Not so fast! The NL MVP race just got spicy

Plus: Red Sox win 10th straight road game

Tuesday, July 28 View In Browser  TOP NEWS Think Shohei is a shoo-in to win NL MVP? Think again   Yordan Alvarez and Shohei Ohtani remain frontrunners in our latest MVP poll, but the NL race has gotten much closer. Rafaela’s 1st career slam lifts Red Sox to 10th straight road win Sánchez finally slugs the homer he's been waiting 6 years to hit Harper hoping Phils can seize opportunity to add reinforcements at Deadline Bregman, Hoerner back up Peterson's solid start with 4 hits each Will Brewers be aggressive? What's Mets' strategy? Your Trade Deadline questions answered How else to end a 12-game skid? Marlins rattle Phillies' ace, All-Star closer O's continue to build Deadline case with big win in Detroit Scherzer grinds through birthday return to Nationals Park Only 2 players in first 10 rounds of 2026 Draft didn't sign by deadline MORE TOP NEWS ADD MLB AS YOUR PREFERRED SOURCE ON GOOGLE PERSONALIZE STORIES TOP PERFORMANCES Longest Home Run Ezequiel Duran   436 ft 3rd Inning   Watch   Hardest Base Hit  Leody Taveras   112.4 mph 5th Inning   Watch   Fastest Strikeout Walbert Ureña   100.9 mph 1st Inning   Watch   Decisive Play Red Sox   41.5% WPA 6th Inning   Watch   Longest Home Run Ezequiel Duran   436 ft 3rd Inning   Watch   Hardest Base Hit  Leody Taveras   112.4 mph 5th Inning   Watch   Fastest Strikeout Walbert Ureña   100.9 mph 1st Inning   Watch   Decisive Play Red Sox   41.5% WPA 6th Inning   Watch   Francisco Lindor 5th Met with 2 HRs, 1 3B in same game (1st since Delgado on 8/17/06) Nico Hoerner 4-hit, 4-RBI game. Hitting .432 (19-for-44) since All-Star break Joc Pederson 2-HR game, including 6th leadoff HR of season and 32nd of career Jackson Holliday 4th career 4-hit game Tyrone Taylor Hitting .410 with 6 HRs, 12 R, 12 RBIs since return from IL on 6/28 PLAY A SPORCLE BASEBALL QUIZ! MORE FREE GAMES AT MLB PLAY MUST-SEE PLAY Colton Cowser can sure cover the pasture. MORE TOP PLAYS STAFF PICKS Aw, nuts! Uncatchable squirrel causes chaos at Comerica Park For about a full inning, a black squirrel made the field in Detroit its personal park, covering ground from the outfield warning track to both infield baselines and back again. Newest Hall of Famers reflect on their day Carlos Beltrán, Andruw Jones and Jeff Kent sat down with MLB Network's Jon Morosi on Monday morning to look back at their careers and their ultimate spot in Cooperstown. It's a really good day to say 'I do' ... And 'I do' ... And 'I do' ... And 'I do' Four different Twins players are getting married this offseason, but that's not terribly unusual. What is out of the ordinary is that all four weddings are on Nov. 14: "How am I going to get to each wedding?" their skipper wondered. The return for this pitcher could fill a bunch of pitchers The Trade Deadline is coming up, so what better time to revisit the story of the independent league pitcher-slash-actor who was shipped off for 60 cases of beer: "He didn't see the humor in it." Facing Randy Johnson or clipping on a tie? They are both pretty tough Broadcaster John Kruk had his NBC booth-mates cracking up all night while he grappled with a clip-on tie and pontificated about the latest reality TV show he simply can't get enough of. Brewers vs. Giants on MLB Network Christian Yelich and the Brewers continue a series against Rafael Devers and the Giants at 9:30 p.m. ET (or Rockies vs. Padres). MORE STORIES SCOREBOARD SEA 3 TEX 7 BAL 8 DET 5 AZ 2 PIT 3 PHI 7 MIA 8 TOR 3 WSH 2 ATL 3 NYM 14 NYY 9 CWS 5 CHC 7 STL 3 HOU 6 LAA 4 BOS 4 ATH 2 MIL 0 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.