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D.J. Short / NBCSports.com:
MLB Power Rankings: Red Sox crash top 10 going into All-Star break  —  Featured in the All-Star break edition of MLB Power Rankings, Jacob Misiorowski and Aaron Judge make history for different reasons, the Phillies do Cristopher Sánchez a solid, the Red Sox are suddenly the hottest team in the majors …
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Associated Press:
A mix of youth and chemistry has Red Sox rolling into All-Star break on 10-game winning streak  —  BOSTON — Many of the Boston Red Sox players started wearing T-shirts during batting practice and in the clubhouse the past week with a quote from teammate Romy Gonzalez written across the front.
Barry M. Bloom / Sportico:
Aaron Judge, Shohei Ohtani Carry MLB Into the All-Star Break  —  ATLANTA — As Major League Baseball breaks for Tuesday night's annual All-Star Game, it's already been a tumultuous season for a number of teams facing high expectations.  —  One thing that hasn't changed coming into the break …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Associated Press:   Aaron Judge is barreling toward the hallowed 500-homer club. He might be joined by several peers
Kurt Badenhausen / Sportico:
MLB Draft 2025: Signing Bonus Slot Values for First Round Picks  —  The Washington Nationals selected high school shortstop Eli Willits with the No. 1 overall pick in Sunday's MLB Draft.  Willits, who doesn't turn 18 until December, is the youngest player selected first since the Seattle Mariners took Ken Griffey Jr. in 1987.
Discussion: MLB Trade Rumors
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2025 MLB Mock Draft 7.0: First-Round Predictions For Every Team On Draft Day
Associated Press:
Seattle's Cal Raleigh becomes first catcher and switch-hitter to win Home Run Derby  —  Seattle's Cal Raleigh won his first All-Star Home Run Derby after leading the big leagues in long balls going into the break, defeating Tampa Bay's Junior Caminero 18-15 in the final round Monday night.
Vaughn Dalzell / NBCSports.com:
MLB 2025 Home Run Derby Predictions: Odds, Expert Picks on Cal Raleigh, Oneil Cruz, James Wood, Matt Olson  —  The 2025 MLB Home Run Derby takes place Monday night and it's going to be one for the memory books as a catcher is the headliner and odds on favorite.
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Jacob Feldman / Sportico:
Home Run Derby Prize Would Double These Sluggers' 2025 Salaries
Vaughn Dalzell / NBCSports.com:
2025 MLB NL CY Young Prediction: Odds, Expert Picks, including Paul Skenes vs Zack Wheeler  —  With the All-Star game taking place Tuesday night, it's the perfect time to break down the NL CY Young race between the 23-year-old Paul Skenes versus 35-year-old Zack Wheeler and why one player is the better bet than the other.
New York Times:
Sale of Rays expected to be final by September, team likely to stay in Tampa area: Source  —  ATLANTA — The sale of the Tampa Bay Rays from current owner Stu Sternberg to a group led by Jacksonville developer Patrick Zalupski for about $1.7 billion has been agreed to in principle and is expected …
Bradford Doolittle / ESPN:
It takes a village: How to build an MLB ballpark in 2025  —  Editor's note: This story was originally published on June 4.  Atlanta's Truist Park is the site of tonight's 2025 MLB All-Star Game.  —  The Battery was fully charged that first day, more than eight years ago …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Associated Press:
Shohei Ohtani to hit leadoff for NL in All-Star Game, followed by Ronald Acuña Jr. of host Braves  —  ATLANTA — Shohei Ohtani will bat leadoff as the designated hitter for the National League in Tuesday night's All-Star Game at Truist Park, and the Los Angeles Dodgers star will be followed …
Associated Press:
Curveballs are disappearing in MLB as velocity obsession reshapes pitching landscape  —  ATLANTA — Curveballs have been thrown a curve by a modern game valuing velocity over variety, disappearing from the major leagues by more than 20,000 annually.  —  The Athletics have thrown curves on just 2.5% of pitches this season.
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
MLB draft twins Kyson and Malachi Witherspoon owe it all to their supermom  —  PHOENIX - The Witherspoon twins, with their older sister and younger brother, moved all across Jacksonville, Florida, from apartments to townhouses to rental homes back to apartments, changing addresses 10 times in all …
 
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