Stephen J. Nesbitt
@stephenjnesbitt
MLB writer, The Athletic
Roki Sasaki was 9 when a tsunami ripped through his hometown. His father and grandparents died, as did 18,000 others along Japan's northeast coast. That day dictated so much of what came after for Sasaki. Baseball made him happiest, so he started chasing a major league dream.
Trading Mitch Keller might be the best way for the Pirates to acquire badly needed offense and clear payroll to sign free-agent hitters in the offseason. But they're not clear on whether they want to move Keller, per sources. More from @Ken_Rosenthal ⤵️ nytimes.com/athletic/65165…
The Rockies went out and made a trade. 🥹
Source confirms: Yankees acquiring 3B Ryan McMahon from Rockies. Exact return not yet known. First: @Feinsand
A's closer Mason Miller threw a 104.1 mph fastball to Cam Smith tonight. It matches the hardest pitch of Miller's career, is the hardest pitch thrown by any major-leaguer this season and is the hardest pitch thrown by anyone at Daikin Park since Statcast began tracking in 2008.
In less than a week, baseball’s annual midsummer bazaar will close at the July 31 trade deadline. Players will be on the move. Some, however, are more likely than others. One for each team ⤵️ nytimes.com/athletic/65100…
The Josh Naylor trade, from the Diamondbacks’ side, is another reminder that first basemen, especially rentals, aren’t terribly valued in today’s game. But what are the Mariners getting? @ByMcCullough and @stephenjnesbitt have grades for both teams ⤵️ nytimes.com/athletic/65147…
Latest notes: *A plea to the Brewers’ owner *Potential Dodgers trade chip *White Sox’s surprising trade candidate *Braves seeking baseball trades, not salary dumps *Why Blue Jays need another starter *Explaining DBacks’ reluctance to sell nytimes.com/athletic/65123…
It’s a pivotal trade deadline for the Pirates — but are they willing to all-out sell? As pressure mounts on GM Ben Cherington, let's see how aggressive he'll be. nytimes.com/athletic/65093…
Latest notes: *DBacks predicament *Mason Miller possibilities *Available A’s starters *Why Gore trade is unlikely *Rutschman future *Originator of swing-off *Schwarber legend grows nytimes.com/athletic/65056…
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as someone who has written way too much about baseball uniforms over the past two years this does look awesome
Should MLB bring the swing-off to the regular season? nytimes.com/athletic/64978…
here we go again
Another manager yanking Paul Skenes with a no-hitter brewing.
The Big Dumper called his shot.
When Cal Raleigh says he has childhood memories dreaming of growing up and competing in the Home Run Derby, he really means it. 📽️ ⚾️Video evidence circa 20 years ago, when Cal was only 8-years-old (shared via his dad, Todd, who will be throwing to him in Atlanta):
If Junior Caminero hits a walk-off here, I'm going to need another LIDOM-style extended celly around the bases.