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Arizona is coming off a series to forget in Tampa, where they were swept. In the three losses in Tampa, Arizona managed a total of four runs in those three losses, mostly against some pedestrian pitching. Even Drew Rasmussen did not have his best stuff going when he managed to keep the Arizona offense mostly silent. If there was ever a good time to face the Giants, now, at home, after a rough road trip is the time. San Francisco is even doing Arizona the favour of sending Tyler Mahle to the mound for the first game. A win tonight against the Giants gets the Diamondbacks back to .500 for the season. That’s not terribly impressive, but it is an important first step in convincing Mike Hazen to remain a potential buyer at the trade deadline.

The Yankees opened their six-game homestand with a flat performance in Monday's 7-3 loss to the Detroit Tigers.

Takeaways

1. Ryan Weathers' shortest outing of 2026 came at a time when the Yankees (48-36) needed a boost. The Tigers (36-49) knocked New York's southpaw out after he allowed five runs (two earned) on seven hits in his season-low 1.2 IP. Weathers (3-6, 4.08 ERA) threw 35 strikes on 55 pitches before manager Aaron Boone pulled him for right-handed reliever Yerry De los Santos with Detroit jumping out to a 5-0 lead on the Yankees after Hao-Yu Lee's two-run single in the second inning. While catcher Austin Wells' first-inning passed ball and third baseman José Caballero's second-inning fielding error hindered Weathers, New York's starter was ultimately not on his game. Weathers struck out three and walked one in his shortest start since April 4 when he lasted 3.2 IP during the Yankees' 9-7 win over the Miami Marlins.
2. Second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr.'s collision with right fielder Jasson Domínguez on a one-out fly ball by Lee in the fourth inning and the Yankees' deficit at 7-0 after Kevin McGonigle's two-run single added injury to insult. Domínguez recorded the out, but not before Chisholm's face hit Domínguez's left arm. Oswaldo Cabrera replaced Chisholm after an injury timeout and posted an 0-for-3 night with two strikeouts.
3. The Yankees were scoreless until pinch-hitter Amed Rosario's three-run home run against Drew Sommers in the eighth inning. Rosario's eighth homer of the season gave New York a pulse but was too little, too late with one out in the eighth inning and the Yankees needing four more runs over the remaining five outs.
4. New York's skid ties a season-high five games, the longest since the Yankees' April 8-12 stretch with defeats against the Athletics (two) and Tampa Bay Rays (three). With the Yankees' loss to the Tigers, the Rays (48-33) are a full game and a half ahead of New York in the AL East standings.

Who's the MVP?

Casey Mize. The Yankees had no answers while the Tigers' starting right-hander struck out 10 and allowed one hit -- center fielder Spencers Jones' leadoff double in the third inning -- while throwing 58 strikes on 88 pitches in seven innings.

What's next

The Yankees and Tigers continue their three-game series Tuesday at 7:05 p.m. New York RHP Cam Schlittler (8-4, 1.62 ERA) and Detroit LHP Tarik Skubal (3-4, 3.32 ERA) are set to start.

The Texas Rangers scored six runs while the Cleveland Guardians scored three runs.

With a need for an opener, a lineup that would have perhaps been questionable if it had been for Round Rock, and a bulk pitcher that I suspect was on the mound for Texas tonight because he was close enough in proximity to make it to the ballpark in time, the Rangers showcased the state of the American League this season albeit with a gutsy victory over the AL Central-leading Guardians on ESPN’s Monday Night Baseball.

Because the schedule is quite inconvenient for Texas at this point and time, there was a lot of necessities that otherwise I’d imagine they would have liked to avoid tonight. All that accomplished was spotlighting some unsung heroes, however.

For example, Tyler Alexander opened for the Rangers despite saving the previous two games, something no one has ever done in the history of the game.

Corey Seager was on the bench as he slowly works his way back to regular playing time. Evan Carter and Alejandro Osuna were in against left-handed starter Parker Messick because Wyatt Langford just hit the shelf and Brandon Nimmo was unavailable after crashing into the right field fence in yesterday’s finale in Toronto.

Because of the thin outfield, the Rangers had Ezequiel Duran in right field which meant they needed a second baseman. Tonight, that meant the debut of Cam Cauley, who was called up earlier today.

Needing to stitch together basically a bullpen game, the Rangers also tasked Jacob Latz with yet another two-inning save after Jakob Junis, following a shaky seventh in which he allowed Cleveland’s third run, was unable to toss two innings as he exited with an injury to start the eighth.

And then there was that bulk guy, Chris Paddack, he of the 4.83 career ERA and 6.96 ERA for two previous teams entering tonight’s game for Texas. There’s the likelihood that Paddack won’t even be a Ranger in a couple of days or weeks, but for tonight, they needed him.

Paddack allowed two runs in four innings. When he exited, the Rangers trailed 2-1 but despite the fact that he was basically as advertised, he also did just enough to keep Texas in the game and allowed them to complete a comeback.

Down 2-1, the Rangers tied the game in the top of the sixth when Jake Burger singled for a two-out RBI. In the top of the seventh, Cauley made his presence – especially his speed – felt with his first career hit, a one-out triple.

Starting shortstop Nicky Lopez singled in Cauley to give the Rangers a 3-2 lead and then Justin Foscue doubled in Lopez with two outs. Up 4-2, the Guardians scored off Junis in the bottom of the seventh but the Rangers gave Latz a couple of insurance runs when Foscue doubled in two runs including Carter after Carter’s second hit against a lefty on the evening and Cauley after the rookie drew a walk.

The Rangers hadn’t been above .500 since they were 14-13 back on April 25. Now, thanks to a lot of “this is just the way it has to be” that worked out tonight, the Rangers have won more games than they’ve lost.

Player of the Game: It was a patchwork effort tonight but Foscue’s two RBI doubles in the two biggest rallies of the evening stand out. Foscue continues to be more of a weapon against left-handed pitching than perhaps I’ve given him credit for and tonight he was instrumental in Texas claiming the win.

Up Next: The Rangers will have Jacob deGrom on the mound for the final game of June, and maybe some more of their regular hitters will be in the lineup versus RHP Tanner Bibee for Cleveland.

The Tuesday evening first pitch from Progressive Field is scheduled for 5:40 pm CDT and will be back on the Rangers Sports Network.

TORONTO — Sean Manaea’s contract leaves him as a difficult sell before the Aug. 3 trade deadline, but his recent work should at least intrigue teams in need of pitching.

Monday night the left-hander would have finished with a second six-inning start in his last four if not for Francisco Lindor’s fielding error that prevented Manaea from escaping the frame.

Even so, Manaea departed with a respectable two earned runs allowed over 5 ²/₃ innings in the Mets’ 2-1 loss to the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre.

The Mets, who lost for the ninth time in 10 games, were overmatched at the plate by Trey Yesavage and the Blue Jays bullpen. It was the team’s third loss in four games under interim manager Andy Green.

Manaea, who owns a 4.71 ERA, is only halfway through a three-year contract worth $75 million, and the Mets could choose to keep him as a potential 2027 rotation piece.

But if the Mets were to receive a decent offer for the left-hander — who has pitched to a 3.54 ERA over his last nine appearances — it would behoove them to listen.

More likely, the Mets would be open to dealing Freddy Peralta, a free agent after this season with a higher upside than Manaea.

Another starting pitcher with value, Clay Holmes, is still several weeks away from returning as he rehabs a fractured right fibula.

Manaea, with sinker, cutter and sweeper as part of the mix, has regained the confidence of a pitcher who helped lead this rotation in 2024.

“I feel like a pitcher,” he said. “I can go in and out, with sinkers, cutters. I am definitely not throwing as hard as I used to, so I am trying to just get guys out how I can.”

Manaea, who surrendered three hits and two walks over 90 pitches, didn’t receive enough help, defensively or offensively.

Included in the Mets’ night of misery was an 0-for-9 performance with runners in scoring position.

“We have put ourselves in position to score runs, especially the last game, not so much this game,” Green said. “I think we squared up a number of balls today. I think we ended up in a situation where very few things fell for us today, but when we had the opportunity to get the big hit and there was a punch-out too often for us.”

Juan Soto’s misplay on leadoff hitter George Springer’s line drive in the first gave the Blue Jays a 1-0 lead.

Springer’s shot landed in front of Soto and bounded behind him, rolling to the fence.

A.J. Ewing booted the recovery, allowing Springer to score on what was ruled a triple and a Ewing error.

“When you have an outfield like that, where it bounces a lot, you have to be aware because you can give up extra bases really easy,” Soto said. “I have just got to be aggressive. That was my mindset. Just be aggressive, come through the ball instead of trying to play back and maybe bounce over my head, but I actually just stopped.”

Luis Urías’ leadoff double in the fifth led to the Blue Jays going ahead 2-0 on Myles Straw’s sacrifice fly.

Urías’ double snapped a string of eight straight batters retired by Manaea, who got rolling after walking Urías to begin the second.

Lindor snapped a streak of 11 straight batters retired by Yesavage with a homer leading off the seventh that pulled the Mets within 2-1.

The blast was Lindor’s third this season and first since returning from the injured list last week.

Ewing got drilled by a pitch in the inning and was thrown out attempting to steal second, ending the frame.

The Mets tried to rally in the ninth, but Mark Vientos and Ronny Mauricio both struck out against Louis Varland with the tying and go-ahead runs on first and second.

“We chased,” Green said. “Not the at-bats you are hoping to have, not the at-bats they are hoping to have, but you are hoping to find anything to put in play to hope something plays out well for us.”

The Tigers opened their series in New York with a 7-3 win over the Yankees, largely in thanks to a dazzling start from Casey Mize.

The Yankees limped their way home after a rough series against the Red Sox, and I imagine both they and their fans were hoping for an easy series against the Tigers. New York is, after all, only one game out of first in the AL East. But as we’ve seen this season, being near the top of the standings in the AL doesn’t mean much this season. The Tigers, meanwhile, just dropped three of four games to the Astros and were really looking for a win in general. They had Casey Mize on the mound up against Ryan Weathers for the Yankees.

Dillon Dingler got things going with a one-out double in the first. With two outs, Spencer Torkelson singled, bringing Dingler home for the first run of the game.

Hao-Yu Lee got a two-out double, and there was a brief pause as Lee made a really rough and ugly slide into the base and was obviously pretty hurt, but he stayed in the game. And he also got to go back to the dugout not long after, as Jahmai Jones struck out to end the inning. Casey Mize then came in and got the Yankees out in order.

Zach McKinstry started the second with a leadoff single, and then one out later, James Outman singled to bump McKinstry to third. Matt Vierling reached safely on a throwing error by third baseman Jose Caballero, scoring McKinstry. Then Dingler hit a sac fly to score Outman (is he Safeman when he scores?).

Kevin McGonigle singled, followed by a walk to Spencer Torkelson. With the bases loaded, Lee really came through, singling to left to score two more runs.

That was it for Weathers, who was replaced by Yerry De los Santos, and also the end of the game for Jones, who was pinch-hit for Kerry Carpenter. The Tigers were done scoring for the inning, but they had a 5-0 lead after two and chased the starter from the game. Not. Too. Shabby. Mize had been given a nice long break, and it suited him just fine as he came back in to get another 1-2-3 inning against the Yankees.

The Tigers went three-up, three-down in the top of the third. In the bottom of the inning, the Yankees finally got their first baserunner in the form of a leadoff double from Spencer Jones. But Mize wasn’t fazed by a runner in scoring position as he got the next three outs in a row.

Vierling singled to start the fourth, then Dingler reached on a fielding error by Bellinger, who seemed to get mixed up trying to avoid a collision with the outfield wall and missed the catch. Dingler ended up on second and Vierling on third, so when McGonigle singled, he was able to score two more runs.

McGongigle ended up on second in another ugly slide, this one taking down Jazz Chisholm Jr. Everyone appeared to be okay afterwards. With two outs, there was a long pause as the second out of the inning resulted in a painful collision between Chisholm and outfielder Jasson Dominguez. This time, Chisholm did end up leaving the game after staying on the ground for quite some time. It looked as if he took the arm of a running Dominguez right to the face. Aaron Boone took the opportunity to also swap his pitcher at the same time, bringing in Tim Hill, who got the final out of the inning. In the home half, Mize continued to do his part to maintain the pace of play by getting the Yankees out in order once again.

The Tigers went 1-2-3 in the top of the fifth, and the Yankees did the same in the home half.

The Yankees headed back to their bullpen in the sixth for Jake Bird. With two outs, Kevin McGonigle called for a replay review, saying he was hit by a pitch, and the call on the field was overturned, and he was granted first base. It ended up not mattering as the next batter was the third out of the inning. In the home half, even through six innings, Casey Mize was throwing some of the most disgusting pitches I’ve ever seen, with insane tunnelling that none of the batters could get a read on. The side went 1-2-3 again, all on strikeouts. Ryan Yarbrough was the new Yankees pitcher. Carpenter walked. Then McKinstry singled. For the last out of the inning, Outman was, well… out, man… thanks to an ABS challenge for a called ball that was actually strike three. Mize had another three-up, three-down outing in the bottom of the sixth, and he was so confident in his stuff that even as a called strike was being challenged, he was walking off the mound and back to the dugout.

The Yankees were really working their bullpen tonight, dipping back in to bring out Camilo Doval, who got the Tigers out in order. Mize’s day was done after seven, with a final line of 7.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 10 K on 88 pitches. This might have been one of the best Mize starts we’ve seen not just this season, but possibly one of his top 5 of 10 ever. Just gorgeous pitching. He was replaced by Drew Sommers. Jasson Dominguez got a leadoff walk, then with one out, Jones doubled, bumping Dominguez to third. A pinch-hitting Amed Rosario then homered, scoring three runs and really messing with the incredible game Mize had built to that point. Sommers did turn it around to get the next two outs, but the score was a lot tighter than it had been.

Against new pitcher Brent Headrick, Carpenter got a ground-rule double over the outfield wall with two outs. A blooper ended the inning, and the Tigers needed someone out of the bullpen who could get three outs. Someone. Anyone? Well, we’ll try it with Drew Anderson. Anderson got the job done, getting the side out in order. The Tigers got the win and the Yankees got their fifth straight loss.

Final: Tigers 7, Yankees 3

Mets 1 Blue Jays 2

It was great to see Bo Bichette back in Toronto. He seemed touched by the ovation the fans gave him.

After seeing the Jays down a bunch of runs early in the last several games, the great start from Trey Yesavage was very nice to see. He went 6.2 innings, allowing just 3 hits, 1 earned (on a Francisco Lindor home run), no walks, with three strikeouts. He was helped out by some nice catches in the outfield by Nathan Lukes and Myles Straw.

And, when he left the game, with a runner on first and two out, Brandon Valenzuela made a perfect throw to second for a caught stealing on Luis Urías. Just a perfect throw, right to the bag. The easiest third of an inning Mason Fluharty has ever thrown.

Tyler Rogers pitched the eighth and gave up a one-out double, bringing Juan Soto up with the tying run at second. The Jays decided to walk Soto and pitch to Bo. Considering Soto is a lefty and Rogers is much better vs. right-handed hitters, was the right move, but it cause us some anxiety. But Bo tapped the first pitch back to Rogers.

Louis Varland got the ninth, with a one-run lead. Francisco Lindor lined one hard to left but Straw made the catch. Jared Young ground one up the middle, that Clement went a long way to get and then seemed to have trouble getting out of his glove, for a single. A.J. Ewing walked on six pitches, putting the tying run on second. Mark Vientos (after challenging a strike call and being wrong) struck out. Ronny Mauricio, in hero or goat time, decided goat, striking out. Save #17. Varland threw 23 pitches. I’m guessing he won’t pitch tomorrow.

We didn’t score much, but Springer, leading off the game lined one to left field that Soto, sort of, attempted to catch, even though it bounce 5 to 10 feet in front of him and skipped past him. Center fielder A.J. Ewing, backing up the play, booted it and Springer scored on a ‘triple’ plus an error. You could have called it a double and a two base error. Either way, we were up one early. Something very unusual for our Jays lately.

And, we got a run in the fifth. Luis Urías, who appeared to be guessing sinker, hit one to the wall for a double. Yohendrick Piñango ground out to move Luis to third and Myles Straw, after popping one up near the plate that no Met could get to, hit a sac fly.

We had a shot to add to the lead in the eight. Lukes walked, Vlad singled. But Kazuma Okamoto struck out, Ernie Clement (who was Glement in one of the graphics Sportsnet used) flied out and Brandon Valenzuela struck out.

We only had four hits. Springer, Vlad, Clement and Urias had a hit each. Vlad also had a 107.1 mph line out as well (.860 expected BA but very nice catch) and A 111.1 mph ground out (only .590 EBA). I’m hoping it is a good sign.

Bo went 0 for 4, which was kind of him. Bo, let’s continue that for two more days.

Jays of the Day: Yesavage (0.28 WPA), Varland (0.16) and Rogers (0.12).

No one had the Other Award.

Tomorrow we have Kevin Gausman (4-6, 4.36) hoping to bounce back from two lousy starts in a row. Nolan McLean (4-5, 4.03) starts for the Mets

The Mets lost the series opener to the Toronto Blue Jays, 2-1, on Monday night.

Here are the key takeaways...

-- Sean Manaea made his fourth straight start since joining the starting rotation earlier this month and his defense failed him from the first batter of the game when Juan Soto misread the bounce on the artificial turf after charging hard on a leadoff hit by George Springer. The ball hopped over Soto’s glove and rolled all the way to the left field wall.

Backing up was center fielder A.J. Ewing, who got to it as quickly as he could, but he juggled the ball in his glove and let it pop out, which allowed Springer to keep rounding the bases and sprint home for a leadoff little league home run. The play was officially ruled a triple and a fielding error on Ewing, but it was Soto’s misplay that was most costly.

The run was charged to Manaea after two groundouts, a hit by pitch and a single followed, but if Soto kept the ball in front of him and kept Springer at first base, Manaea would have gotten out of the inning unscathed.

Nevertheless, the left-hander pitched well and limited the Blue Jays to two runs over 5.2 innings while allowing three hits, two walks and a HBP. He would’ve made it through six innings, and possibly more, but once again an error, this one by Francisco Lindor with two outs in the sixth, extended his outing. Manaea walked the next batter he faced before getting pulled.

-- Meanwhile, the bats were quiet for the Mets for the first six innings against Toronto starter Trey Yesavage. Yesavage held New York scoreless and to two hits for six innings until Lindor made up for his error and hit a home run to lead off the seventh inning. 

Yesavage hit Ewing two batters later and left after 6.2 innings with a runner on first base. Mason Fluharty came in for relief but only threw two pitches before Ewing was caught trying to steal second base to end the inning. It was Ewing’s sixth caught stealing this season.

-- The Mets’ bullpen kept the Blue Jays off the board for 2.1 innings to give their offense a chance to tie or take the lead, but the offense squandered chances in the eighth and ninth innings.

In the eighth, Francisco Alvarez doubled with one out before Soto was intentionally walked with two outs which brought up Bo Bichette who was making his return to Toronto for the first time since he left in free agency. Bichette got a standing ovation in his first at-bat, but he finished 0-for-4, including in the eighth when he grounded out to the pitcher to end the threat.

Then, in the ninth, Jared Young got on base with a one-out single and Ewing walked to put the tying run at second base and the winning run on first. But in a similar spot late in the game as Sunday’s game against the Philadelphia Phillies, the Mets couldn’t cash in as Mark Vientos and Ronny Mauricio both struck out swinging to end the game. Mauricio’s at-bat was particularly bad as he swung at two pitches out of the zone.

-- New York went 0-for-9 with RISP.

Game MVP: Trey Yesavage

Yesavage continued his rookie season, after bursting onto the scene in the postseason last year, with another great outing. 

Highlights

Bo Bichette gets a nice hello from Rogers Centre☺️👏 pic.twitter.com/CyurseSjZN

— SNY (@SNYtv) June 29, 2026

Austin Warren throws a strike with the bases loaded to end the 6th inning😤 pic.twitter.com/XjlIZGZaTD

— SNY (@SNYtv) June 30, 2026

FRANCISCO LINDOR HOME RUN!! pic.twitter.com/mkCOVqkSvb

— SNY (@SNYtv) June 30, 2026

What's next

The Mets and Blue Jays continue their three-game series on Tuesday night with first pitch scheduled for 7:07 p.m. on SNY.

RHP Nolan McLean (4-5, 4.03 ERA) and RHP Kevin Gausman (4-6, 4.36 ERA) are set to start.

After another series loss to the Phillies, the Mets headed north to take on the Blue Jays in Toronto. Bo Bichette was making his return to the Rogers Centre after six-plus seasons as a member of the Blue Jays. Sean Manaea was getting the start against the Mets, facing off against rookie phenom Trey Yesavage.

The game definitely could’ve had a better start for the Mets. After a top of the first where Juan Soto doubled with one out and was promptly stranded at second, they followed that up with an incredibly embarrassing bottom of the inning. George Springer led off the inning with what was probably only a single if fielded correctly, but when it bounced past Soto it turned into a triple. But before he got to third, A.J. Ewing bobbled the ball which allowed Springer to score. It was the only blip on Manaea’s radar in the first inning, but it was another bad look for a team familiar with looking bad in 2026.

It was a quiet back-and-forth after the first, with both sides trading a baserunner here or there but both Manaea and Yesavage keeping things mostly locked down. In the bottom of the fifth, Manaea found himself in a bit of trouble. Luis Urías led off with a double, and was moved to third on a Yohendrick Piñango ground out. Myles Straw hit a sacrifice fly to drive Urías in as the second run of the game for the Blue Jays.

Manaea lasted only a few more batters, exiting with two outs and two runners on in the bottom of the sixth. He left having allowed two earned runs on three hits and two walks, with four strikeouts on his ledger. Warren got the Mets through the sixth inning without allowing either baserunner to score. 

The Mets showed signs of life in the top of the seventh. After a delay of game after Vladimir Guerrero Jr. not being on the field when the inning was supposed to begin, Francisco Lindor hit a solo home run to lead off the inning. Ewing was hit by a pitch with one out, and after giving up a deep fly out to Mark Vientos, Yesavage was finally pulled from the game in favor of Mason Fluharty. The Mets ran themselves out of the inning, when Ewing was thrown out trying to steal second during Eric Wagaman’s (pinch-hitting for Brett Baty) at-bat.

The Mets had an up-and-down eighth inning on both ends. Facing former Met Tyler Rogers in the top of the inning, Ronny Mauricio led off with a hit…swinging his bat and hitting Francisco Alvarez when both were inexplicably in the on-deck circle. Alvarez recovered well enough to hit a one-out double. After Juan Soto was intentionally walked with two outs, Bo Bichette came up with an opportunity to show out in his former home. But he grounded out, stranding both runners and keeping the Mets in the deficit. In the bottom of the inning, Austin Warren got himself into trouble, giving up a walk and a single to lead off the inning. He was pulled in favor of the newly-recalled Joey Gerber who got two strikeouts with a fly out in between to strand both runners and keep it a one-run game.

In the top of the ninth, the Mets threatened, with a single and a walk putting two runners on with just one out. But Vientos and Mauricio struck out as the second and third outs, closing the book on the first game of the series in Toronto and handing the Mets their fifth loss in six games, putting them 15 games below .500. They face the Blue Jays again tomorrow, with Nolan McLean getting the start and Kevin Gausman starting for the Blue Jays.

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Win Probability Added

What’s WPA?

Big Mets winner: A.J. Ewing, +10% WPA
Big Mets loser: Mark Vientos, -26% WPA
Mets pitchers: +10% WPA
Mets hitters: -60% WPA
Teh aw3s0mest play: Francisco Lindor’s home run in the seventh, +12.4% WPA
Teh sux0rest play: Ronny Mauricio and Mark Vientos’s ninth inning strikeouts, -14.0% WPA each

Series preview: The Giants are playing better than the Dbacks right now — wait, what?
https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/san-francisco-giants-game-information/108335/series-preview-the-giants-are-playing-better-than-the-dbacks-right-now-wait-what

Seems to have been accidentally overlooked, don’t expect much, just wanted to throw something up.

The Dodgers visit the A’s on their third and final stop of this long road trip.

Monday’s game info

• Teams: Dodgers at Athletics
• Ballpark: Sutter Health Park, West Sacramento
• Start time: 6:40 p.m. PT
• TV: SportsNet LA
• Radio: AM 570 (English), KTNQ 1020 AM (Spanish)

The Angels have a chance to change their future for the better. And could change the narrative of their future, this year.

Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic appeared on Foul Territory on Monday afternoon and said he believes they are a team, “That can control the trade deadline.”

“As a seller, the Angels have any number of attractive pieces. The biggest two would be Jose Soriano and Reid Detmers,” Rosenthal said. “Both are under club control for two more years after this one.”

The Angels have been one of the most unpredictable teams during the trade deadline, as they have consistently been in a spot where they should sell but notably do not. Famously doing so when they didn’t trade Shohei Ohtani during the 2023 MLB Trade Deadline.

If the Angels were to consider a year to be sellers, it would be now. On Friday, they fired general manager Perry Minasian and placed John Mozeliak as interim general manager, who will also oversee day-to-day baseball operations.

On Saturday, Mozeliak said the Angels need to change the way they operate from the Major League Roster, all the way down to the Minor League rosters. If what Mozeliak preaches is true, the Angels should be sellers at this year’s deadline as they enter Monday last in the American League West with a 36-49 record.

Both Soriano and Detmers sit in the top 10 in the American League for strikeouts. Bob Nightengale of USA Today recently reported that Detmers could bring in a Tarik Skubal like haul if he is moved.

Through the first two months of the season, Soriano was among baseball’s top pitchers and was starting to place himself as an early CY Young candidate, having a 2.65 ERA.

Rosenthal also went on to state that Zach Neto might not be a name worth trading this year, as the desire for a shortstop isn’t as desirable this year and also added that he’s under club control for three more years.

He went on to list Jo Adell as another piece that could be moved, as he has one more year left of control after this season. He also added Brent Suter and Adam Frazier as other potential trade candidates.

“These are attractive pieces,” Rosenthal said. “The Angels, under [Arte] Moreno, have resisted this kind of thing.”

Rosenthal also added that if the Angels decide not to sell at the deadline, then they need to build around what they have, as their roster is headlined by Mike Trout and has featured a young and promising pitcher in Walbert Ureña, who has a 3.14 ERA and 69 strikeouts in 13 starts.

Cincinnati Reds center fielder Dane Myers was carted off the field crashing into the wall in left center field while making an acrobatic catch against the Brewers, Monday, June 29 in Milwaukee.

Myers injured himself in the bottom of the fourth inning chasing Andrew Vaughn's 103.5-mph line drive, catching the ball on the dead run on the warning track, then crashing defenseless into the wall – his left shoulder and arm exposed.

Myers stayed down on the warning track before he was removed from the American Family Field playing surface via cart.

Scary moment as Reds center fielder Dane Myers makes one of the plays of the year and crashes into the wall in Milwaukee. pic.twitter.com/zZh9Gophtb

— Adam McCalvy (@AdamMcCalvy) June 30, 2026

Myers, who is batting .256 with three homers this season, was replaced in center field by the recently recalled TJ Friedl.

The Reds held a 3-0 lead over the Brewers in the fifth inning, but Milwaukee scored five in the final three innings to pull out a 5-3 win.

Myers sent to the hospital

X-Rays at the ballpark were negative for any broken bones, Reds manager Terry Francona told reporters after the game, but Myers was sent to a local hospital because he was experiencing a lot of pain.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Dane Myers injury: Reds OF hospitalized after crashing into wall on acrobatic catch

The Mariners get back to it.

After Sunday afternoon’s crushing loss in Cleveland, the Mariners return home for a three-game, four-day set against the Angels. George Kirby takes the ball for the Mariners, and Ryan Johnson goes for Anaheim. The Mariners have fallen to a game under .500 and a half-game back of the Rangers in the West.

My read on the mood of the fanbase: tense. The Mariners have largely toed the line with .500, after playing cold then hot to begin the year. They’ll need at least a couple more good stretches of banked wins, and they’ll hope to start one here with four series remaining before the All- Star Break.

Lineups:

News

• Rob Refsnyder was placed on the injured list with knee issues. Newly acquired corner-player Buddy Kennedy takes his place on the active roster. John Trupin has the injury update for the site.

Remember This Date…

2025: Mitch Garver hits a 437-foot, two-run homer in the 12th inning to ice a 6-4 win over the Rangers.

2019:Tim Beckham, Domingo Santana, and Daniel Vogelbach each homer as the Mariners storm back from a 5-2 deficit late against the Astros. Butt is not enough, as Yuli Gurriel walks off Roenis Elias with a double in the 10th, just out of the reach of a flailing Mallex Smith. Maybe not a fun one, but remember those guys?

2018: Marco Gonzlaes pitches his first career complete game, striking out seven in a 4-1 win over the Royals.

2014: Félix Hernández turns in his start of the year with a Game Score of 86, going shutout innings with nine strikeouts and one hit. It was his ninth of 16 consecutive ultra-quality starts for Félix that year.

2012: Aaron Cook throws an 81-pitch Maddux in a 5-0 Red Sox win against the Mariners, with singles from Ichiro and John Jaso the only thing standing between perfection. Cook got 39 swings and didn’t record a single whiff, as Jeff Sullivan pointed out at the time.

2004: Randy Johnson records his 4,000th career strikeout, with the victim also being a former Mariner, Jeff Cirillo

1998: The Mariners have an off day, which is notable because so does every other team in MLB, the first time in 25 years that no game was played on a day that fell during the regular season and was not part of the All-Star break

1995: With the Mariners down 2-1 in the eighth, Doug Strange gets a pinch-hit RBI single and then Mike Blowers hits a three-run homer to beat Oakland 5-2

Game Info:

First Pitch: 6:40 p.m.

TV: Mariners.TV

Radio: Ol’ Reliable

The San Francisco Giants head to the desert to begin a three-game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks tonight.

Taking the mound for the Giants will be right-hander Tyler Mahle, who enters tonight’s game with a 5.49 ERA, 4.69 FIP, with 61 strikeouts to 26 walks in 62.1 innings pitched. His last start was in the Giants’ 2-1 win over the Athletics on Wednesday, in which he allowed just two hits and two walks with four strikeouts in five and two thirds innings.

He’ll be facing off against Diamondbacks left-hander Eduardo Rodríguez, who enters tonight’s game with a 2.27 ERA, 4.06 FIP, with 70 strikeouts to 38 walks in 95 innings pitched. His last start was in the Diamondbacks’ 4-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals, in which he allowed just three hits and three walks with five strikeouts in six and two thirds innings.

Game #84

Who: San Francisco Giants (35-48) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks (41-42)

Where: Chase Field, Phoenix, Arizona

When: 6:40 p.m. PT

Regional broadcast: NBC Sports Bay Area

National broadcast: n/a

Radio: KNBR 680 AM/104.5 FM, KSFN 1510 AM

An eventful few days for Jazz Chisholm Jr. took another turn, this one painful.

The Yankees second baseman exited Monday’s game in the top of the fourth inning and has entered the concussion protocol after being clotheslined by Jasson Domínguez while pursuing a fly ball.

During an ugly, 7-3 loss to the Tigers in The Bronx, Detroit’s Hao-Yu Lee sent a high fly ball to shallow right field. Chisholm had been shaded in because a runner was on third with one out, then sprinted back into what manager Aaron Boone called “no-man’s-land.”

Right fielder Domínguez charged in and said he called for the ball. “But obviously I didn’t call it loud enough,” he added.

Both believed they would catch the ball, and Domínguez did — as Chisholm ran directly into his elbow and immediately dropped to the grass.

“It was really unfortunate,” said Domínguez, who stood by Chisholm for several minutes as the second baseman required time first to sit up and then to rise to his feet before walking off the field with a trainer, Oswaldo Cabrera taking over at second base.

“Hopefully, it is not too bad,” Boone said of Chisholm, who a day earlier in Boston did not see the end of the game because he was ejected arguing a check-swing call in the sixth inning.

The ejection drew a second one-on-one talk with Boone in the past week.

Boone had not been happy that Chisholm sucked on a Blow Pop while playing second base last Monday in Detroit.

Speaking before Monday’s game, Chisholm said he still disagreed with the umpire’s decision to eject him and still does not believe he swung at the pitch, but he took responsibility for his emotions that put the Yankees in a difficult position.

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“I got to be better for the team,” Chisholm said after spiking his helmet, which earned the ejection even after Boone and first base coach Dan Fiorito interceded. “I got to stay in the game right there.”

Trent Grisham likely will play in a rehab game Tuesday.

It is possible that the outfielder, out since June 12 with a hamstring strain, will be activated Wednesday.

On Tuesday afternoon, the Yankees are expecting an intriguing sim game that will include Max Fried facing Giancarlo Stanton.

Fried is expected to build up to close to 30 pitches in a two-“inning” outing, Boone said, as the lefty begins stretching out after his elbow bone bruise.

Stanton, who already had one setback from a calf strain, will bat against Fried and “is moving again with a little more intensity,” Boone said.

Ryan McMahon (throat infection) took ground balls for the first time Monday and is expected to be activated when eligible Friday.