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The Dodgers visit the A’s on their third and final stop of this long road trip.
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.
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
While the Philadelphia Flyers have the bulk of their top prospects participating in development camp this week, there is one absence that is quite noticeable.
When the Flyers released their development camp roster over the weekend, they denoted that 2024 draft picks Jett Luchanko and Jack Berglund would not be participating in on-ice activities.
After Monday's first session, we have an explanation for both Berglund and Luchanko, though Luchanko's is one to monitor going forward.
"Jack isn't skating. He's played a lot of hockey in the last season, played on four different teams and he put a lot of miles on, but he wanted to come, he wanted to be a leader," Flyers director of player development Riley Armstrong said Monday.
As for Luchanko, the 2024 first-round pick is also resting, though doing so to manage an injury.
"Yeah, he had a little lower-body thing going on," said Armstrong. "Should be back skating next week, and he'll be ready for training camp."
Flyers Issue 4 Qualifying Offers; AHL All-Star Let GoThe Philadelphia Flyers retain two stars and two top prospects, but let an AHL All-Star walk right to free agency.Notably, Luchanko was held out of development camp for the same reason last year, and having the same issue again this year makes it a bit of a trend.
The Flyers are wisely playing it safe and holding Luchanko out again entirely this year, and that is especially important with the young speedster officially turning pro ahead of his first full pro season.
As of now, the expectation is for Luchanko to play at least one year with the AHL Lehigh Valley Phantoms, though injuries can always throw a wrinkle in things, be it for Luchanko or someone else.
Because Luchanko only played 38 regular season games in the OHL last year, it is critical that the Flyers ensure their top center prospect does not lose any more development time to injuries or subsequent setbacks from those injuries.
Both he and Berglund will be given the opportunity to make the NHL roster out of training camp this fall.
NBA Free Agency opens up on Tuesday as teams across the league are looking to find their missing pieces to make a run in the league next season.
With plenty of former Kentucky Wildcats scattered across the NBA, it is one former No. 1 overall pick that could make some noise in free agency this season. That would be none other than Anthony Davis.
Shams Charania brought the scoop on Monday as the first piece of a very intricate puzzle fell into place. That was none other than Draymond Green declining his player option for this coming season.
What did it open up? A potential trade for Anthony Davis and a potential free agent signing of LeBron James.
This would already add to a wild offseason that has seen star players like LaMelo Ball and Ja Morant get traded, but it is definitely one that I would wait until it actually gets some more legs.
After adding AJ Dybantsa and re-signing Trae Young, it feels like the Wizards are ready to make a playoff push now. Could the Warriors sweeten the pot for a deal that would send AD to the Bay Area? It sounds like they could trade Jimmy Butler, who may miss the entire 2026-27 season due to ACL surgery, to Washington for AD, as the two players have nearly identical cap hits.
A lot has to happen for this potential dream team to come to fruition, but if it does, a Steph Curry, LeBron, and AD team sounds like a lot of fun.
As expected, De’Anthony Melton will decline his $3.3 million player option in order to test the market as an unrestricted free agent, per Spotrac.
De'Anthony Melton declined his player option with the Golden State Warriors, a league source told @spotrac.
— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) June 30, 2026
Melton will be an unrestricted free agent this offseason.
After returning from a one-year ACL rehab process, Melton returned to the Warriors in order to increase his value. He had an up-and-down season, showing flashes of being a valuable secondary ball handler and, at times, a serviceable primary ball handler, as evidenced by a career-high 12.3 points per game, to go along with 3.2 rebounds, 2.6 assists, and 1.6 steals in 23 minutes per game. However, he was limited to 49 games last season due to injury. It was clear that, at times, his injury played a part in his struggle to capture a consistent rhythm.
Melton will have plenty of playoff-contending suitors who will seek his services as a reliable back-up guard — a role he is more accustomed to playing, rather than the primary role he was forced to play last season due to a roster ravaged by injuries to its top stars.
After a mixed bag first season, the Lakers are declining Nick Smith Jr.’s team option for next season.
The Lakers landed Smith Jr. on a two-way deal at the very start of the preseason after he was waived by the Hornets.
While Smith Jr.’s impact wasn’t felt throughout the whole season, he still had some particularly bright moments. Never was that more the case than early in the season when he helped lead the Lakers to an improbable road win in Portland.
Smith Jr. largely played bit-part roles as the season went on, though he was someone Redick turned to at different points when the team was undermanned. Ultimately, that belief led to the Lakers signing him at the end of the season on a two-year contract.
On the season, Smith Jr. averaged 6.2 points per game on 39.5% shooting from 3-point range across 30 games. He also made 18 appearances in the G League, averaging 19.7 points aon 37% shooting from three and 49.8% shooting from the field.
Despite Smith being just 22 years old, there wasn’t enough consistency shown for the Lakers to bring him back. The open roster spot and cap space is more valuable to the Lakers, for now.
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The Los Angeles Lakers and Sacramento Kings might be getting into a bidding war for a big man.
Senior NBA Writer Sam Amick of The Athletic has reported that Detroit Pistons center Jalen Duren is scheduled to meet with the Lakers and the Kings for a potential sign-and-trade deal.
On Monday, Senior NBA insider Chris Haynes reported that there has been a “sizeable distance” between Durren and the Pistons as they are struggling to work out a contract extension for the unrestricted free agent.
Duren, 22, is closing out the tail end of his four-year rookie deal, where he made $19.5 million. In 2022, the Pistons selected him with the 13th overall pick of the 2022 NBA Draft.
Originally, he began his career serving as a role player, but has started to emerge as one of the top centers in the league, after finishing last just outside the NBA’s top 10 for rebounds [8.5] and blocks [1.2].
Last year, he played in 70 games, while averaging 19.5 points per game and played a vital part in the Pistons snapping an 18-year playoff drought as they finished the regular season with a 60-22 record, for first place in the Eastern Conference.
Amick reported that the Kings are set to meet with Duren in the morning, which would mean the Lakers would likely meet with him later in the day.
Lakers star Luka Dončić has been vocal about his desire for the Lakers to acquire a big man to help with running the pick and roll.
Right now, the Lakers have two centers under contract in DeAndre Ayton and Jaxon Hayes. Ayton performed underwhelmingly for the Lakers last season, averaging 12.5 points, 8 rebounds, and 1.0 blocks per game.
Acquiring Duren would be the first part of Dončić’s requests for this offseason, as he’s also been vocal about the team acquiring more shooters for him this year.
According to Amick, the Kings are set to offer Domantas Sabonis in their offer for Duren, but noted that, “It’s unclear how the Pistons might see that scenario, but the Kings are clearly serious about the prospect of landing the 22-year-old.”
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.
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
First Pitch: 6:40 p.m.
TV: Mariners.TV
Radio: Ol’ Reliable
Earlier this week, the San Jose Sharks re-signed forward Ethan Cardwell to a one-year, two-way contract extension. Cardwell was set to become a restricted free agent on July 1 if he hadn't reached an agreement with the Sharks.
Cardwell missed a substantial portion of the 2025-26 season due to injury, but was producing at a high level for the San Jose Barracuda prior to his injury. In 24 games with the Barracuda, Cardwell scored seven goals and tallied a total of 15 points. He also played seven games in the NHL for the Sharks, scoring a single goal.
Cardwell has become a reliable fringe player for the Sharks over the last few seasons and could potentially compete for a bottom-six role in the NHL in the relatively near future. With that being said, that opportunity likely won't come this season, due to a massive logjam of forwards, specifically bottom-six wingers, at the NHL level.
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.
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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.
“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.
The Seattle Kraken announced their full 2026 development camp roster on Monday, June 29th.
The camp began on Monday, with 28 players on the roster.
The full roster can be found below.
Forwards:
Clarke Caswell
Ryden Evers
Viktor Fedorov
Zeb Forsfjall
Brody Gillespie
Ollie Josephson
Loke Krantz
Ben MacDonald
Casey Mutryn
Jake O'Brien
William Tomko
Nathan Villeneuve
Zaccharya Wisdom
Defenseman:
Maxim Agafonov
Karl Annborn
Alexis Bernier
Jakub Fibigr
Blake Fiddler
Hawke Huff
Finn Kearns
Ola Palme
Chase Reid
Will Reynolds
Rylan Singh
Goaltenders:
Maks Corovic
Kim Saarinen
Visa Vedenpaa
Lawton Zacher
Check out the full dev camp roster in action this week ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/RWk6ShzfnO
— Seattle Kraken (@SeattleKraken) June 29, 2026
From the 2025 NHL Draft, four defensemen will join the development camp roster: second-rounder Blake Fiddler, third-rounder Will Reynolds, fifth-rounder Maxim Agafonov and seventh-rounder Karl Annborn.
Those defensemen will be mentored by former Kraken player Justin Schultz, who signed on as a player development consultant.
When speaking to NHL.com about his new role, Schultz shared his excitement about helping players reach the next level.
“I've always wanted to help players try to get to the next level,” Schultz said. 'I’m really excited to help these players. They're all obviously great players. They've been drafted or signed [as free agents]. I am just trying to help in whatever way I can. I've played a lot of games and won some Stanley Cups. Hopefully, I can relay some positive things to them.”
After the first three days of drills, the players will take part in the 3-on-3 "Stucky Cup" on Thursday.
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The Washington Wizards declined Jamir Watkins’ $2.15 million team option for the 2026-27 season, Spotrac’s Keith Smith reported Monday.
The Wizards reportedly extended a qualifying offer to Watkins, which makes him a restricted free agent this offseason.
Watkins, 24, was selected No. 43 by Washington in the 2025 NBA Draft. He averaged 7.4 points and 3.9 rebounds across 50 games during his rookie season.
The stout defender, who averaged 1.1 steals per game last season, closed his rookie campaign with a 24-point outburst on 5-for-9 3-point shooting against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
While Washington declining Watkins’ option is surprising, the team did something similar in 2024 when it declined Tristan Vukcevic’s team option before later signing him back on a two-way deal.
That could be the case for Watkins, who started last season on a two-way before his deal was converted to a standard contract to close the year.
Here’s how Washington’s roster looks without Watkins:
Guard: Trae Young | Tre Johnson | Bub Carrington | Jaden Hardy | D’Angelo Russell
Wing: AJ Dybantsa | Kyshawn George | Bilal Coulibaly | Will Riley
Forward: AnthonyDavis | Justin Champagnie | Cam Whitmore
Center: Alex Sarr | Tristan Vukcevic | Felix Okpara (possible two-way contract candidate)
The Wizards are at 14 standard contracts, pending a possible 15th if Okpara signs a standard deal. They could open a roster spot by waiving or buying out Russell, who opted in to his $5.9 million player option but never reported to Washington following last February’s trade from the Dallas Mavericks.
New York Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. left Monday night's game in the top of the fourth inning after an ugly collision with left fielder Jasson Dominguez. Chisholm and Dominguez were both chasing after a shallow fly ball when Dominguez's elbow caught Chisholm in the chin.
The Yankees announced Chisholm had been evaluated by a team doctor and was going through the concussion protocol. After losing to the Tigers 7-3, Yankees manager Aaron Boone said that Chisholm was not diagnosed with a concussion, but they are following the protocol as a precaution.
The Tigers were leading 7-0 at Yankee Stadium when Chisholm exited.
Jazz leaves the game after being clotheslined by Jasson Dominguez pic.twitter.com/wI4oBeycND
— Talkin' Yanks (@TalkinYanks) June 30, 2026
Oswaldo Cabrera came in to replace Chisholm.
It's been a rough 24 hours for Chisholm. He was ejected Sunday for arguing a check-swing call against the Red Sox and then left without talking to reporters. Before Monday night's game, Chisholm told the YES Network he had to be a better teammate.
Chisholm, who has been vocal about wanting an extension from the Yankees, has not played well enough for them to seriously enter the conversation. He was hitting .229 with a .318 on-base percentage, nine home runs and 29 RBIs across 274 plate appearances.
He does have 20 stolen bases.
A play later, Dominguez crashed into the left-field wall and was slow to get up, holding his right rib cage.
The Yankees were swept in four games at the Red Sox over the weekend.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Jazz Chisholm injury update: Yankees star exits game after collision