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The best stuff in baseball? How Paul Skenes is using his pitches to dominate MLB
Less than a year after being drafted No. 1 overall, Skenes is already carving up major league lineups.
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MLB SCOREBOARD
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MUST-SEE MOMENTS
Will Smith mashes 3 dingers for the Dodgers
Stuart Fairchild climbs the wall for home run robbery
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MLB DRAFT
JULY 14-16
Dueling MLB mock draft: Selecting the best possible teams of 2024 prospects
We tasked our experts with creating the best team out of 2024's top prospects -- here's how they did.
2024 MLB draft guide: One big question for all 30 teams
Whom will the Guardians take at No. 1? Who is atop your team's draft board?
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FANNING FRIDAY
Justin Steele finishes his 1st career complete game with 7 K's in Cubs' win
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AROUND THE MAJORS
Judge, Ohtani ... Kiner-Falefa? First-half MVPs for all 30 MLB teams
The stars so far, plus how each club's playoff hopes have risen -- or fallen -- in the past month.
Power Rankings: Orioles jump Yankees for No. 2 on our list
Houston is now just three games behind Seattle in the AL West, while the Rangers battle to stay close.
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5-15 RECORD SINCE JUNE 13
Reds win anthem standoff with Yankees
Passan: Yankees' slump has been an 'alarming free fall'
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MLB TRADE DEADLINE
JULY 30, 6 P.M. ET
Guerrero AND Bichette on the move?! One trade all 30 teams should make this July
The deadline is a month away. Could players like Vladimir Guerrero Jr. or Garrett Crochet finish the season on a different team?
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ALL-STARS REVEALED
From pick 42 to All-Star starter: The rise of Gunnar Henderson
An AL MVP favorite, Henderson might be the best player from a stacked 2019 MLB draft. So how did 29 teams pass on him?
Alec Bohm being All-Star starter 'shows how far I've come'
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- Pirates hit club-record 7 HRs, run out of fireworks
- Smith 4th Dodgers catcher to post 3-homer game
- Boone shrugs off criticism from Judge hitting coach
- Tatis unlikely to play in All-Star Game, Padres say
- Miranda sets Twins record with 10th straight hit
- Pirates RHP Jones shut down for at least 2 weeks
- Under-the-radar free agent wins of '24
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