BALTIMORE — One out away from history, the Los Angeles Dodgers found a new low. Yoshinobu Yamamoto was putting the finishing touches on a historic masterpiece, getting to two outs in the ninth inning without allowing a hit before Jackson Holliday lofted a cutter that sneaked over the right-field fence. Then the Dodgers hit rock bottom, again, where the losses …
Read More »Yoshinobu Yamamoto was this close to getting the first no-hitter of the 2025 MLB season. Instead, the Los Angeles Dodgers blew a 3-0 lead and allowed the Baltimore Orioles to get a gutting walk-off win. Yamamoto was one out from making history, going hitless through 8.2 innings. But Baltimore Orioles second baseman Jackson Holliday had other plans: The 21-year-old broke …
Read More »Yoshinobu Yamamoto was this close to getting the first no-hitter of the 2025 MLB season. Instead, the Los Angeles Dodgers blew a 3-0 lead and allowed the Baltimore Orioles to get a gutting walk-off win. Yamamoto was one out from making history, going hitless through 8.2 innings. But Baltimore Orioles second baseman Jackson Holliday had other plans: The 21-year-old broke …
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The Rockies have signed No. 4 overall draft pick Ethan Holliday, reports Jim Callis of MLB.com. He’ll receive a $9MM signing bonus that clocks in about $229K over slot value. It’s the largest bonus ever received by a high school player. Holliday, 18, was in the mix for the top overall selection, though that distinction went to another second-generation high …
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Ethan Holliday, a high school slugger with a remarkable baseball pedigree, is headed to the Rockies. The club selected the left-handed hitter with the fourth overall pick of the Major League Baseball draft on Sunday. He’s the son of former Rockies slugger Matt Holliday, who was the cornerstone of Colorado’s only World Series team in 2007. Ethan was born on …
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Major League Baseball’s 2025 Draft has arrived. The 20-round draft process is underway, and Rounds 1-3 are in store for Sunday night as the Atlanta Braves host All-Star Game festivities this year. The Washington Nationals made a fairly surprising pick at the top of the draft, choosing high school shortstop Eli Willits at No. 1 overall. LSU left-hander Kade Anderson, …
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This is my “final” draft mock for 2025, with the scare quotes there because I’ll update this over the next 24 hours if I hear anything relevant to any of these picks. The true first round is 27 picks, but in this mock I go down through pick 30 as I’ve heard a few more rumors on the teams drafting …
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