DETROIT (AP) — Cal Raleigh hit his 37th and 38th home runs in Seattle’s 12-3 victory over Detroit on Friday night to move within one of Barry Bonds’ 2001 major league record for homers before the All-Star break. Raleigh hit a solo homer off former teammate Tyler Holton in the eighth to tie the American League record of 37 set …
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Phillies lash out after Brewers rookie Jacob Misiorowski makes All-Star team: ‘It’s a joke’
The Phillies aren’t happy with Jacob Misiorowski’s controversial All-Star Game selection. The Brewers’ hard-throwing rookie was chosen as a replacement for Matthew Boyd after just five starts and 25 2/3 innings, breaking the 2024 record set by Pirates ace Paul Skenes of 11 games. The news didn’t go over well in Philadelphia’s clubhouse. “What a joke,” Turner said, according to …
Read More »MLB All-Star Weekend: Players to watch in the Futures Game
Kiley McDanielJul 12, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close ESPN MLB Insider Kiley McDaniel covers MLB prospects, the MLB Draft and more, including trades and free agency. Has worked for three MLB teams. Co-author of Author of ‘Future Value’ MLB All-Star Week festivities kick off Saturday with the MLB Futures Game in Atlanta. This showcase of young players from across the …
Read More »Phillies slam MLB for pitchers’ All-Star snubs after Brewers rookie makes team: ‘What a joke’
SAN DIEGO — A few weeks ago, the Phillies chartered another jet separate from the typical team plane. They expected a decent-sized party that would go from California to Atlanta to represent the club in the All-Star Game. Maybe it wouldn’t be as large as the franchise-record eight players who were honored in 2024. But they expected the group to …
Read More »Carlos Rodon looks the All-Star part with best start of his Yankees career
Certainly, it was an All-Star day for Carlos Rodón. Hours after it was announced that he would replace teammate Max Fried in the All-Star Game in Atlanta, the lefty had his best start as a Yankee to date. Not only did it come against MLB’s highest-scoring offense — the Cubs average 5.41 runs per game — but Rodón pitched a …
Read More »Why Yankees’ Max Fried pulled out of All-Star Game
Max Fried may have a homecoming start in Atlanta next week, but it won’t be in the All-Star Game. The Yankees left-hander pulled out of the Midsummer Classic on Friday — and was replaced by teammate Carlos Rodón — due to him starting Saturday’s game against the Cubs, which would have had him pitching on two days of rest in …
Read More »Jacob Misiorowski named 2025 All-Star
Jacob Misiorowski named 2025 All-Star \n\n”,”providerName”:”Twitter”,”providerUrl”:”https://twitter.com”,”thumbnail_url”:null,”type”:”oembed”,”width”:550,”contentType”:”rich”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”The wonder of it all isn’t lost on the 23-year-old phenom. Murphy gave Misiorowski the news three minutes before he was due on the foul line for the national anthem prior to Friday’s 8-3 Brewers win over the Nationals at American Family Field, and told him to keep it a secret until after the game. …
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