CLEVELAND – There’s nothing left to compare to last year. The Guardians know they face a tougher battle than they were 50 games into the 2022 season. Now they just have to figure out how to get out. Cleveland’s bats were silenced against White Sox starter Michael Kopech, who allowed just two hits in seven … Read more
NEW YORK — A four-run deficit heading into the seventh inning, with shrewd Yankees southpaw Nestor Cortes (who has always topped the Orioles) still on the mound and cruising? Put that on the books as a loss to Baltimore over the past few years. Not in early 2023, when the O’s are never out of … Read more
CLEVELAND — After going 1-for-5 in the White Sox’ 4-2 win over the Guardians on Tuesday night, Tim Anderson now finds himself in a 3-for-21 funk in his last six games. The White Sox All-Star shortstop did not homer during the 2023 campaign and has not gone deep since July 15, 2022, as he did … Read more
Once Miller took to the mound for the first time as a big leaguer, the fiery personality that everyone loved was on full display. The talented right-hander made sure to leave the first impression after five one-running innings in the Dodgers’ 8-1 win over the Braves on Tuesday night. “He feels good. I was really … Read more
WASHINGTON — Returning to his first major league home game Tuesday afternoon, Juan Soto took the field early at Nationals Park so he could catch up with some of his former teammates and coaches. They all did a little reminiscence. Soto also had a message for them. “When it’s game time, I play for the … Read more
ST. PETERSBURG — Bang. The balloon finally burst. For a nightmarish week, everything that could go wrong has gone wrong for the Blue Jays. But Tuesday night at Tropicana Field, All That Could Go did just that in one of the biggest offensive outbursts in franchise history, as Toronto cruised to a 20-1 win over … Read more
PHILADELPHIA — The fight went 10 throws, and at the end there were different methods to analyze it. Trea Turner was eliminated on Sunday afternoon. From the dugout, Phillies manager Rob Thomson approved. “I saw a really good batting,” Thomson said. Kevin Long, the club’s veteran hitting coach, didn’t disagree. He thought Turner could be … Read more
MILWAUKEE — When Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez hits the plate with the bases loaded — or really any situation with the game on the line — there’s no opposing pitcher, a certain pitch, or really any what kind of strategy that would make the other team feel good about what’s going to happen. So when … Read more
Gary Cohen, the Mets’ play-by-play man on SNY, has finally called this “Never Say Die Week” for the Mets, after they started looking like they were dying a bit, in what s It had turned into a lost month of May for them. It was late Friday night, after the Mets improbably beat the Guardians, … Read more
The season is just over a quarter away, and while a few teams have climbed to the top of their division standings with dominating leads, no one has separated themselves from the competition with a double-digit advantage. Even the Rays, who if they continue like this could threaten the single-season winning record, have only a … Read more
