We’re back with Braves baseball. Let’s see if the Braves can take a dub and start off hot. First things first, the offense needs to step up. And consistency has to come through as well.
The Braves aren’t too far off from being great. They’re just missing pieces that need to be combined to get past slumps and find consistent success. Starting with tonight, we’ll see what version of the Braves we’re going to get.
Until 7:15 p.m. ET, happy race to October!
Two World Series contenders coming off sweeps before the All-Star break will meet at Yankee Stadium for a three-game weekend set to begin the second half. There’s just one thing: the Dodgers weren’t the ones doing the sweeping in their last series at home against the Diamondbacks, suffering their first dusting of the season. It’s not the same because of the down period in between these two, but this scenario brings forward the age-old question: Is it actually a good thing to play a strong team coming off a difficult period, or will they only be hungrier because of it? I guess we’ll find out.
Both teams took longer than we would’ve liked to announce their respective starters for this series, and the first of three matchups will pit Gerrit Cole and Roki Sasaki against each other. Acknowledging the differing levels of expectations for each of these starters, one might be right in affirming they’ve both been disappointing this season—Cole not as sharp coming off a lengthy absence as the Yankees would’ve liked and needed him to be, and Sasaki dealing with yet another choppy campaign trying to establish himself as a starter—taking one step forward, two steps back. Things may not always be this simple, but the fact that both of these starters have losing records playing for some of the winningest teams in each league is quite telling.
What has hurt both of these starters, in particular Sasaki, has been his inability to keep the ball in the yard. In his last two starts alone, Sasaki has given up five home runs—music to the ears of hitters for a lineup that leads baseball in home runs (142), the Yankees. Although lefties and righties have both taken him deep often enough, right-handers have given Sasaki far bigger problems overall, with an .886 OPS against him.
This will be the Dodgers’ first trip to the Bronx since embarrassing the Yankees in the Game 5 clincher of the 2024 World Series. Cole was obviously on the mound for that as well, his last start before undergoing Tommy John surgery, but the starting lineup behind him will be quite different than it was back then. Since Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton are injured (they had an update on Judge today) and Anthony Volpe is on the bench (as Trent Grisham was back then), the only lineup overlaps are Jazz Chisholm Jr. at second and Austin Wells behind the plate. None of the relievers who follow him today are still on the team, either. So it’s quite a different group, but no doubt one still eager for the challenge of beating LA.
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As we wrote in the piece asking the question, it was a very tough year for Nets fans. A ton of losses and a Knicks championship. Not the best. However, the Draft and more specifically, the combination between the California Classic and Las Vegas Summer League have seemingly given this fanbase a sigh of relief.
They found two players who look likes stars in Mikel Brown Jr. and Egor Dëmin. Other players like Chaney Johnson also made a name for themselves. So, after a difficult year:
Did Summer League change any sort of outlook for the fans? It appears so. Heading into Vegas, the fanbase was bracing for the slow rebuild. But the standout chemistry between 2026 sixth-overall pick Mikel Brown Jr. and sophomore guard Egor Dëmin flipped the script.
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You never know who you’re going to see walking down the streets of New York.
Former Lakers center Dwight Howard was seen roaming the Big Apple. He had a hilarious moment with a young fan after he was mistaken for Heat center Bam Adebayo.
Howard reaffirmed to the fan that it was OK to mistake him for someone else, to which, shortly after, Howard saw a familiar face walking down the street.
Howard noticed a large person walking on the sidewalk and compared his size to Patrick Ewing, only to find out it was former Lakers center Andrew Bynum.
Dwight Howard ran into Andrew Bynum and Bynum kept it moving
— BrickCenter (@BrickCenter_) July 17, 2026pic.twitter.com/uYd4Y5gvP8
“Is that him? That is Andrew Bynum,” Howard said in the video. “Oh s–t!”
Howard hugged the former Lakers center and told him it was good to see him.
Bynum, a New Jersey native, went on his way after saying hello to Howard, leaving his face with a big smile.
Despite both players spending time with the Lakers, the two never were teammates. Bynum’s departure resulted in Howard coming to LA.
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Bynum was traded to the 76ers just before the 2012-2013 season as part of a four-team trade sending Howard to the Lakers to play with Kobe Bryant.
When the trade happened, Bynum was fresh from an All-Star season in which he averaged 18.7 points, 1.9 blocks and 11.8 rebounds.
Despite being traded to Philadelphia, Bynum never played a game for the 76ers. He missed the season due to knee injuries.
Bynum played one more year in the NBA before retiring after the 2013-2014 season.
When Howard arrived in LA, it was supposed to be a match made in heaven because he and Bryant were expected to be the NBA’s best duo.
That match became much more complex as the two had a love-hate relationship as teammates despite Howard averaging 18.1 points, 12.4 rebounds and 2.4 blocks per game during the 2012-13 season.
The Lakers finished the regular season at 45-37 and were swept in the first round of the NBA playoffs by the Spurs.
After the season, Howard left the Lakers and spent the next three years with the Rockets.
Before he retired from basketball in March, Howard had two more stints in LA during the 2019-2020 and 2021-2022 seasons.
During the 2019-2020 season, he helped the Lakers win their 17th NBA championship while playing alongside LeBron James.
Today, the Astros announced the following roster moves:
Teng had been sidelined with a right knee sprain, though he also admitted to some arm fatigue as well. He has been on IL retroactive to June 28. Teng will transition to a bullpen role going forward.
In 23 appearances including 10 starts, Teng is 4-6 this season with a 4.36 ERA and 1.36 WHIP.
Spence, 23, has moved through both Double-A and Triple-A this season. He will be making his major league debut tonight in centerfield. In 63 combined minor league games this season, Spence is batting .258 with a .353 OBP and .776 OPS. He has 6 HR and 44 RBI, with 13 doubles and 13 SB. The lefthanded-hitting Spence is the Astros #10 overall prospect according to MLB.com.
Matthews injured his knee July 12 crashing into the outfield wall in Arlington against the Rangers. Matthews has batted .197 this season with a .250 OBP and .582 OPS, with 7 HR and 22 RBI. Matthews numbers have been greatly impacted by his extreme home-road splits.
On the road this season, Matthews is batting .260 with a .328 OBP and .759 OPS in 123 AB. However, his numbers at Daikin Park are incomprehensively poor. At home, Matthews is batting .106 with a .126 OBP and .315 OPS in 85 AB.
Texas Rangers @ Atlanta Braves
Friday, July 17, 2026, 6:15 PM CDT (105.3 The Fan / CW33)
Truist Park
RHP Cal Quantrill vs. LHP Chris Sale
Go Rangers!
On Wednesday, Alberts Šmits signed his three-year, entry-level contract with the New York Rangers.
What does this new development mean for Šmits’ immediate future?
Šmits is considered to be one of the most pro-ready defensemen in the 2026 NHL draft class, which is likely a reason the Rangers decided to take him over other blueliners, including Chase Reid and Keaton Verhoeff, with the fifth overall pick.
Playing at the Olympics, World Championship, and Liiga this past season, Šmits showed his maturity on the ice and cemented his status as a top prospect.
Now that he signed his entry-level contract with the Rangers, the 18-year-old defenseman will join the team for training camp starting in September, with the hopes of earning an opening-night roster spot.
He won’t have an easy path to make the Rangers’ roster due to the additions of Sean Durzi and Marcus Pettersson, as well as the re-signing of Braden Schneider.
There’s a scenario in which Šmits spends his entire rookie campaign in the American Hockey League with the Hartford Wolf Pack.
When speaking about Šmits, Rangers president and general manager Chris Drury emphasized that the team will do what’s in Šmits’ best interest in terms of his long-term development.
“We're gonna do right by him and the long-term health and well-being of him as a Ranger,” Drury said of Šmits. “This is not a sprint for him. We hope he's a rock-solid defenseman for the Rangers for the next 15 years. We're not going to put him in positions or situations that he can't handle. So excited to add him, but again, not going to do anything that's not in the best interest long term for him.”
Even if Šmits starts the season in Hartford, there’s always potential for him to be recalled over the course of the year if his play warrants it or if injuries occur.
At the very least, we’ll see Šmits at training camp, as he has a real opportunity to make an immediate impact for the Blueshirts.
Inductees into the National Baseball Hall of Fame by definition have plenty of marvelous memories when reflecting on the career accomplishments that led them to Cooperstown.
Bumps in the road were inevitable as well.
One big bump for Jeff Kent and Andruw Jones came with the Dodgers in 2008, Kent’s last of 17 MLB seasons and Jones’ first following 12 years with the Atlanta Braves.
Suffice to say neither will enter the Hall of Fame wearing a Dodgers cap.
Kent signed with the Dodgers ahead of the 2005 season fresh off a National League Championship Series Game 7 loss with the Houston Astros. Already recognized as perhaps the top power-hitting second baseman of all time, he yearned for a championship ring to make his career complete.
Jones, a center fielder from the Caribbean island of Curaçao, signed a two-year, $36-million contract with the Dodgers at age 31 only three years removed from leading the league with 51 home runs and 128 runs batted in. A winner of 10 Gold Gloves, he also was chasing a title after losing twice in the World Series.
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“It’s one of those things where we didn’t sign to make the Hall of Fame, we played this game because we love it and because we wanted to win championships,” Jones said Friday.
The Dodgers had high expectations in 2008. Joe Torre, with four championships as manager of the New York Yankees on his résumé, was in his first year in L.A. The roster was a blend of accomplished veterans (Nomar Garciaparra, Greg Maddux, Derek Lowe and midseason pickup Manny Ramirez) and budding stars (Matt Kemp, Russell Martin, Andre Ethier, James Loney and midseason call-up Clayton Kershaw).
Kent was the resident no-nonsense, old-school veteran whose bat remained potent at age 40. Near the end of the previous season he had gone public with his frustrations about the approach of some young players.
“A lot of kids in here, they don’t understand that ... you hate to waste an opportunity, even if it’s one and even if it’s your first time,” he said at the time. “It’s hard to get them to understand that because they haven’t been there.”
By spring training in what he acknowledged was his final season, Kent had gotten over it and was ready for a last try.
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“So much is made of the idea that we should be hugging, that we should all go out to dinner, but more important is the translation of talent and knowledge, with the older guys showing what they know and the younger ones asking for it,” he said.
Jones was expected to lock down center field and provide leadership. But a poor start and a midseason knee injury torpedoed his performance. He batted .158 with three home runs and 14 RBIs in 75 games and suffered torn cartilage in his right knee that required surgery and landed him on the disabled list for the first time in his career.
Kent, as always, was consistent at the plate, batting .280, but he also sustained a knee injury that required arthroscopic surgery and sidelined him for almost all of September.
In what could have been a legit postseason opportunity, Jones did not play and Kent came off the bench to go 0 for 9 during a division series sweep of the Chicago Cubs and five-game loss to the Philadelphia Phillies in the NL Championship Series.
Kent will wear a San Francisco Giants cap into Cooperstown. His six seasons playing alongside Barry Bonds vaulted him into the conversation on as best-hitting second baseman of all time. Kent drove in more than 100 runs eight times, was NL most valuable player in 2000 and finished his career with 55.4 wins above replacement (WAR).
In a video call with reporters Wednesday, Kent made it clear that his heart belongs not to San Francisco or L.A., but to Austin, Texas, where he lives on a ranch.
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“I’m a boring guy,” he said. “I chase grandkids and chase cows and ride motorcycles. When I retired I kind of went into my hole in Austin and I like living in my hole.”
Jones will don a Braves cap. He made his debut at 19 in 1996 and hit 25 or more home runs in 10 consecutive seasons beginning in 1998, finishing his career with 434 homers and a 62.7 WAR.
“When I came [to Atlanta] at the young age of 19, they welcomed me in,” he said. “I never moved from here. I made Atlanta my home.”
The Hall of Fame induction ceremony takes place Sunday, July 26 at 10:30 a.m. PDT. Outfielder Carlos Beltrán also will be inducted.
“It’s a bigger emotional deal than I ever thought it would be, absolutely,” Kent said. “I still tear up talking about it.”
Added Jones: “Thinking that this kid from Curaçao who came here chasing a dream, gets a chance to play a sport he loves and ends up in Cooperstown, is wild.”
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The Pittsburgh Pirates are back after the All-Star break with a series against the AL Central’s Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field. It’s the first time the Pirates are in Cleveland since 2024, and they will need to use this weekend as a launching pad to keep them in the NL Wild Card race.
Pirates will hand the ball off to Jared Jones, who is 1-1 with a 4.37 ERA and eight starts so far this season. His last appearance came back on July 8 against the Atlanta Braves at home. It was his longest start of the season, pitching six innings with no hits and no runs, but the offense failed to support him in a 3-0 loss. Hopefully the bats will be turned on for tonight’s game.
The Guardians are countering with Gavin Williams, who has arguably been their best starter so far this season. Williams notched 10 victories during the first half of the season, including one in his last start on July 9 against the Minnesota Twins. He pitched seven innings, giving up three hits and two earned runs in a 5-2 victory at Target Field.
The Pirates find themselves two games back in the NL Wild Card standings, so every game from here on out is crucial.
Location: Progressive Field, Cleveland, OH
Broadcast: KDKA AM/FM, Sportsnet Pittsburgh
Pitching Matchup: Jared Jones (1-1, 4.37 ERA) vs. Gavin Williams (10-4, 3.81 ERA)
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NHL salary arbitration hearings don't start until next week and more than half of the players have already reached a settlement.
Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Jamie Drysdale was the ninth player out of 15 to settle, agreeing to a four-year contract averaging $6.5 million a year on Friday, July 17.
He was scheduled for a hearing on Monday, July 20. Teammate Trevor Zegras agreed to a four-year deal with a $9.125 million average on Wednesday.
Also settling early (details below) are St. Louis Blues forward Connor Michael, Montreal Canadiens forward Kirby Dach, Winnipeg Jets forward Cole Perfetti, Buffalo Sabres forward Payton Krebs, New York Rangers defenseman Braden Schneider, Pittsburgh Penguins forward Nick Robertson and Ottawa Senators prospect Xavier Bourgault.
Settling early is typical during the salary arbitration hearing season, which runs from July 20 to Aug. 1 in Toronto. Both sides try to work out deals before the hearings.
This year, 15 restricted free agents filed to have an independent arbitrator determine their next contract. Both sides file salary requests and the arbitrator can award either number but often does something between.
The most interesting case is Dallas Stars winger Jason Robertson, who made $7.75 million in his last deal and is due a big raise after a 96-point season. The record arbitration award was $7.5 million to future Hall of Famer Shea Weber in 2011. Robertson is the brother of Nick Robertson.
Here are the salary arbitration dates, settlements and results, per puckpedia.com:
Monday, July 20
Jamie Drysdale, Philadelphia (settled, four years, $6.5 million average)
Cole Perfetti, Winnipeg (settled, five years, $6 million average)
Wednesday, July 22
Trevor Zegras, Philadelphia (settled, four years, $9.125 million average)
Thursday, July 23
Jet Greaves, Columbus
Saturday, July 25
Xavier Bourgault, Ottawa (settled, one year, $850,000)
Jason Robertson, Dallas
Connor McMichael, St. Louis (settled, six years, $6.75 million average)
Monday, July 27
Cole Sillinger, Columbus
Tuesday, July 28
Nick Robertson, Pittsburgh (settled, two years $3.5 million average)
Wednesday, July 29
Braden Schneider, N.Y. Rangers (settled, one year, $5.5 million)
Ronan Seeley, Carolina
Thursday, July 30
Alex Jefferies, N.Y. Islanders
Kirby Dach, Montreal (settled, one year, $3.6 million)
Saturday, Aug.. 1
Peyton Krebs, Buffalo (settled, four years x $4.5 million average)
He gets a four-year, $26 million deal, up from a $2.3 million average. He had a career-best eight goals last season, and his 32 points matched a career high. Drysdale scored two power play goals in the playoffs.
He gets a one-year, $3.6 million deal, a slight bump from his previous $3,362,500 average. The key is he gets a one-way deal that pays him the same if he goes to the minors. He had been offered a deal that pay him less in the minors.
He gets a six-year, $40.5 million contract, a big increase from his previous $2.1 million average. He's joining the Blues this season after coming over in the Jordan Kyrou trade. He had 46 points last season with the Capitals.
He gets a four-year, $36.5 million contract, up from a $5.75 million average in his last contract. He becomes the Flyers' top-paid player after scoring a career-best 67 points following his trade from the Ducks.
He gets a five-year, $30 million contract, up from a $3.25 million average in his last contract. He dropped from 50 points to 32 as he dealt with injuries but he also averaged a career-best 15:37 per game.
Robertson came over from Toronto in a July 1 trade. His two-year $6.5 million contract is a raise from the $1.85 million he made in his final Maple Leafs contract. He has a career-high 16 goals and 32 points last season.
The defenseman gets one year at $5.5 million, up from a $2.2 million average in his last two-year contract. Schneider averaged about three more minutes a game last season.
The forward averages $4.5 million in his new contract, a bump from his previous $1.45 million cap hit. Krebs had his first 82-game season and set career bests in goals (12), assists (27) and points (39).
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: NHL salary arbitration tracker: Flyers' Jamie Drysdale settles
Friday notes…
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Twins lineup:
After a rough stretch, Colin Rea has posted a 2.61 ERA and 1.403 WHIP in his last four starts. In general he’s done a decent job filling in for injured Cubs starters.
Last year against the Twins, July 10, 2025 at Target Field, Rea held them to three hits and one run in seven innings. That’d work tonight. For whatever it’s worth, Rea has been much better at Wrigley Field (2.72 ERA in 43 innings) than on the road (6.45 ERA in 51.2 innings).
Bailey Ober missed all of June due to right elbow inflammation, which is never good for a pitcher.
He returned to throw five innings against Cleveland July 9, allowing three hits and one run, with five strikeouts. So he’s had seven days’ rest.
This will be Ober’s first-ever start against the Cubs, thus he has faced only three current members of the Cubs roster. One of them, Michael Conforto, is 1-for-2 with a home run off Ober, for whatever that’s worth.
As you can see from the chart below, Ober doesn’t throw very hard, relying mostly on offspeed stuff.
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Right as the Yankees return to play following the All-Star break, there is news on the Aaron Judge front. The Yankees’ captain underwent a re-imaging procedure on his fractured rib on Wednesday, and the results could seemingly be described as cautiously optimistic. There has been some healing, but not enough for Judge to resume baseball activities.
While baseball activities are off the board until a new exam shows the healing process further along than it currently is, according to a Yankees spokesperson, there will be a consult with Dr. Gregory Pearl to see exactly what exercises and activities Judge can progress to at this time. Some healing feels like a natural result given the amount of time since he suffered the injury, but what’s really positive is that, according to Judge, he is feeling a lot better. Assessing the big picture, the Yankees are probably just restraining him to prevent any setback that may jeopardize his return this season. When he comes back, they want to ensure that he’s back for good in 2026, especially for any playoff run
We’re now nearing two months since Judge has last played a baseball game, sidelined since the end of May. What could be considered vastly underwhelming numbers for his standards until that injury for Judge still represented a staple piece any offense would be more than happy to have. When he went down, Judge had 17 homers in 59 games and a .907 OPS, enough to earn his eighth career All-Star appearance.
While it’s difficult to ever be certain with these things, not just Judge but all parties feel confident of a return in 2026. The Yankees have played 47 games without their star player this season and have only won 18 of them, sweeping a series over the Nationals to end the first half but still looking a little shaky on offense. We’ll have to see if this update changes their strategy at all in advance of the August 3rd Trade Deadline.
Given that Nick Lodolo excelled on such a high level last season, the spotlight has been aimed almost solely at the frustrating blister issues that he has dealt with all season. Most everyone will point to those as the reason why his numbers this year are pretty poor compared to what we know he can do, and that makes sense on the surface.
Right?
For whatever reason, it’s been buried a bit that Brady Singer dealt with blister issues at the tail end of spring training, too. And, if you look at how he started the 2026 season, you’ll notice that he was pretty, pretty awful for a time. Blisters don’t just happen and heal, they get into your head in terms of what types of pitches you feel comfortable throwing, and that can completely alter the way you approach batters of all ilks from both sides of the plate.
If you can’t throw the pitch you want in the big spot, well, things can go awry in a hurry.
Whether or not Singer would pin his poor early form on that blister (and the time he took off to let it heal) we may never know. What we do know, though, is that he turned things around in a major way once June rolled around, and across his last 7 starts (38.2 IP) he’s pitched to a 2.79 ERA, 3.93 FIP, and struck out more than a batter per IP (40 K). That’s the Brady Singer the Reds traded Jonathan India for, that’s the Brady Singer who showed up down the stretch in 2025.
For the last place 2026 Reds, though, that Brady Singer might end up getting traded away sooner than later. That’s just what happens when you’re 9 games under .500 and he’s a pitcher who’ll be a free agent at season’s end.
It’s with that context that we get to watch Singer pitch tonight in Coors Field as the Reds open the second half of their season on the road against the Colorado Rockies. It’s about 94 degrees with humidity at a higher level than usual out here in Denver as monsoon season swells up from the south, and that’s the perfect scenario for some serious offense to erupt. So, it’s interesting that the Reds, who’d obviously like to showcase Singer as much as possible in pitcher-friendly environs in the event they end up having to be sellers, chose to roll with Singer at Coors as they stack their rotation out of the gate.
Nothing like sending out a guy who’d turned the corner to get blasted for 8 ER in 3 IP in the land where balls fly (in the precise circumstances where that will likely happen).
Anyway, if he spins a gem, it may actually expedite his departure from the Reds barring them turning this 9-game road trip into a miracle success story. As teams gear up for the trade deadline in just two and a half weeks, each additional start they can get out of an acquired starting pitcher stacks that much value on their shoulders, and another brilliant one from Singer might just be the catalyst the Reds need to make that call.
We’ll see what Brady can do on the field, first. Obviously, the Reds are still crossing their fingers, toes, eyes, etc. that they can somehow make a run at this thing, and the first step towards that happening falls on the right shoulder of their soon-to-be free agent. Maybe, just maybe, that makes him their soon-to-be traded righty if things don’t go perfect in a hurry.
Here’s how the Reds will line up behind Singer on Friday, with first pitch set for 8:40 PM ET.
There have only been two players in the history of the San Jose Sharks to wear the number 76 at the NHL level. The most notable player to wear the number was Jonathan Dahlen, who played 61 games for the team in teal roughly half a decade ago.
Dahlen's NHL journey began when he was selected in the second round of the 2016 NHL Draft by the Ottawa Senators. Before he even signed his entry-level contract though, he was traded to the Vancouver Canucks in a trade that saw veteran forward Alex Burrows going to Canada's capital city.
Dahlen then signed his first NHL contract with the Canucks and spent two seasons with their American Hockey League affiliate at the time, the Utica Comets. He was then traded to San Jose in 2019 with Linus Karlsson heading north of the border.
After playing just seven games with the San Jose Barracuda during the 2018-19 season, he returned to his native Sweden for the next two years. He then returned to North America for the 2021-22 season and played in his only career NHL games to date. In 61 games with the Sharks, he scored 12 goals and tallied a total of 22 points.
At the end of the season, Dahlen returned to Timra IK in Sweden, where he remained until this summer when he signed with the SCL Tigers of the Swiss National League.
The only other player to wear the number 76 for the Sharks was Eriah Hayes.
