, sometimes posing alongside him for a picture. On
By Shaun O'Neill @oapostrophesd
1:12 AM EDT
SAN DIEGO -- Spencer Schwellenbach has proved to be a quick study in the Major Leagues. The occasional college reunion only underscores that point. Schwellenbach squared off against a former University of Nebraska teammate on Friday night for the second time in six starts. He bested Matt Waldron to lead
By Daniel Kramer and Adrian Garro @DKramer_ and @adriangarro
July 12, 2024
SEATTLE -- It took a few days longer than the Mariners had hoped or anticipated, but Andrés Muñoz is indeed an All-Star. Major League Baseball announced on Friday that Seattle’s highest-leverage reliever had been added to the American League roster for the Midsummer Classic, this upcoming Tuesday at Globe Life
By Steve Gilbert
2:03 AM EDT
PHOENIX -- For the first time since April 3, the D-backs are above the .500 mark. Arizona has been at .500 six times since that day, and each time it fell below it the next day, but Friday night, it finally got over the hump with a come-from-behind, 5-4, ninth-inning
By Manny Randhawa @MannyOnMLB
July 12, 2024
The sales figures are out and one thing is abundantly clear when it comes to the most popular MLB player jerseys during the first half of the 2024 season: Shohei Ohtani remains king. Ohtani, who finished last season atop the jersey sales list, is atop the rankings again so far
By Scott Merkin
July 12, 2024
CHICAGO -- Paul Skenes has enough going on in his life, being the National League All-Star starter as a rookie with 11 career starts, as one example, without worrying about the success of other starting pitchers in the game. But the Pittsburgh right-hander certainly has taken notice of Garrett Crochet,
By Christina De Nicola @cdenicola13
July 12, 2024
ARLINGTON -- Steven T. might’ve been wearing a Mookie Betts Dodgers road jersey, but he couldn’t help running after Mariners prospect Harry Ford for an autograph on Friday night. A self-described MLB The Show aficionado, the 16-year-old from Bell Gardens, Calif., has played as Ford in the popular video game.
Righty hasn't allowed a run to St. Louis in almost a year
By Joe Harris
1:29 AM EDT
ST. LOUIS -- Former Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright offered some tongue-in-cheek advice to Cubs manager Craig Counsell earlier this season. “Wainwright said that to me a couple of series ago when we were here is that you should just put Kyle [Hendricks] out there against the Cardinals,” Counsell said. Maybe
By Manny Randhawa @MannyOnMLB
July 12, 2024
The All-Star Futures Game is the biggest stage on which top prospects from around the Minor Leagues have the opportunity to demonstrate their talent and give us a glimpse of baseball’s future. It has been played annually each summer since 1999. But this year’s event, which takes place on Saturday