11 lessons learned at season's halfway point

Plus: A bases-loaded walk-off TRIPLE!

Tuesday, June 23 View In Browser  TOP NEWS As season's halfway point nears, we've got 11 takeaways   From award races to contenders and everything in between, let's take a look at what we've learned thus far. Rockies walk off Red Sox ... in a way we haven't seen in 20 years! Antonacci plays hero in back-and-forth victory to put South Siders atop AL Central Woodruff carries perfect game into 6th inning in return from IL Lauer goes six hitless innings behind opener as Dodgers notch win No. 50 Here's everything you need to know about this week's Draft Combine Boomer Sooner! Oklahoma wins 1st MCWS title since '94 'Who wants to play third?': Desperate O's put career outfielder Taveras at hot corner Tigers looking more like a contender -- and Framber's a big reason why With Phase 1 ending Thursday, here's the latest All-Star Ballot update Okamoto's homer, Straw's clutch at-bat send Blue Jays back to .500 MORE TOP NEWS ADD MLB AS YOUR PREFERRED SOURCE ON GOOGLE PERSONALIZE STORIES TOP PERFORMANCES Longest Home Run Tommy Troy   444 ft 7th Inning   Watch   Hardest Base Hit  Coby Mayo   113 mph 4th Inning   Watch   Fastest Strikeout Mason Miller   102.9 mph 9th Inning   Watch   Decisive Play White Sox   75.8% WPA 9th Inning   Watch   Longest Home Run Tommy Troy   444 ft 7th Inning   Watch   Hardest Base Hit  Coby Mayo   113 mph 4th Inning   Watch   Fastest Strikeout Mason Miller   102.9 mph 9th Inning   Watch   Decisive Play White Sox   75.8% WPA 9th Inning   Watch   Brandon Woodruff 4th career start with 10+ K’s, 1 hit allowed Byron Buxton 2nd-most HRs (25) in 1st 80 Twins/Senators games (29, Killebrew, '64) Kazuma Okamoto 17 HRs are most among MLB third basemen Sam Antonacci 2 hits, 3 RBIs, 2 SB; 1st career walk-off hit Foster Griffin Has allowed 1 ER or fewer in 10 of his 16 starts this season PLAY A SPORCLE BASEBALL QUIZ! MORE FREE GAMES AT MLB PLAY MUST-SEE PLAY Tyler O'Neill had it all the way. MORE TOP PLAYS STAFF PICKS No, this wasn't an elaborate plan to take a mid-game selfie When the dirt camera at Comerica Park popped up and refused to go back down during the Yankees-Tigers game, Jazz Chisholm Jr. did what most of us would in that situation: He tried to bury it. 5 takeaways as Phase 1 of All-Star voting winds down The latest results showed familiar players atop many positional battles, but also a few surprising names making noise. The Tartan Army joyfully invades Miami: 'No Marlins, no party' The supporters of Scotland's World Cup team marched roughly 1 1/2 miles to loanDepot park and brought plenty of energy, erupting with cheers for even the most routine of first-inning flyouts. 2026 MLB Draft Combine coverage on MLB Network Watch baseball’s future stars showcase their skills during the MLB Draft Combine from Chase Field in Arizona. Live coverage begins at noon ET. 12 prospects to keep an eye on at the Draft Combine There are a lot of players -- both on and off the current Top 200 Prospects list -- and some interesting storylines to keep an eye on as the action unfolds in Phoenix. Tuesday action on MLB Network Following the Combine coverage, catch the conclusion of the Astros and Blue Jays. Then, the A’s head down to San Francisco to face the Giants at 9:30 p.m. ET.  MORE STORIES SCOREBOARD NYY 3 DET 5 KC 2 TB 1 TEX 4 MIA 3 PHI 1 WSH 4 HOU 2 TOR 4 MIL 2 CIN 1 LAD 2 MIN 1 CLE 5 CWS 6 AZ 2 STL 3 BOS 2 COL 3 BAL 6 LAA 1 ATL 0 SD 1 © 2026 MLB Advanced Media, L.P. MLB trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of Major League Baseball. Visit MLB.com. Any other marks used herein are trademarks of their respective owners. Please review our Privacy Policy. You (geoffgould.gr8iphone@blogger.com) received this message because you registered to receive commercial email messages from MLB.com. Please add info@marketing.mlbemail.com to your address book to ensure our messages reach your inbox. If you no longer wish to receive commercial email messages from MLB.com, please unsubscribe  or log in and manage your email subscriptions. Postal Address: MLB.com, c/o MLB Advanced Media, L.P., 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020.