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Aaron Judge hit the third-longest homer in the majors this season in the first inning of the Yankees‘ game against the Royals on Tuesday night, a 469-foot shot to left field off Noah Cameron that landed on top of the Kansas City franchise’s Hall of Fame.
Judge’s two-run homer had an exit velocity of 117.9 mph, tying it for the third-hardest hit homer in the majors. It was his 24th of the season, and came two days after the two-time and reigning MVP hit a pair of homers in a loss to the Red Sox.
The Angels‘ Mike Trout hit the longest homer of the season, a 484-foot shot against the Giants on April 19. His teammate, Logan O’Hoppe, hit one 470 against A’s on May 27. Judge hit one 468 feet against the Brewers on March 29.
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Judge has reached base safely in 61 of 65 games this season, including every game that New York has played on the road. He’s also second in the American League in HRs with 24.
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Shohei Ohtani looked ‘really good’ throwing 3 simulated innings in San Diego
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 Shohei Ohtani is moving ever closer to his first pitching appearance for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
In fact, there’s now a chance his fans might not even have to wait until the All-Star break.
Ohtani looked sharp while throwing three simulated innings on Tuesday at Petco Park before the Dodgers faced the San Diego Padres, manager Dave Roberts said. The outing was another significant step in Ohtani’s recovery from the elbow surgery that has prevented the two-way superstar from pitching since he signed with the Dodgers before last season.
Ohtani threw just under 50 pitches to two minor league hitters during the third simulated game in his gradual comeback to the mound. The three-time MVP used his fastball and sweeper impressively, according to Roberts and Dodgers pitching coach Mark Prior.
“I thought he was really good,” Roberts said. “I thought the fastball had life. I thought the sweeper was really good. … (The hitters) said the stuff was coming out really well. It was about 44 pitches or something like that, so it was really good.”
The Dodgers have been cagey about the timeline for Ohtani’s return to the mound, with Roberts suggesting in recent weeks that it might not happen until after the All-Star break.
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But after Ohtani’s latest mound outing, Roberts now says the chance of Ohtani pitching in a game before the All-Star break begins July 14 is “north of zero.”
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“It doesn’t have to be a full buildup, because anything that he can give us is certainly going to be additive,” Roberts added. “But I still stand by him and Dr. (Neal) ElAttrache, the training staff. They’re going to drive this. So I’m just anxious for the next one.”
Ohtani hasn’t pitched in a major league game since Aug. 23, 2023, when he abruptly left in the second inning of his final start for the Los Angeles Angels. He was eventually diagnosed with a torn elbow ligament that required surgery.
Ohtani has demonstrated elite pitching ability when healthy: He went 38-19 with a 3.01 ERA and a 1.08 WHIP while starting 86 games over five seasons for the Angels. He didn’t pitch at all in 2019 and made just two starts in 2020 while recovering from Tommy John surgery.
Ohtani has remained steadfastly committed to playing both ways despite his hitting prowess, and the Dodgers could really use him on the mound this season. Los Angeles has 14 pitchers on the injured list, including expected starters Blake Snell, Tyler Glasnow, Roki Sasaki, Tony Gonsolin and Gavin Stone.
Still, the Dodgers say they won’t rush their cornerstone.
“It’s tempting,” Roberts said with a smile. “I’m sure Shohei is tempted to just rip the Band-Aid off and get into a big-league game, but I think we’re doing a good job of trying to take care of him. And truth be told, I don’t know if anyone knows the right time to get him into a big-league game, but we’re still being very careful.”
Ohtani has been only a designated hitter since he agreed to a 10-year, $700 million free-agent deal with the Dodgers. He immediately won his third MVP award in 2024, batting .310 with 54 homers, 130 RBIs and 59 stolen bases for the eventual World Series champions.
Ohtani was in his usual spot as the Dodgers’ leadoff hitter for Tuesday night’s game against the Padres. Los Angeles planned to throw yet another bullpen game due to the rotation’s extensive injury woes.
Snell also threw his first full bullpen session in two months on Tuesday at Petco Park. The two-time Cy Young winner, who will throw another 20 pitches on Friday, has said his arm is now pain free after he was shut down with left shoulder inflammation on April 6.
Snell made only two starts this season before going on the injured list. He agreed to a five-year, $182 million contract with the Dodgers last winter.
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Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola sidelined 2 more weeks with rib injury
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Philadelphia Phillies right-hander Aaron Nola suffered another setback in his return to pitch when an MRI showed he has an injury in his right ribcage and will be shut down for two weeks.
Nola had already been out since early May with a sprained right ankle that was progressing more slowly than expected. He experienced stiffness in his right side last week in Toronto and that wiped out a planned session against live batters.
Nola underwent testing this week and had what the Phillies called a stress reaction in his right ribcage. Phillies manager Rob Thomson said ahead of Tuesday’s game against the Chicago Cubs that Nola was unsure how the injury may have happened.
Nola is 1-7 with a 6.16 ERA in nine starts. Nola, who signed a $172 million, seven-year contract ahead of the 2024 season, injured his ankle on May 8 during pregame agility drills when the Phillies played the Tampa Bay Rays at Steinbrenner Field.
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Nola is 105-86 with a 3.78 ERA in 11 seasons with the Phillies.
Thomson said slugger Bryce Harper was starting to feel better as he recovers from right wrist inflammation that last Friday landed him on the 10-day injured list.
The two-time National League MVP and eight-time All-Star is hitting .258 with nine home runs, 34 RBIs and eight stolen bases in 57 games. He missed five games, from May 26 to June 2, with a bruised right elbow after being hit by a pitch from Atlanta’s Spencer Strider.
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Last Night in Baseball: Denzel Clarke made an all-time catch to rob a homer
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There is always baseball happening — almost too much baseball for one person to handle themselves.
That’s why we’re here to help, though, by sifting through the previous days’ games, and figuring out what you missed, but shouldn’t have. Here are all the best moments from last night in Major League Baseball:
Clarke makes the catch of the year, and then some
Robbing a home run rocks, even if it looks like it was handled pretty easily. Say, if a player gets to wait and wait at the wall, and can time their leap perfectly – that’s still a good time, and takes real skill! Which means that what Denzel Clarke pulled off on Monday night against the Angels was downright wild, because he didn’t get to camp under this would-be home run at all, and had to reach so far over the wall that he nearly went over it. He made the grab, though. Did he ever.
Whew. Dipping well over the wall, spinning in place to right himself, popping back into the field, then celebrating with a full-body flex. There was only one out before the grab, sure, but Clarke can be forgiven being so pumped up that he took a moment before remembering to check to see if anyone was on base. It’s one of the best catches you’ll ever see, and if you can’t take our word for it, you could ask someone who would know for sure. A man who made a great catch or two in his day: Torii Hunter.Â
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It’s entirely possible that you didn’t know who Denzel Clarke was until this catch, or right now, and that’s understandable. He’s a rookie outfielder for the Athletics, who has played in all of 16 games as he didn’t debut until May 23. In these two-plus weeks, though, Clarke has made his mark. There’s the above catch, yes, but he had already won Electric Play of the Week honors in consecutive weeks, which only one other player (Riley Greene, h/t Sarah Langs) has done in the past since the award was instituted in 2019. Without any other context, that’s impressive, but then you remember Clarke has been up for just two weeks and is absolutely going to win a third week in a row for Monday’s robbery, and impressive doesn’t begin to cover it.
It’s not just getting all the way to the wall in center or robbing home runs, either. There’s more than the highlight-reel catches: the 25-year-old Clarke, in just 16 games, has amassed 0.6 wins above replacement per FanGraphs’ reckoning, and it’s entirely due to his glove. He’s hitting .219/.245/.294 in 53 plate appearances and striking out more than half the time, which outputs to a negative offensive WAR, but in a lineup as talented as the one the A’s have had this year, and with the significant problems their pitching staff has had that have basically negated that lineup’s production… Clarke’s glove could be worth him being a zero at the plate offensively.Â
And for what it’s worth, his minor-league numbers didn’t suggest a future offensive star by any means, but they did portend a better performance than this. With time, his big-league line could go from miserable to tolerable, and if the glove keeps putting up the kinds of numbers it has so far, that’s going to be more than enough for Clarke to be worth the lineup spot.Â
Rays spoil Anthony’s debut
The city of Boston was buzzing as Fenway welcomed the long-awaited arrival of top-prospect Roman Anthony – not just their top prospect, but in all of baseball this year. The Rays, however, stole the show.Â
The Rays scored a run in the top of the ninth to extend their lead to 7-5, but the Red Sox answered in the bottom of the frame with a pair to tie it up and send things to extras. Taylor Walls drove Junior Caminero in with a sac fly to give Tampa Bay their eighth run, and the Sox scored on a throwing error by Jonathan Aranda in the bottom of the 10th to stay alive, but they couldn’t keep the Rays’ offense down. In the 11th, Zack Kelly walked in a run with the bases loaded, and then Jake Mangum would follow with a single that scored Josh Lowe, giving the Rays a 10-8 lead that they would hold onto for the win.Â
Tampa Bay has quietly heated up after a subpar start to the season. They’ve now won six of their last seven and 15 of their last 19 games, including Monday’s 10-8 victory, to move into a tie for second place in the AL East with the Blue Jays.Â
Similarly to the Rays’ silent rise, Aranda, out of nowhere, is now fourth in the American League in batting average at .323 after hitting a combined .222 over the first 110 games of his career from 2022 through 2024. On Monday, he went 2-for-4 with two RBIs, pushing his line for the season to .323/.409/.490, good for a 158 OPS+. All of that helps make up for the throwing error, easy.
Anthony, by the way, didn’t record his first big-league hit in his four trips to the plate, but he did walk and drive in a run on a ground out in that rally in the bottom of the ninth.
A walk-off grand slam for Naylor
We do see quite few walk-off wins these days, given the extra inning rules with the baserunner on second. That’s true enough. Josh Naylor didn’t need the baserunner in scoring position, though, in order to get his walk-off hit in the bottom of the 11th in Arizona. And that’s because the Diamondbacks‘ first baseman went deep to win, with the bases juiced. That’s right, a walk-off grand slam:
Sure, the D-backs just needed the one run to win, but there’s something to be said for how emphatic a grand slam is. For example: George Kirby’s 14-strikeout game was cause for optimism all day on Monday, given the Mariners had lost five in a row before his gem put a stop to that skid. There’s still reason to be optimistic for Seattle, but Naylor might have squashed a bit of it in the moment with a single swing of the bat. A walk-off homer? Painful. A walk-off grand slam? That exclamation point is way too pointy.
Sale fans double-digits, again
Chris Sale has been on a heater of late. The Braves‘ ace was just a bit off in his first five starts of the year, either giving up too many runs or walks or not lasting very deep into the games, and it resulted in a 6.17 ERA through his first 23.3 innings. Things have been just a little bit different in his nine starts since, however: over that stretch, Sale has amassed 57.1 innings, a 1.41 ERA, and 75 strikeouts.Â
On three separate occasions in those nine starts, Sale struck out 10 batters, and on Monday, he took down a season-high 11 by way of the K, with the Brewers his swing-and-miss victims this time around. The reigning NL Cy Young award winner now has a 2.74 ERA and 107 strikeouts in 80.2 innings, and while none of those figures are leading the league like they did last year, he’s not all that far off of the pace anymore, with that tough start all that’s holding him back at this point. Well, numbers-wise: it’s fair to say that he’s not being held back by anything at all on the mound these days, as the Brewers can attest to after Monday.Â
Phillies back?Â
The Phillies have been struggling of late, with June a nightmare for them so far that has included the conclusion of a sweep by the Brewers and a weekend sweep by the Pirates, of all teams. Maybe a big dub against the Cubs can right that ship a little, though – the Phillies have a ton of talent, after all, and aren’t nearly as helpless as they’ve looked this month. Monday night was a reminder of as much.Â
It had been a pitcher’s duel through the first nine innings, but the bats took over in extras. The Cubs had the first say, as Pete Crow-Armstrong picked up a double to score Kyle Tucker and give them a 3-2 lead in the top half of the 11th. The Phillies had an answer. JT Realmuto hit a single to right field, and Nick Castellanos got on his horse to tie the scoring run from second base. Two batters later, Brandon Marsh smoked a walk-off hit to deep center field.
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Sources: Watt not attending Steelers minicamp
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Pittsburgh Steelers star pass rusher T.J. Watt is not attending this week’s mandatory minicamp amid his pursuit of a new contract, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
Watt, who is entering the final year of his current contract with the Steelers, also skipped voluntary OTAs earlier this offseason as he attempted to negotiate a new deal.
If he misses all three days of minicamp, Watt would be subject to nearly $105,000 in fines.
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Red Sox calling up Roman Anthony, MLB’s top prospect
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The Boston Red Sox are calling up top prospect Roman Anthony two days after the 21-year-old outfielder hit a 497-foot grand slam for Triple-A Worcester.
Anthony, considered one of Boston’s “Big Three” prospects before the regular season along with rookies Kristian Campbell and Marcelo Mayer, will make his major league debut Monday night at home against Tampa Bay, batting fifth and playing right field, manager Alex Cora said. Wilyer Abreu was placed on the IL as the corresponding move, per multiple reports.
A second-round pick in the 2022 amateur draft – one the Red Sox paid more like a first-round pick with a $2.5 million signing bonus – Anthony is batting .288 with 10 homers and 29 RBIs in 58 games this season. While there are some concerns about his short-term performance, as he’s been a bit overly passive at times in Triple-A, the long-term prospects for Anthony are still promising: he’s the consensus top prospect in the league for a reason, with the likes of MLB.com, Baseball America, and Baseball Prospectus all listing him No. 1 at the time of his promotion, with the expectation being that this is a future All-Star outfielder in the making.
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The second grand slam of the season for Anthony put Worchester ahead 9-4 in the eighth inning. He drove a 91.1 mph sinker from Carlos Romero deep over the right-center field wall, a drive that left his bat at 115.6 mph.
Anthony hit the longest home run measured this year by Statcast, which this season tracks the major leagues, Triple-A and the Class A Florida State League.
Since Statcast started tracking in the major leagues in 2015, only Nomar Mazara (505 feet in 2019), Giancarlo Stanton (504 feet in 2016), C.J. Cron (504 feet in 2022) and Christian Yelich (499 feet in 2022) have hit longer big league homers.
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2025 World Series odds: Dodgers favored; Rangers, Astros, Red Sox crater
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The countdown to the 2025 MLB Fall Classic has officially begun, as the new season is in full swing.
The Dodgers blew past the Yankees in the 2024 World Series, winning 4-1 to earn their second title in the past five years.Â
Will L.A. make it three in six years? Or, will the Mets — whom the Dodgers defeated in the 2024 NLCS — make a run after the addition of Juan Soto?
Let’s take a look at the odds to win the Fall Classic at DraftKings Sportsbook as of June 9.
World Series winner 2025
Los Angeles Dodgers: +280 (bet $10 to win $38 total)
New York Yankees: +550 (bet $10 to win $65 total)
New York Mets: +700 (bet $10 to win $80 total)
Detroit Tigers: +800 (bet $10 to win $90 total)
Philadelphia Phillies: +950 (bet $10 to win $105 total)
Houston Astros: +1400 (bet $10 to win $150 total)
Chicago Cubs: +1400 (bet $10 to win $150 total)
Seattle Mariners: +2200 (bet $10 to win $230 total)
Minnesota Twins: +2200 (bet $10 to win $230 total)
San Diego Padres: +2800 (bet $10 to win $290 total)
San Francisco Giants: +3000 (bet $10 to win $310 total)
Cleveland Guardians: +4000 (bet $10 to win $410 total)
Toronto Blue Jays: +4000 (bet $10 to win $410 total)
Tampa Bay Rays: +4000 (bet $10 to win $410 total)
Atlanta Braves: +4500 (bet $10 to win $460 total)
Arizona Diamondbacks: +4500 (bet $10 to win $460 total)
Kansas City Royals: +5000 (bet $10 to win $510 total)
Boston Red Sox: +5500 (bet $10 to win $560 total)
St. Louis Cardinals: +6000 (bet $10 to win $610 total)
Milwaukee Brewers: +7000 (bet $10 to win $710 total)
Texas Rangers: +7500 (bet $10 to win $760 total)
Cincinnati Reds: +20000 (bet $10 to win $2,010 total)
Baltimore Orioles: +25000 (bet $10 to win $2,510 total)
Los Angeles Angels: +30000 (bet $10 to win $3,010 total)
Athletics: +40000 (bet $10 to win $4,010 total)
Washington Nationals: +40000 (bet $10 to win $4,010 total)
Pittsburgh Pirates: +50000 (bet $10 to win $5,010 total)
Miami Marlins: +50000 (bet $10 to win $5,010 total)
Colorado Rockies: +50000 (bet $10 to win $5,010 total)
Chicago White Sox: +50000 (bet $10 to win $5,010 total)
As always, a few contenders have turned into pretenders.
Dating back to the beginning of May, a few teams have seen their odds lengthen dramatically, including the Braves, who were at +1500 at the top of May (seventh on the oddsboard) and are now at +4500 (15th).Â
Texas also took a huge dip, moving from +1700 at the top of May to +7500 on June 9, and the Red Sox moved from +2000 to +5500 over the same time span.
Despite going 5-5 in their last 10 games, and holding just a one-game lead in the NL West as of June 9, the defending champion Dodgers are still atop the oddsboard.
Still, going back-to-back in professional baseball has proven difficult in the history of the sport, meaning, although the Dodgers are favored to repeat, it will by no means be easy.
The last time a team won consecutive World Series, the Yankees won three in a row from 1998 to 2000. Prior to that, the Blue Jays repeated in 1993 after winning it all in 1992.
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Arguably the most unique occurrence of consecutive titles happened between 1972 and 1978. The Athletics won three straight titles from 1972-1974, followed by the Reds going back-to-back in 1975 and 1976, before the Yankees won in 1977 and 1978.
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Last Night in Baseball: Paul Skenes bests Phillies, looks like Paul Skenes again
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There is always baseball happening — almost too much baseball for one person to handle themselves.Â
That’s why we’re here to help, though, by sifting through the previous days’ games, and figuring out what you missed, but shouldn’t have. Here are all the best moments from the weekend in Major League Baseball:Â
Skenes dominates, Pirates sweep
Paul Skenes’ ERA kept dropping in May, but there were some potentially concerning signs left behind in those early starts. He was uncharacteristically struggling with his command and control, such as when he gave up three home runs to the Cubs on May 1 while walking four, or gave up another four free passes to the Cardinals in his next start, or the three walks allowed to the Mets in the one after that. You don’t really like to think about what a sudden loss of command for a flamethrowing starting pitcher means, especially one as precise with their location as Skenes has been in his young careere, but it was hard to not start to wonder if something alarming was happening. Such is the way of modern baseball and max-effort velocity.
Whatever was bothering Skenes, though, be it physical or mechanical, seems to be in the rear view, as the Phillies just got a reminder of on Sunday. In a performance that secured the sweep for the Pirates, Skenes went 7.2 innings with seven strikeouts against one walk, while allowing just one unearned run and a pair of hits. His ERA now stands at 1.88, even lower than last year’s absurd 1.96 rookie-season performance, and, over his last five starts — meaning the five since that troubling run of command and control issues — Skenes has posted a 0.74 ERA with 39 strikeouts in 36.1 innings, and against all of five walks. He’s also just allowed the one homer in that stretch.
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That performance has brought him all of a 3-2 record to show for it, because this is still the Pirates we’re talking about — they’ve scored 3.6 runs per start for him over those five, and that’s with one of them being a 10-run effort — but hey, it’s at least headed in the right direction. Sort of. The Pirates are lucky they’ve got a guy who can win a 2-1 game, is all, but maybe the bats could stand to be a little less withholding when their guy is on the mound, hmm? Just because he can win in those situations doesn’t mean he should have to do so almost exclusively.
As for the Phillies… it hasn’t been a great June. The Brewers completed a weekend sweep on the first of the month, then they lost two of three to the Blue Jays — including a walk-off loss on Wednesday — and now they were swept by the lowly Pirates, a team still on pace for 98 losses despite sweeping the Phils and having literally Paul Skenes in their rotation. The Phillies are now 4.5 games back of the Mets in the NL East, even though they were in first place on May 31, and have spent 36 days in that spot this year.
Raleigh extends home run lead
Cal Raleigh didn’t play on Sunday — hey, he’s a catcher, even Big Dumper needs a day off sometimes — but on Saturday, he went yard twice. He’s now up to .272/.380/.655 on the season, with an MLB-leading 26 homers: that’s three more than Aaron Judge, who sits in second place and is ranked that highly because he also went deep twice over the weekend, with a pair of homers against the Red Sox on Sunday.
Despite Raleigh driving in four runs on his own with those dingers, the Mariners would fall to the Angels, 8-6, their fifth loss in a row. While we’re on the subject…
Kirby’s Return to Dream Land
George Kirby’s 2025 hadn’t been going that well. He didn’t even make his debut until May 22, owing to shoulder inflammation that forced him to the Injured List to begin the season, and then, in his first two starts, he looked an awful lot like a guy who was debuting late after coming off of an injury: Kirby allowed 11 runs in 8.2 innings, while allowing three homers.Â
In Kirby’s third start of the year, he recaptured a bit of the old magic, going five innings against the Orioles while allowing two runs. The Mariners lost, but that wasn’t on him, at least, like in the previous two outings. Sunday, though, was when everything came together again for Kirby: seven innings, two runs allowed, no walks, a pair of hits, and 14 strikeouts. It ended a skid for both Kirby and the Mariners, who as said above had lost five in a row and were in line to be swept by the Angels.Â
Now, Kirby isn’t usually this kind of strikeout guy, but it’s still a great sign for his return to prominence. He’s been a durable and reliable starter for a few years now, one who succeeds largely on keeping the ball in the park often enough while limiting walks to league-leading rates — Kirby gave up just 0.9 walks per nine innings in 2023, across over 190 frames, and then led the league again at just 1.1 per nine in 2024. The strikeouts are there — Kirby’s at 8.6 of those per nine in his career — but it’s keeping baserunners to a minimum and allowing solo shots that allows him to be an above-average rotation arm for the Mariners. The kind they’ll need around if they’re to keep competing for supremacy in the AL West.
Alonso makes Mets history in Mets sweep
Pete Alonso’s Sunday helped the Mets sweep the Rockies — Colorado followed up a surprise sweep of the Marlins last week by being handed three Ls in a row against New York — and also moved him up their history books. Alonso’s first homer of the day tied him for second all-time on the Mets list with David Wright, and his second gave him sole possession.Â
Alonso is just nine long balls away from tying Daryl Strawberry for first place on this list, as well: given that it’s June 9 and the Mets’ first baseman already has 17 dingers on the year, and he’s hit at least 34 in every full, non-pandemic-shortened season he’s played in the majors, we’re likely to see him climb to the top of the leaderboard before too much longer.Â
Whether Alonso puts some serious distance between himself and New York’s past is going to depend entirely on whether he ends up signing a long-term deal or not this offseason – Alonso has a $24 million player option in 2026, the second and final year of the deal he signed this winter – but you’d have to imagine the Mets are more open to his contract demands now than they were in the offseason. Assuming he can keep hitting like he has been, anyway: Alonso is up to .301/.396/.594 on the year, which would all be career-highs.
The Braves are scuffling, but Acuña is not
The Braves are still having a rough 2025, and that hasn’t changed all that much since Ronald Acuña Jr. returned from his second ACL surgery back on May 23: they’re now 27-37 on the season, 9.5 out from a wild card spot, and have now lost seven games in a row.. However, none of that is Acuña’s doing: he’s batting .304/.391/.554 with four homers and a 163 OPS+ in the 15 games since he’s come back from injury, and he even flashed a bit of leather in the outfield on Sunday against the Giants.
The diving catch itself is a highlight, but that Acuña immediately rolls back into position so he can hold the runners on second and first base where they were to keep them from advancing is a nifty bonus. There’s still a lot of talent on this team, and if Acuña can keep it rolling, maybe they’ll be able to turn things around before it’s too late.
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Last Night in Baseball: Giants’ Matt Chapman hits walk-off two-run HR
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Saturday had it all! From down-to-the-wire finishes to statement-making blowouts, it was a big day in baseball.
Here are all the best moments from Saturday night in Major League Baseball:
Jesus Sanchez had a three-run homer and a two-run double, and Hernandez singled in the go-ahead run in the 10th inning as the Marlins outlasted Christopher Morel and the Rays on Saturday, 11-10, to snap a five-game losing streak.
Morel went 3 for 3 with two home runs, a double and four RBIs for the Rays, who had a four-game win streak halted.
Morel hit a three-run homer off Ryan Weathers, and Danny Jansen and Taylor Walls followed with back-to-back doubles for a 4-0 lead in the second inning. Weathers was hit in the head after his final warmup pitch to start the game on catcher Nick Fortes’ throw to second base and was pulled after three innings for precautionary reasons. Weathers is the son of former major league pitcher David Weathers.
Dan Myers and Fortes reached with singles off Taj Bradley in the third and Xavier Edwards drove in Myers with a one-out double. Sánchez followed with his fifth homer to tie it at 4-all.
Morel doubled against reliever Ronny Henriquez, and Jansen homered for the fifth time three pitches later to put the Rays up 6-4 in the fourth.
The Marlins answered with a seven-run fifth as they batted around. Sánchez gave Miami a 7-6 lead with a two-run double. Liam Hicks doubled in two and Myers doubled in Hicks to make it 10-6. Jose Caballero threw out Myers at home to end the inning.
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Morel hit his fifth homer with one out in the sixth off reliever Tyler Phillips and Walls followed with a two-run shot after Jansen singled to get the Rays within 10-9. Brandon Lowe‘s 13th home run leading off the seventh against reliever Anthony Bender tied it at 10.
Bradley allowed seven runs on six hits in four innings. Mason Montgomery gave up three runs on five hits in an inning. Garrett Cleavinger (0-2) allowed Hernandez’s game-winning hit.Â
Rookie Cade Gibson (1-3) closed it out with two scoreless innings for his first win.
Lux hit a grand slam, Christian Encarnacion-Strand homered for the second straight game and the Reds routed the Diamondbacks on Saturday, 13-1, after completing a suspended game with a 4-3 victory in 10 innings.
TJ Friedl and Elly De La Cruz drew walks off Arizona starter Ryne Nelson, and Encarnacion-Strand hit his fourth homer for a 3-0 lead. Will Benson walked and took third on Tyler Stephenson‘s double before scoring on Spencer Steer‘s single. Jake Fraley drove in a run with a forceout for a 5-0 first-inning lead.
Eugenio Suarez went 2 for 4 and led off the third against Nick Martinez (4-6) with his 17th HR for the Diamondbacks.
Lux’s grand slam came off reliever Kendall Graveman, who needed 33 pitches to end the fourth after coming in with two on and no outs.
Elko hit a two-run homer, Adrian Houser pitched six strong innings and the White Sox beat the Royals on Saturday, 4-1. Chase Meidroth also went deep for the White Sox, who have won three straight for the second time this season.
Houser (2-1) gave up a run and six hits while striking out six and walking one. It was the 32-year-old right-hander’s fourth quality start since signing with the White Sox on May 20.
Elko’s homer in the bottom of the second gave the White Sox a 2-1 lead. Meidroth pushed the advantage to two runs with his shot in the third, and Edgar Quero capped the scoring with a sacrifice fly in the eighth.
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Jacob deGrom tosses seven shutout innings, Texas Rangers snap four-game skid
DeGrom allowed two hits in seven shutout innings and Marcus Semien drove in three runs to lead the Texas Rangers to a 5-0 victory over the Washington Nationals on Saturday that snapped a four-game skid.
DeGrom (6-2) threw 81 pitches and struck out eight while lowering his ERA to 2.12. Luke Jackson and Chris Martin each pitched a scoreless inning to close it out.
Sam Haggerty and Josh Jung singled off Nationals starter Mitchell Parker in the first inning. Semien drove in Haggerty with a single and Jung scored from first when the ball got by center fielder Robert Hassell III for an error.
Parker retired 14 straight after Semien’s hit until Haggerty beat out a grounder to third to begin the sixth. Hassell made a catch on the warning track on Wyatt Langford‘s fly ball and threw to second to get Haggerty trying to advance for the double play and his second career assist.
Texas added three insurance runs off reliever Eduardo Salazar in the eighth. Haggerty and Langford led off with singles and Semien hit a two-run double. Adolis Garcia singled in the final run.
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Davis hit a tiebreaking solo home run in the bottom of the seventh inning to lift Pittsburgh to a 2-1 victory over Philadelphia on Saturday after the slumping Phillies placed star first baseman Bryce Harper on the injured list before the game with right wrist inflammation.
Davis hit his fourth home run of the season and second in as many games to left-center off Ranger Suarez (4-1) on a first-pitch changeup to snap a 1-1 tie. The Pirates won for the third time in four games and can sweep the three-game series on Sunday.
The Phillies’ lone run came on Kyle Schwarber’s 20th homer with one out in the first inning off Andrew Heaney. Philadelphia has lost eight of its last nine games after winning 12 of 13.
Phillies vs. Pirates Highlights | MLB on FOX
Chapman hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning and the Giants beat the Atlanta Braves on Saturday, 3-2, for their fourth straight win.
Heliot Ramos singled with one out against Braves reliever Pierce Johnson (1-3). After Wilmer Flores popped out, Chapman homered to left for his 12th of the season.
It spoiled a stellar start by Atlanta’s Bryce Elder, who allowed a run and three hits while striking out 12 in eight innings. The Braves lost their sixth straight.
Giants starter Logan Webb gave up two runs and six hits in six innings while striking out 10 — his fourth double-digit effort of the season.
Tyler Rogers (3-2) pitched a scoreless ninth to get the win.
Giants’ Matt Chapman delivers walk-off two-run home run to stun Braves
Arenado delivered a pinch-hit RBI double in the ninth inning and the Cardinals stifled the Dodgers’ offense for a second straight game in a 2-1 victory on Saturday.
Nolan Gorman led off the ninth with a ground-rule double before being replaced with a pinch runner. After Pedro Pages reached on an error by pitcher Ben Casparius (4-1), the Dodgers vacated left field to play with five infielders, and Arenado’s lazy fly ball landed just inside the foul line and bounced into the stands for another ground-rule double.
The Dodgers, who lead the majors in scoring, home runs and batting average, were held scoreless for the first 17 innings of the series, but managed to tie it when Shohei Ohtani scored on a wild pitch by Ryan Helsley (3-0) in the top of the ninth. It was the second straight blown save for Helsley.
Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto struck out nine in six scoreless innings, allowing four singles and two walks.
Dodgers vs. Cardinals Highlights | MLB on FOX
Reporting by The Associated Press.
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