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NBC Sports
28-07-2025
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- NBC Sports
Phillies at White Sox Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for July 28
Its Monday, July 28 and the Phillies (60-45) are in Chicago to open a series against the White Sox (38-68). Cristopher Sánchez is slated to take the mound for Philadelphia against Davis Martin for Chicago. The Phillies took two of three over the weekend in the Bronx against the Yankees although they did lose yesterday, 4-3. Bryce Harper and co. outscored New York 24-13 over the course of the three games. Sunday's loss dropped the Phils 1.5 games behind the Mets in the National League East. The White Sox lost two of three to the Cubs over the weekend. After winning the series opener Friday, 12-5, the Sox stumbled Saturday and Sunday to rack up an AL-leading 67th and 68th losses of the campaign. They trail the Tigers by 22.5 games in the American League Central. Lets dive into the matchup and find a sweat or two. We've got all the info and analysis you need to know ahead of the game, including the latest info on the how to catch the first pitch, odds, recent team performance, player stats, and of course, our predictions, picks & best bets for the game from our modeling tools and staff of experts. Follow Rotoworld Player News for the latest fantasy and betting player news and analysis all season long. Game details & how to watch Phillies at White Sox Date: Monday, July 28, 2025 Time: 7:40PM EST Site: Rate Field City: Chicago, IL Network/Streaming: NBCSP, CHSN Never miss a second of the action and stay up-to-date with all the latest team stats and player news. Check out our day-by-day MLB schedule page, along with detailed matchup pages that update live in-game with every out. Odds for the Phillies at the White Sox The latest odds as of Monday: Moneyline: Phillies (-219), White Sox (+180) Spread: Phillies -1.5 Total: 8.0 runs Probable starting pitchers for Phillies at White Sox Pitching matchup for July 28, 2025: Cristopher Sánchez vs. Davis Martin Phillies: Cristopher Sánchez (9-2, 2.40 ERA) Last outing: July 22 vs. Boston - 1.00 ERA, 1 Earned Runs Allowed, 4 Hits Allowed, 0 Walks, and 12 StrikeoutsWhite Sox: Davis Martin (2-8, 3.89 ERA) Last outing: July 22 at Tampa Bay - 5.40 ERA, 3 Earned Runs Allowed, 3 Hits Allowed, 4 Walks, and 3 Strikeouts Phillies: Cristopher Sánchez (9-2, 2.40 ERA) Last outing: July 22 vs. Boston - 1.00 ERA, 1 Earned Runs Allowed, 4 Hits Allowed, 0 Walks, and 12 Strikeouts White Sox: Davis Martin (2-8, 3.89 ERA) Last outing: July 22 at Tampa Bay - 5.40 ERA, 3 Earned Runs Allowed, 3 Hits Allowed, 4 Walks, and 3 Strikeouts Rotoworld still has you covered with all the latest MLB player news for all 30 teams. Check out the feed page right here on NBC Sports for headlines, injuries and transactions where you can filter by league, team, positions and news type! Top betting trends & insights to know ahead of Phillies at White Sox The Phillies 3-game road winning streak was snapped Sunday Andrew Benintendi was 2-4 and drove in 4 runs in Sunday's loss and is now 18-70 (.257) in July J.T. Realmuto has recorded at least one hit in all but two games in July (27-71) to raise his average for the season to .271. If you're looking for more key trends and stats around the spread, moneyline and total for every single game on the schedule today, check out our MLB Top Trends tool on NBC Sports! Expert picks & predictions for tonight's game between the Phillies and the White Sox Please bet responsibly. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, call the National Gambling Helpline at 1-800-522-4700. Our model calculates projections around each moneyline, spread and over/under bet for every game on the MLB calendar based on data points like past performance, player matchups, ballpark information and weather forecasts. Once the model is finished running, we put its projection next to the latest betting lines for the game to arrive at a relative confidence level for each wager. Here are the best bets our model is projecting for Monday's game between the Phillies and the White Sox: Moneyline: NBC Sports Bet is recommending a play on the Philadelphia Phillies on the Moneyline. Spread: NBC Sports Bet is leaning towards a play ATS on the Chicago White Sox at +1.5. Total: NBC Sports Bet is recommending a play on the over on the Game Total of 8.0. Want even more MLB best bets and predictions from our expert staff & tools? Check out the Expert MLB Predictions page from NBC Follow our experts on socials to keep up with all the latest content from the staff: Jay Croucher (@croucherJD) Drew Dinsick (@whale_capper) Vaughn Dalzell (@VmoneySports) Brad Thomas (@MrBradThomas)
Fox Sports
11-07-2025
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- Fox Sports
2025 MLB All-Star Game: Building the Best Tigers Lineup
Major League Baseball 2025 MLB All-Star Game: Building the Best Tigers Lineup Published Jul. 11, 2025 2:11 p.m. ET share facebook x reddit link Cue Seven Nation Army. Now that we're properly acquainted, time to talk about the Motor City Kitties. Detroit's been on a tear lately. But it's still too early to tell if these Tigers can live up to those previous Corktown squads. Manager: Sparky Anderson The Tigers' all-time winningest manager, with 1,331 victories, Anderson also has the edge over Jim Leyland in World Series titles: the 1984 championship was the Tigers' first since 1968, and was the result of one of the most dominant seasons in MLB history. Anderson was a star manager elsewhere, too: that '84 championship was his third, with the other two coming with the Big Red Machine Reds, making him the first-ever skipper with championships in both leagues. Anderson is one of just 12 managers with at least 2,000 career wins, and his 2,194 victories rank sixth all-time. (via Getty Images) Starting pitcher: Justin Verlander Justin Verlander is a throwback. It's not that pitchers are made of lesser stuff in the modern era than their old-school counterparts, so much as that, back in the day before reconstructive surgeries were both available and reliable, pitchers were ground down to a fine pulp whether their arms could handle it or not. Verlander, in another time, would look a lot like the Verlander of today: loads of innings and an ability to maintain velocity deep into outings while saving something for the end. The 6-foot-5, 240-pound right-hander is an all-time great by every definition, and Detroit's finest starter. ADVERTISEMENT (Photo by) Reliever/closer: Todd Jones The Tigers' all-time leader in saves, and it isn't close: Jones' 235 are 71 ahead of Mike Henneman, who himself has a comfortable lead over third place. While his career began in Houston in the NL, Jones was dealt to the Tigers along with three others in the trade that sent Jose Lima, Brad Ausmus and more to the Astros. He'd lead the AL in saves with 42 in 2000, and though he'd be traded the next summer, Jones rejoined Detroit as a free agent multiple times before calling it a career. (Photo by Rich Pilling/MLB via Getty Images) Catcher: Bill Freehan Bill Freehan spent the entirety of his 15-year career with the Tigers, and it was an excellent one. The backstop for the World Series-winning 1968 squad, Freehan finished second in the AL MVP race that year, thanks to hitting .263/.366/.454 with 65 walks and an AL-leading 24 hit by pitches — in '67, he finished third. Freehan had the occasional down year at the plate, but when he was at his best, there were few better: 11 All-Star selections in 15 years, five Gold Gloves and 200 career homers from a primary catcher is tough to beat. (via Getty Images) 1B: Hank Greenberg "What would [player's] career look like if not for World War II?" is a game you can play all day, but with Hank Greenberg the question is a loud one. In 1940, he hit 41 homers. In 1941, his season ended 19 games in, and he wouldn't return until midway through 1945. Greenberg would then lead the majors with 44 blasts in '46. Over 500 homers? Another shot at Babe Ruth's record of 61 homers? Greenberg did go deep 58 times in '38. All guesswork, but what he did accomplish on the field was worthy of Cooperstown as is. (Sporting News via Getty Images via Getty Images) 2B: Lou Whitaker Lou Whitaker falling off of the Hall of Fame ballot is a well-documented travesty, but it should be said again if only to point out just how excellent he was. Whitaker excelled at second base for decades, despite that the position is regularly manned by players who can't do that since they were there for not being good enough to play shortstop. Whitaker, though, was as good at the plate in 1995 as he was in 1985, and he was Rookie of the Year back in 1978. A Gold Glove-winning, Silver Slugger with a 19-year career — a wonderful ballpayer. (Photo by Focus) 3B: George Kell George Kell played for five different teams in his 15-year career, but none for as long as the Tigers, and never as well as there, either. Of his 10 All-Star selections, six came in seasons with Detroit. It's where won the 1949 batting title, with an MLB-leading .343 average, and also where he hit .325/.391/.433 over the course of seven seasons. Kell ended up inducted into the Hall of Fame nearly three decades after his career ended, in 1983, by the Veteran's Committee, and in between — and for another decade-plus after — joined the Tigers' broadcast booth. (Photo by Sporting News via Getty Images via Getty Images) SS: Alan Trammell Like his longtime double-play partner, Lou Whitaker, Alan Trammell did not make it to Cooperstown. At least, not at first. He was finally inducted in 2018 by the Modern Baseball Era Committee, but, again like with Whitaker, it never should have gotten to that point. He was part of the dominant 1984 championship team — as well as World Series MVP for batting .450/.500/.800 with two home runs — and key to that run of quality 80s Tigers clubs. While his bat slowed in the 90s, from 1980-1990, he hit .291/.359/.433 with multiple Gold Gloves and Silver Sluggers. (Photo by Focus) OF: Ty Cobb Ty Cobb was one of the original all-time hit kings. The first ever to 4,000 hits — there are still just three — and MLB's all-time hit leader until Pete Rose passed him, Cobb's .366 career batting average still stands. In 22 years with Detroit, he won a record 11 batting titles — if not for Tris Speaker hitting .386 to his .370 in 1916, Cobb would have won 12 in a row — and batted over .400 twice. His was not an empty batting average, either: Cobb once slugged over .600 in the Deadball Era, and .512 for his entire career. (via Getty Images) OF: Harry Heilmann There have been nine player seasons with a .400 average in AL history: Harry Heilmann's 1923 was one of them. He hit .403/.481/.632 for the Tigers in his best year, but also won three other batting titles: in 1921 with a .394 average and MLB-leading 237 hits, in 1925 at .393, and a .398 batting average did the trick in 1927. In between, he still hit for a high average, and for his career, finished at .342. Normally that'd be enough for first in a franchise's history, but, the Tigers also had Ty Cobb. (Photo by Mark Rucker/Transcendental Graphics, Getty Images) OF: Al Kaline Al Kaline is the franchise leader in homers (399), as well as first in games played (2,834). He's second in hits, as the organization's second 3,000-hit player after Ty Cobb, and led in walks with 1,277. He's also second behind Cobb in wins above replacement, with 93, which should be no surprise given how long he continued to mash. Kaline's career began in 1953, but in 1972, at 37, he still produced a .313/.374/.475 season. Cobb might own more offensive categories, but Kaline did win 10 Gold Gloves, making him the Tigers' most complete player. (via Getty Images) DH: Miguel Cabrera Miguel Cabrera got his start with the then-Florida Marlins, and won a World Series in his impressive rookie season as a 20-year-old. He made his true mark in Detroit, however, after the Marlins shipped Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis north in a blockbuster trade. Cabrera would spend the last 16 years of his career with the Tigers, where he'd win four batting titles, two MVP awards, make seven All-Star teams, surpass 500 career home runs, and win the first Triple Crown since 1967. He's not enshrined in Cooperstown yet, but only because he just retired after 2023. The Hall will call. (Photo by) Honorable Mentions: Hughie Jennings (manager) Jim Leyland (manager) Jack Morris (starting pitcher) Hal Newhouser (starting pitcher) Tommy Bridgers (starting pitcher) Mickey Lolich (starting pitcher) John Hiller (reliever/closer) Mike Henneman (reliever/closer) Willie Hernandez (reliever/closer) Aurelio Lopez (reliever/closer) Lance Parrish (catcher) Ivan Rodriguez (catcher) Mickey Cochrane (catcher) Norm Cash (1B) Ian Kinsler (2B) Charlie Gehringer (2B) Travis Fryman (3B) Donie Bush (SS) Carlos Guiillen (SS) Harvey Kuenn (SS) Willie Horton (OF) Bobby Veach (OF) Chet Lemon (OF) Kirk Gibson (OF) Sam Crawford (OF) Want great stories delivered right to your inbox? Create or log in to your FOX Sports account and follow leagues, teams and players to receive a personalized newsletter daily! share
Winnipeg Free Press
21-05-2025
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- Winnipeg Free Press
Taveras' 2-run homer in the 8th inning lifts Mariners to a 6-5 win over the White Sox
CHICAGO (AP) — Leody Taveras hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning to put Seattle ahead and the Mariners topped the Chicago White Sox 6-5 on Wednesday for their fifth win in six games. With Seattle trailing 5-4, Rowdy Tellez greeted reliever Mike Vasil (2-2) with a single. Taveras drove Vasil's next pitch to the right-center bleachers for his second hit of the game. Seattle's Cal Raleigh slugged his 16th homer, tying the Yankees' Aaron Judge for the AL lead, doubled and walked twice. Julio Rodriquez hit a three-run homer for the AL West-leading Mariners. Chicago's Lenyn Sosa and Joshua Palacios hit consecutive homers in the fourth. Tim Elko added his third homer in 10 games since being recalled from the minors. Rookie Chase Meidroth had two hits and put Chicago ahead 5-4 in the seventh with an RBI single. The White Sox lost for the sixth time in seven games. Seattle starter Logan Evans allowed four runs on six hits in six innings while striking out seven. Casey Legumina (4-1) pitched one inning for the win, despite surrendering an unearned run. Andrés Muñoz worked around a single in the the ninth for his AL-leading 16th save. White Sox rookie Shane Smith allowed three runs on two hits with six strikeouts in five innings. He settled in after walking the first two Seattle batters and then serving up Rodriguez's ninth homer. Elko's solo shot in the third made it 3-1. Sosa's two-run homer, followed by Palacios' drive, put Chicago ahead 4-3. Raleigh's solo shot tied it at 4 in the sixth. Key moment After Seattle took the the lead, Carlos Vargas and Muñoz retired six of seven hitters to close it out. Key stat Meidroth extended his hitting streak to nine games. Winnipeg Jets Game Days On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop. Up next Mariners RHP George Kirby (no record) comes off the IL for his season debut against Astros RHP Lance McCullers Jr. (0-1, 7.88) at Houston on Thursday. White Sox RHP Sean Burke (2-5, 4.89) starts on Friday against visiting Texas. ___ AP MLB:
Yahoo
14-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Rays pick up 2026 team option on Yandy Díaz and add vesting option for 2027
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays have picked up their $12 million team option on Yandy Díaz for the 2026 season. The Rays announced Friday that they had added a vesting option for 2027, pending 2026 performance thresholds. Díaz batted .281 with 14 homers, 65 RBIs and a .341 on-base percentage in 145 games last season. The 33-year-old first baseman had on-base percentages of .410 in 2023 and .401 in 2022. He hit an AL-leading .330 and finished sixth in the AL MVP balloting in 2023. He also hit 22 homers and drove in 78 runs that year. Díaz has a career batting average of .288 with a .373 on-base percentage, 75 homers and 341 RBIs in 754 games. He played with Cleveland from 2017-18 before coming to Tampa Bay in 2019. ___ AP MLB:
