How your team can upgrade at the Deadline

Plus: Sweep, smiles and singing for Mets

Thursday, July 25 View In Browser  TOP NEWS Here's 1 way each team can get better before the Deadline   Every team in the Majors will have a strategy leading up to Tuesday's Trade Deadline. Whether it's adding a starter, a reliever, an impact bat or a bench piece, every team has a need. In the case of sellers, it might be strengthening a specific area of the farm system. Mets seize bragging rights after commanding Subway sweep Tempers flare as Red Sox, Rockies benches clear Ray goes 5 no-hit innings in 'super special' Giants debut Padres' 'relentless' offense at its best in 12-run, 20-hit rout of Nats After another strong start, Flaherty awaits future ahead of Deadline Five years after debut, Vlad returns to center of Blue Jays' future hopes A World Series steal from 15 years ago still sparks trash talk MLB Network available as standalone stream for fans MORE TOP NEWS BEN'S BIZ NEWSLETTER TOP PERFORMANCES Jackson Merrill: 4-for-5, 2B, 3B, 3 R, RBI 2nd 4-hit game of big league career Elly De La Cruz: 3-for-5, HR, 3 R, 1 RBI, 2 SB 1st Red with 50 steals since Billy Hamilton (2017) Francisco Lindor: 3-for-6, 2 HRs, 5 RBIs, 2 R 2nd player with 2 multi-HR games in Subway Series (Posada) Jacob Stallings: 3-for-4, 2 2B, HR, 3 R, 4 RBIs Most RBIs in a game since May 15, 2021 Robbie Ray: 5 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 8 K's, 2 BB 1st appearance since March 31, 2023 PLAY A SPORCLE BASEBALL QUIZ! MORE FREE GAMES AT MLB PLAY MUST-SEE PLAY This sinking liner had a 5 percent chance of being caught. Tyrone Taylor caught it. MORE TOP PLAYS STAFF PICKS 1 prospect each team could deal at the Deadline With the Trade Deadline rapidly approaching, MLB Pipeline identifies one prospect from each organization who could be a key component to a deal. Two titans tied atop latest Hitter Power Rankings There was no separating Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani. Instead, we have our first tie atop the Hitter Power Rankings in 2024. 'Daddy's got to work' Francisco Lindor always has a smile on his face, and the dugout moment he shared with his daughters on Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium will put one on yours. This is what getting warmed up to throw heat looks like Paul Skenes is doing some things as a rookie that have never been done before, and that includes his unique warmup routine, which has become appointment viewing for fans before the game. Iglesias makes the play, then plays the hit While mic'd up on the ESPN broadcast, the multitalented Jose Iglesias turned a smooth double play and then showed off his even smoother vocals on the first line of his hit single, "OMG." Baseball all day on MLB Network It's Orioles vs. Marlins at noon ET, followed by Rays vs. Blue Jays at 3, Braves vs. Mets at 7, then A's vs. Angels joined in progress at 10. MORE STORIES SCOREBOARD CIN 9 ATL 4 STL 0 PIT 5 PHI 4 MIN 5 MIL 3 CHC 2 BOS 7 COL 20 HOU 8 OAK 1 LAA 2 SEA 1 DET 1 CLE 2 BAL 3 MIA 6 SD 12 WAS 3 NYM 12 NYY 3 TB 3 TOR 6 CWS 2 TEX 10 ARI 8 KC 6 SF 8 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.