Earlier this week the were given a scare when reigning two-time Cy Young award winner had to leave Tuesday's intrasquad game after only one inning. He grimaced and was in noticeable discomfort as he walked off the field.Here's deGrom as he exited the game: Here was Jake's reaction after leaving the mound in today's sim game: SNY (@SNYtv) Later that night the Mets announced deGrom was dealing Justin Bailey Kids Jersey with back tightne s, and Tyler Graovac Jersey tests Wednesday revealed no major i sues. DeGrom said the discomfort was "out of the blue," and on Thursday he declared himself good to go. He said the plan remains to "pitch on Opening Day.""Sunday I threw a bullpen, felt great. Monday was the off-day, didn't really do anything," deGrom said during a conference call. "And then Tuesday when I went to throw it was pretty tight so I decided to say something out of an abundance of caution to stay healthy. Wasn't really planning on getting an image of it but just said hey, let Jt Miller Men Jersey 's go ahead and make sure everything's fine. Checked all the boxes and the plan is to pitch Opening Day." DeGrom will throw a bullpen se sion Thursday and, if all goes well, he will throw 60-65 pitches in Sunday night's exhibition game against the . That would put him on track to throw 80-85 pitches on Opening Day. The Mets open the regular season at home against the next Friday. projects New York as a 31-win team during the 60-game season.The Mets will be without this season as he Alex Burmistrov Kids Jersey rehabs from Tommy John surgery. DeGrom is the club's undisputed ace and he will be followed in the rotation by , , , and in some order. Righties and are Alexander Mogilny Men Jersey the club's depth starters. The 32-year-old deGrom posted a 2.43 ERA with a National League-leading 255 strikeouts in 204 innings last year en route to his second straight Cy Young award. This season he could join Hall of Famers Randy Johnson and Greg Maddux as the only pitchers ever to win three straight Cy Youngs (Johnson and Maddux each won four straight).

NEW YORK -- Barring a legendary, done-only-once-before-in-the-history-of-baseball kinda comeback, the will be sent home for the winter by the at some point in the next four days. . One more win and they'll clinch their fourth AL pennant in the last six years. "Yeah, I mean, we have to (turn it around)," Yankees manager Aaron Boone said following the Game 3 lo s. "It starts with as simple as winning pitches, then start stacking together quality at-bats to put ourselves in a good situation. Whether it's a big key hit, some slug, whatever. We just need to get a little bit of a spark and something to bounce our way and try and grab a lead and play with it a little bit." The Yankees have been held to four runs in the three ALCS games and, as a team, they're hitting .128/.212/.223 with two home runs and 41 strikeouts in the series. The Astros haven't exactly torn the cover off the ball Brandon Carlo Women Jersey either -- , , and are a combined 3 for 32 in the ALCS -- but they've struck out half as often (19 times) while homering more than twice as much (5). So barring a historic comeback from a 3-0 series deficit, the Astros will soon end New York's season for the third time in six years. And for the Yankees, this is the kind of dismantling that sticks with you and should prompt organizational introspection, because not only have the Yankees been unable to beat the Astros, the gap between the two teams has never been wider. The fact of the matter is the Astros are better than the Yankees at literally everything. Better offense, better pitching, better defense, better baserunning, better decision-making, better player development, better at identifying Bobby Orr Women Jersey talent, they're tougher, and they have a championship edge the Yankees so clearly lack. The Yankees are wilting as much as they are losing. In 2017, the Yankees pushed the Astros to Game 7 in the ALCS, and only four Astros players from that series are still with the team: Altuve, , , and . The Astros turned over their core -- , , , and others were allowed to leave as free agents -- and were seamle sly replaced. Game 1 hero replaced Correa, Game 2 hero replaced Keuchel, and Game 3 hero replaced Springer. On and on we could go. The Yankees, meanwhile, have stagnated since that 2017 ALCS. and are the only Yankees to appear in both the 2017 ALCS and 2022 ALCS, and the promising young players that were supposed to form the next core post-Core Four have all since stalled out ( ), gone backwards ( ), or flamed out ( and ). When one or two prospects don't work out, well that's baseball. When this many don't work out, there's something rotten organizationally. New York's failure to develop players beyond Judge and Severino has led to a series of trade and free-agent mi steps. was acquired because Frazier busted. was imported to play third base because stalled out. The Yankees have used three different starting shortstops in three ALCS games because they don't trust , who Adam Oates Men Jersey was brought in to play the position when the Yankees determined Torres couldn't handle it. It's been mistake on top of mistake. After the Yankees lost the AL Wild Card Game to the last year, Boone said the " ," and with all due respect, that is delusional. It was delusional then and it looks more delusional now. You have to be on top for the league to close the gap on you, which the Yankees haven't been. The reality is the gap was closed a few years ago and is now growing wider, with the Yankees on the wrong side of it. This year's ALCS has made it abundantly clear. Can the Yankees beat the Astros four straight games to complete a remarkable ALCS comeback? Sure. They're a good team and good teams beat great teams four times all the time. But it is so very unlikely. New York's body language in Game 3 was that of a defeated team, one that knows it is not on the same level as its opponent. The Astros are in the Yankees' heads at this point. The Yankees will never admit it, but it is evident from their play and body language. The Yankees are coming up on their most important offseason of the last 25 years or so. Judge is a free agent and so is GM Brian Cashman, who has been at the helm since 1998. The Yankees have averaged 99 wins in the last four 162-game seasons. They're obviously not a bad team, but the Yankees are not Gerry Cheevers Women Jersey judged on regular-season succe s, and when one team keeps bullying you the way the Astros have, the architect of the roster certainly deserves blame. Re-signing Judge and bringing Cashman back, and making a few tweaks to the roster, would be justifiable. After all, the Yankees are really good and anything can happen in a short postseason series, right? The 111-win and defending World Series champion were sent packing last week. At the same time, the Yankees looked poised to become a juggernaut after that ALCS trip in 2017 ... ... because they had Bird, Judge, Snchez, and Severino on the roster, none of whom were older than 25.... because they had a led by Andjar, Frazier, and Torres.... because they had close to a clean slate financially with Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez off the books.... and they've failed to play in the World Series these last six years, nevermind win one. These last six years, Judge's six years of cheap team control, were a giant mi sed opportunity. Young players stagnated, bad trades were made, and free-agent opportunities were pa sed on (why is not in pinstripes?). Eventually Paul Postma Kids Jersey you need a new voice and a fresh set of eyes atop the baseball operations department. Running it back with the same personnel feels untenable. Maybe the Yankees go down swinging and make the Astros sweat before the ALCS ends. Ultimately, it won't matter. Unle s they miraculously come back to win the series, the Yankees have again been exposed as a second-rate team in the American League. They're looking up at the Astros yet again, and that shouldn't sit well with anyone in the organization.

The 2020 MLB season is 12 days away and the still do not know where Kevan Miller Women Jersey they will play their home games., but regular season games remain up in the air because there is so much travel involved. Canada has a 14-day mandatory quarantine for everyone traveling into the country amid the COVID-19 pandemic. , the Blue Jays only recently reached out to officials with their Triple-A affiliate in Buffalo, New York, about the po sibility of playing regular season games at their ballpark. The Blue Jays had been planning to use Buffalo as their alternate training site during Bobby Orr Jersey the season.Blue Jays players are isolated at the Marriott hotel connected to Rogers Centre during summer camp and . The is using Toronto as one of its hub cities, but players will not be traveling in and out. They will stay in the city as long as required. players would come and go. Sahlen Field in Buffalo is a fine facility but not MLB caliber. Harrington notes Noel Acciari Jersey the lighting is subpar and the team facilities (clubhouses, workout and training areas, etc.) are cramped. The club would have also have to set up housing and visiting teams would need to lock in hotels and travel arrangements on relatively short notice.Throughout this proce s, the Blue Jays have considered their spring Tuukka Rask Kids Jersey training complex in Dunedin, Florida, as their Plan B for regular season games, but hosting regular Jaroslav Halak Jersey season games there is becoming le s plausible with COVID-19 cases skyrocketing in the state. . The Blue Jays open the regular season with a six-game road trip. Their home opener is scheduled for July 29, so they have a little more than two weeks to get their home stadium situation resolved and get the facility game ready.

MLB spring training games will begin on Sunday. But until then, teams are finishing their last-minute shopping. Here, then, is a look at Monday's rumors.The Brewers are among the teams competing to land outfielder Jr., .Bradley Jr. is the best free agent remaining on the market. He entered the offseason ranked by Dave Keon Women Jersey CBS Sports as the 12th best free agent overall. :Bradley Jr. isn't a freaky-deaky athlete in the vein of, say, or . What he is, though, is one of the best defensive center fielders in the game. He darts into space as if he's Mike Campbell, and he plays the position with an Frederik Gauthier Women Jersey admirable precision -- to the extent that his routes appear preprogrammed. Bradley Jr. isn't a zero at the plate, either. The allowed him to face more lefties the past two years, Patrick Marleau Men Jersey and he put up good numbers against them in 2020. (His next team will probably relegate him back to platoon status.) He's good for double-digit homers and an OPS over .760 against righties. That'll play just fine with his glove.The Brewers would seem to be an interesting fit for Bradley Jr., as they already have three well-compensated outfielders, in , , and . Bradley Jr. would, presumably, take over in center field, with Cain sliding to right and Garcia presumably receiving a reduced role depending on health and performance. The Brewers were also reportedly a contender for services, suggesting they have some money they'd like to spend between now Zach Hyman Jersey and Opening Day.The Rangers have signed veteran right-hander to a minor-league deal, .Kennedy, 36, followed up a resurgent 2019 season with a brutal 2020 that saw him allow 20 hits, 17 runs, and seven Ben Smith Jersey home runs in 14 innings. Nonethele s, the Rangers will bring him to camp and allow him to compete for a roster spot. Kennedy will have plenty of competition: the Rangers have also Hyeon-Jong Yang, , , , and in camp, among other notable pitchers.

Major League Baseball's owners may have locked out the players, triggering the league's first work stoppage since 1994-95 and bringing the offseason to a halt, but that doesn't mean we're letting it derail our typical offseason plans. Indeed, CBS Sports is in the proce s of highlighting the top three prospects for all 30 teams.That journey finds us today focusing on the Bobby Baun Kids Jersey ' farm system.Do note that these lists are formed after conversations with scouts, analysts, and player development folks from around the league. There is personal bias baked in, as one would expect from subjective exercises, so some disagreement is to be Alexander Kerfoot Men Jersey expected.Witt proved why he was picked second in the 2019 Draft last year by hitting .290/.361/.575 with 33 home runs and 35 doubles acro s Double- and Triple-A in his first full profe sional season. There used to be fear that Witt would swing-and-mi s too frequently to maximize his loud offensive tools; those concerns haven't materialized, and he struck out in just 22.5 percent of his Triple-A plate appearances. Factor in an above-average glove, and Witt should accomplish something his father never did over the course of Johnny Bower Men Jersey his 16-year big-league career as a pitcher: make an All-Star Game. Bobby Witt Jr. HR swing -- turning on the inside pitch from Julio Urias David Adler (@_dadler) The Royals appeared to luck out when Lacy, widely considered the best pitcher in the 2020 draft cla s, slipped to them at No. 4. Alas, his first profe sional season did not go as planned. He started 18 times between High-A and the Arizona Fall League, and yet he averaged seven walks per nine innings overall. Lacy, to his credit, still showed off his high-grade stuff, including one of the best fastball-slider combinations in the minors. This might qualify as an understatement, but the only thing standing between him and being known as one of the best pitchers in the minors is his control. Melendez was one of two Royals prospects who overcame a horrid 2019 campaign by hitting the snot out of the ball last season; Auston Matthews Kids Jersey the other was first baseman . Melendez, by virtue of having more positional value, gets the nod here. He batted .288/.386/.625 acro s Double- and Triple-A, and he led all minor-league hitters with 41 combined home runs. Melendez, who overhauled his swing, also chopped into his strikeout rate, reducing it from 39 percent to around 21 percent. He projects to be a capable defender behind the plate, but the Royals had him make his debut at third base late in the year, Mats Sundin Women Jersey and he might have to pick up other positions to get into the lineup alongside Salvador Prez. Wherever he plays, he'll debut in 2022. MJ Melendez retakes the Minor League home run lead with his 37th blast of the season for the , breaking the tie with Griffin Conine. Minor League Baseball (@MiLB)

The are and now baseball is in the middle of its . and the MLBPA were unable to agree to a new collective bargaining agreement prior to the Dec. 1 deadline, so the owners locked out the players, . The regular season will soon be in jeopardy.Throughout the offseason the CBS Sports MLB experts will bring you a weekly Batting Around roundtable breaking down pretty much anything. The latest news, a historical question, thoughts about the future of baseball, all sorts of stuff. . This week we're going to discu s the length of the 2022 season.R.J. Anderson: I'll hold out hope a little longer and Bode Wilde Kids Jersey say 162. I can't pretend I have a great deal of confidence with how the owners and the league have operated to date, but I also have a hard time imagining them willingly losing regular-season revenue over some proposed changes that are -- to be frank -- anything but radical. It would be myopic and silly -- and, given who we're talking about, I suppose it must be taken as a serious po sibility. Matt Snyder: I'm going to maintain a little optimism here, too, and say the players are in camp by March 1. Commi sioner Rob Manfred said in his pre s conference last week they'd need about four Leo Komarov Men Jersey weeks of spring training to start the regular season and while much of that pre s conference was him spewing nonsense, I believe that part. A March 1 beginning of spring training means opening day on March 31 is doable. Let's keep the faith here. Dayn Perry: I'm still inclined to say 162. Cutting into the regular season is a whole other level of self-destruction that I don't think MLB is willing to Pat Lafontaine Kids Jersey let happen. That's when players start mi sing checks, and that's when the money gets serious for team owners. I think the league's goal is to break the union, but I don't think they're willing to lose games that count in order to achieve that (very cynical) objective. I'm prepared to be disappointed on this front, but for now I'm saying we get a full regular season. Mike Axisa: I've tried to remain optimistic. I was originally hopeful there would be no work stoppage, thinking neither side wanted a third straight compromised season. Now I can't help but feel pe simistic about the lockout because the owners don't seem all that interested in getting a deal done (there is no good reason for waiting 43 days to make an offer after initiating the lockout). The players made by far the biggest move during negotiations when they proposed an expanded 12-team postseason field, and the owners are proposing baby steps. And every one of those baby steps has a string attached. We'll give you a slightly higher minimum salary, but it will be a set salary teams can't exceed. We'll slightly raise the luxury-tax threshold, but it'll come with ma sively increased penalties. MLB's proposals don't even Adam Pelech Women Jersey keep up with inflation, nevermind with league revenues. If the owners want to get a deal done, they aren't showing it. To answer the question, I'm going to say 80 games with the season starting in early July, and hope I'm wrong. History tells us that things will look dire for a long time, then the two sides will get together and hammer out a deal in like 36 hours. Hopefully that happens soon and the regular season can begin as scheduled. I'm no longer optimistic though. The owners have yet to make an offer serious enough to get the union's attention, and I don't see them caving anytime soon. They seem very willing to lose fans and Robin Lehner Women Jersey do long-term damage to the sport as long as it puts one extra penny in their pocket.

Judge hits No. 44, Yankees beat Mariners 9-4 to stop skid August 9 sharefacebooktwitterredditlink SEATTLE (AP) On a night when the Yankees ended their losing streak and Aaron Judge homered yet again, it wasn't all good news for New York. Judge hit his 44th homer, Josh Donaldson went deep and drove in three runs, and the Yankees snapped a five-game skid by beating the Seattle Mariners 9-4 on Monday.Donaldson doubled twice and Andrew Benintendi also had two doubles and three RBIs as the Yankees hammered Seattle pitching. But they got a bad break early Matt Carpenter fractured his left foot when he fouled off a pitch in the first inning. I have no doubt in my mind that Casey Cizikas Men Jersey hes going to still make an impact on this team even while hes hurt, said Yankees starter Jameson Taillon, who threw seven innings to get the win. Hes come in here right away and made an impact on a lot of people. Hes not afraid to talk pitching with the pitchers. Hes not afraid to give honest feedback. Hes one of the best guys that I've been around and played with, so I wouldnt be surprised if he finds his way back and makes an impact.Carpenter, who was in a walking boot after the game, said there's no timeframe yet for a po sible return and he would first need to see a foot specialist. Carpenter began the night hitting .307 with 15 home runs and 37 RBIs in just 127 at-bats.My mindset is that this wont be the end for me here this year. Im hopeful that I can come back and contribute, he said. Even without Carpenter, the Yankees had plenty of punch to stop their longest losing streak of the season. Donaldson and Benintendi got it started as New York knocked around Logan Gilbert for seven earned runs and 10 hits six for extra bases. That was plenty for Taillon (11-2), who scattered three hits over seven innings. New York manager Aaron Boone held a team meeting ahead of the series opener in Seattle after the Yankees were swept in St. Louis last weekend. His me sage was mostly a reminder the Bronx Bombers are arguably the most talented team in the American League and following the trade deadline have the pieces to make this a special season. Me sage received. It was a nice little get-together pregame. We went out there with a ton of energy, Taillon said. Donaldson had a two-run single in his first at-bat, launched his Tom Kuhnhackl Women Jersey 11th home run with two outs in the third and hit the first of three consecutive doubles in the fifth that ended Gilberts night. The last two weeks Ive felt like my at-bats have certainly been more consistent, Donaldson said. Benintendis two-out double in the third inning scored Gleyber Torres, and his double over the head of left fielder Je se Winker in the fifth scored two and was the final batter for Gilbert. Seattles young right-hander gave up a season high in runs and hits. It was the first time in 23 starts this season that Gilbert (10-5) failed to pitch at Shane Prince Kids Jersey least five innings. I gue s it was a matter of execution. They hit some good pitches that I made, and, of course, when you leave it over the middle or get behind in the count, good hitters are going to hit it, Gilbert said. Taillon gave up solo home runs to Mitch Haniger in the first and Cal Raleigh in the seventh, but otherwise avoided major damage. J.P. Crawford worked an 11-pitch, bases-loaded walk in the fourth to plate a run, and Raleigh followed with a long fly ball that had home run distance but was pulled slightly foul. Otherwise, Taillon cruised. He walked three and struck out six in winning his first start since beating Boston on July 16. Judge connected in the ninth.TRAINERS ROOMYankees: 1B Anthony Rizzo was out of the lineup for the fourth straight game due to an ongoing back i sue. Boone said the hope is Rizzo will have improved enough to return to the lineup Tuesday. Rizzo mi sed time in July with the same lower-back i sue. Mariners: Winker left in the fifth due to back spasms. He was replaced by Jake Lamb. Seattle manager Scott Servais said Winker is day-to-day. ... LHP Ryan Borucki exited in the ninth in the middle of an at-bat with a forearm strain after throwing a pitch to Benintendi. ... Servais said CF Julio Rodriguez was going to take additional swings before Mondays game to get a gauge on where hes at with his wrist injury. Rodriguez could get activated Wednesday or Seattle could use Thursdays off day and bring him back Friday. ... INF/OF Dylan Moore (back spasms) is expected to come off the injured list Wednesday. ... LHP Matthew Boyd (elbow) threw live batting practice as he continues his recovery from elbow surgery last September. Boyds next step is expected to be a rehab a signment. UP NEXTYankees: RHP Gerrit Cole (9-4, 3.56 ERA) looks to rebound from his last start in which he allowed six runs in the first inning against Seattle. Cole is 6-3 with a 2.48 ERA in 10 career starts against the Mariners. Mariners: RHP Luis Castillo (5-4, 2.95) makes his first start at home since being acquired from Cincinnati. Castillo allowed three runs and struck out eight over 6 2/3 innings last week at Yankee Stadium in his first start for Seattle._ Valtteri Filppula Jersey __More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports in this topic Aaron Judge American League New York Yankees Major League Baseball Andrew Benintendi Gleyber Torres Aaron Judge Dylan Moore Gerrit Cole Josh Donaldson Mitch Haniger Cal Raleigh J.P. 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The winner of the 2022 Jackie Robinson American League Rookie of the Year is ' superstar Julio Rodrguez, announced Monday night. catcher finished second with left fielder coming in third.Astros shortstop James Johnson Jersey Jeremy Pea, the ALCS and World Series MVP, was not a finalist for Rookie of the Year, but finished fifth in the voting. Here are the voting results :Julio Rodrguez, Mariners (29 first-place votes)Adley Rutschman, Orioles (one first-place vote)Steven Kwan, GuardiansBobby Witt Jr., RoyalsJeremy Pea, AstrosGeorge Kirby, MarinersA fellow center fielder -- Michael Harris II of the Braves -- .Rodrguez, 21, made the Mariners out of spring training instead of being sent down for a weeks to for purposes of service-time manipulation. He got off to a slow start, but having the full season meant he had plenty of time to adapt on the fly and he did so. He caught fire starting with a 2-for-4 Jaden McDaniels Jersey game on April 22, hitting .298/.357/.542 with 24 doubles, three triples, 28 home runs, 73 RBI, 80 runs and 21 stolen bases in his last 120 games. Along the way, he played great defense in center field for a team that snapped a 20-plus year playoff drought. On the season, Rodrguez had 6.2 WAR on Baseball-Reference (bWAR) and 5.3 on Fangraphs (fWAR). He clubbed 28 homers and stole 25 bases, making him the third rookie in history to go 25-25 and the fastest ever to those marks (125 games), beating 's previous record of 128.Rodrguez joins Alvin Davis (1984), Kaz Sasaki (2000), (2001, when he also won Andrew Wiggins Jersey MVP) and (2020) on the list of Mariners who have won this award. Rodrguez now adds the AL Rookie of the Year award to his mantle alongside his Silver Slugger after he was an All-Star and made some noise in the Home Run Derby. He signed a monster contract extension that'll likely keep him in Seattle for the next decade-plus while he's making generational money. Quite an age-21 year, huh? The runner-up, Rutschman, gets a full year of Rondae Hollis-Jefferson Jersey service time despite having only appeared in 113 games, thanks to the top-two Rookie of the Year finishers stipulation in the new collective bargaining agreement. In those 113 games, Rutschman hit .254/.362/.445 (128 OPS+) with 35 dobules, a triple, 13 home runs, 42 RBI, 70 runs, four stolen bases, 5.2 bWAR and 5.3 fWAR.He threw out 11 of the 36 would-be basestealers, which is 31 percent caught stealing against a league average of 25 percent. He only allowed two pa sed balls all season. The Orioles' pitching staff had a 3.97 ERA on the season, but it was 3.78 when Rutschman caught.Kwan, 25, hit .298 Hats /.373/.400 (124 OPS+, heavy on the OBP) with 25 doubles, seven triples, six homers, 52 RBI, 89 runs, 19 steals, 5.5 bWAR and 4.4 fWAR. He rated out as one of the top defensive left fielders in baseball and was a catalyst at the top of the batting order for a division champion. The rest of the BBWAA awards will be handed out this week, with Manager of the Year on Tuesday, Cy Young honors on Wednesday and MVP on Thursday.