Plus: 7 matchups to watch this week
After the first full week of regular-season games gave us feats we hadn't seen in decades, it's fair to say that baseball is firmly back. And we are only just getting started.
This coming week features some high-profile matchups, including a pair of rematches from the 2022 playoffs and Toronto doing its best to take down the Tampa Bay juggernaut. Here are the most enticing matchups this week, starting with four games tonight. | | | Juan Soto and Ronald Acuña Jr. have been among baseball's best from the moment they stepped foot in the big leagues, and during an ESPN interview, they shared their admiration for each other -- as well as some good-natured ribbing. | | |
| With the potential tying run on base, a daring dive at Coors Field ended the game and led the way among yesterday's top plays. | | |
| For 34 years, it's been Retrosheet's extremely ambitious mission to provide play-by-play accounts for as many games as possible, archive them and make them available to share with anyone for free. | | |
| Royals broadcasters Jake Eisenberg and Denny Matthews are separated by 52 years, and the partnership is off to a strong start. "It's one of those things that you stop and think about the difference, and it's really pretty cool," Matthews said. | | |
| The Padres and Mets meet in a rematch of the 2022 NL Wild Card Series in the Casamigos Tequila MLB Network Showcase at 7 p.m. ET. | | |
| Who are the only two players in AL/NL history older than Nelson Cruz to drive in six runs in a game? | |
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