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MLB All-Star Game live updates: Live updates, highlights and more from Seattle — Major League Baseball's 93rd All-Star Game is Tuesday at T-Mobile Park in Seattle. It's the first time the ballpark has hosted the Midsummer Classic since 2001. This year, rosters are full of veterans …
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Rockies' Elias Diaz shines bright, leads NL to first All-Star Game win since 2012 — SEATTLE − It was a Major League Baseball All-Star Game that had the sellout crowd openly recruiting the game's greatest player. — It featured the best pure hitter swinging the bat just twice …
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Gabe Lacques / USA Today:
‘Come to Se-att-le!’: Shohei Ohtani hears All-Star crowd's recruiting pitch loud and clear. — SEATTLE ― Shohei Ohtani heard the chants. It was impossible to avoid them. — Possibly bound for the trade block in two weeks and most certainly bound for free agency in the winter …
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LaMond Pope / Chicago Tribune:
Chicago White Sox's Luis Robert Jr. showcases Home Run Derby power — including a 484-foot blast — before falling in semifinals — SEATTLE — Luis Robert Jr. had a simple message for his Home Run Derby pitcher, Chicago White Sox bullpen catcher Luis Sierra.
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Nathan Ruiz / Baltimore Sun:
Orioles' Adley Rutschman puts on switch-hitting show in Home Run Derby but falls in opening round — SEATTLE — When Randy Rutschman got a call from his son asking to throw to him in the Home Run Derby, he felt it was a sign of Adley Rutschman's competitive intentions in the event.
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Jordan Mendoza / USA Today:
Home Run Derby recap: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. wins title, like father — Like father, like son. — Just as his dad did in 2007, Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. powered his way through T-Mobile Park to win the 2023 Home Run Derby. — The runner-up in 2019 …
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Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
MLBPA wants baseball to soften pitch timer before playoffs — SEATTLE — The Major League Baseball Players Association would like the league to soften the pitch timer rule as the 2023 season approaches the playoffs, but commissioner Rob Manfred is leaning toward keeping the current one in place.
Meghan Montemurro / Chicago Tribune:
Chicago Cubs in MLB draft: Shortstop Matt Shaw — one of the top college hitters — at No. 13 and right-hander Jaxon Wiggins at No. 68 — Matt Shaw's ambitious outlook for his professional career already has him envisioning a fast track to Wrigley Field. — The Chicago Cubs selected …
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MLB.com:
MLB Gameday: NL All-Stars 3, AL All-Stars 2 Final Score (07/11/2023) — Follow MLB results with FREE box scores, pitch-by-pitch strikezone info, and Statcast data for NL All-Stars vs. AL All-Stars at T-Mobile Park
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Gary Phillips / New York Daily News:
Yankees to hire Sean Casey as new hitting coach — A new mayor is coming to New York City. — The Yankees will hire Sean Casey to be their new lead hitting coach. Per the New York Post's Joel Sherman, Casey's deal is for the rest of the 2023 season. — The club fired Dillon Lawson …
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Jeff Seidel / Detroit Free Press:
Detroit Tigers' first 3 picks of 2023 MLB draft could be a grand slam — or a gut punch — Detroit Tigers president of baseball operations Scott Harris is nothing if not consistent. — Since he took over the Tigers in October, he has preached the same mantra: We want hitters …
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Shohei Ohtani, MLB's most coveted player, focused on season, not free agency — SEATTLE − It's officially called the 93rd Major League Baseball All-Star Game. — But come on, who's really kidding who? — This isn't an All-Star Game. — This is the Shohei Ohtani Extravaganza.
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Wittenmyer & Williams: How rest of season could shake out for first-place Cincinnati Reds — Gordon Wittenmyer Jason WilliamsCincinnati Enquirer … Wittenmyer: Hey, man. I'm glad I got ahold of you. I'm here in Seattle. Looking around, I don't see anybody I know. Where are all the Reds?
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Jacob Calvin Meyer / Baltimore Sun:
Orioles finish Day 1 of MLB draft by selecting UNC outfielder Mac Horvath, Florida State pitcher Jackson Baumeister — The Orioles' first two picks in the MLB draft Sunday night weren't surprising. The third was. — After taking Vanderbilt center fielder Enrique Bradfield Jr. No. 17 overall …
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