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Sonny Gray showed everyone why you always back up the play as a pitcher 👏
#BaseballyPlays
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Do you recognize Roger Maris’s 61 HR in 1961 as the “real” home run record?
#MLBNow | #ThinkingFan
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"Not only two of the top superstars in the sport. but the two superstars who took representing their countries and their national teams very seriously." 🇺🇸🇯🇵
Brian Kenny looks at the epic matchup between Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout to conclude the 2023 #WorldBaseballClassic.
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The @Braves have recorded 101 batted balls of at least 110 MPH this season...no other team has more than 50. 💥
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Can we talk about how good Corey Seager has been since returning from the IL?
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.364 AVG (44-121 AB)
13 2B
9 HR
36 RBI
1.096 OPS
@Rangers | #StraightUpTX
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Mookie and Freddie are smooth with it! #BaseballyPlays
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“15 years from now, we’ll be saying 'What if you cut the Hall of Fame down to 20 players?' He’s going to be one of them.”
- Bob Costas on Shohei Ohtani
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BK digs into what has made the Reds rebuild so fast and effective #MLBNow
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Jordan Walker during his 13-game hitting streak 🔥
.400 AVG (18-45 AB)
4 HR (7 XBH)
8 RBI
.471 OBP
1.204 OPS
The @Cardinals rookie currently holds the longest active hitting streak in MLB! #STLCards
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With three potential aces, the best baserunning in baseball and a top-3 defense, the @Brewers are built for the Postseason.
BK digs in.
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At #⃣1⃣ on the #Top10RightNow Left Fielder list... Yordan Alvarez.
The @Astros lefty was one of only two players to post an OPS over 1.000 in 2022 💪
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The #⃣1⃣ Third Baseman on our #Top10RightNow list is.....Manny Machado of the @Padres!
The NL MVP finalist was impressive at the plate with a .898 OPS and a 150 WRC+ in 2022.
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The answer is Andrew Miller.
Miller logged 19.1 innings out of relief in the 2016 Postseason.
#ThinkBaseball
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Who are the top 5 players you would want for the next three years?
@Joelsherman1:
1. Ohtani
2. Witt Jr.
3. Skenes
4. Skubal
5. Soto
@AlexAvilaMLB:
1. Ohtani
2. Judge
3. Soto
4. Witt Jr.
5. Skenes
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Nick Castellanos' 4-game start to June:
.647 AVG (11-17 AB)
2 HR
6 RBI
1.690 OPS
The @Phillies slugger has already had three multi-hit games 🔥
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Trent Grisham used his hat to stop the ball and it should've been a three-base penalty 🤯
#MLBNow | @JakePeavy_22 | @CY24_7
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The Tigers followed up their miraculous Postseason berth in 2024 by becoming the first team to 40 wins this season 🐯
BK digs in.
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Dale Murphy did it ALL, and his Hall of Fame case is as complete as anyone's.
BK digs in.
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Do the Phillies have the best rotation in MLB?
"I think it starts with the rotation, I think it starts with Wheeler."
@Joelsherman1 and BK break down why the Phillies stand out among other contenders.
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"They are playing as complete as you can play, like those '15 Mets did."
@Joelsherman1 likes what he sees from the Mets right now 👀
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"I do think we need to start talking about Hunter [Greene] in the same way we talk about Paul Skenes."
- Dan O'Dowd on the @Reds' young ace
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"His spirit is not quite the same right now."
Adam Ottavino weighs in on Juan Soto.
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"I think [Francisco] Lindor getting the MVP, really, is contingent on if the Mets make the Postseason."
Ron Darling, @JonHeyman and @StevePhillipsGM examine Lindor and Shohei Ohtani's NL MVP cases with less than a month to play.
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The answer is the 2021 St. Louis Cardinals.
The Cardinals won 17 straight games in September of that season.
#ThinkBaseball
What National League team had the longest winning streak in the Integration Era?
#ThinkBaseball
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The answer is Michael Young.
Young's 221 hits in 2005 are the most ever by a shortstop in a single season.
#ThinkBaseball
Which shortstop has the most hits in a single season in MLB history (MIN. 50% G at SS)?
#ThinkBaseball
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Bernie Williams had a .953 OPS from 1996-2001 when the Yankees won five AL Pennants and four World Series! 👏
BK serves up some Cooperstown justice for the five-time All-Star. #MLBNow
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Steven Kwan’s batting average is .390. How fired up would you be for a run at .400 this summer?
#MLBNow | #ThinkingFan
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"If you just look at the numbers, it doesn't make sense that they're the team charging late except for this is what they do."
MLB Now discusses the Guardians' push for October.
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"However much attention we are paying to Aaron Judge, it is not enough."
BK digs into Aaron Judge's historically great season.
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Inside the mind of the @BlueJays hitting coach 🧠
David Popkins shared his philosophy on finding value in an offense, separating analytics from the eye test and the increase in bat speed among numerous Toronto hitters.
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Kerry Carpenter during his 17-game on-base streak:
.377 AVG
1.203 OPS
7 HR
12 RBI
16 R
@tigers | #RepDetroit
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Jake Peavy, @JonHeyman, @StevePhillipsGM and Thad Levine discuss the series of events that led to last night's benches-clearing exchange in the Padres-Dodgers game.
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Corbin Carroll over his last 19 games:
.304 AVG
.422 OBP
11 XBH
13 RBI
15 R
7 SB
1.030 OPS
Doing it all for the @Dbacks 🔥
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.@JonHeyman's top 5 front offices in MLB:
1. Dodgers
2. Braves
3. D-backs
4. Mets
5. Orioles
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"When I think of the greatest 2B of all-time, I think he (Altuve) is on the short list."
@markdero7 and BK discuss if the Astros second baseman has done enough to be in the Hall of Fame right now. #MLBNowShowdown
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Trea Turner of the @Phillies is our #⃣1⃣ SS heading into 2023!
This is Turner's debut as the #1 SS and fifth time cracking our #Top10RightNow!
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"This is a guy you can build a team around, and [the Royals are] doing it."
- Bob Costas on Bobby Witt Jr.
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"If WAR didn't exist, I don't think we could bridge this gap between Ohtani and Lindor."
BK digs in on the NL MVP race, arguing that Francisco Lindor should get a fair shake at the honor.
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Fernando Tatís Jr. June stats (16 games) 🔥
.400 AVG (24-60 AB)
15 XBH
15 RBI
15 R
1.317 OPS
@Padres | #BringTheGold
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Austin Riley hit a career-high 38 Home Runs in 2022, helping the @Braves land another NL East title.
He is #⃣3⃣ on the #Top10RightNow Third Basemen list.
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Steven Kwan: one of the best contact hitters in the league
Also Steven Kwan: slugging .563
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"The Houston Astros have BUILT a better organization and that's why they've had the success in which they're having."
#MLBNow looks back at the Astros' dominant stretch over recent years, following their second World Series title.
#LevelUp | @Boporter16Bo
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Remember when Dansby Swanson ended the game by showing off his elite baseball awareness? 🧠
Tune in Monday, November 17 at 8pm ET to relive this play and more during the #BaseballyPlays of the Year show!
Slides, awareness, teamwork and everything in between 👏
Catch @MLBNow’s #BaseballyPlays of the YEAR on Monday, November 17 on MLB Network ⚾️📺
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Myles Straw over his 9-game hitting streak:
.379 AVG (11-29 AB)
7 R
8 BB
.526 OBP
#ForTheLand | @CleGuardians
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The Dodgers starting rotation will enter the Postseason relatively fresh with Yoshinobu Yamamoto being the only pitcher who logged more than 100 innings in the regular season.
Joe Maddon joins BK to talk about the "strategy."
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One of the game's biggest stars has somehow flown under the radar.
But @bryceharper3 may be on his way to another MVP season. @Phillies l #MLBNow
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Shohei Ohtani has hit 12 HR over his last 19 games and is riding a 22-game on-base streak😳
#MLBNow | @MaddHalos | @Angels
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The @Reds are loaded with young talent and have plenty more coming...
#MLBNow breaks down one of the top farm systems in baseball, highlighted by the club's No. 1 prospect Elly De La Cruz.
@StevePhillipsGM | @JonHeyman | @TheMayorsOffice | @MLBPipeline
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Chas McCormick’s last 14 games:
.392 AVG (20-51 AB)
5 HR
13 R
14 RBI
1.230 OPS
@Astros | #Ready2Reign | #MLBNow
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Let's take a couple of minutes to talk about @SalvadorPerez15's incredible season.
@Royals l #MLBNow
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Jonah Heim has been doing it on both side of the plate for the @Rangers this season 📈
#MLBNow | #StraightUpTX
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Elly De La Cruz's tools have been on full display through 6 games:
.364 AVG (8-22 AB)
3 XBH
7 R
5 BB
3 SB
Recorded the fastest sprint speed on a hit in MLB this year - 31.9 ft/sec.
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What would a new Shohei Ohtani contract look like?
BK takes a deep dive into the Angels superstar following his historic back-to-back games earlier this week.
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The White Sox were a 93-win team just two seasons ago.
Where has it all gone wrong? #MLBNow
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"Freddie Freeman in Atlanta... is Dale Murphy, is Chipper Jones. That's the way he was viewed."
Mark DeRosa and BK discuss Freeman's departure from Atlanta on the #MLBNowShowdown.
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