Power Rankings heading into the second half

View in browser  Thursday, July 21 • New No. 2 in Power Rankings heading into second half The Yankees remain in the top spot after a record-breaking first half, but there is jockeying for position behind them and other teams on the rise in this week's Power Rankings.   • These are the Cy Young leaders at the break The top arms in baseball are gearing up for the stretch run, and a panel of MLB.com experts has a clear favorite in each league for the Cy Young Awards in our latest poll.   • Here are 7 potential Juan Soto trade proposals With the news that Juan Soto reportedly turned down a 15-year, $440M contract offer, the potential for a trade became a reality. Here are some ideas of what it would take to land him.   • An early 2023 mock draft: Top 20 picks The dust has barely settled on the 2022 Draft, but let's start dissecting the class of 2023. With the obvious caveats making predictions this far out, here is a guess at the first 20 picks.   • Midterm reports: Assessing each team so far The unofficial halfway point of the MLB season is here, so it's a good time to see where each team stands coming out of the All-Star break.   • Another accolade for Albert: Ali Sports Humanitarian Award It has been quite a farewell tour for Albert Pujols, and one day after playing in his final All-Star Game, he received the Muhammad Ali Sports Humanitarian Award at this year's ESPYs.   • Hottest-hitting prospects -- 1 for each team As the weather has gotten hot, so have some of baseball's top prospects. Here is one hitter in each organization who has turned it on with the bat in recent weeks.   • Start the second half with a weekend of free MLB.TV Watch a Yankees-Astros doubleheader, Shohei Ohtani on the mound against the Braves and more this weekend with MLB.TV's free preview running from Thursday through Sunday.   More top news > The story of Big Papi's Mariners (yes, Mariners) career We have heard plenty about David Ortiz's tenure with the Twins before he became a Hall of Famer for the Red Sox. But the first team to sign Big Papi was actually the Mariners. 'This is Mickey Mantle?' All kinds of stars came out for the All-Star Game, including some from Hollywood. Denzel Washington in particular went out of his way to meet Mike Trout. This year's 6 best Draft hauls With the 2022 Draft in the books, here is MLB Pipeline's look at the six clubs that made the most out of this year's selections. Here's what made Jeter 'The Captain' As ESPN releases the seven-part documentary "The Captain," continuing with Episode 2 tonight at 9 ET, we are revisiting some of the memories that defined Derek Jeter's legendary career. Thursday baseball on MLB Network It's Yankees-Astros Game 1 at 1 p.m. ET, followed by Tigers-A's Game 1. Then it's back to Yankees-Astros for Game 2 at 6:30. Today's Trivia Question Who led the Yankees in hits in 2003? Answer » © 2022 MLB Advanced Media, L.P. MLB trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of Major League Baseball. Visit MLB.com. Any other marks used herein are trademarks of their respective owners. Please review our Privacy Policy. You () received this message because you registered to receive commercial email messages from MLB.com. Please add info@mail.mlblists.com to your address book to ensure our messages reach your inbox. If you no longer wish to receive commercial email messages from MLB.com, please unsubscribe or log in and manage your email subscriptions. Postal Address: MLB.com, c/o MLB Advanced Media, L.P., 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020.