NJ Advance Media | Randy Miller: The AL MVP race is neck and neck, with Aaron Judge and Cal Raleigh separated by the thinnest margins. Raleigh leads baseball in home runs with 50 — the most by a primary catcher in MLB history — and tops the AL with 107 RBI. Judge is third in the AL in home runs (42) and RBI (96), but leads MLB in average (.321), wRC+ (194), and fWAR (7.8). While acknowledging the remarkable season Raleigh is putting together, Aaron Boone still backs Judge to defend his MVP crown
based on being the more dominant overall hitter.
MLB.com | Bryan Hoch: Carlos Rodón’s return to the South Side of Chicago was a happy one, the southpaw holding the team that drafted him to a run on seven hits in six innings in Friday’s 10-2 victory. Rodón reflected on his seven years with the White Sox, including how young he was when he made his debut, the playoff games he pitched in, and the strength of the bonds with his fellow rotation mates and other teammates. He acknowledged that he is an evolved pitcher from the one who pitched for Chicago, relying on a more complete arsenal rather than trying to bully hitters with just four-seamers and sliders.
New York Post | Greg Joyce: Jazz Chisholm Jr. became the sixth player in Yankees history to achieve a 25-25 season, joining Curtis Granderson, Alex Rodriguez, Alfonso Soriano, Rickey Henderson, and Bobby Bonds. He has a chance to achieve just the fourth 30-30 season in franchise history, Soriano having accomplished the feat twice and Bonds once. Boone credits the “aura” and “swag” that emanate from Jazz as elements of what help him perform his best on the field, the Yankees making an effort to allow players to be themselves more than previous iterations of the team.
Newsday | Erik Boland: Giancarlo Stanton was on the bench for the Yankees’ 5-3 extra-innings win over the White Sox on Saturday, but Boone assured us that it was a planned off-day. Stanton had previously missed a few games after experiencing difficulty recovering from playing in the field for three straight games, but none of that soreness was present this time around. Instead, the Yankees have an eye toward upcoming series and are playing it cautious with Stanton’s workload in right. He is expected to start in the series against the Astros, Daikin Park boasting one of the smallest right fields in MLB, before the team weighs whether to place him in left in front of the Green Monster when the Yankees travel to Boston.
