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morning.
- For all of you yelling at the kids to get off your lawn, J.J. Cooper has five reasons why players today are better than those of the past.
- If you want more evidence, Brewers rookie Jacob Misiorowski started his career with 11 no-hit innings over two starts before giving up a two-run home run to the Twins Matt Wallner.
- There’s more bad news coming out of the NL Central. The Reds are calling up right-hander Chase Burns, the second pick of the draft last season. I’ve seen Burns pitch. Yikes.
- Congratulations to LSU, who beat Coastal Carolina to win their second Men’s College World Series in three seasons.
- LSU’s Kade Anderson threw a one-hit, complete game shutout in the first game of the best-of-three series with Coastal Carolina. Ryan McGee has more on Anderson’s outing. Anderson is a strong candidate to be the first pick by Washington in the upcoming MLB Draft.
- McGee also argues that LSU has earned the title of the top overall program in college baseball with the win.
- Jake Mintz has 10 players at the recent MCWS that are top draft prospects.
- Arkansas shortstop Wehiwa Aloy won the Golden Spikes Award as the top player in College baseball. I’ve seen Aloy mocked to the Cubs in the first round of the upcoming draft.
- Returning to last week’s big story, Jeff Passan has the inside story of how things got so bad between the Red Sox and their now-departed slugging star Rafael Devers.
- And in the Boston tradition of anonymously slamming players once they are out the door, the Red Sox were reportedly upset that Devers would not do postgame interviews on the New England Sports Network (NESN) that broadcasts Red Sox games. Sam Neumann reports.
- Sad news.
Heartbroken to share:
Baseball lost a giant. Scott Miller @ScottMillerBbl was a brilliant writer and an even better human. His gift for storytelling embodied his kind soul and heart.I loved him, and so did all blessed to know him. Please keep Kim, Gretchen, and family in prayer— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) June 21, 2025
Miller died of cancer at age 62.
- Michael Dixon collects the tributes that poured in for Miller from the industry.
- Angels manager Ron Washington is “stepping away” from managerial duties because of health issues. There is no timetable for Washington’s return.
- Braves ace and reigning Cy Young Award winner Chris Sale went on the injured list with a broken rib cage. It seemed unlikely that Sale would be traded at the deadline, but now that possibility seems to be completely off the table.
- Thomas Harrington has ten intriguing trade candidates from “bubble” teams.
- A roundtable discussion of who will be the biggest star traded this summer, other than Rafael Devers.
- Ken Rosenthal and Will Sammon have a look at the trade deadline plans of the White Sox, Mets and Royals, (The Athletic sub. req.) as well as other notes from around MLB, including the Padres and Diamondbacks.
- The Padres have designated outfielder Jason Heyward for assignment.
- In other former Cubs news, Rays reliever Hunter Bigge was struck in the face with a foul ball on Thursday and underwent surgery to fix multiple facial fractures.
- The Mets have sent catcher Francisco Alvarez down to Triple-A Syracuse.
- David Schoenfield lists every playoff contender’s biggest strength.
- Davy Andrews looks at the disastrous situation that the Nationals have at the catching position. As Casey Stengel said, you’ve got to have a catcher or you will have a lot of passed balls.
- Manny Randhawa has 12 surprising names on the stat leaderboards.
- Jay Jaffe looks at how the Dodgers’ Mookie Betts successfully made the transition to shortstop.
- Tyler Kepner looks at how the Rays build a strong starting rotation through trades. (The Athletic sub. req.) Also some other notes from around MLB.
- The knuckleball is on death’s door in major league pitching staffs, with only the Padres’ Adrian Morejon throwing one and then only rarely. But Cody Stavenhagen profiles Tigers’ prospect Kenny Serwa, who is trying to be MLB’s next great knuckleballer. (The Athletic sub. req.)
- Esteban Rivera examines the dazzling defense of Athletics rookie center fielder Denzel Clarke.
- The Giants issued a statement about the abuse allegations made by the wife of reliever Sean Hjelle. MLB is also investigating the matter.
- Cardinals broadcaster Chip Caray is not expected to be disciplined after he accidentally uttered a slur on the air.
- Evan Drellich outlines the complicated financial entanglements of the MLB and NFL unions that are under federal investigation. (The Athletic sub. req.)
- Bob Nightengale reports on Padres third baseman Manny Machado’s drive to be among the best ever to play the game and how Machado doesn’t care if you like him or not.
- There were suspensions after the brawls between the Dodgers and Padres over the weekend.
- And finally, Gabe Fernandez reports that fans in Sacramento are not embracing the A’s because the team is refusing to embrace Sacramento.
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