Ranking the toughest All-Star decisions

Plus: Experts tag-team latest mock draft

Friday, June 26 View In Browser  TOP NEWS Ranking All-Star Ballot finalist decisions, from toughest to easiest   Fans have some difficult decisions ahead in determining the remaining All-Star Game starters when Phase 2 begins Monday at noon ET. But Will Leitch is here to help, ranking them in order of difficulty. You've never seen this before: Phils hit go-ahead HR in 9th for 3rd straight game Phase 1 results are in! Here are the finalists to start All-Star Game The team that invented openers very nearly got a no-hitter out of one PCA's late heroics cap Cubs' 4-game sweep Hours after 5 a.m. landing, Red Sox get best of Schlittler and Yanks MLB's latest CBA proposal includes minimum salary increase, free agency revisions Caminero clubs way to 1st career 3-homer game Stats of the Week: Schwarbombs and a walk-off we hadn't seen in 20 years Above .500 halfway through? Bucs haven't been here since 2015 Hero Heim! A's storm back with 2-out 9th-inning rally to snap 4-game skid MORE TOP NEWS ADD MLB AS YOUR PREFERRED SOURCE ON GOOGLE PERSONALIZE STORIES TOP PERFORMANCES Longest Home Run Victor Bericoto   445 ft 6th Inning   Watch   Hardest Base Hit  Taylor Trammell   110.5 mph 6th Inning   Watch   Fastest Strikeout Bubba Chandler   100.9 mph 5th Inning   Watch   Decisive Play Giants   45.3% WPA 6th Inning   Watch   Longest Home Run Victor Bericoto   445 ft 6th Inning   Watch   Hardest Base Hit  Taylor Trammell   110.5 mph 6th Inning   Watch   Fastest Strikeout Bubba Chandler   100.9 mph 5th Inning   Watch   Decisive Play Giants   45.3% WPA 6th Inning   Watch   Tatsuya Imai 10 K’s; back-to-back starts with double-digit strikeouts Junior Caminero 8th 3-HR game in Rays history; 1st since 2022 (I. Paredes) Bryce Miller Ties career high with 11 strikeouts Bryce Harper Hitting .480 (12-for-25) with 3 HRs, 7 RBIs in past 6 games Ian Seymour 3rd pitcher since 1980 with at least 6 2/3 IP of hitless relief PLAY A SPORCLE BASEBALL QUIZ! MORE FREE GAMES AT MLB PLAY MUST-SEE PLAY Daylen Lile gets low to catch a 98.2 mph line drive. MORE TOP PLAYS STAFF PICKS MLB Combine has impact on new mock draft MLB Pipeline experts Jim Callis and Jonathan Mayo are on site in Arizona soaking up the latest Draft intel. They combine forces by alternating picks in the latest mock. Goldy's turning back the clock Paul Goldschmidt, at 38, has raised his OPS nearly 200 points from last year. Mike Petriello looks at how that's happened. Giants rookie opens up after family tragedy in Venezuela earthquakes One day after hitting his first career walk-off home run, Giants rookie outfielder Victor Bericoto found himself back in the starting lineup with a heavy heart. Pope gifted a special World Series ball Former White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski recently met Pope Leo XIV and gave him the ball from the final out of Game 1 of the 2005 World Series -- a game the Pope attended. Forecast calls for a wardrobe change After enduring 40 weather disruptions -- FORTY! -- in 2025, the Dunedin Blue Jays have embraced the rain with new jerseys. Friday night doubleheader on MLB Network The Guardians host the Mariners at 7 ET, followed by the Braves vs. the Giants at 10. MORE STORIES SCOREBOARD KC 2 TB 13 SEA 1 PIT 5 ATH 9 SF 6 HOU 2 DET 1 PHI 10 WSH 5 TEX 6 TOR 5 CHC 4 NYM 3 NYY 3 BOS 6 © 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.