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Plus: Young Yankee's grand slam evokes Mantle

Thursday, September 10 View In Browser  The 11 most intriguing players who could move this offseason   We already know the Top 10 free agents and players who have options and opt-outs who will shape the offseason, but trades are also a huge part of the Hot Stove. TOP NEWS Ohtani placed on injured list to rest left knee, right biceps injuries Rays' rout leaves them on doorstep of playoffs for 1st time since '23 As Central lead swells to 10, Crew continues to take nothing for granted Only Yankee younger than Lombard to hit grand slam: Mickey Mantle Phils gain ground in NL East after Schwarber's slam caps come-from-behind win Benches clear in Pirates-White Sox after inning-ending double play MORE TOP NEWS PERSONALIZE STORIES STAFF PICKS When it comes to this Top 10 list, the real battle is for the No. 2 spot Jacob Misiorowski leads the Starting Pitcher Power Rankings, as he has in our last six polls. But how do the rest of the elite aces stack up behind him? Top prospects ... of the future! With the Minor League regular seasons wrapping up this month, it’s tempting to say MLB Pipeline is already looking ahead to 2027. But in this case, they’re going one step beyond that. Mashing Minor League history Brewers prospect Andrew Fischer paces the Minors with 46 home runs and is looking to etch his name in the history books in the final days of the season. ADD MLB AS YOUR PREFERRED SOURCE ON GOOGLE TOP PERFORMANCES Longest Home Run Jackson Chourio   436 ft 2nd Inning   Watch   Hardest Base Hit  Griffin Conine   114.2 mph 9th Inning   Watch   Fastest Strikeout Ben Joyce   103.9 mph 9th Inning   Watch   Decisive Play Giants   40.8% WPA 8th Inning   Watch   Longest Home Run Jackson Chourio   436 ft 2nd Inning   Watch   Hardest Base Hit  Griffin Conine   114.2 mph 9th Inning   Watch   Fastest Strikeout Ben Joyce   103.9 mph 9th Inning   Watch   Decisive Play Giants   40.8% WPA 8th Inning   Watch   Elly De La Cruz 1st Red to homer in 5 straight games since 2021 (Votto) Jose Altuve 102nd player in AL/NL history to reach 2,500 hits Kade Anderson 6 IP, 1 ER, 5 K's in 1st career win Kyle Schwarber 10th career slam T-3rd most among active players (Machado, Stanton) Jackson Merrill 2nd multi-HR game of '26; 1st career game with 5+ RBIs (6) PLAY A SPORCLE BASEBALL QUIZ! MORE FREE GAMES AT MLB PLAY MUST-SEE PLAY What a play by Carlos Jorge! MORE TOP PLAYS MLB NETWORK MLB Network Special: When America Took the Field MLB Network commemorates the 25th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, with a new two-hour original documentary featuring exclusive interviews with Hall of Famers, players, broadcasters and impacted families at 10 p.m. ET. Thursday doubleheader on MLB Network Yordan Alvarez and the Astros take on Bryce Harper and the Phillies at 1 p.m. ET before the Rockies take on the Yankees at 7. MORE FROM MLB NETWORK SCOREBOARD MIN 2 DET 7 TOR 0 ATH 2 STL 6 SF 7 WSH 2 SD 9 TEX 2 SEA 3 CLE 5 BAL 9 HOU 7 PHI 11 NYM 15 MIA 14 LAA 6 BOS 4 COL 1 NYY 6 TB 7 ATL 2 AZ 2 KC 5 PIT 4 CWS 2 CHC 6 MIL 8 CIN 1 LAD 14 © 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.