Get this: Peak Ohtani may be yet to come

Plus: Aaron Judge, third base? I don't know!

Wednesday, April 22 View In Browser  TOP NEWS Shohei Ohtani and the allure of the Best Season Ever   Healthy on both sides of the ball, Shohei Ohtani carries a 0.50 ERA into tonight's start against the Giants -- and a 53-game on-base streak. As he goes for his fifth MVP (and first Cy Young), he might reach a level we've never seen before. To the moon! Murakami homers in 4th straight, ignites Sox bats Burning sage, Lindor's HR not enough as Mets' skid hits 12 Elly hits 2 HRs as Reds break out for 12-spot to win 5th straight Triple-A pitcher hurls a no-hitter. But wait, there's more (or less) Enlivened by rivalry and rest, Stanton powers Yanks to opening win at Fenway Short-handed Brewers run wild, cash in on Tigers’ miscues Imanaga continues mound mastery over Phils in back-to-back starts Wild one! Royals rally in 8th before snapping skid on walk-off WP Mets plan to activate Soto today, will manage workload MORE TOP NEWS PERSONALIZE STORIES TOP PERFORMANCES Longest Home Run Seiya Suzuki   441 ft 7th Inning   Watch   Hardest Base Hit  Nick Kurtz   114.7 mph 9th Inning   Watch   Fastest Strikeout Chase Dollander   100.1 mph 5th Inning   Watch   Decisive Play Guardians   42.3% WPA 8th Inning   Watch   Longest Home Run Seiya Suzuki   441 ft 7th Inning   Watch   Hardest Base Hit  Nick Kurtz   114.7 mph 9th Inning   Watch   Fastest Strikeout Chase Dollander   100.1 mph 5th Inning   Watch   Decisive Play Guardians   42.3% WPA 8th Inning   Watch   Elly De La Cruz 6 career multi-HR games are most by switch-hitter in CIN history Brice Turang 2 hits, 4 RBIs; has reached base in all 20 games he’s played Randy Vásquez 4th Padre ever to throw 7+ shutout IP at Coors Field (261 games) Munetaka Murakami 9 HRs are most for any Japanese-born player in first 23 MLB games Luis García Jr. Season-high 4 hits with 3 RBIs PLAY A SPORCLE BASEBALL QUIZ! MORE FREE GAMES AT MLB PLAY MUST-SEE PLAY Ceddanne Rafaela is poetry in motion with this catch. MORE TOP PLAYS STAFF PICKS Traditional closer role isn't extinct, but the game certainly has changed Some clubs continue to employ a conventional ninth-inning mentality for their ace relievers, but the “shift in culture" has started to make players understand that facing the meat of a lineup in the eighth might be the true “save” situation. Who's that 6-foot-7 guy over there at the hot corner? Aaron Judge turned a few heads when he took some grounders at third base at Fenway Park before the Yankees took on the Red Sox, but his manager assured everyone you won't be seeing the three-time MVP there, well, ever. A net positive for this young fan, and for the man at the plate Jakob Marsee lost hold of his bat and a kid in the stands took it upon himself to untangle it from the netting above the dugout. On the next pitch, the Marlins outfielder hit his first home run of the season. Gausman screams for ice cream Asked what he would do if elected mayor of Toronto, Kevin Gausman had an answer that's hard to take a stand against: He'd add “maybe like 200 more ice cream trucks” to the city. Who does MLB’s most underrated player think is the most underrated player? José Ramírez named one of his teammates when asked the question on Chatting Practice Powered by Zoom Events. MLB Network Showcase: Yankees vs. Red Sox A rivalry unlike any other! Aaron Judge and the Yankees battle Roman Anthony and the Red Sox in an MLB Network Showcase at 6:30 p.m. ET (or Brewers vs. Tigers). Wednesday action on MLB Network The Astros take on the Guardians at 1 p.m. ET (or Reds vs. Rays). Then, catch NL West rivals out west as the Giants host the Dodgers with Shohei Ohtani on the mound at 9:30 (or White Sox vs. D-backs). MORE STORIES SCOREBOARD HOU 5 CLE 8 CIN 12 TB 6 STL 5 MIA 3 MIL 12 DET 4 ATL 4 WSH 11 NYY 4 BOS 0 MIN 5 NYM 3 BAL 5 KC 6 PHI 4 CHC 7 PIT 1 TEX 5 SD 1 COL 0 TOR 4 LAA 2 ATH 5 SEA 2 CWS 11 AZ 5 LAD 1 SF 3 © 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.