Dodgers are clearly a better team than the Yankees
Dodgers are clearly a better team than the Yankees
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Yankees vs. Athletics Tickets, First Pitch Time for Friday, June 27
Yankees vs. Athletics Tickets, First Pitch Time for Friday, June 27 Brent Rooker and the Athletics head into a matchup with Paul Goldschmidt and the New York Yankees on Friday, June 27 at 7:05 p.m. ET (on YES and NBCS-CA). Buy Yankees Tickets on SeatGeek Buy Yankees Tickets on StubHub Yankees vs. Athletics Game Info Game day: Friday, June 27, 2025 Friday, June 27, 2025 Game time: 7:05 p.m. ET 7:05 p.m. ET TV channel: YES and NBCS-CA YES and NBCS-CA Live Stream: Watch LIVE with Fubo! (Regional restrictions may apply) Watch LIVE with Fubo! Location: The Bronx, New York The Bronx, New York Stadium: Yankee Stadium Yankee Stadium Yankees Starter: TBA TBA Athletics Starter: TBA Yankees vs. Athletics Tickets For Sale Yankees vs. Athletics offensive insights The Yankees rank second in Major League Baseball with 97 home runs. Hitters for the Yankees rank second in the majors with a combined .467 team slugging percentage. The Yankees' .258 batting average is among the best in baseball, ranking fourth in MLB. The Athletics rank seventh in MLB action with 75 total home runs. So far this year, the Athletics rank fifth in the majors with a .416 slugging percentage. The Athletics rank seventh in the majors with a .254 batting average. Watch MLB on Fubo Yankees' top hitters Aaron Judge is hitting .387 this year, with a .485 on-base percentage and a .757 slugging percentage. He has 21 home runs and 50 RBI, plus 55 runs scored and four steals on seven attempts. His strikeout rate is 21.8%, and his walk rate is 15.4%. In 2025, Goldschmidt is batting .327, with a .382 on-base percentage and a .477 slugging percentage. He has six home runs and 28 RBI, plus 38 runs scored and five steals on five attempts. His strikeout rate is 15.7%, and his walk rate is 7.4%. Cody Bellinger's current batting average is .253, and he has eight home runs and 32 RBI, plus 30 runs scored and five steals on seven attempts. He has a .329 on-base percentage, and a .439 slugging percentage. His strikeout rate is 17.1%, and his walk rate is 10.5%. The Yankees' Anthony Volpe is batting .241, with a .760 OPS (.321 on-base, .439 slugging). His strikeout rate is 25.1%, and his walk rate is 10.3%. He has seven home runs and 34 RBI, plus 29 runs scored and seven steals on 11 attempts. Athletics' top hitters Jacob Wilson has put up a batting average of .355 with an OPS of .898 (.393 OBP; .504 SLG) this season, while blasting seven HRs with 31 runs and 32 RBI. He's walking at a 5.3% clip and fanning 6.1% of the time. On the bases, he's swiped five bags on five attempts. In 272 plate appearances this year, the Athletics' Rooker sports a .267/.335/.478 triple slash line, and he's launched 13 dingers with 37 runs and 33 RBI. He's walking and striking out 8.5% and 22.8% of the time, respectively. This season, Lawrence Butler is batting .263/.332/.470 with nine dingers, 27 RBI and 33 runs, with nine steals. He's fanning at a 25.4% clip and walking 9.4% of the time. At the dish, Tyler Soderstrom has posted a batting average of .258 with an OPS of .801 (.333 OBP; .468 SLG) this season, while crushing 12 homers with 32 runs and 36 RBI. He's walking at an 8.8% clip and fanning 25.7% of the time. Yankees' injuries Oswaldo Cabrera: 10 Day IL (Ankle), Luke Weaver: 15 Day IL (Hamstring), Marcus Stroman: 15 Day IL (Knee), Gerrit Cole: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Luis Gil: 60 Day IL (Back), Giancarlo Stanton: 60 Day IL (Elbow), JT Brubaker: 60 Day IL (Ribs), Jake Cousins: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Jasson Domínguez: day-to-day (Thumb) Athletics' injuries Miguel Andujar: 10 Day IL (Oblique), Gio Urshela: 10 Day IL (Hamstring), Nick Kurtz: 10 Day IL (Hip), Gunnar Hoglund: 15 Day IL (Hip), J.T. Ginn: 15 Day IL (Quadricep), T.J. McFarland: 15 Day IL (Groin), Luis Medina: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Jose Leclerc: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Ken Waldichuk: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Zack Gelof: 60 Day IL (Hand), Brady Basso: 60 Day IL (Shoulder) Buy Yankees Tickets on SeatGeek Buy Yankees Tickets on StubHub
New York Times
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- New York Times
Dodgers' Max Muncy continues redemption arc on his season with massive swings in win
LOS ANGELES – This is Max Muncy at his best, wielding his silver bat and singular control of the strike zone while showing the ability to blast the ball out of the ballpark. With his work complete, he will often toss the bat away in near disgust. With two more blasts on Tuesday, he has now completed this home run trot 199 times in a Los Angeles Dodgers uniform. His season has course-corrected after a miserable start, be it through a set of new glasses or fixing poor habits that had taken over his swing this winter. Advertisement Muncy is mashing again. That is a massive development for the Dodgers and Muncy alike. The much-maligned third baseman has slugged five home runs over his last four games, with two on Tuesday that included a game-tying blast in the ninth inning off of the New York Mets' Huascar Brazobán in the team's eventual 6-5 walk-off extra-inning win. This, after Muncy at his worst. His defense has been a sore spot and continued to trend in the wrong direction even as his bat has gotten going. His nine errors trail only San Diego's Manny Machado. They threatened to ruin Muncy's progress on Tuesday, as Starling Marte's chopper ducked between the 34-year-old Muncy's legs to extend the fifth inning against Clayton Kershaw. Muncy wanted to be wary of Marte's propensity to bunt. When reading the hop, he came up too early and missed it. 'Just a stupid mistake,' Muncy said. The Mets capitalized to tie the game and eventually take the lead after Muncy botched a would-be double play ball. Such is the duality of Muncy, who has emerged as one of the most compelling characters in this Dodgers chapter. The veteran endured the longest homer-less streak of his career to start this season and struggled to find his level. He spent an offseason searching for a more consistent swing only to fall into a massive funk. Now, he's looking like himself, swinging games and redeeming even his low moments in the process. 'Honestly, I think he's had plenty of practice weathering some struggles offensively,' Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. 'You know, it's certainly not easy to go on a 1-for-20, 1-for-25 and strike out and things like that and to still have to go out there and play defense and then find a way to get hot and to kind of reset, get back on track. But you look at his tenure with us, that's kind of how it's been.' MAX MUNCY! — Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) June 4, 2025 The Dodgers committed to Muncy at third base again this winter because of the cost. At his level of production, Muncy's recent extension was a relative bargain. It was also because they knew they could bank on his bat, which is finally coming around. He developed bad habits this winter trying to be a more consistent hitter. He tried out glasses after being diagnosed with astigmatism in his right eye. Whether it was the swing or the glasses, or both, something has clicked. Advertisement Through his first 28 games, he had a .531 OPS and hadn't hit a single home run. In 29 games since, he has hit .277 with nine home runs and a 1.015 OPS. His wRC+ for the season is 121, 21 percent above league average. 'I think Max has been doing this for about a month now,' said Freddie Freeman, who walked things off in the 10th inning. 'He's been looking like Max again.' 'I was hitting the ball hard, I just wasn't getting good results out of it,' Muncy said of his early-season struggles. 'It's one of those things where if I wasn't hitting the ball hard that'd be a red flag. Just had a little bit of bad luck early. Now I'm getting things to go the right way which is nice.' Finding that stride required work with the Dodgers' hitting coaches on correcting some of the bad habits he'd established in his swing, which had included trying to get on top of the baseball to hit more line drives after a career centered on a power-driven approach. That mental cue threw his swing off-kilter. He had issues with his bat path, cutting off his swing too early and causing him to drive deep, long flies well into foul territory rather than fair and in the outfield seats. Correcting that also got him right on time to hit fastballs well, as he did on Tuesday. When Mets starter Tylor Megill tried to challenge Muncy with an elevated fastball in the first inning, the Dodgers slugger was ready for it. He turned on it and pulled it into the seats for a two-run shot to expand his team's early lead. It would be the last runs the Dodgers would put up until Muncy strode to the plate again in the ninth inning. Muncy's fifth-inning error had put the Mets up and kept them up as Brazobán entered for the save opportunity. Down to two strikes, Muncy jumped all over an elevated fastball and sent it about eight rows deep to tie it, tossing his bat with disgust before rounding the bases. Advertisement 'Making mistakes really sucks,' Muncy said. 'But when you do it with a guy like Kershaw on the mound, it cuts deep a little bit more. To be able to atone for that a little bit felt really good for me.' Muncy knows these games lack the margin the Dodgers usually enjoy. They're in the midst of a stretch of 29 games in a row against teams with real postseason aspirations. They have 15 pitchers on the injured list. Their pitching staff is so starved for fresh arms that the likes of José Ureña, Ryan Loutos and Will Klein have been brought into the organization to reprise some of the role that names like Dinelson Lamet, Yohan Ramírez and Zach Logue filled a year ago. Dropping games they can win in this stretch stings a little extra. Especially when using some of the top arms you have left in a losing effort, as they would have in asking Ben Casparius to cover eight outs and struggling closer Tanner Scott to pitch for the second time in as many nights (Scott, for his part, showcased better life on his stuff in a scoreless 10th inning after allowing two runs on Monday). That made Muncy's redemption – not just Tuesday, but for the season – all the more sweet. 'He's had to go through some adversities and it certainly hasn't been linear for him, whether it be the defense or the droughts offensively and kind of hearing noise from the outside,' Roberts said. 'But he's built a nice hard shell in the sense of, just really trying to put his head down and keep the blinders on and trying to focus on whatever situation is at hand at the moment. For him to respond that way and to block out the error that he made in that fifth inning was big. To play in this market and on this ballclub, you have to be able to weather some of those storms and keep going.' (Gary A. Vasquez / Imagn Images)
USA Today
2 hours ago
- USA Today
Royals vs. Dodgers Tickets, First Pitch Time for Friday, June 27
Royals vs. Dodgers Tickets, First Pitch Time for Friday, June 27 Bobby Witt Jr. and the Kansas City Royals will attempt to take down Andy Pages and the Los Angeles Dodgers when the teams square off on Friday, June 27 at 8:10 p.m. ET, airing on FDSKC and SportsNet LA. Buy Royals Tickets on SeatGeek Buy Royals Tickets on StubHub Royals vs. Dodgers Game Info Game day: Friday, June 27, 2025 Friday, June 27, 2025 Game time: 8:10 p.m. ET 8:10 p.m. ET TV channel: FDSKC and SportsNet LA FDSKC and SportsNet LA Live Stream: Watch LIVE with Fubo! (Regional restrictions may apply) Watch LIVE with Fubo! Location: Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City, Missouri Stadium: Kauffman Stadium Kauffman Stadium Royals Starter: TBA TBA Dodgers Starter: TBA Royals vs. Dodgers Tickets For Sale Royals vs. Dodgers offensive insights The Royals' 36 home runs rank last in MLB this season. Hitters for Kansas City have combined to rank 26th in MLB with a team slugging percentage of just .362 this season. The Royals rank 12th in MLB with a .248 team batting average. The Los Angeles Dodgers lead the league with 100 total home runs, averaging 1.6 per game. This season, Los Angeles leads the majors with a .469 slugging percentage, collecting 214 extra-base hits. The Dodgers lead the majors with a .267 batting average. Watch MLB on Fubo Royals' top hitters Witt is hitting .287 this season, with a .840 OPS (.346 on-base, .494 slugging). His strikeout rate is 18%, and his walk rate is 7.9%. He has seven home runs and 35 RBI, plus 32 runs scored and 20 steals on 25 attempts. In 2025, Maikel Garcia is hitting .313, with a .841 OPS (.374 on-base, .467 slugging). He has five home runs and 27 RBI, plus 24 runs scored and 11 steals on 17 attempts. His strikeout rate is 15.5%, and his walk rate is 8.8%. Vinnie Pasquantino is hitting .258, with eight home runs and 33 RBI, plus 23 runs scored. He has a .312 on-base percentage and a .399 slugging percentage. His strikeout rate is 17.4%, and his walk rate is 6.3%. The Royals' Jonathan India is hitting .244, with a .641 OPS (.333 on-base, .307 slugging). He has one home run and 13 RBI, plus 22 runs scored. His strikeout rate is 14.5%, and his walk rate is 10.7%. Dodgers' top hitters Shohei Ohtani is batting .288/.386/.653 this year with 23 home runs, 39 RBI and 64 runs, with 11 stolen bases on 15 attempts. He's striking out 25.3% of the time and walking at a 14.1% clip. In 214 plate appearances this season, Freddie Freeman has put up a .369 batting average to go along with a .435 OBP and .626 SLG. He's also clubbed nine homers with 40 RBI and 34 runs while posting an 18.7% strikeout rate and 10.3% walk rate. So far this season, Mookie Betts is hitting .257/.339/.405 with eight dingers, 31 RBI and 43 runs, with five steals. He's striking out at a 9.2% clip and walking 10.9% of the time. At the dish, Pages is hitting .281/.329/.479 with 11 homers, 38 RBI and 28 runs scored, with six steals. He's striking out 19.2% of the time and walking at a 5.6% rate. Royals' injuries Hunter Harvey: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Sam Long: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Lucas Erceg: 15 Day IL (Back), Kyle Wright: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Cole Ragans: 15 Day IL (Groin), Alec Marsh: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), James McArthur: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Maikel Garcia: day-to-day (Thumb) Dodgers' injuries Kirby Yates: 15 Day IL (Hamstring), Luís Garcia: 15 Day IL (Adductor), Roki Sasaki: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Gavin Stone: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), River Ryan: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Brusdar Graterol: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Edgardo Henriquez: 60 Day IL (Foot), Emmet Sheehan: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Blake Treinen: 60 Day IL (Forearm), Tyler Glasnow: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Kyle Hurt: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Michael Grove: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Michael Kopech: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Evan Phillips: 60 Day IL (Forearm), Blake Snell: 60 Day IL (Shoulder) Buy Royals Tickets on SeatGeek Buy Royals Tickets on StubHub
