He’s leading the league in hitting and his team is having a great season, yet somehow it seems no one is talking about Jose Altuve.
When Giancarlo Stanton agreed to be traded to the Yankees last winter, to play on the big stage that suiting up in pinstripes entails, it was for nights like Wednesday, when Stanton crushed a walk-off homer that carried the Yankees to a 7-5 victory over the Mariners.
Gary Sanchez completed the comeback with a mammoth game-tying blast in the eighth and Giancarlo Stanton celebrated his first signature moment in pinstripes with a walk-off shot in the ninth, enveloped by his teammates at home plate as the Yankees celebrated a memorable 7-5 victory over the Mariners on Wednesday at Yankee Stadium.
The Grizzlies have discussed trading the No. 4 pick in Thursday’s NBA draft, league sources told ESPN. Any trade would likely include Memphis forward Chandler Parsons.
J.T. Realmuto has baseball’s best pop time and best caught stealing percentage, is faster than any other catcher, and is out-hitting all other catchers. He might just be the best catcher in the game.
After missing most of his lone season at Missouri because of back surgery, Porter’s confidence is unshaken despite facing constant questions about his health.
The defending World Series-champion Astros became the first team in the Majors to reach 50 wins behind four solo homers, including three consecutive shots in the sixth inning, and six innings of one-run ball from Charlie Morton in a 5-1 win over the Rays on Wednesday night before a sellout crowd at Minute Maid Park.
Gary Sanchez has been encouraged by the increasing frequency in which he is once again barreling baseballs, even though the results had yet to follow. Those rewards appeared Wednesday in the form of a mammoth game-tying blast, setting up Giancarlo Stanton’s walk-off two-run homer as the Yankees celebrated a 7-5 victory over the Mariners at Yankee Stadium.
Don’t blame us! Here are the top five on each award from PHWA members Emily Kaplan and Greg Wyshynski, along with their explanations.
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