Pete Alonso leaves early in loss vs. Braves with left wrist contusion, considered day-to-day  —  ATLANTA — The one player the Mets couldn't afford to lose was Pete Alonso.  But an absolute nightmare scenario played out during the top of the first inning at Truist Field on Wednesday night …

Yankees-White Sox game postponed due to Canadian wildfire smoke causing air quality issues in New York  —  UPDATE: The Yankees announced that Wednesday night's game against the Chicago White Sox at Yankee Stadium has been postponed because of the poor air quality due to smoke from the Canadian wildfires.

Orioles crushed by Brewers, 10-2, as Corbin Burnes dominates and Joey Wiemer stars again  —  MILWAUKEE — Brewers ace Corbin Burnes has spent most of the season searching for the dominant form that won him the 2021 National League Cy Young Award.  —  He found it Wednesday night against the Orioles.

Cincinnati Reds' Elly De La Cruz does it again, and then some in tape-measure encore  —  How does a No. 1-ranked prospect in baseball top a big-league debut that included two walks and a double that was hit harder than anything the Cincinnati Reds have hit all season?

2023 MLB Mock Draft Version 3.0  —  We're now a month out from the 2023 draft.  It's time for Mock Draft V 3.0.  —  Many scouting departments this week have started their end-of-season meetings and the industry is collectively buzzing about who could go where on July 9.

Rider killed at Ramona track was BMX star, X Games medalist Pat Casey  —  Casey, 29, was riding at Slayground Motocross Park in Ramona when he lost control of his motocross bike and crashed Tuesday afternoon  —  A 29-year-old man who died Tuesday while attempting a jump on a motocross bike …

Transactions  —  Kansas City Royals signed free agent RHP Justin Anderson to a minor league contract.  —  Kansas City Royals placed RHP Josh Staumont on the 15-day injured list retroactive to June 6, 2023.  Neck strain.  —  Kansas City Royals recalled LHP Austin Cox from Omaha Storm Chasers.

MLB Rookie Rankings: Can anyone catch Corbin Carroll?  —  We're past the unofficial start of summer, which gives us more than enough of a sample size to take our first group look at the state of MLB's 2023 rookie class.  —  We've combined the American League and National League into one list — headlined by (surprise!)