How tight races will impact Deadline moves

Plus: All Witt does is hit. For real

Tuesday, July 23 View In Browser  TOP NEWS How will tight division races influence deals at Deadline?   With competitive races almost across the board, we analyze what division leaders -- and their pursuers -- must do in the next week before next Tuesday's Trade Deadline. Salvy, Royals 'have Junior's back' after red-hot Witt gets plunked Amidst trade rumors, Skubal continues to strengthen Cy Young case River Ryan, Dodgers' No. 4 prospect, dazzles in debut Hoyer shifts focus to Cubs' future over present as Deadline nears Soto 'makes it look easy' again, rips 2 HRs as Yanks romp Lindor's 2 HRs help Mets' offense come alive MORE TOP NEWS BEN'S BIZ NEWSLETTER TOP PERFORMANCES Bobby Witt Jr.: 3-for-4, HR, 3B, 2B, 3 RBIs, 3 R 1st player with 3+ hits in each of 1st 4 games after ASG Juan Soto: 3-for-5, 2 HRs, 2B, 4 RBIs, 2 R 2nd HR at 114.9 mph was hardest-hit HR of career Francisco Lindor: 2-for-4, 2 HRs, BB, 2 RBIs, 2 R 2nd multi-HR game of the season Teoscar Hernández: 3-for-4, HR, 2B, 3 RBIs, 1 R Drives in all of L.A.'s runs in a 3-2 victory Hunter Greene: 7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 7 K's, 3 BB 0.45 ERA in July (1 R in 20 IP with 24 strikeouts) PLAY A SPORCLE BASEBALL QUIZ! MORE FREE GAMES AT MLB PLAY MUST-SEE PLAY Late Night LaMonte brings his juggling act to L.A. MORE TOP PLAYS STAFF PICKS Predicting the All-MLB Team in wake of the All-Star break With the season's second half underway, it's once again time for our panel of experts to take another stab at predicting which players will be worthy of a place on the All-MLB Team by the close of the year. 5 reasons the time is right for Blue Jays to trade Vlad Jr. Mired in a disappointing season, the Blue Jays have one opportunity to bridge the gap to their next era of contention -- and that means trading four-time All-Star Vladimir Guerrero Jr. How slow can you go? Jose Siri and Juan Soto took leisurely home run trots to a new -- and competitive -- level. The tall tale of a home run you simply Wood not believe The look on his teammate's face says it all. Nationals phenom James Wood once hit a homer off a pitch that was nearly at his head and sent it some distance that is the stuff of legends: "Farthest ball ever hit by a human." Braves, MLB unveil logo for 2025 Midsummer Classic Next year's All-Star Game is coming to Truist Park, and the preparations are already being made, including a logo that celebrates the team's home in The Battery. Rome wasn't built in a day. Neither was baseball in Italy Hall of Famer and Italian-American Mike Piazza has made it his mission to grow the game he loves in the country where he now resides, and he's doing it from the ground up. MORE STORIES SCOREBOARD TB 1 NYY 9 DET 8 CLE 2 STL 1 PIT 2 NYM 6 MIA 4 CIN 4 ATL 1 PHI 2 MIN 7 CWS 3 TEX 4 MIL 1 CHC 3 ARI 4 KC 10 BOS 8 COL 9 HOU 0 OAK 4 LAA 3 SEA 1 SF 2 LAD 3 © 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.