A contender for 3,000 hits emerges

Plus: Explaining Skenes' expanding arsenal

Tuesday, April 08 View In Browser  TOP NEWS 11 players putting up early MVP numbers   MVP Awards are not won and lost in the first two weeks of the season, but they can still prove telling. Here's a group of guys without any MVP hardware who could vie for their first if they keep this up. Lindor reaches 1,500 hits in Mets' win … can he reach 3,000? Call it 'a second debut': Pozo living out his MLB dream 'A great human being': Blue Jays react to Vlad Jr.'s extension 'Absolutely dominant': Greene electric as Reds shut out Giants Gunnar (2 hits, 2 runs, 2 steals) back in a big way Polanco's go-ahead hit gives Mariners winning jolt Mize mows down Yanks for 1st Comerica win in 4 years MORE TOP NEWS MLB MORNING LINEUP PODCAST TOP PERFORMANCES Shohei Ohtani 9th career game with at least a 3B and HR George Springer 19th career game with 4 or more hits Justin Steele Fanned season-high 8 over 7 scoreless IP Tyler Soderstrom 2 HRs, tied for Major League lead with 6 overall Logan Gilbert 7 K's, leads AL pitchers with 25 strikeouts PLAY A SPORCLE BASEBALL QUIZ! MORE FREE GAMES AT MLB PLAY MUST-SEE PLAY J.P. Crawford's dazzling diving stop kept the potential tying run off base in the 9th. MORE TOP PLAYS STAFF PICKS How will Vlad Jr.'s megadeal shape the winter to come? Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s 14-year, $500 million deal with the Blue Jays takes one of the biggest bats in the game off the market and changes the dynamic of next year's free-agent class.     Q&A with director of Red Sox docuseries Greg Whiteley, the director of "The Clubhouse: A Season with the Red Sox," took time with MLB.com to discuss the eight-part docuseries, which is now streaming on Netflix. Breaking down Skenes' 7 (or 8?) pitches If it's difficult to classify and label the spin, speed and movement on all of Paul Skenes' pitches, just imagine what it must feel like for batters trying to figure out what's coming. Tucker, Bregman rake in weekly honors The Cubs' Kyle Tucker (1.461 OPS) and Boston's Alex Bregman (5 2B, 2 HR) won the NL and AL Player of the Week Awards in the first full week of the season. Promotion for Bucs prospect is icing on cake Tsung-Che Cheng remembered the cake for his wife's birthday Sunday, but the 23-year-old infielder admitted he forgot to prepare for his partner's big day. He had a pretty decent excuse. Tuesday tripleheader on MLB Network It's Yankees vs. Tigers at 1 p.m. ET, followed by White Sox vs. Guardians at 4, then Padres vs. A's at 10. MORE STORIES SCOREBOARD NYY 2 DET 6 STL 4 PIT 8 LAD 4 WAS 6 TOR 6 BOS 2 MIA 0 NYM 2 TEX 0 CHC 7 MIN 2 KC 4 BAL 5 ARI 1 HOU 3 SEA 4 CIN 2 SF 0 SD 5 OAK 4 © 2025 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.