Center fielder Luis Robert is the latest to return to action, as he’ll be activated and in the starting lineup Monday against the Minnesota Twins after being out since early May due to a hip flexor injury. Manager Tony La Russa made the announcement during a Sunday Zoom call with reporters about two weeks after […]
Continue readingCHICAGO — White Sox rookie Seby Zavala hit the first three home runs of his career, including a grand slam, but the Cleveland Indians rallied to beat Chicago 12-11 on Saturday night. Zavala became the first player in big league history to hit his first three career home runs in the same game, according to […]
Continue readingWith the season’s halfway mark arriving in the coming days, the teams at the top of our MLB Power Rankings have started to separate themselves from the pack while those at the bottom might already be thinking about next year as the trade deadline approaches. Did the Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox, Houston Astros […]
Continue readingCHICAGO — There was nothing settled this week on the South Side of Chicago. No message was sent in advance of a possible ALCS preview. No pecking order was established in the junior circuit. Yet there is one snapshot that can be taken now that the three-game series between the Chicago White Sox and Tampa […]
Continue readingMadrigal was helped off the field after he tried to beat out a grounder in the seventh inning of Wednesday night’s 6-2 loss to Toronto. The No. 4 overall pick in the 2018 amateur draft had been rounding into form of late, batting .365 (27-for-74) with two homers and 10 RBIs in his past 20 […]
Continue readingThe game will be made up as part of a straight doubleheader on Saturday, with a first pitch of 1:10 p.m. for the opener. The second game will begin approximately 30-45 minutes after the conclusion of the first game. Both will be seven-inning games. The White Sox announced that left-hander Dallas Keuchel (3-5, 6.31 ERA) […]
Continue readingAfter a two-week run at the top by the Chicago White Sox, a new team has overtaken the AL Central leaders for the No. 1 spot in our MLB Power Rankings this week. Will the Los Angeles Dodgers regain their place there after looking more like the team we expected to see in 2021 of […]
Continue readingJust over a month into the 2021 MLB season, no team has separated itself from the pack at the top of the standings just yet. In fact, heading into play Thursday, there are 12 teams within two games of Oakland’s MLB-best 19-13 mark. For our MLB Power Rankings voters, that means the challenge of putting […]
Continue readingIf only all these position players could hit as well as Atlanta Braves pitcher Huascar Ynoa, we wouldn’t be hyperventilating about the feeble state of batting averages across the major leagues. The 22-year-old right-hander has now homered in consecutive starts, including a grand slam in Tuesday’s 6-1 victory over the Nationals. Two starts ago, he […]
Continue readingRobert, 23, injured himself on the bases in the first inning of Sunday’s loss to the Cleveland Indians. He limped off the field with the help of the training staff and will be examined further to determine a course of recovery. “Those options include surgical repair if in fact the tear has affected the tendon’s […]
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