MLB's next superstar? Just ask Judge

Plus: Ohtani snaps slump, thanks to Ice Cube

Wednesday, May 13 View In Browser  TOP NEWS The speed-defense specialist who quietly turned into a superstar   When Aaron Judge says, “He's one of my favorite players to watch in the game right now," you know he's special. Let's take a deep dive into how Brice Turang emerged as one of the game's best. Skenes takes no-no into 7th, makes Bucs history with strikeout dominance Ohtani's cold streak may be over, thanks to ... Ice Cube himself!? Ober-powered: Righty needs just 89 pitches to toss Twins' first Maddux since '17 Raleigh snaps 0-for-38 slump, and his teammates made sure to ask for the ball McClanahan extends scoreless streak as red-hot Rays turn up the heat Ewing puts up the kind of MLB debut not seen in at least 126 years Wheeler's efficiency reaches historic levels at Fenway Goldy sets tone with first-pitch blast as Yanks find their way on road Yastrzemski breaks through for first Braves HR as team honors Cox, Turner Haase's surprising 2-HR night wasn't even on his own bingo card MORE TOP NEWS PERSONALIZE STORIES TOP PERFORMANCES Longest Home Run Shea Langeliers   448 ft 8th Inning   Watch   Hardest Base Hit  Elly De La Cruz   115.9 mph 5th Inning   Watch   Fastest Strikeout Luis Mey   101.1 mph 6th Inning   Watch   Decisive Play White Sox   31.8% WPA 8th Inning   Watch   Longest Home Run Shea Langeliers   448 ft 8th Inning   Watch   Hardest Base Hit  Elly De La Cruz   115.9 mph 5th Inning   Watch   Fastest Strikeout Luis Mey   101.1 mph 6th Inning   Watch   Decisive Play White Sox   31.8% WPA 8th Inning   Watch   Paul Skenes 1st Buc since 1968 with consecutive 8+ IP, 0 R, 2 H starts (Blass) A.J. Ewing 1st player with 3+ BB and SB in MLB debut since 1898 Shane McClanahan 2nd Ray with 4 straight scoreless starts of 5+ IP (Rasmussen, '25) Randy Arozarena 4-for-4, 2 2B, HR, 3 RBIs; .579/.636/.842 in past 5 games Kyle Schwarber 5th straight game with a homer, ties Phillies record PLAY A SPORCLE BASEBALL QUIZ! MORE FREE GAMES AT MLB PLAY MUST-SEE PLAY Jo Adell robbing homers ... haven't we seen that before? MORE TOP PLAYS STAFF PICKS Each club's hottest pitching prospect right now Even in a relatively small sample, some hurlers have been able to dominate on the bump this year. MLB Pipeline looks at each organization's strongest arm to date. Mason Windu? As if Miller could possibly get any nastier ... No, Padres closer Mason Miller is not a Jedi, though he does appear to throw some mind-bending pitches -- and he got a little help (not that he needed it) from Grogu in a commercial for the upcoming Mandalorian movie. Everyone has a DeMarlo Hale story. That's kind of the point The Blue Jays' associate manager is somehow and in some way connected to everyone and everything that happens in Toronto's clubhouse. Fired-up pitcher tells coach 'I'm finishing this game,' then completes no-hitter Rays prospect Aidan Cremarosa told his pitching coach where he stood: “Just letting him know he was going to have to drag me off that mound.” Wednesday tripleheader on MLB Network It’s Angels vs. Guardians at 1 p.m. ET, Phillies vs. Red Sox at 6:30 (or Rockies vs. Pirates) and Giants vs. Dodgers at 10. MORE STORIES SCOREBOARD LAA 2 CLE 3 NYY 6 BAL 2 WSH 10 CIN 4 COL 1 PIT 3 PHI 2 BOS 1 TB 7 TOR 6 DET 2 NYM 10 CHC 2 ATL 5 KC 5 CWS 6 MIA 0 MIN 3 SD 4 MIL 6 AZ 4 TEX 7 SEA 10 HOU 2 STL 6 ATH 4 SF 6 LAD 2 © 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.