Check out 7 biggest storylines for rest of the season

Plus: An unexpected budding bitter rivalry

Wednesday, June 26 View In Browser  TOP NEWS 7 storylines that will dominate 2nd half of the season   Will Yanks or O's win the AL East? Shohei Ohtani or Bryce Harper for NL MVP? These are just two of the hot topics we'll be talking about from now until the regular season ends. Profar rips slam after confrontation with Ruiz empties benches Shohei's blast pushes RBI streak to franchise-tying 9 straight games Guards' lineup catches fire in surge to MLB's best record Skubal schools Phillies in star-studded pitching matchup 'The power is real': Vientos living up to potential with 2 more HRs Astros win 6th straight behind another 'nasty' Brown start MORE TOP NEWS MLB MORNING LINEUP PODCAST TOP PERFORMANCES Mark Vientos: 2-for-4, 2 HRs, 2 RBIs, 2 R HR in 3 consecutive plate appearances dating back to Sunday Bryan Reynolds: 2-for-5, HR, 2 RBIs, 2 R Extends hit streak to 22 games, longest in MLB this year Tarik Skubal: 7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 7 K's, 1 BB Retired 13 of his final 14 batters José Ramírez: 2-for-5, HR, 2B, 3 RBIs, 2 R 116.6 mph 2B was hardest-hit ball of his career Shohei Ohtani: 2-for-4, HR, 2 RBIs, 2 R, 1 BB RBI in 9 straight games ties Dodgers franchise mark PLAY A SPORCLE BASEBALL QUIZ! MORE FREE GAMES AT MLB PLAY MUST-SEE PLAY Jonny DeLuca delivers with the leather. MORE TOP PLAYS STAFF PICKS What moves could likely Trade Deadline sellers make? 5 teams are staring at double-digit deficits in the postseason race, making them the most likely to deal players to contenders. And 1 club in particular has a number of names that will be of interest. He's flirting with .400 -- and suddenly hitting for power. Here's how Sure, Steven Kwan is hitting .385, but that's not the real story here. It's about hitting for power. It's about one of the lightest-hitting bats in the league adding slug. On purpose, even. The 10 best college pitchers in this year's Draft Two prospects who broke the NCAA Division I strikeout rate record headline the top 10 college pitching prospects in the 2024 Draft. Take a spin around the Minors Yesterday's top Minor League highlights included four homers and nine RBIs -- accounting for all of his team's runs -- by Mariners prospect Hogan Windish. The accidental footage of Jackie Robinson at Spring Training Robert Bates Sr. was really only trying to film his sons, who were bat boys for a day for the Montreal Royals, but in the process he captured rare moments from Robinson's first spring in the Dodgers' system. MLB Network Showcase: Yankees vs. Mets It's the Casamigos MLB Network Showcase when Aaron Judge and the Yankees battle Francisco Lindor and the Mets in the Subway Series at 7 p.m. ET.  MORE STORIES SCOREBOARD CLE 10 BAL 8 PHI 1 DET 4 SEA 3 TB 11 PIT 9 CIN 5 TOR 9 BOS 4 NYY 7 NYM 9 COL 2 HOU 5 LAD 4 CWS 3 MIA 2 KC 1 TEX 1 MIL 3 OAK 5 LAA 7 WAS 7 SD 9 MIN 4 ARI 5 CHC 1 SF 5 © 2024 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 (gahleexholly.hdhask@blogger.com) received this message because you registered to receive commercial email messages from MLB.com. Please add info@marketing.mlbemail.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.