Is this the year a closer crashes Cy party?

Plus: Latest Hitter Power Rankings

Thursday, April 30 View In Browser  TOP NEWS Why Mason Miller's season could be worthy of a Cy Young Award   Relievers rarely secure the award due to low inning volume compared to starters. The Padres' closer is challenging this trend with an otherworldly performance. Another Church robbery takes away a would-be walk-off in Pittsburgh Vargas rising to historic heights as season-opening hit streak reaches 22 games Olson cranks first walk-off with Atlanta as club keeps flying high PCA! Cubs' slugger breaking out of slump with more than just homers Marlins seal series in LA on a double play you'll have to see to believe Skubal shakes off early blip, injury scare to deliver 7 strong innings Eovaldi halts Rangers' slide with 7-inning gem vs. Yankees Clement does it all, Okamoto stays sharp for surging Blue Jays Montgomery's 1st walk-off in extras for sweep of Halos is 'White Sox baseball' Cole takes another big step toward Yankees return with 3rd rehab start MORE TOP NEWS PERSONALIZE STORIES TOP PERFORMANCES Longest Home Run Corbin Carroll   430 ft 9th Inning   Watch   Hardest Base Hit  James Wood   114.6 mph 7th Inning   Watch   Fastest Strikeout Juan Morillo   99.5 mph 7th Inning   Watch   Decisive Play Braves   69.9% WPA 9th Inning   Watch   Longest Home Run Corbin Carroll   430 ft 9th Inning   Watch   Hardest Base Hit  James Wood   114.6 mph 7th Inning   Watch   Fastest Strikeout Juan Morillo   99.5 mph 7th Inning   Watch   Decisive Play Braves   69.9% WPA 9th Inning   Watch   Hunter Goodman 2 homers give him 9 for the season, most among MLB catchers Gavin Williams 0 ER in longest start of season (7.2 IP); 9 K's to retake MLB lead (53) Nolan Arenado 1st month with 5+ homers since July 2023 Cade Cavalli 1st WSH starter with 10+ K's in consecutive starts since 2020 (Scherzer) Juan Soto Triple shy of cycle; homered in consecutive games PLAY A SPORCLE BASEBALL QUIZ! MORE FREE GAMES AT MLB PLAY MUST-SEE PLAY Nathan Church plays to win, robbing the Pirates of what sure looked like a walk-off home run. MORE TOP PLAYS STAFF PICKS Latest Hitter Power Rankings feature a new No. 1 slugger Shohei Ohtani has occupied the top spot in each of our first two Hitter Power Rankings of the year. That's not the case this time. The hottest hitters in the Minors The first month of the Minor League season is in the books, and looking at each system's hottest hitter can be instructive. Think you know who's been good at using ABS? It's not so simple Having seen the ABS challenge system in action for a month, which teams and players are gaining value -- and which ones are letting opportunities slip by? When postgame dousings go wrong ... ... innocent bystanders can get drenched. Thankfully, Salvador Perez and Bobby Witt Jr. are stand-up guys who made amends. How the World Baseball Classic has grown See how the tournament has evolved over the past 20 years in the Business of Baseball presented by CohnReznick. Afternoon baseball on MLB Network Catch the Tigers and Braves at noon ET (or Cardinals vs. Pirates at 12:30), followed by the Royals and A’s at 3.  MORE STORIES SCOREBOARD TB 1 CLE 3 LAA 2 CWS 3 SEA 5 MIN 3 NYY 0 TEX 3 BOS 1 TOR 8 MIA 3 LAD 2 CHC 5 SD 4 COL 13 CIN 2 STL 5 PIT 4 WSH 14 NYM 2 DET 3 ATL 4 AZ 6 MIL 2 KC 2 ATH 5 © 2026 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.