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An All-Star Slugger and a 'Mic Guy': Kyle Schwarber Has a Revered Presence It takes a lot of talent to be an All-Star slugger and provide leadership to bring teammates together. Kyle Schwarber brings it all to the Phillies.

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'He wants it': Have the Dodgers Found a Late-Inning Answer in Roki Sasaki? Sasaki's dazzling postseason debut finished off the Dodgers' wild-card sweep of the Reds as their offense overpowered and their rotation overwhelmed.

The Dodgers advanced to the NLDS — and, vitally, might have found the late-inning answer they need.

Enter Roki Sasaki.

“It feels like he wants it.”

“Wow. That’s really all you can say, is ‘wow.’”

“That guy is gross.”

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'We'll get back up': Depleted Astros Miss Playoffs, Marking End of an Era Has the golden era of Astros baseball officially been sealed, and is there hope for next season?

On the end of an era in Houston…

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Shohei Ohtani is Fully Hitting AND Pitching. What Should We Expect in October? Shohei Ohtani remains hot at the plate, while still finding his stride on the mount. So what will be his plan for the postseason?

The fastest Dodger to 100 home runs with the franchise also might be a playoff weapon on the mound.

On Shohei Ohtani, who at the end of a milestone week as a hitter will try to build off a landmark outing as a pitcher, and what his progress means for October:

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I know he dealt with some pitch tipping stuff, but what a fascinating year for Jesús Luzardo:

-10 starts of 6+ IP, 1 or 0 runs allowed
-6 starts of 5 or fewer IP, 4+ runs allowed

Still has an ERA over 4.00 on the year, but he has 7th-most Ks in MLB and a 2.32 ERA over last 5 starts.

Bad Habits Derailed Mookie Betts' Season. A New Mindset Might Salvage It. In a season with unexpected obstacles, a change in Mookie Betts' mindset might get the Dodgers back on track.

Bad habits led to Mookie Betts' worst year at the plate and an "X" next to all of his 2025 goals.

Except for one.

"Win"

Now on an 8-game hit streak entering a critical weekend, will a new mindset help salvage his season?

On his search for answers:

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We should probably be talking more, collectively, about Nathan Eovaldi's unreal season. Dude has a 1.38 ERA in 111 IP.

We've got a while to go, but the last player to finish a season with at least that many innings and that low of an ERA was Bob Gibson in 1968.

Surprised By The Brewers? How A Bunch of ‘Average Joes’ Are Among MLB's Best Despite a bottom-10 payroll, the Brewers are among MLB's best teams again extracting the most out of their talent.

The Milwaukee Brewers have won 35 of their last 48 games. They enter Wednesday tied for the best record in MLB, despite a bottom-10 payroll.

How "a bunch of Average Joes" are, yet again, exceeding all expectations:

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Who is Jacob Misiorowski? Rookie All-Star Chats Pokémon, Card Collection Jacob Misiorowski talks about his All-Star season, facing big league stars on the mound, and his Pokémon cards.

The Miz goes tonight looking to make it a W12 for the Brewers.

Before the All-Star Game, I chatted with the rookie standout about his Pokémon and sports card collections, late nights on eBay bidding for his card, a 'holy s---' moment vs. Nolan Arenado and more.

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The dugout at Dodger Stadium is approximately one Misiorowski tall

As Clayton Kershaw was leaving the press conference room, Pedro Martinez stopped him to congratulate him and say a few words: “I’m going to be waiting for you in Cooperstown.”

Hamptons to Cape Cod to 'Absolutely Nothing': How All-Stars Saw Their Plans Change Plans change and trips gets canceled -- especially for these MLB All-Star replacements.

There were 16 All-Star replacements named last week, which meant a bevy of travel alterations.

From a postponed trip to the Hamptons, to cancellations in Cape Cod and Miami, to no longer ordering in Chinese food in Milwaukee, how their plans changed:

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Bregman hopes to return by the end of the week. He will not play in the All-Star Game.

Soto?! Suzuki?! Every MLB Team's All-Star Snub, Including Some Head-Scratchers Every team’s biggest All-Star snub, ranked from 30 down to the most glaring omission in MLB.

Among those not voted onto an All-Star team:

-NL hits leader
-NL RBI leader
-NL saves leader
-NL 1B leader in OPS
-NL OF leader in OBP
-AL 3B leader in HR/RBI
-AL OF No. 2 in OPS

Every team's biggest snub, ranked from 30 down to the most glaring omission:

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There are, at this very moment, four players (min. 250 PA) with a 1.000+ OPS: Aaron Judge, Shohei Ohtani and two catchers.

It is absurd what Cal Raleigh and Will Smith are doing this year.

The crowd keeps chanting "Jeter" for some reason, but I'm pretty sure that's Altuve.

Max Muncy said he’s looking at roughly six weeks out with the knee injury, which, while disappointing, is about best case scenario considering how it looked at the time. No structural damage.

Clayton Kershaw becomes the 20th player — and possibly the last? — to 3,000 strikeouts Adding to his Hall of Fame resumé in his 18th season, the Dodgers' all-time strikeout leader hit a milestone that few, if any, will reach again.

The first was against Skip Schumaker, who was born in 1980. The latest was against Vinny Capra, born in 1996.

On Clayton Kershaw, 3,000 strikeouts, one last box checked off the Hall of Fame resumé and a club few, if any, will join again:

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Kershaw 3,000

Dave Roberts on Clayton Kershaw, three strikeouts away from 3,000 entering tonight's start: “There’s still more work to be done in the season, but as far as his career, I think that this is the last box. This is it. He's won two championships, and he wants this."

Best catching season ever? Inside Cal Raleigh's historic rise Mariners' Cal Raleigh has started the 2025 season on a historic, MVP-caliber pace.

Cal Raleigh has more homers before the break than any catcher or switch-hitter in MLB history.

He's on pace for the best season ever from a catcher.

So, how did he get here?

"He’s worked his ass off."

On the big jump of Big Dumper:

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Enjoying the very normal baseball

Robert Suarez has received a three-game suspension and a fine for throwing at Shohei Ohtani. He will appeal.
      
Dave Roberts and Mike Shildt have received one-game suspensions and fines. They will serve their suspensions tonight.

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Will Smith ranks first in batting average and second in OPS among all qualified NL players.

Two catchers, Cal Raleigh (.995) and Smith (.966), trail only Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani for the highest OPS in MLB.

As an ode to his manager, Kopech also got Tripped

What an unbelievable first half for Andy Pages, who is now second in fWAR on a Dodgers team with Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman, Mookie Betts, Teoscar Hernández, Will Smith and Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

An opener? What happened to the game I love?

2025 MLB trade grades: Giants win the Devers trade, but at what cost? FOX Sports grades the biggest trades in Major League Baseball, including the Red Sox sending star slugger Rafael Devers to the Giants.

Our trade grades page is up and running...about a month earlier than expected.

More here on the stunning Rafael Devers move, a relationship in Boston that never had to be this contentious and how that tension became the Giants' gain:

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Even with the Devers/Boston drama all year, stunning that it ended like this. In the middle of June. Right after sweeping the Yankees (and can you imagine if Bregman opts out)…

What a huge get for a Giants team that needed an offensive upgrade. Blockbuster Posey, y’all.