The Guardians opt for Contact King, as Bodine finished the season with an absurd 24 strikeouts in 313 plate appearances while churning out a .915 OPS. As the Chanticleers reeled off 26 consecutive wins to reach the College World Series finals, Bodine’s stock rose along with it.

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This article was originally published on www.si.com as Athletics Fireballer Mason Miller Unleashes Fastest Pitch of MLB Season.

Major League Baseball’s 30 teams will select the players they hope will one day lead them to World Series glory during the 2025 MLB Draft in suburban Atlanta. The event, which runs this year from July 13 and 14,

When the Minnesota Twins were put up for sale last year, their owners had every reason to believe that it wouldn’t be long before the right billionaire offered them a fortune.Only a handful of Major League Baseball franchises had changed hands in the previous decade,

Ken Stabler went from Foley High School and the Alabama Crimson Tide to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. But only after the New York Yankees, New York Mets and Houston Astros struck out in their efforts to get “Snake” to play big-league baseball. Each of those teams used a draft pick on Stabler, who was a left-handed pitcher.

The Athletics brought you the Bash Brothers, Run Ricky Run, Moneyball, and some epic pitching mustaches. Its origins are in Philadelphia and had a brief stop in Kansas City, but this team thrived in Oakland. It deserved better than getting uprooted from the East Bay.

Most of Major League Baseball is scrunched together for the break, as the Home Run Derby arrives tomorrow. Only five teams are double-digit games out of a playoff spot. Not everyone’s doing well, but most teams can feel decent, and a few have separated from the field. The outlook:

Brent Rooker hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the fifth inning and Mason Miller struck out Ernie Clement and George Springer looking with the tying run on second in the ninth inning as the Athletics beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3.