How Skubal's injury affects Tigers, free agency

Plus: A Sterling tribute on Judge HR call

Tuesday, May 05 View In Browser  TOP NEWS In 1st MVP poll, reigning winners can't get too comfortable   Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge are in familiar spots, but some early upstarts are proving they're up for the challenge. How will Skubal's elbow surgery impact Tigers, free agency? Murakami ties Judge with 429-foot blast that might not have landed yet Conforto's pinch-hit, walk-off homer sends Cubs to 12th straight win at Wrigley Yamamoto (8 K's) rebounds as Dodgers' offense comes back to life in Houston Nola's strong start sets tone as Phils go to 6-1 under interim skip Mattingly With 1st overall pick in AUSL College Draft, Blaze select RHP Pickens Chourio erupts for 4 hits -- all 102+ mph EV -- in impressive '26 debut Ohtani (0.60 ERA) set to face Astros on Tuesday -- but will (again) not hit Benge breakout? Freer approach paying off for Mets' top prospect Duran's blast keys 5-run 7th, helps Tolle to 1st 'W' as Sox return to win column MORE TOP NEWS PERSONALIZE STORIES TOP PERFORMANCES Longest Home Run Seiya Suzuki   455 ft 4th Inning   Watch   Hardest Base Hit  Blaze Alexander   112.9 mph 7th Inning   Watch   Fastest Strikeout Cam Schlittler   100.6 mph 1st Inning   Watch   Decisive Play Cubs   46% WPA 9th Inning   Watch   Longest Home Run Seiya Suzuki   455 ft 4th Inning   Watch   Hardest Base Hit  Blaze Alexander   112.9 mph 7th Inning   Watch   Fastest Strikeout Cam Schlittler   100.6 mph 1st Inning   Watch   Decisive Play Cubs   46% WPA 9th Inning   Watch   Matt Olson National League-leading 12th homer is 300th of career Munetaka Murakami 1st 14 XBH all HRs: Longest such streak to start a career since 1900 Cam Schlittler Has allowed 1 ER or fewer in 6 of his 8 starts Carson Benge HR & RBI: Back-to-back games with an XBH for the 1st time JJ Bleday Hardest HR (112.6 mph), 2nd-hardest career hit overall PLAY A SPORCLE BASEBALL QUIZ! MORE FREE GAMES AT MLB PLAY MUST-SEE PLAY Brice Matthews is as graceful as a ballerina. MORE TOP PLAYS STAFF PICKS 'A JUDGIAN BLAST!' Yanks pay perfect homage to Sterling In the first inning, after the Yankees paid tribute to their iconic former radio announcer John Sterling, who passed away on Monday, Aaron Judge went deep. On the TV broadcast, Michael Kay paid tribute with a Sterling-esque call. And when the Yankees completed a sweep of the Orioles, it was time for one more tip of the cap. NEW low price for MLB.TV Seasonal The MLB.TV Seasonal package is now available for $139.99 to watch every out-of-market game live or on demand, along with a free one-month trial of ESPN Unlimited and other features. Ice cream tastes better when your dad's in the bullpen As Tyler Phillips sat in the Marlins' bullpen on Monday, he saw his family on the bullpen television -- including his kid Frank crushing a soft-serve ice cream and getting a kick out of seeing himself on TV. The man who's been to 10,000 baseball games And he's not about to stop now. April's award winners A mix of superstars (first-time Pitcher of the Month Shohei Ohtani!) and surprising breakout players (NL Player of the Month Ildemaro Vargas!) took home monthly honors for March/April. Get MLB+ for $49.99 for a limited time only! New for 2026, enjoy access to MLB Network 24/7 and MLB Big Inning, live out-of-market games, radio broadcasts, Gameday 3D and more. Stream for the rest of the year for a sale price of $49.99 through May 10. Pirates vs. D-backs on MLB Network Top prospect Konnor Griffin and the Pirates take on Ketel Marte and the D-backs at 9:30 p.m. ET (or Braves vs. Mariners). MORE STORIES SCOREBOARD NYM 4 COL 2 BOS 5 DET 4 TOR 1 TB 5 PHI 1 MIA 0 BAL 1 NYY 12 CIN 4 CHC 5 CLE 2 KC 6 MIL 3 STL 6 LAD 8 HOU 3 CWS 6 LAA 0 ATL 4 SEA 5 SD 2 SF 3 © 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.