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Here are the lineups for game two against the Dodgers. Let’s discuss!

For the Phillies:

Ready for round 2#RingTheBellpic.twitter.com/ttgPDdhgSb

— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) July 21, 2026

For the Dodgers:

Today's #Dodgers  lineup at Phillies: pic.twitter.com/7MYSC7yT7S

— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) July 21, 2026

With it being a day ending in Y, the Mets have made another roster move. The team has called up right-handed pitcher Daniel Duarte from Triple-A Syracuse and optioned fellow right-handed pitcher Xzavion Curry to Syracuse. Both pitchers have been part of the team’s roster churn at the fringe of its major league bullpen this year.

Duarte has thrown five innings for the Mets at the major league level, and he has a 0.00 ERA and a 2.50 FIP in that extraordinarily small sample. He’ll presumably get sent back to Syracuse before long, and in 30.1 innings at that level this year, he has a 4.75 ERA and a 4.96 FIP.

As for Curry, he’s thrown six innings over the course of four appearances for the Mets, and he has a 3.00 ERA and a 4.94 FIP. He’s thrown 49.1 innings for Syracuse this year, working almost exclusively as a starter, and he has a 4.74 ERA and a 5.67 FIP there.

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Brewers fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.

Welcome back to another edition of our Brewers Reacts Survey! In this week’s survey, we’re asking fans which Brewer prospect they’d be LEAST willing to part with at the trade deadline.

It seems like top prospect Jesús Made is all but untouchable, and fellow prospects Cooper Pratt and Luis Lara are both in the majors and locked into long-term deals. That left me curious: among the other top prospects in the Brewer organization, who would you least like to see moved?

Luis Peña, 19, is currently at High-A Wisconsin and ranks as Milwaukee’s No. 2 prospect (MLB No. 18). Signed in the January 2024 international class out of the Dominican Republic, he’s hitting .314/.415/.430 with a homer, seven doubles, two triples, 17 RBIs, 30 runs, and 21 steals across 35 games this year. He was also one of two prospects named to the NL Futures squad for last week’s All-Star festivities (alongside Made).

Jett Williams, 22, was drafted in the first round of the 2022 draft by the Mets and was sent to Milwaukee in the Freddy Peralta trade. Ranked as the team’s No. 5 prospect (MLB No. 78), he’s had a bit of an up-and-down season, hitting .234/.341/.385 with nine homers, nine doubles, five triples, 41 RBIs, 60 runs, and 21 steals across 80 games with Triple-A Nashville.

Josh Adamczweski, 20, is one of the quickest risers in Milwaukee’s system. A 15th-round pick in 2023, he’s with Double-A Biloxi and ranks as Milwaukee’s No. 6 prospect (MLB No. 90). He’s hit over .320 in all three of his minor league seasons (not counting the three games he played in in 2023), and he’s slashing .327/.444/.553 with 12 homers, 18 doubles, two triples, 56 RBIs, 55 runs, and 13 steals over 74 games between High-A and Double-A this year.

Lastly, Andrew Fischer, 21, is the only one of these players not ranked in MLB’s top 100 prospects, but he’s ranked as Milwaukee’s No. 7 prospect. The third baseman was the Brewers’ first-round pick in 2025, and he’s hitting .286/.432/.674 with an incredible 29 homers, 14 doubles, three triples, 67 RBIs, 75 runs, and nine steals in just 79 games between High-A and Double-A. The main reason he isn’t ranked higher is his strikeout rate, as he’s struck out 118 times in 276 at-bats.

Which of these prospects would you least like to see dealt at the deadline? Weigh in below and stay tuned for results later this week!

The stage is set as the Atlanta Braves look for a second win in this four-game series against the San Diego Padres.

Mike Yastrzemski has been added to the lineup after being reactivated coming off a forearm injury.

Against San Diego’s Walker Buehler, Yastrzemski averages a .646 OPS and .240 batting average. But, if he takes advantage of Buehler’s constant struggles at landing his pitches in the zone, Yastrzemski, along with the rest of the Braves’ offense, have the tools to come out with a win.

Matt Olson, Michael Harris II and Austin Riley have previously put up some good numbers against Buehler, all averaging over an .800 OPS, but will need to be consistent in striking while the iron’s hot. The silent bats won’t cut it, if they want to put the game away early with a qualified offensive production.

As for the Padres’ offense, they might not be as dominant as the Braves, but they sure have a variety of players on the roster who love hitting against Reynaldo López.

López’s last start against the St. Louis Cardinals wasn’t a great showing, but he does have a knack for consistency. If he can get ahead early with run-support to back him up, he’ll manage just fine.

Tune in at 7:15 p.m ET for first pitch.

The Dodgers conclude the second stop on their three-city road trip on Wednesday night, taking on the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park.

Eric Lauer starts for the Dodgers, who have won all seven games in which he’s pitched for them.

Aaron Nola starts for the Phillies..

Wednesday game info

• Teams: Dodgers at Phillies
• Ballpark: Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia
• Start time: 3:40 p.m. PT
• TV: SportsNet LA
• Radio: AM 570 (English), KTNQ 1020 AM (Spanish)

It’s been somewhat less than a great season for the San Francisco Giants, who seem determined to alienate their supporters of all stripes. The players created a Pride Night controversy and pissed off local fans. Prospect watchers don’t love how the team has actively blocked some of the best young hitters. Old-school traditionalists hate how many defensive and base running mistakes the Giants make. Fans of musicals aren’t thrilled with the team’s purchase of the Curran Theatre. The front office hired a college baseball coach and alienated, well, mostly just Joe Maddon.

So instead of focusing on which hatemongering pitcher blew the most recent game, or which highly-paid infielder looked at strike three with the bases loaded, or how much Buster Posey’s lip quivered while facing basic questions from the media, let’s look at some of the other wonders of baseball. Namely, the incredible strikeout production of Cincinnati Reds third baseman Eugenio Suarez, who is chasing history this season.

Suarez is one of the most prolific home run hitters of his generation, smacking 49 dingers in both 2019 and 2025. He has 337 career home runs, 10th among all active players and 117th all time. But where he really shines is as one of the most prolific whiffers of all time.

Sunday, Suarez passed the century mark for the season, striking out for the 100th and 101st time this season. He moved into a tie for 16th on the all-time strikeout list with Giants legend Andrew McCutchen. Look, he still hits the ball a long way when he does connect, like this 9th-inning bomb one strike away from defeat last month.

EUGENIO SUAREZ THREE-RUN HOMER FOR THE LEAD WITH THE REDS DOWN TO THEIR FINAL STRIKE pic.twitter.com/GKL0bY4p48

— Talkin' Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) June 27, 2026

But it’s exciting to see him chasing so many strikeout legends, too. He started the season in 27th place, one strikeout ahead of should-be Hall of Famer Manny Ramirez. Since then, he’s moved past this illustrious list of players:

Dave Kingman (442 home runs, three strikeout titles)

Derek Jeter (Hall of Fame, struck out on unanimous induction by one vote)

Bobby Abreu (good career K numbers, unimpressive strikeout peak)

Ryan Howard (two-time strikeout champ, five seasons of 180+ whiffs)

Chris Davis (two seasons leading the league in strikeouts, two 200+ seasons and five above 190)

Tony Perez (Hall of Fame, racked up strikeouts through his age-44 season)

Fred McGriff (Hall of Fame, promoted defensive drills videos that never mentioned contact hitting)

Mike Schmidt (greatest third baseman of all time, led the league in homers eight times, walks four times, strikeouts four times)

Mike Cameron (led the league in K’s, 2002)

He’s surging this season, sitting only one whiff behind Curtis Granderson and Nelson Cruz with 63 games to play. Next is strikeout prodigy Mark Reynolds, who led the league for four straight seasons from 2008-11, setting the single-season record with 223 in 2009.

Suarez is likely to pass Alameda’s own Willie Stargell, along with Oakland Bash Brother Jose Canseco. It’s going to be tough to break into the top 10 by passing Justin Upton (1971), sitting just shy of the 2K-K club.

9th place is Andres Galarraga, who had 110 strikeouts and 19 homers in two stints in San Francisco, notching his 2,000th career strikeout in a Giants uniform. Should the Giants have added Eric Young to their postseason roster so he could pinch-run for J.T. Snow, instead of a 43-year-old man? Maybe, but that would have prevented Galarraga from notching his 20th playoff strikeout.

Why is it important to pay attention to Suarez now? Because he’s been one of the worst players in baseball this season, slashing .208/.280/.392 and playing below average defense at third base. Suarez is beloved by fans and clubhouses alike, but age 34, this could be his last chance at extending playing/strikeout time.

The World Cup showed us it’s important to appreciate greatness while it’s still in front of us. Eugenio Suarez is making history this season. Plus, if you’ve watched Giants baseball all season, you’re used to seeing a ton of strikeouts.

Suarez is striking out for the record books. He already owns the single-season record for strikeouts by a right-handed hitter. If Geno can hit just a few more dingers this season, he’ll have a chance at another contract, and a chance to chase down Miguel Cabrera (2,105 Ks). He deserves a chance to fulfill his swing-and-miss destiny.

The MLB Draft was just over a week and a half ago at this point, and the good news for the Yankees is that they’ve already signed all 20 of the players they selected. All information on the signing details, player backgrounds, and bonuses can be found in the linked tracker.

The most eyes were on the draft in Day 1 on Saturday, July 11th, when the Yankees made their first four picks: Arkansas southpaw Hunter Dietz, Canadian prep lefty Sean Duncan, Oklahoma catcher Brendan Brock, and Cal State Fullerton outfielder Paul Gutierrez-Contreras II. When that day came to a close, we put out a poll in the Feed asking fans to grade it.

The results were probably about as high as Yankees fans have been on a draft class in years:

The “A” grade nearly earned an outright majority, settling for a still-great 47-percent plurality. And 41 percent still gave the Yankees a “B,” meaning that only 12 percent thought this was a middling class or worse.

We also had a separate poll asking fans to just grade the Dietz first-round selection alone, and a commanding 70 percent gave him an “A,” with not a single respondent hitting him with a “D” or “F.” The talented Razorback earned acclaim from draft experts around the sport, as the consensus opinion was that he was normally the kind of arm who would’ve gone within the first 20-30 picks, and the Yanks landed him at No. 35. And while part of the reason for his fall was that a stress fracture had limited his college experience prior to 2026, that’s a different beast than Tommy John or shoulder surgery.

Check out some of the fan responses on Pinstripe Alley to the Dietz pick:

Some other fans debated the Dietz pick with a popular name that had occasionally been linked to the Yankees in mock drafts around this spot: Georgia catcher Daniel Jackson, who won both the Dick Howser Trophy and the Golden Spikes Award as college baseball’s best player. He ended up going to the Rockies at No. 37 overall.

As ultramod2 noted, Jackson might be the flashier name, but the Yankees’ third-round pick was another college catcher who should be no slouch.

Although Brock has some questions about his bat, he did just help lead the Sooners to their first national championship in 32 years, and the Yankees have a reputation around MLB for developing backstops who make it to The Show. They ended up getting another well-regarded college catcher in the fifth round as well, Bear Harrison of Texas A&M, giving New York two of the top nine catchers selected in the entire draft. It should be interesting tracking all three of these players to see who ends up having the best career — though all may end up in the shadow of Georgia Tech’s Vahn Lackey, who the Twins took with the third overall pick.

BetweenthePinstripes thought the Yankees’ overall draft strategy was sound, praising the team’s willingness to make sensible rolls of the dice while perhaps not deviating too much from conventional wisdom (à la Trey Sweeney):

Finally, a few community members bantered about scouting director Damon Oppenheimer, who has largely had autonomy from general manager Brian Cashman in running most of the team’s drafts for the past couple decades. It can be a tough assignment, given changing draft bonus rules and the Yankees always picking beyond the first 10 selections. Has he been as good about uncovering diamonds in the rough as, say, Zach Fitzpatrick and Billy Gasparino with the Dodgers? No, but the Yankees have done a fair job at finding prospects who have either become All-Star names (Aaron Judge, Ben Rice, Cam Schlittler) or who developed into key trade chips (Drew Thorpe, Ken Waldichuk, Josh Smith).

The San Diego Padres took plenty of momentum into their series opener against the Atlanta Braves after beating the Kansas City Royals, 19-2, on Sunday afternoon. Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough. The club fell short versus the Braves despite Manny Machado and Ty France slugging two solo shots against Atlanta.

Multiple poor decisions by manager Craig Stammen regarding the pitching staff hurt the Padres in their eventual one-run loss. Starter JP Sears was taken out after five stellar innings. He had thrown just 55 pitches to that point and seemed ready to enter the sixth. Instead, Wandy Peralta came in and gave up the eventual game-winning run on an Ozzie Albies homer to right field. Stammen has had plenty of question marks surrounding the remaining length of his tenure in San Diego. Moves like that only exacerbate the problem for the Friar Faithful. 

Taking the mound

Reynaldo López (ATL) v. Walker Buehler (SD)

López has been one of the most consistent starters in all of baseball this season. The veteran right-hander owns a 3.50 ERA through 61 2/3 innings pitched this season. The righty has missed some time due to injury as well as his suspension earlier this season. But the Padres will still be facing a formidable opponent tonight.

That said, the Friars have had some success against him in the past. Chief among them is Jackson Merrill, with a career .375 batting average in eight at-bats. Other stars like Fernando Tatis Jr. and Machado? Not so much. The two have a combined .222 average against López.

Buehler has yet to find a cure for his July woes. After a ridiculously good June that saw the righty post a 1.71 ERA across five starts, Buehler has surrendered 20 runs in his last three starts. That would mean something if he had pitched six innings in each, but he’s only pitched 11 innings in total. It’s been an historic decline for Buehler.

Thankfully, none of the Braves have much experience against the right-hander. Hopefully, that will give Buehler a slight edge when facing them today. If he can get through five or six quality innings of work, San Diego can consider that a rousing success for their starter.

Batter up!

Despite some pop from France and Machado, the offense fell short against Atlanta starter Bryce Elder. The club went 0-for-3 with RISP, failing not only to create scoring opportunities but not capitalizing on the few they did have. With the Trade Deadline looming, every game is must-win for San Diego. They’ll need more from their offense to earn the win tonight.

1. Fernando Tatis Jr., RF
2. Jackson Merrill, CF
3. Manny Machado, 3B
4. Ty France, 1B
5. Gavin Sheets, DH
6. Xander Bogaerts, SS
7. Jake Cronenworth, 2B
8. Luis Campusano, C
9. Luis Rengifo, LF

Rengifo came on as a pinch-hitter for Sheets in yesterday’s game. He went 2-for-2 and played left field quite competently. Since joining San Diego, the veteran has gone 5-for-9 across three games. If he can help spark this offense back to life, it would be a major turning point for the Friars.

Relief corps

Apart from Peralta’s lone mistake pitch, the bullpen locked it down. Bradgley Rodriguez and Kyle Hart pitched two scoreless innings to close it out, giving San Diego a chance to come back. Unfortunately, they never did. 

But that usage will leave the Friars primed for a bullpen duel tonight. San Diego has Yuki Matsui, Mason Miller, Adrian Morejon, Randy Vásquez and Matt Waldron to turn to in Game 2. Vásquez and Waldron are starters who have been working out of the bullpen but should be making a start sooner rather than later.

Joe DeMayo and a returning Connor Rogers drop the latest episode of The Mets Pod, which talks trade deadline possibilities and second half of the season scenarios for the Mets. 

The guys cover Freddy Peralta, Luke Weaver, Clay Holmes, and what they think should be their returns in any potential trades, while also making a pitch for both Francisco Alvarez and Luis Torrens to stay put. 

Later, Connor and Joe go Down on the Farm to check in on Jack Wenninger and Ryan Clifford, then answer Mailbag questions about the Mets' organizational issues overall, and the idea of trading Devin Williams.

Be sure to subscribe to The Mets Pod at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

The Texas Rangers have signed pitcher Gio Rojas, infielder Connor Comeau, and pitcher Brody Bumila, the team’s first, second and third round draft choices, respectively, it was announced today.

Rojas, the 16th overall pick, reportedly received a bonus of $4.6 million, which is roughly $500,000 below slow. Comeau, the 54th pick, reportedly received $2.5 million, which is approximately $700,000 above slot. Bumila, who was expected to go in the first round before pre-draft medicals revealed a damaged UCL, reportedly received $2.75 million, which is close to $2 million above slot.

The total for the three, along with the team’s other signed draft picks, pushes them just north of $10 million in total bonus expenditures. The team’s bonus pool is $10,219,000, assuming they sign fourth rounder Hudson Calhoun and eighth rounder Kolby Branch. A team can exceed its bonus pool by up to 5% without incurring the loss of future draft picks. Players drafted after the 10th round can receive up to $150,000 as a signing bonus, with any amount above that applied towards the team’s bonus pool.

Chrissy Baines’ Albuquerque story nearly ended before it started.

She arrived in New Mexico in 2004, a Georgia kid who had barely left the state, taking a retail job with a brand-new Triple-A franchise on the recommendation of a general manager she’d only spoken to over the phone. The welcome was rough.

“I had like three car accidents in three months,” Baines said. “I totaled my car, I broke my arm, and I thought, ‘What in the hell have I done? Why did I move to New Mexico?’”

Twenty-two years later, she runs the place.

Baines took over as general manager of the Albuquerque Isotopes in January, becoming the first woman to hold the job in Albuquerque professional baseball history and succeeding John Traub, who had run the franchise since before it played a game. She’s now a little more than halfway through her first season in the chair — and in her 25th season in minor league baseball.

It’s a career she almost didn’t have.

A huge congratulations to Chrissy Baines who has been named our new General Manager! 🥳🙌🎇

She becomes the first female General Manager in Albuquerque professional baseball history and the 15th active female General Manager in @MiLB! pic.twitter.com/v6b6S380de

— Albuquerque Isotopes (@ABQTopes) January 7, 2026

Baines grew up in Rockmart, Georgia, playing softball, basketball, and tennis — basketball was her first love, and she went on to play in college. She was on track to become a teacher until a practicum convinced her otherwise, and she transferred to the University of West Georgia to study sport management instead. Even then, she figured she’d end up running a parks and rec department somewhere.

Instead, an internship with the Single-A Savannah Sand Gnats in 2002 pulled her into baseball. The staff was tiny, the summers were brutal, and she remembers plenty of tarp duty. She also remembers her first GM, Ken Shepard, who has since passed from cancer.

“He just knew everything about every single department, and I really adopted that mentality,” Baines said. “I said, ‘You know what? I’m just going to be a sponge in this business and learn as much as I can.’”

That approach became the blueprint.

After Traub called about an opening following the Isotopes’ inaugural 2003 season, Baines moved west. Her questions for him, she admits, were less about the job than about what New Mexico was even like — and proceeded to work nearly every corner of the operation: retail, merchandise, box office, stadium operations. She became assistant general manager in 2015.

By then, Traub stopped being subtle about where things were headed.

“He always told me, ‘You’re going to be a GM one day,’” Baines said. “I don’t know if that was my set goal back in the day. I think it took me a little bit to really accept that that was the next move for me.”

She turned down GM openings with other clubs over the years, she said, because she never wanted to leave Albuquerque — the staff, full of 10-, 15-, and 20-year employees, had become the reason she stayed. And when Traub finally did step back, moving into an advisory role as team president, he didn’t go far. The two still talk daily, and Traub keeps asking her to assign him special projects — she’s obliged with batter’s eye work and city business.

“I always tell him I’m glad he didn’t just toss in his keys and walk away,” Baines said.

What a Triple-A GM actually does

The title invites confusion. Fans hear “general manager” and think roster moves, but at the Triple-A level, the Rockies control everything between the lines. Baines got to joke about that firsthand when Rockies president of baseball operations Paul DePodesta came through Albuquerque earlier this season, with the Isotopes — powered by prospects like Charlie Condon and Cole Carrigg — playing winning baseball.

“I said, ‘Oh, it must be that new GM the Isotopes hired,’” Baines said. “And we both laugh because I have zero to do with it.”

Her side of the operation is everything else: fan experience, promotions, and making sure the facility and the community keep players comfortable.

“What the Rockies provide us is what the Rockies provide us,” she said. “Where we can be major drivers in this business is the type of promotions that we offer, the type of value we create for these fans.”

The job is also, as she’s learned, a grind measured in hours. During a recent 12-game homestand, season ticket holders would ask what time the staff arrived for a 6:35 game. The answer: nine or ten in the morning, with an 11 p.m. departure.

“That’s a lot of hours for this staff,” Baines said. “You don’t understand the hours that go into some of these jobs unless you’ve worked in the sport.”

The results are showing up at the gate.

Through the interview date in early July, Albuquerque had opened 42 games without a single rain delay, and the Isotopes were leading the Pacific Coast League in total and average attendance, up from last year.

Baines credits the weather, a more aggressive slate of family promotions — a Bluey appearance produced one of the wildest days in ballpark memory, and mascot Orbit’s birthday drew 20 visiting mascots — and a community-relations operation that keeps Orbit out in Albuquerque as many as 19 or 20 days a month.

“I think it’s the community connection,” she said. “We’ve done a really good job throughout the years of remaining relevant in this community.”

One of 15 — and counting

Baines is one of 15 active female general managers in the minors, and she doesn’t shy away from what that means.

“I certainly wasn’t the first,” she said of women running minor league clubs. “Not going to be the last.”

One of her mentors is Brooke Cooper, who runs the Worcester Red Sox, and the two talk often about the state of the industry.

“It definitely shows progress,” Baines said. “Baseball’s been one of those hard sports for women to break into leadership roles. So it definitely means a lot.”

Away from the ballpark — when there is an away from the ballpark — Baines golfs with a group of Isotopes staffers, watches the WNBA (she was headed to Las Vegas the weekend of our conversation to see the Aces and the Fever) and spends fall Saturdays flying a Georgia flag outside her house, smoking something on the Traeger while the Bulldogs play. She and her wife have two dogs — “No actual children,” she said. “Our dogs, those are our children.”

As for the one part of the job nobody can manage: shortly after she was hired, a local reporter congratulated her on now being in charge of the weather.

“I said, no, that is 100% not accurate,” Baines said. “I’m going to pass that on to our groundskeeper.”

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Triple-A: Albuquerque Isotopes (1-2, 47-49 Overall)

Albuquerque opened the post-All-Star schedule by dropping two of three at home against the Sacramento River Cats (San Francisco Giants). The Isotopes were held to limited offense in each loss, sandwiched around an 11-7 win in which they piled up 11 runs over the first three innings. Jordan Beck homered in both defeats — a two-run shot in the opener and a solo blast in the finale. Albuquerque sits fourth in the PCL East at 8-13 in the second half.

⬆️ Stock Up: Machín delivers the damage

Vimael Machín supplied the set’s biggest offensive day, going 4-for-5 with a double and two RBIs in the 11-7 win and finishing the series at .308 (4-for-13). The veteran infielder was in the middle of the early onslaught that decided Albuquerque’s lone victory, and he continues to hover near .300 on the season. In a quiet set for the lineup at large, Machín’s bat was the one that showed up when the runs came.

Vimael Machin rockets a two-run double to the gap!

B1: Isotopes 3, River Cats 2 pic.twitter.com/27QuploaXD

— Albuquerque Isotopes (@ABQTopes) July 19, 2026

Upcoming

The Isotopes host the Round Rock Express (Texas Rangers) for a six-game set.

Double-A: Hartford Yard Goats (1-2, 47-42 Overall)

Hartford’s trip to Chesapeake (Baltimore Orioles) was a study in wasted starting pitching. The Yard Goats’ three starters — Jack Mahoney , Stu Flesland III, and Jackson Cox (PuRP No.16) — combined for 17 innings and three earned runs, yet Hartford dropped the final two games on late bullpen collapses, surrendering leads in the eighth inning of both. The set opened with a 7-3 win keyed by Jack O’Dowd’s three-run, ninth-inning homer, but the two one-run losses that followed cost Hartford the series. The Yard Goats sit in fourth place in the Eastern League Northeast with a second-half record of 8-13.

⬆️ Stock Up: Flesland flirts with history

Stu Flesland III delivered the pitching line of the set: five no-hit innings in Saturday’s start, walking one, striking out four and picking a runner off first for good measure. The lefty handed a hitless game to the bullpen with a 2-0 lead, and while the relief corps couldn’t hold what followed, none of that dims the outing — his season ERA now sits at 2.25. It was as dominant as a no-decision gets.

Upcoming

The Yard Goats head to Richmond for a six-game series with the Flying Squirrels (San Francisco Giants).

High-A: Spokane Indians (1-2, 44-46 Overall)

Spokane’s home set against the Everett AquaSox (Seattle Mariners) got away from the pitching staff, which allowed 37 runs across three games — including a 21-3 drubbing in the finale that saw Everett pile up 14 runs over the sixth and seventh innings alone. The lone bright spot was a 6-5, 10-inning walk-off in the middle game, built on an early three-run homer and three scoreless relief innings from Nathan Blasick, who improved to 10-2. Roldy Brito (PuRP No.11), promoted from Fresno, started in center field and swiped three bags in the win. The Indians are tied for first in the Northwest League at 15-9.

Put the ball in play, and good things happen. Ethan Hedges races home on a dribbler off the bat of Jacob Humphrey as the Indians regain sole possession of first place in the Northwest League! #GoSpopic.twitter.com/3r3s9nNcjx

— Spokane Indians (@spokaneindians) July 19, 2026

⬆️ Stock Up:Don’t Hedge your bets

Ethan Hedges (PuRP No.29) was the constant in the lineup, hitting .500 (6-for-12) with two homers, a double, and a hit in all three games. His three-run blast in the first inning of Saturday’s walk-off win staked Spokane to its only early lead of the series, and he went deep again in the finale — his 12th of the season, pushing his RBI total to 50.

Upcoming

The Indians will remain in Spokane for six games with the Tri-City Dust Devils (Los Angeles Angels)

Low-A: Fresno Grizzlies (2-1, 49-41 Overall)

Fresno shook off an ugly opener at Visalia (Arizona Diamondbacks) to take the road set two games to one. The Grizzlies fell behind 8-0 in the second inning of a 10-2 loss on Friday, then flipped the script — an 8-3 win behind Cameron Nelson’s three-run homer and a 2-1 pitching duel in the finale in which the staff struck out 16. Nelson swung the hottest bat of the series, going 8-for-15 (.533) with five RBIs and a hit in every game. Fresno is fourth in the California League with a 13-11 record in the second half so far.

⬆️ Stock Up: Kelly Flips the Script

Two weeks after landing in this space for all the wrong reasons, Riley Kelly (PuRP No.29) delivered the best start of his season. The right-hander struck out 11 over six innings in Sunday’s 2-1 win, allowing just five hits, one walk, and a lone solo homer while out-dueling Visalia’s staff in a game with no margin for error.

Grizzlies claim the series behind a dominant start from Riley Kelly, who struck out 11 in 6 innings 🎉

Back at home on Tuesday! pic.twitter.com/bMuZnJpSNR

— Fresno Grizzlies (@FresnoGrizzlies) July 20, 2026

Upcoming

The Grizzlies head back to Fresno for a six-game series with the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes (Los Angeles Angels).

ACL: ACL Rockies (1-3, 37-18 Overall)

A wild stretch for the complex-league Rockies began with a bang and ended with a thud. They demolished the ACL Royals 22-5 behind an 11-run sixth inning, then dropped three straight — an 8-7 walk-off at the Red in 10 innings, an 8-6 loss at the Mariners, and an 8-5 walk-off at the last-place Athletics on a three-run homer in the ninth. The bats produced throughout, but the bullpen surrendered late leads in two of the losses. The cushion atop the ACL remains substantial at 37-18.

⬆️ Stock Up: Arguelles Keeps Climbing

Cristian Arguelles stayed one of the toughest outs in the Arizona Complex League, hitting .500 (7-for-14) with a triple, two doubles, and five RBIs across three games. His 3-for-6, four-RBI day fueled the 22-run outburst, and he followed it with a perfect 4-for-4 afternoon at Peoria. Now hitting .399 on the season, the 19-year-old Arguelles is one of the most exciting young prospects in the Rockies system.

DSL: DSL Colorado (4-0) & DSL Rockies (3-2)

Both Dominican Summer League affiliates kept winning, including a head-to-head meeting on July 13 that DSL Colorado took 3-0 behind a seven-inning, non-earned-run effort from its staff. Colorado ran off four straight in this stretch — among them an 8-6, 10-inning walk-off over DSL NYY Bombers and an 8-7 comeback against the DSL Mets Blue — to push its DSL Southeast-leading mark to 23-10. DSL Rockies went 3-2, including that shutout loss to their sister club, and climbed to 16-17, fifth in the DSL East.

⬆️ Stock Up: Mota Stays Locked In

Carlos Mota was nearly impossible to retire, hitting .571 (8-for-14) with two home runs, a double, and six RBIs over four games. His biggest day came July 14 against the DSL NYY Yankees, when he went 4-for-4 with a three-run homer, and he stayed hot with a three-hit, two-RBI effort two days later.

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The Yankees announced that tonight’s game, scheduled for 7:05 EST against the Pittsburgh Pirates, has been postponed due to inclement weather forecasted to sustain through much of the night in New York.

The New York Yankees have announced that tonight’s Yankees-Pirates game (Tuesday, July 21) has been rescheduled due to the forecast of sustained inclement weather and will be played as the second game (7:05 p.m.) of a split-admission doubleheader on Wednesday, July 22, at Yankee… pic.twitter.com/cdyed3XiqJ

— New York Yankees (@Yankees) July 21, 2026

The Yankees and Pirates will play a split-admission doubleheader tomorrow, with Game 1 at 1:05 EST and Game 2 at 7:05 EST. Those with tickets to tonight’s postponed game can exchange them for tickets to tomorrow night’s Game 2. Tickets from the postponed game cannot be exchanged for Game 1. As tonight was scheduled to be Aaron Judge Harry Potter Bobblehead night, the giveaway will now occur during tomorrow night’s game.

We’ll keep you updated on how the postponement affects the Yankees’ rotation plans and roster, as the team now will have to play a second doubleheader in the span of four days. New York called up Elmer Rodríguez as their “27th Man” for the doubleheader against the Dodgers over the weekend, and the top prospect could be in line to come up again, after having gone unused on Sunday. Will Warren was scheduled to start tonight, with Gerrit Cole scheduled for tomorrow.