Was the NL MVP Award clinched last night?

Plus: Deadline sellers still in playoff hunt

Tuesday, August 18 View In Browser  TOP NEWS In MVP-worthy season, PCA delivers defining moment on walk-off HR   A back-and-forth White Sox-Cubs opener ended as it began: with a HR from Pete Crow-Armstrong, whose 2 blasts and SB gave him back-to-back 30-30 seasons in a riveting matchup both teams hope is a prelude to something bigger. Benge reminds Padres you don't run on him. Twice. In the same inning. D-backs star Marte placed on restricted list after not showing up at Fenway Ohtani hits 878 feet of HRs ... and eyes possible bullpen session Tuesday Yanks place Fried back on IL with bone bruise in left elbow McGonigle's 405-foot moonshot helps Tigers snap 3-game skid Walk-off for Elly! First career winner lifts Reds to twin-bill split with Cards Sánchez's home dominance continues as Phillies stay in Wild Card run Fresh, strong and efficient, Baker gives Rays 5 outs in his MLB-leading 35th save Sox's bats break out, complete feat not seen in Boston for 77 years McCullough's ejection punctuates frustrating Wild Card setback MORE TOP NEWS ADD MLB AS YOUR PREFERRED SOURCE ON GOOGLE PERSONALIZE STORIES TOP PERFORMANCES Longest Home Run Coby Mayo   468 ft 2nd Inning   Watch   Hardest Base Hit  Coby Mayo   114.2 mph 2nd Inning   Watch   Fastest Strikeout Jordan Hicks   101.9 mph 8th Inning   Watch   Decisive Play Reds   48.4% WPA 9th Inning   Watch   Longest Home Run Coby Mayo   468 ft 2nd Inning   Watch   Hardest Base Hit  Coby Mayo   114.2 mph 2nd Inning   Watch   Fastest Strikeout Jordan Hicks   101.9 mph 8th Inning   Watch   Decisive Play Reds   48.4% WPA 9th Inning   Watch   Pete Crow-Armstrong 5 games this year with HR and SB (T-MLB lead, Merrill) Ceddanne Rafaela 1st Red Sox player with 3 doubles in a game since 2023 Shohei Ohtani 9 homers in 25 career games at Coors Field Bobby Witt Jr. 2nd career game with 4+ runs scored, 3+ RBIs Bryan Baker 1st career 5-out save; 1 ER allowed in last 17.2 IP (0.51 ERA) PLAY A SPORCLE BASEBALL QUIZ! MORE FREE GAMES AT MLB PLAY MUST-SEE PLAY Baserunners might want to think twice about running on Carson Benge. MORE TOP PLAYS STAFF PICKS New wave of prospect talent emerging at each position Now that MLB Pipeline has refreshed its prospect lists, it's time to see who is tops at every spot on the field -- and with five graduations, there's been plenty of change since the season started. The sellers thriving since Deadline These teams did more to build for the future than they did to make playoff runs, but they might make the postseason anyway. Front-runners dominate new Cy poll The Cy Young races in both leagues appear pretty well set as we head toward the final six weeks of the season. Alonso, Carroll nab Player of the Week honors Winning Player of the Week honors is a big deal for all big leaguers, but it's quickly becoming old hat for this week's winners -- Orioles first baseman Pete Alonso and D-backs right fielder Corbin Carroll. Stronger than a farm animal? It's no hyper-bull-e A decade before he reached The Show with the Mariners, Brock Rodden made the most of his quick wit and athleticism to save his grandfather from severe injury, distracting and subduing an angry bull on an Oklahoma farm. Blue Jays vs. Rays on MLB Network Ernie Clement and the red-hot Blue Jays travel to St. Petersburg to battle Junior Caminero and the AL East-leading Rays at 6:30 p.m. ET (or Cardinals vs. Reds). MORE STORIES SCOREBOARD STL 2 CIN 1 STL 5 CIN 6 BAL 6 TB 7 MIA 5 PHI 6 DET 8 PIT 5 AZ 1 BOS 11 SD 1 NYM 2 ATH 5 KC 9 ATL 2 MIN 4 CWS 5 CHC 7 LAD 11 COL 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.