Another top pitching transfer is making his way to Fort Worth. On the same day the Horned Frogs reportedly landed Tennessee freshman left-hander Taylor Tracey, TCU has reportedly added Oregon junior right-hander Collin Clarke. The 6-foot-3, 205-pounder from Irvine, California went 6-3 with a 4.92 ERA along with 77 strikeouts and 20 walks in 78.2 innings pitched this season. Clarke appeared in 18 games with 13 starts. In his three years with the Ducks, Clarke has made 44 appearances and 27 starts. He has one year of eligibility left.
NEWS: #TCU has landed Oregon RHP Collin Clarke out of the transfer portal. According to @64Analytics, Clarke is the No. 38 overall player and No. 8 pitcher in the portal this cycle.
64 Analytics was first to report the news, which was republished by Jamie Plunkett of HornedFrogBlitz. For his career, Clarke holds an 11-5 record and a 4.96 ERA. He has 151 strikeouts and 45 walks and opposing batters are hitting .262 against him in his career. He played high school baseball at Santa Margarita Catholic in Rancho Santa Margarita, California, where he went 15-5 with a 2.08 ERA, 130 strikeouts and 22 walks in 131.1 innings. He held opposing hitters to a .232 batting average while tossing five complete games.
The Columbus Blue Jackets will be a team to keep an eye on once free agency begins. The Blue Jackets could end up being a busy team on July 1, as they are entering the summer with multiple pending free agents and roster needs to address.
One area that the Blue Jackets could focus on this off-season is their center depth. This will especially be the case if they are unable to re-sign pending unrestricted free agent (UFA) forward Boone Jenner.
When looking at this year's free agents, one player who the Blue Jackets should consider signing for their bottom six is Vancouver Canucks center Teddy Blueger.
If the Blue Jackets signed Blueger, they would be bringing a veteran two-way center who works well in the bottom six and kills penalties. While he would not be the flashiest of off-season additions, he would give the Blue Jackets' forward group a bit of a boost as they look to take that next step and become a playoff team in 2026-27.
On a bad Canucks team in 2025-26, Blueger quietly had a strong season, even if he was sidelined for more than half of it. In 35 games this past season with the Canucks, he recorded nine goals, eight assists, 17 points, and 55 hits. This is after he had eight goals and 26 points in 82 games for the Canucks during the 2024-25 season. With numbers like these, he is capable of providing some secondary offensive production.
However, the Blue Jackets would not be signing Blueger for his offensive production. Instead, the 31-year-old center provides his most value when it comes to his defensive play and penalty killing ability. Because of this, he could be a sneaky good signing for the Blue Jackets if they signed him to a short-term deal.
Nevertheless, it will be interesting to see if the Blue Jackets end up making a push for Blueger this off-season. He would have the potential to be a strong pickup for Columbus' fourth-line center spot, but also could move up the lineup if needed.
In 453 career NHL games split between the Pittsburgh Penguins, Vegas Golden Knights, and Canucks, Blueger has recorded 58 goals, 111 assists, 169 points, and 603 hits. He also won the Stanley Cup with Vegas back in 2023.
Next Up For Columbus: The NHL Draft is on June 26 and 27 in Buffalo, where the CBJ will own pick #14.
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Jun 23, 2026; Washington, District of Columbia, USA; Philadelphia Phillies second baseman Edmundo Sosa (33) celebrates after hitting a two RBI double against the Washington Nationals during the ninth inning at Nationals Park. Mandatory Credit: Brad Mills-Imagn Images | Brad Mills-Imagn Images
Down 5-0 halfway through the game, the Philadelphia Phillies (43-36) came all the way back to take the lead in the eighth inning, coughed in back up and then swallowed it once again with an epic ninth for a 14-9 victory to tie their four-game series against the Washington Nationals (41-39).
Kyle Schwarber was a late-scratch with a sore back but the Nationals’ still opted for a lefty opener, in the form of PJ Poulin, to face the top of the Phillies order in the first inning before giving way to bulk righty, Zack Littel.
Jesus Luzardo had a funky game, giving up five runs for the sixth time in his up-and-down season, but equaled his career-high with 13 strikeouts across his 6.2 innings of work.
Pitchers in the National League with more strikeouts than Jesús Luzardo (110):
The comeback began in the top of the fifth when Bryson Stott led off the inning with the first of his three hits and came home on a two-run home run by Edmundo Sosa, his fifth of the year.
Edmundo Sosa conectó cuadrangular en el juego de hoy, ¡a la misma vez que la Selección de Panamá anda jugando su partido en la Copa Mundial de la FIFA 2026! pic.twitter.com/l21YPMG3OI
Sosa again scored Stott in the seventh to cut the deficit to two on a fielder’s choice RBI.
The Phillies took the lead in the top of the eighth courtesy of the Nat’s bullpen and some bad luck by right fielder, James Wood.
Brandon Marsh laced a hard fly ball into the right field gap and ended up on third after the scoop was bobbled by Wood for what went down officially as a one-out double and an error. Alec Bohm worked a two-out walk and Stott took a pitch off the abs to load the bases. Ahead 3-1 in the count, JT Realmuto hit a foul ball just over the right field fence that Wood got a glove on but couldn’t secure. On the next pitch, Realmuto stroked a fastball the opposite way that landed just beyond Wood’s outstretched glove to clear the bases and give the Phillies a 6-5 lead. Wood also went 0-5 at the plate.
It took Orion Kerkering eight pitches in the bottom of the eighth to hand the advantage back to the hosts as he surrendered a three-run bomb to Jorbit Vivas after walking the leadoff man and hitting the next batter on the first pitch.
Nationals’ reliever, Brad Lord, who came into the game vying for a spot on the All Star team with a 2.29 ERA, came in to close and gave up a season-high six runs in the top of the ninth, a frame in which the Phillies sent 13 men to the plate, scoring eight total, all of it with two outs.
Marsh hit a two-run home run to tie the game for his third hit of the night, finishing a triple shy of the cycle.
Sosa picked up his fourth and fifth RBIs on a double that scored Realmuto and Gabriel Rincones, Jr., who tripled his hit total for the season with two in the game.
Turner capped off the Phillies’ scoring with his second single of the inning, the first of which snapped an 0-10 drought.
It was the ninth time in their history the Phillies have scored eight or more runs in the ninth inning and first since September 27, 2015, also in Washington.
The Phillies will look to take the series lead tomorrow with Aaron Nola scheduled to face Miles Mikolas.
The trio of rehabbing Mets were back in action down in Triple-A on Tuesday night.
Francisco Lindor, Tyrone Taylor, and Ronny Mauricio all enjoyed strong nights at the plate as they draw closer to their returns to the big league level.
Lindor did his job out of the leadoff spot as he reached on an error, laced a pair of opposite-field singles, and came around to score two of Syracuse's eight runs on the night.
Taylor was the first to knock in Lindor, and the second was by Mauricio.
Taylor continues to swing a hot bat during his minor league rehab assignment, as he lifted his second homer and also ripped a double as part of a three-hit effort.
Mauricio had just two knocks, but he drove in three runs with a sacrifice fly and a two-run double.
Lindor played eight innings at shortstop, Taylor eight in center field, and Mauricio all nine at third base.
Lindor appears to be the closest to working his way back into the Mets' lineup, as Carlos Mendoza said ahead of the team's series opener with the Cubs that the team will discuss his next steps following Tuesday's game.
This was arguably his strongest showing through three minor league contests.
Taylor and Mauricio, meanwhile, are expected to play in the second game of a back-to-back on Wednesday, then they'll see what the next step for them will be from there.
It's still unknown if Mauricio will return straight to the majors when healthy or stick in the minors.
The Mets could certainly use all of the help they could get in their lineup, especially after Juan Soto was forced to leave Tuesday's game early due to left side back tightness.
Two of the bright spots on the mound for Syracuse were left-hander Jefry Yan striking out all five batters he faced, and Dylan Ross closing out his second save of the season around two hits in the ninth.
ATLANTA, GA - APRIL 29: Detroit pitcher Tarik Skubal (29) pitches during the MLB game between the Detroit Tigers and the Atlanta Braves on April 29th, 2026 at Truist Park in Atlanta, GA.(Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
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So last night I mistakenly asked you who should leave the rotation when Matthew Boyd returns this week. The funny/awful thing is, I got the idea for the question when someone asked me it in Minor League Wrap and I gallows humored that someone else would get hurt first. Of course, Edward Cabrera went down with an injury today, so he’s leaving the rotation for Boyd.
But as you voted last night, 66 percent of you said Colin Rea.
On Tuesday night, I don’t do movie stuff. But I always have time for jazz, so that time is now. You can skip ahead if you want.
Tonight we have a video featuring Orkestra Obsolete playing New Order’s “Blue Monday,” only using instruments available in the 1930s. This was from BBC Arts from 2016.
Welcome back to everyone who skips the music.
So the Cubs lost another starting pitcher tonight, which happened while I was writing this. But even before that, two things were true. One, the Cubs are currently in line for a Wild Card playoff berth, even with all the struggles in May. And two, the Cubs need more starting pitching.
We all know who the best starting pitcher on the trade market is: Tigers two-time Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal. Any team with Skubal in the playoffs is a threat to win it all. He’s the best pitcher in the majors, or at least tied for the best with Paul Skenes.
It’s also true that any team that trades for Skubal will likely lose him after two months for free agency with no compensation. So trading for him gives you a pure rental of one of the best two pitchers on the planet.
So this article on Yahoo! posted some possible trade offers for Tarik Skubal and they have an offer from the Cubs that they think the Tigers would accept.
Matt Shaw
Pedro Ramirez
Jaxon Wiggins
Kevin Alcántara
That’s almost identical to a deal that was proposed on ESPN a few weeks ago with Matt Shaw thrown into the deal. However, ESPN thought it was a good offer, but that other teams could beat that offer that doesn’t include Shaw.
I have two thoughts on the Yahoo! offer, which has a better chance of being accepted by the Tigers. My first thought is that it’s an overpay. My second thought is that you’re not getting Skubal in trade without overpaying. If you’re familiar with the “winner’s curse,” you understand what I mean.
So this deal would cost the Cubs their best pitching prospect, two important bench players with promise and a decent outfield prospect. None of this is anything the Cubs couldn’t afford to lose, but all of it is a lot. It would certainly thin out the Cubs’ organizational depth.
So tonight, I’m just asking you whether you would make this deal. Let’s be clear–all of this is worth it if the Cubs win the World Series. Getting Skubal wouldn’t guarantee a title, but it seems difficult to see how the Cubs starting rotation pitches well enough to pitch the Cubs to a title without getting someone like Skubal. But I certainly see a path to the title with Skubal. After all, you don’t have to worry about limiting his innings if he’s leaving as a free agent after the season.
So would you trade Shaw, Ramirez, Wiggins and Alcantara for Tarik Skubal?
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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - JUNE 23: Kahlil Watson #31 of the Cleveland Guardians celebrates after hitting a solo home run against the Chicago White Sox during the fifth inning at Rate Field on June 23, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Daniel Bartel/Getty Images) | Getty Images
The Cleveland Guardians and Chicago White Sox continued their battle for first place in the AL Central. Parker Messick gave as good of a performance as you could hope. He went 7.2 innings and threw 95 pitches in his outing. He allowed 2 runs on three hits, including a solo home run, and a walk. Parker struck out 10 batters before Vogt went to Colin Holderman to retire the side in the bottom of the eighth.
The offense continues to be, in a word, abysmal.
In the top of the third Steven Kwan doubled, Austin Hedges was hit by pitch, and both were left in scoring position.
In the top of the fifth Kahlil Watson hit his first major league home run, giving a small shimmer of hope in these trying times.
Austin Hedges and Petey Halpin hit back-to-back singles, bookended by strikeouts. Manzardo drew a walk to load the bases, but runners were left in scoring position.
The Chicago White Sox now have first place as they go into tomorrow’s day game. The 2:10PM EDT start will hopefully put the Guardians back in the win column and avoid losing too much ground in the AL Central.
DETROIT, MI - JUNE 23: Jazz Chisholm Jr. #13 of the New York Yankees hits a two-run home run against the Detroit Tigers during the sixth inning at Comerica Park on June 23, 2026 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Duane Burleson/Getty Images) | Getty Images
When the Yankees lose, the dumbest narratives arise. There’s always a fair amount of finger-pointing after any loss, whether reasonable or not, but sometimes you just get some really odd declarative statements that are weird for one game out of 162.
You also get people getting mad at dumb things. Jazz Chisholm Jr. ran out of the dugout last night in the fifth inning with a blowpop in his mouth while the Yankees were trailing 4-1. Is this a bad look? Yeah, probably. It’s also probably a minor choking hazard for a game that requires quick reaction time.
Was it blown out of proportion? Of course. He got his expected postgame ridicule and condemnation, but at the end of the day, it doesn’t matter in the long haul. That was evidenced by his ultimate redemption on Tuesday night, when he jolted a slumbering offense with a long, go-ahead home run in the sixth inning to pick up Carlos Rodón and power a 4-3 victory.
The Yankees threatened right off the bat in this one, as Jasson Domínguez lined a double to right field with one out and swiped third base. An errant throw by Dillon Dingler on the stolen base appeared to have given Domínguez a chance to scamper home, but he stayed put, likely not knowing where the ball was. Cody Bellinger and Paul Goldschmidt both failed to bring him in.
Rodón worked a quick, 1-2-3 first inning in the bottom half. After Casey Mize bounced back with a good second inning, Rodón retired the Tigers in order once again after erasing a leadoff walk to Riley Greene with a nifty 1-3 double play to the next hitter.
Anthony Volpe led off the third with a single and swiped second base, once again putting a runner in scoring position with nobody out. A shallow flyout by Ben Rice and a pair of strikeouts later, he was stranded.
But while the top of the Yankees’ order scuffled in a big spot, the bottom of the Tigers’ order came through. Zach McKinstry and the debuting Ben Malgeri both singled with one out to put runners on the corners. A lengthy at-bat by rookie sensation Kevin McGonigle eventually yielded a run-scoring wild pitch, and even though he popped out on the next pitch, Dingler picked him up with an RBI single to make it 2-0.
Mize would once again work himself into trouble in the fourth, allowing back-to-back singles to Chisholm and Spencer Jones. The Yankees would finally put a dent in the scoreboard, but would do so on a weak RBI groundout by José Caballero before Austin Wells stranded Jones on second base. Through four innings, they were 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position. Yeesh.
Detroit almost scraped across another run in the bottom half after a walk to Riley Greene and a soft groundout got him to second. Hao-Yu Lee lined a single to left field, prompting a curious send by Tigers’ third base coach Joey Cora. They learned you do not run on Cody Bellinger.
Volpe got yet another hit in the fifth, continuing a solid hot streak, but got thrown out on an absolute laser beam by Dingler while trying to steal second. Rodón had his best inning in a while, tossing a 1-2-3 inning against the same 8-9-1 that gave him fits in the third.
The lefty successfully bought enough time for the offense to get to Mize. Third time through the order, an excuse-me infield single by Goldschmidt set up Chisholm as the go-ahead run, who smashed a two-run homer 403 feet away to deep right-center field at pitcher-friendly Comerica Park for his 12th of the season to make it 3-2 Yankees.
A single by Caballero chased Mize after 5.2 innings, but he would have a fourth run slapped on his ledger after a first-pitch opposite-field RBI double by Wells off Tyler Holton made it 4-2 after five and a half.
This would’ve been a really good spot for a shutdown inning, but alas. Dingler and Matt Vierling both doubled to lead off the frame to cut the lead to 4-3. Rodón bounced back to strike out Greene, but Aaron Boone made the move to go to Fernando Cruz after 5.1 innings by the All-Star lefty.
It got shaky for the Yankees’ fireman, as he threw seven consecutive balls after getting the second out, but he eventually retired a pinch-hitting Colt Keith to strand the tying run on second. That’s now six consecutive starts by Rodón allowing three runs or fewer with at least five innings pitched.
Holton and Kyle Finnegan combined for a scoreless seventh for Detroit, working around a Bellinger walk. Brent Headrick came out of the bullpen after the seventh-inning stretch and gave up another hit to Malgeri, but he was helped out by a shoestring catch by Domínguez that resulted in a 9-3 double play. The cherry on top? Tigers skipper A.J. Hinch wasted his challenge on it.
Finnegan tore through the middle of the Yankees’ order in the eighth, while Headrick started the bottom half of the inning as the Yankees boldly tried to get the final nine outs between two relievers. Headrick allowed a leadoff single to Dingler, but retired the next two hitters to hand the ball to David Bednar, who induced an infield pop-out from Spencer Torkelson to end the inning.
Emmanuel De Jesus made quick work of the Yanks to start the ninth, setting up the one-run game drama in the bottom of the ninth. Fortunately for everyone watching, Bednar made it nice and easy with a low-stress 1-2-3 inning to lock down his 15th save of the season.
The Yankees will look for the series win tomorrow at 6:40 pm ET. They’ll try to do it against the reigning back-to-back AL Cy Young winner, as Tarik Skubal squares off with Ryan Weathers on Prime Video.
Detroit Tigers left fielder Riley Greene (31) is thrown out at home by New York Yankees catcher Austin Wells (28) during the fourth inning at Comerica Park in Detroit on Tuesday, June 23, 2026. | Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
On Tuesday night the Tigers tried to clinch at least a series victory against the best team in the American League, the New York Yankees. (The AL this year, as has been noted, is far behind the National League; to wit, the Yankees wouldn’t be leading any division in the NL.) They weren’t successful in that endeavour, as the Yankees came back with a trio of late runs to edge the Tigers 4-3.
Casey Mize made his eleventh start of the year, his second since coming back from straining his groin at the end of May. His previous outing didn’t quite go five innings, and was also shortened by a ton of long at-bats by the Astros. He’s had an excellent year so far: coming into tonight (in 52 1/3 innings) he’d struck out 52, only given up three home runs, and had a WHIP just over 1.
Facing the Tigers tonight was lefty Carlos Rodón, who had a loose-body-removal surgery in the offseason, a little like Tarik Skubal’s but a bit more traditional, needing more healing time. His control has been eluding him at times, with 20 walks in 36 1/3 innings, but some of that is probably rust from his altered offseason regimen. Last year he was sensational, going 18-9 with an ERA a hair over 3.
Mize got into trouble in the top of the first: a one-out double by Jasson Domínguez was followed by a steal of third; Dillon “Marshall” Dingler’s throw got away from Kevin McGonigle, and if Domínguez was paying attention to his third-base coach he would’ve been able to crab-walk home easily. But instead he stayed on third and counted dandelions in the grass; Cody Bellinger then walked to put runners on the corners. Paul Goldschmidt hit a short fly ball to Ben Malgeri in right field, making his major-league debut, and his throw home kept Domínguez at third. Jazz Chisolm Jr. grounded out harmlessly to first and the threat was extinguished.
Mize squelched another minor threat in the third, as Anthony Volpe singled to lead off and stole second base. But then Mize got his splitter workin’ and managed to get a flyout and a pair of strikeouts, stranding Volpe at second base.
With one out in the bottom of the third, Zach McKinstry singled to centre, and the aforementioned Malgeri, in his first major-league at-bat, on the first pitch, sliced a single to right to push McKinstry up to third.
A wild pitch by Rodón allowed McKinstry to score, and Malgeri scored on a two-out Dingler single to make it a 2-0 game.
The Yankees got runners on the corners with one out again in the fourth, but this time they scored: a dribbler to third was too slow for McGonigle to get the speedy runner at home, so he took the sure out at first and the gap was narrowed to 2-1. A slow dribbler was fielded by Mize; he scooped it up and tagged the batter-runner himself for the third out.
Riley Greene led off the bottom of the fourth with a walk and took second on a groundout. He was at second with two outs when Hao-Yu Lee singled to left; Greene tried to score but was thrown out at home. Whoops.
In the sixth Paul Goldschmidt hit a dribbler, a perfect swinging bunt, that he beat out for an infield hit that Mize almost made a play on. That would be a big deal, as Chisolm, the next batter, hit a home run to right to put New York up 3-2. After a strikeout, José Caballero (no relation to Guy Caballero, as far as I know) singled to left and that was the end of Mize’s night. Tyler Holton took over and, on the first pitch, Austin Wells doubled to left to score Caballero to make it 4-2.
Dingler led off the bottom of the sixth with a double to centre, and Matt Vierling followed with a double of his own to close the cap to 4-3.
After Greene struck out, Rodón departed in favour of Fernando Cruz; Spencer Torkelson struck out for the second out, and Kerry Carpenter pinch-hit for Jahmai Jones (yes, you read that right) and walked. Colt Keith followed, and Cruz’s control continued to elude him as he went 3-0 on Keith, but he eventually coaxed a grounder to first out of him for the final out.
Holton got the first two outs of the top of the seventh, walked Bellinger, and then gave way to Kyle Finnegan, who struck out Goldschmidt on a slider for the third out.
Malgeri blasted another single into right for the second hit of his career with one out in the seventh, but McGonigle followed with a sinking liner to right that (a.) Domínguez took a really weird route on, and (b.) Malgeri assumed it’d get by him, but (c.) Domínguez caught it and (d.) doubled-off Malgeri at first. Oh well.
After Finnegan struck out the side in the top of the eighth, Dingler led off the bottom of the inning with a single, his third hit of the night. Vierling struck out, Greene hit a 109-mph straight at the centerfielder, and after a pitching change to closer David Bednar, Torkelson popped up to first for the third out.
Enmanuel De Jesus took over for Finnegan to start the ninth and he got a strikeout, a comebacker, and a flyout. That was his sixth straight scoreless appearance, which is nice.
What wasn’t quite so nice was the 1-2-3 ninth inning turned in by Bednar, snuffing out any hope for a comeback. Ah well, winning streaks have to end sometime, I suppose.
After his three-homer game, Colt Keith has gone 2-for-16.
I played my daughter the Minor Threat song linked above. Her review? “No, dada. No.”
On this day in 1713, French-speaking Acadians in eastern Canada were given one year to either pledge allegiance to the British crown or get out of the colony of Nova Scotia. The heat died off for a bit after that, but in the wake of the Seven Years’ War in 1763, a good number of them high-tailed it for Louisiana (which was a Spanish colony at that time, but still had, and has, a strong French-influenced culture). The word “Cajun” is an adaptation of “Acadian,” which phonetically in French sounds like “a-cad-djien“.
Jazz Chisholm Jr.'s two-run blast was the difference as the Yankees snapped their three-game losing streak after a 4-3 win over the Tigers on Tuesday night.
The Yankees picked up nine hits, but the hitters were not clutch in this one. New York went 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position and left six runners on base, but got enough runs to support another solid pitching performance.
The Yankees (47-31) are now 3.0 games ahead of the Rays after Tampa Bay lost to the Royals earlier in the evening.
Here are the takeaways...
-The Yankees had plenty of opportunities in this one, including the first inning, getting runners on the corners with one out, but Paul Goldschmidt flew out shallow enough for Jasson Dominguez, who reached on a double and stole third, not to score. Chisholm then grounded out to end the Yankees threat.
Anthony Volpe led off the third with a single and swiped second but was stranded when Ben Rice flew out, and Dominguez and Cody Bellinger struck out. The Yankees would capitalize in the fourth. With runners on the corners and one out, Chisholm scored on a groundout from Jose Caballero.
-In the sixth, the Yankees wouldn't need a hit with a runner in scoring position as Chisholm took Casey Mize deep for a two-run shot to give New York a 3-2 lead. After Caballero hit a two-out single, Mize was pulled for a lefty out of the pen. Austin Wells followed with a double that scored Caballero and put the Yankees up 4-2. It's Wells' first hit since coming off the IL.
-Carlos Rodon, who was coming off two strong starts, started well, not allowing a hit through the first two innings. However, back-to-back one-out singles and a wild pitch allowed the Tigers to take a 1-0 lead. A two-out single from Dillon Dingler put Detroit ahead 2-0. The Yankees southpaw settled in, but back-to-back doubles to lead off the sixth allowed the Tigers' third run of the game.
Rodon would toss 87 pitches (55 strikes) across 5.1 innings, having allowed three runs on six hits and two walks while striking out five. Rodon did leave with runners on base and the bullpen had to keep his lead.
-Fernando Cruz was first, walking one batter but getting the final two outs of the sixth to end the Tigers' threat. Brent Headrick walked around a hit in the seventh and allowed a hit in the eighth but picked up two outs before David Bednar was called on for the four-out save. After getting Spencer Torkelson to fly out to end the eighth, the Yankees closer retired the Tigers in order in the ninth to pick up his 15th save of the season.
-Ryan McMahon, a left-hander who would have started at third against Mize if he wasn't fighting an ear/throat infection, had Caballero play third in his stead.
Caballero went 1-for-4 with an RBI and a run.
Volpe, who was originally scheduled to sit this game out, went 2-for-4 with a stolen base. Volpe is 15 for his last 34 in his last 11 games.
Game MVP: Jazz Chisholm Jr.
The lollipop-loving shortstop put his stamp on this one, scoring the team's first run and delivering the big blast.
Jun 23, 2026; Miami, Florida, USA; Texas Rangers catcher Kyle Higashioka (11) drops a bunt in the first inning against the Miami Marlins at loanDepot Park. Mandatory Credit: Jim Rassol-Imagn Images | Jim Rassol-Imagn Images
The Texas Rangers scored four runs but the Miami Marlins scored six runs.
In a contest where the Rangers were essentially opting for a bullpen game where the second pitcher out had 1.2 career innings, getting off to a big lead early would have been beneficial.
The Rangers could have obliged as the first two hitters of the night reached but that was the extent of the rally as Texas was held off the board in the first inning. In the top of the second, the first three hitters reached for Texas for a bases loaded, no out opportunity.
The Marlins apparently know the secret hack. Just give the Rangers base runners and they’ll never score.
The Rangers did actual plate the game’s first run in the top of the second on a ground out but that was all that came from the bases loaded chance. Five base runners without an out in the first two innings and the Rangers got one run.
In the bottom of the second, the Marlins tied the game on one pitch when former Rangers farmhand Heriberto Hernandez took Cal Quantrill deep. All that effort from Texas to score a run and the game was tied on one swing.
The Marlins took the lead in the the bottom of the fourth on another solo home run but saved the back-breaking dinger for an inning later when Owen Caissie hit a three-run home run off Jose Corniell, who was making his second ever big league appearance.
Another run off Corniell in the fifth and that was pretty much that. Despite scoring twice with two outs in the ninth, the Rangers had zero run-scoring hits with RISP in their early rallies and the Marlins capitalized on Texas’ thinning rotation with the long ball.
Player of the Game: Brandon Nimmo hit a dinger, his first in the month of June, and also tripled in a run in the ninth.
Up Next: It’ll be brunch with the Rangers tomorrow morning as RHP Jacob deGrom is set to make the start for Texas against RHP Eury Perez for Miami in the series finale.
The Wednesday first pitch from loanDepot park is scheduled for 11:10 am CDT and you can watch it on the Rangers Sports Network.
The Buffalo Sabres have been talking trade involving defenseman Bowen Byram with the NHL Draft fast approaching, when it became apparent that the 25-year-old blueliner was intent on heading to free agency next summer and not signing a long-term extension. On Tuesday, the Sabres dealt Byram to the Chicago Blackhawks, along with winger Jordan Greenway, for the fourth overall pick on Friday, a 2026 second-round pick (45th overall), and defenseman Louis Crevier.
Byram is in the second year of a two-year, $12.5 million bridge deal and Buffalo GM Jarmo Kekalainen indicated last month that he was interested in extending him, coming off a career-high 42-point season, but there have been indicators that he is either looking for a new deal well out of the Sabres price range or that he wanted to go to another team where he could be the #1 defenseman.
The young blueliner played behind Norris Trophy winner Cale Makar in Colorado before being dealt to the Sabres for Casey Mittelstadt in March 2024, and the last two-plus seasons has been playing on the second pairing behind team captain Rasmus Dahlin.
Greenway was signed to a two-year, $8 million contract extension last March by former GM Kevyn Adams, coming off an injury-plagued season in which he had just eight points in 34 games. The 29-year-old winger’s mid-body injuries lingered into this season, where he scored just one goal in 40 games, which led to speculation that he could be bought out.
Crevier, 25, was a seventh round pick of the Hawks in 2020 and played in the AHL and NHL from 2023 to 2025, but last season played in Chicago, posting 25 points (7 goals, 18 assists) in 78 games. The 6’8”, 225 lb right-hander also showed a mean streak for the first time, compiling 63 penalty minutes.
With the trade, the Sabres now have two picks in the first round at fourth and 20th overall (acquired in the deal last week for Michael Kesselring). The expectation is that the Toronto Maple Leafs will select Gavin McKenna with the top pick, and after trading forward William Eklund to Ottawa for the ninth overall pick, there is speculation that San Jose will take Swedish forward Ivar Stenberg. If Vancouver selects Caleb Malhotra third, Buffalo will have their pick of the crop of a rich defensive class, headed by Soo Greyhounds blueliner Chase Reid, North Dakota’s Keaton Verhoeff, Latvian Albert Smits, or Prince George’s Carson Carels.
ST PETERSBURG, FLORIDA - JUNE 23: Jac Caglianone #14 of the Kansas City Royals hits a solo home run in the first inning against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field on June 23, 2026 in St Petersburg, Florida. (Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images) | Getty Images
Tonight, the Kansas City Royals dismantled the Tampa Bay Rays in a cathartic 12-5 victory. It was a full-team showing, with Carter Jensen extending his hit streak to 14 games, Nick Loftin swatting a home run on a four-hit night, and Luinder Avila navigating his way through five tough innings of one-run ball in front of some of some incredibly bad infield defense.
But you’re here for Jac Caglianone, who ended the day with three hits and a pair of home runs. Here’s his first, which came immediately after Loftin’s home run in the first frame of the game and sounded like a thunderclap.
To say that Caglianone has been on fire would not be accurate, because he is fire right now. Tonight’s gigantic dongs were his eighth and ninth of the month of June; they extended his hitting streak to five games and his home run streak to four games.
This was one of those games were so much happened that, paradoxically, nothing much happened, because each successive hit meant less and less as the score ballooned and ballooned. I mentioned the infield defense–Salvador Perez lost two popups, and the rest of the infield didn’t see them, either. That required Avila to essentially get five outs in one inning. It was really quite comical in hindsight, but groan-worthy in the moment for sure.
Pretty much everyone got involved in the offense. Lane Thomas and Starling Marte were the only two batters without a hit. Michael Massey, Perez, and Kameron Misner recorded doubles, which in addition to the home runs made six extra base hits. The Royals did a nice job totally putting the game away in the eighth inning against Steven Matz, who was just tossing batting practice out there.
Kansas City’s bullpen also did a nice job (mostly). It helps to have such a big lead, but Stephen Cruz and Matt Strahm pitched before the lead was quite as big as it was, and you know what? They both turned in clean innings! So, too, did Beck Way. Someone named “Connor Seabold” came in to pitch the ninth, and the Royals might as well have sent Tyler Tolbert out there. Seabold gave up a trio of runs, but the Royals closed it out.
At 34-46, the Royals are still closer to the American League basement than they are the penthouse. But have you looked at the AL right now? The current owners of the third Wild Card slot, the Toronto Blue Jays, don’t even have a .500 record. What a weird year.
Tuesday was a huge day for trades around the National Hockey League. The Chicago Blackhawks joined the party in the evening when they acquired defenseman Bowen Byram and forward Jordan Greenway from the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for the 4th overall pick, the 45th overall pick, and defenseman Louis Crevier.
The Blackhawks had a chance to draft Byram when they had the third overall pick in the 2019 NHL Draft. Instead, they opted to go with Colton Dach, who has since been traded away. The Colorado Avalanche selected him one pick later.
Byram won the Stanley Cup with Colorado in 2022 and was traded to the Sabres during the 2023-24 season. He has developed into a great defenseman over that period of time, which includes a career year in 2025-26.
During that career year, Byram had 11 goals and 31 assists for 42 points as a part of a defense core that's loaded with good players like Rasmus Dahlin, Owen Power, and Mattias Samuelsson. Buffalo ended its NHL-record-setting playoff drought in the process.
The biggest stat for Byram, however, was the fact that he played in all 82 games. He battled some injuries early in his career, but that all seems to be in his past.
Now, he will come to the Chicago Blackhawks and be one of their leaders on the blue line. Although he is a fresh 25-year-old, he has a lot of experience in big games under his belt. With most of their defensive players under the age of 24, he is the elder statesman now.
The Chicago Blackhawks had a lot of options with that fourth overall pick, but there was growing concern that the player(s) they wanted were not going to be available to them. Instead, they sent it to Buffalo in this deal for Byram.
Byram comes in with a $6.25 million cap hit for 2026-27. He will be an unrestricted free agent after that, so the Blackhawks will be in line to give him a massive extension. With him taking on a bigger role, it will be a hard contract to live up to.
Jordan Greenway comes to Chicago as a physical style 4th line forward. He will bring an element to the game that the Blackhawks are lacking.
In addition to that 4th pick, the 45th pick is a high-value pick that originally belonged to the New York Islanders. It's a steep price to pay for Byram, but that's the price for making trades these days.
Louis Crevier, also involved in this deal, is a big 6'8" defenseman who can consistently pump 100+ mph shots on the net. The Blackhawks did a great job developing him, but Buffalo will receive the fruit of that labor.
There is no denying that this is a risky trade for Kyle Davidson and the Chicago Blackhawks. There is a lot of stock being put in Bowen Byram with this deal, and that will only increase when he gets that inevitable extension.
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ATLANTA, GA - JUNE 17: San Francisco pitcher Robbie Ray (38) pitches during the MLB game between the San Francisco Giants and the Atlanta Braves on June 17th, 2026 at Truist Park in Atlanta, GA. (Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
The San Francisco Giants welcome the Athletics to Oracle Park tonight to begin a three-game series.
Taking the mound for the Giants will be left-hander Robbie Ray, who enters tonight’s game with a 4.07 ERA, 4.96 FIP, with 74 strikeouts to 38 walks in 79.2 innings pitched. His last start was in the Giants’ 7-2 win over the Atlanta Braves last Tuesday, in which he allowed just two hits and two walks with eight strikeouts in six and a third innings.
He’ll be facing off against A’s right-hander Aaron Civale, who enters tonight’s game with a 4.91 ERA, 5.38 FIP, with 41 strikeouts to 19 walks in 58.2 innings pitched. His last start was in the Athletics’ 12-4 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates last Wednesday, in which he allowed six runs on nine hits with two strikeouts and two walks in three innings.
Peoria, AZ - February 23: JP Sears #38 of the San Diego Padres pitches during a spring training game against the Milwaukee Brewers on February 23, 2026 in Peoria, AZ. (Photo by K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune via Getty Images)
Manager Craig Stammen announced in his pre-game media session on Tuesday, the promotion of LHP JP Sears to make his season debut with the San Diego Padres after the team placed starter Lucas Giolito on the 10-day injured list with right elbow inflammation.
Stammen reported that Giolito spoke up about the soreness in his elbow after his last appearance against the Texas Rangers. It is reportedly similar to the soreness he felt last season before missing the rest of the year on the injured list. The Padres will push Randy Vásquez back a day, and Sears will start tomorrow against the Atlanta Braves, with Vásquez going the first game against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Giolito joins Germán Márquez, Matt Waldron, Nick Pivetta, and Jhony Brito as starters on the injured list. Both Márquez and Brito are completing their work to return from injuries, with Brito pitching two days ago and Márquez nearing the end of his rehab assignment. Waldron just began his rehab assignment with El Paso this past week.
Giolito signed with the organization on April 22, making his season debut May 17 after an abbreviated ramp-up to the season. His velocity, diminished this season, sits 2-3 mph below his norm, and he has been hit frequently, pitching in 29.2 innings over seven games with a 5.16 ERA. The team has used an opener for him in his last two games.
Sears, acquired at the trade deadline last season, has a history as an innings-eater in his MLB career. His previous ERA, before pitching for the Padres, sat between 3.50 and 4.50 from 2022 to 2024. He finished last year with a 5.04 ERA overall, 4.95 with the Athletics before the trade and 5.47 in his five starts with the Padres.
For 2026, Sears has started for El Paso in Triple-A and leads the team with 62 strikeouts, but also has a 7.92 ERA in his 14 starts and 63.2 innings. The dry air and elevation in the Pacific Coast League are not conducive to the effectiveness of pitchers. He could be more successful at Petco Park, with the damp air and being at sea level. Sears features a seven-pitch mix with a four-seam fastball that sits in the low 90’s. His command and movement might look very different in MLB parks.
With Giolito to the IL, both Márquez and Brito could get opportunities to push their way onto the roster. Sears and the two returning pitchers give the team some depth and options as they decide what their moves will be at the trade deadline. With a starting pitching staff ranked 28th in MLB, the Padres need to improve the starting rotation if they are to remain in contention for the playoffs.
