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Dream Teammate? Worst Organization? It's Our Anonymous MLB All-Star Poll!
The best stadium to play at? The worst? What about this whole automated ball-strike system? MLB's All-Stars had some thoughts. We anonymously polled 20 of the game's best players at All-Star Weekend on these topics, and more. Here's what they had to say: Winner: For Just don't call it "robo-umps." The ABS technology has been used in the minors to challenge certain calls on balls and strikes. It was actually used in this year's All-Star Game. But how what in regular season games? "I don't want full ABS. Being able to go down and pitch in Triple-A and rehab and other things, I've gotten experience with it. So, I think there is a use to it, but I don't want to take the human element out of the game. I don't want umpires to be completely out of it." — NL All-Star pitcher "I'm for the challenge system. I think having umpires and then the human element, they've got the hardest job on earth, man. They're trying to dictate pitches coming in at 100 mph on the corners, trying to determine is this ball truly on the plate or not? I don't envy their job at all. But I do think there is a human element, and if they miss one, having a team have the opportunity to say, 'Hey, can we take a look at that? I don't think that's the worst thing, either." — AL pitcher "I don't want to get rid of the umpire, but having some checks and balances would be cool." — AL All-Star pitcher Winner: New York Yankees Opened in 2009 next to the original "House That Ruth Built," Yankee Stadium is certainly one of the great cathedrals in sports. Some of the other iconic parks got multiple votes, but there is something about playing in the Bronx that appeals: Winner: Detroit Tigers With a whopping six All-Stars this season and running away with the AL Central, don't sleep on these Tigers. Led by back-to-back Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal, this team has put MLB on notice. "The level that they've been at, the consistency they've shown, is very impressive." — NL All-Star "I knew Detroit was good, but they've really impressed me with the way they've dominated." — NL All-Star "What they've been able to do this year, they have like six All-Stars or something like that. Consistently, what they've been able to do is surprising." — AL All-Star Also received multiple votes: Milwaukee Brewers: "Whether they started hot or not, they finished really hot. So, good for them." — AL All-Star pitcher Boston Red Sox: "Plenty of talent, but just kind of the start they got off to." — AL All-Star Received one vote: Toronto Blue Jays: "What they've done this last month has been impressive." — AL All-Star pitcher Arizona Diamondbacks: "I thought they'd be better." — AL All-Star Winner: José Ramírez, Cleveland Guardians The Guardians slugger feels like a deserving winner in this category although it's surprising the defending AL MVP, who just eclipsed 350 career home runs, also getting a vote here. "Yes, [Ramírez] is a superstar. But I just don't feel like he gets covered the way that the other top five or six players in the league do." — AL All-Star Also received votes: Aaron Judge, New York Yankees: "I just think people put other players in his league, and it's not right. Sometimes it's like, 'Who's the best hitter? Aaron or this guy?' And it's not even a discussion. There's no close second. I think the fact that people put hitters in the same conversation as him, offensively, makes him underrated. You can look at the numbers the last 6-8 years and it's not really close between anybody else." — AL All-Star Zach Neto, Los Angeles Angels: "With the years that he's put up and the performances he keeps putting up, I think he definitely deserves more attention than he's getting." — AL All-Star Framber Valdez, Houston Astros: "Quality start after quality start from that dude. He's a groundball pitcher. And he goes deep into games." — AL All-Star Winner: Aaron Judge, New York Yankees The Yankees superstar runs away in this category. Who wouldn't want to play alongside a two-time MVP? Also received votes: Paul Skenes, Pittsburgh Pirates: "I'm just really impressed with who he is. Not many people had the accelerated path that he did with all the attention that he has had. I would really like going and playing behind that guy." — NL All-Star Winner: Boston Red Sox From the aura at Fenway Park to the four World Series this century, a fair amount of All-Stars have a roving eye for that Green Monster. Winner: Chicago White Sox Or shall we say, "loser" here? Even with super-fan Pope Leo XIV presiding over the Vatican, there seems to be little appeal to take up residence one Southside. As one player polled said: Rowan Kavner is an MLB writer for FOX Sports. He previously covered the L.A. Dodgers, LA Clippers and Dallas Cowboys. An LSU grad, Rowan was born in California, grew up in Texas, then moved back to the West Coast in 2014. Follow him on Twitter at @RowanKavner. Deesha Thosar is an MLB writer for FOX Sports. She previously covered the Mets as a beat reporter for the New York Daily News. The daughter of Indian immigrants, Deesha grew up on Long Island and now lives in Queens. Follow her on Twitter at @DeeshaThosar.
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Dream Teammate? Worst Organization? It's Our Anonymous MLB All-Star Poll!
The best stadium to play at? The worst? What about this whole automated ball-strike system? MLB's All-Stars had some thoughts. We anonymously polled 20 of the game's best players at All-Star Weekend on these topics, and more. Here's what they had to say: Automated Ball-Strike System: For or Against? Winner: For Just don't call it "robo-umps." The ABS technology has been used in the minors to challenge certain calls on balls and strikes. It was actually used in this year's All-Star Game. But how what in regular season games? "I don't want full ABS. Being able to go down and pitch in Triple-A and rehab and other things, I've gotten experience with it. So, I think there is a use to it, but I don't want to take the human element out of the game. I don't want umpires to be completely out of it." — NL All-Star pitcher "I'm for the challenge system. I think having umpires and then the human element, they've got the hardest job on earth, man. They're trying to dictate pitches coming in at 100 mph on the corners, trying to determine is this ball truly on the plate or not? I don't envy their job at all. But I do think there is a human element, and if they miss one, having a team have the opportunity to say, 'Hey, can we take a look at that? I don't think that's the worst thing, either." — AL pitcher "I don't want to get rid of the umpire, but having some checks and balances would be cool." — AL All-Star pitcher Best Atmosphere? Winner: New York Yankees Opened in 2009 next to the original "House That Ruth Built," Yankee Stadium is certainly one of the great cathedrals in sports. Some of the other iconic parks got multiple votes, but there is something about playing in the Bronx that appeals: Vote Count New York Yankees (Yankee Stadium) 5 Los Angeles Dodgers (Dodger Stadium) 4 Philadelphia Phillies (Citizens Bank Park) 4 Chicago Cubs (Wrigley Field) 3 Boston Red Sox (Fenway Park) 3 San Diego Padres (Petco Park) 2 Houston Astros (Daikin Park) 2 New York Mets (Citi Field) 1 Toronto Blue Jays (Rogers Centre) 1 Most Surprising Team? Winner: Detroit Tigers With a whopping six All-Stars this season and running away with the AL Central, don't sleep on these Tigers. Led by back-to-back Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal, this team has put MLB on notice. "The level that they've been at, the consistency they've shown, is very impressive." — NL All-Star "I knew Detroit was good, but they've really impressed me with the way they've dominated." — NL All-Star "What they've been able to do this year, they have like six All-Stars or something like that. Consistently, what they've been able to do is surprising." — AL All-Star Also received multiple votes: Milwaukee Brewers: "Whether they started hot or not, they finished really hot. So, good for them." — AL All-Star pitcher Boston Red Sox: "Plenty of talent, but just kind of the start they got off to." — AL All-Star Received one vote: Toronto Blue Jays: "What they've done this last month has been impressive." — AL All-Star pitcher Arizona Diamondbacks: "I thought they'd be better." — AL All-Star Vote Count Detroit Tigers 7 Milwaukee Brewers 3 Miami Marlins 2 Boston Red Sox 2 Toronto Blue Jays 1 Houston Astros 1 Tampa Bay Rays 1 Los Angeles Angels 1 Arizona Diamondbacks 1 Atlanta Braves 1 Chicago Cubs 1 Most Underrated Player? Winner: José Ramírez, Cleveland Guardians The Guardians slugger feels like a deserving winner in this category although it's surprising the defending AL MVP, who just eclipsed 350 career home runs, also getting a vote here. "Yes, [Ramírez] is a superstar. But I just don't feel like he gets covered the way that the other top five or six players in the league do." — AL All-Star Also received votes: Aaron Judge, New York Yankees: "I just think people put other players in his league, and it's not right. Sometimes it's like, 'Who's the best hitter? Aaron or this guy?' And it's not even a discussion. There's no close second. I think the fact that people put hitters in the same conversation as him, offensively, makes him underrated. You can look at the numbers the last 6-8 years and it's not really close between anybody else." — AL All-Star Zach Neto, Los Angeles Angels: "With the years that he's put up and the performances he keeps putting up, I think he definitely deserves more attention than he's getting." — AL All-Star Framber Valdez, Houston Astros: "Quality start after quality start from that dude. He's a groundball pitcher. And he goes deep into games." — AL All-Star Vote Count José Ramírez, Cleveland Guardians 3 Juan Soto 1 Steven Kwan, Cleveland Guardians 1 Jonathan Aranda, Tampa Bay Rays 1 Joe Ryan, Minnesota Twins 1 Luke Raley, Seattle Mariners 1 Zach Neto, Los Angeles Angels 1 Otto Lopez, Miami Marlins 1 Luis Severino, Athletics 1 Framber Valdez, Houston Astros 1 Aaron Judge, New York Yankees 1 Player You'd Most Want to be Teammates With: Winner: Aaron Judge, New York Yankees The Yankees superstar runs away in this category. Who wouldn't want to play alongside a two-time MVP? Also received votes: Paul Skenes, Pittsburgh Pirates: "I'm just really impressed with who he is. Not many people had the accelerated path that he did with all the attention that he has had. I would really like going and playing behind that guy." — NL All-Star Vote Count Aaron Judge, New York Yankees 8 Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Dodgers 2 Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers 1 Kyle Schwarber, Philadelphia Phillies 1 Tarik Skubal, Detroit Tigers 1 Mickey Moniak 1 Mike Trout 1 Bobby Witt Jr. 1 Paul Skenes 1 Organization You'd Most Want to Play For: Winner: Boston Red Sox From the aura at Fenway Park to the four World Series this century, a fair amount of All-Stars have a roving eye for that Green Monster. Vote Count Boston Red Sox 4 Atlanta Braves 3 San Francisco Giants 3 Los Angeles Dodgers 1 Texas Rangers 1 Tampa Bay Rays 1 Pittsburgh Pirates 1 Philadelphia Phillies 1 New York Yankees 2 San Diego Padres 2 Organization You'd Least Want to Play For: Winner: Chicago White Sox Or shall we say, "loser" here? Even with super-fan Pope Leo XIV presiding over the Vatican, there seems to be little appeal to take up residence one Southside. As one player polled said: Vote Count Chicago White Sox 4 New York Yankees 1 Philadelphia Phillies 1 Cleveland Guardians 1 Miami Marlins 1 Any California team 1 Rowan Kavner is an MLB writer for FOX Sports. He previously covered the L.A. Dodgers, LA Clippers and Dallas Cowboys. An LSU grad, Rowan was born in California, grew up in Texas, then moved back to the West Coast in 2014. Follow him on Twitter at @RowanKavner . Deesha Thosar is an MLB writer for FOX Sports. She previously covered the Mets as a beat reporter for the New York Daily News. The daughter of Indian immigrants, Deesha grew up on Long Island and now lives in Queens. Follow her on Twitter at @DeeshaThosar . recommended Item 1 of 1 Get more from the Major League Baseball Follow your favorites to get information about games, news and more
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Eovaldi pitches 5 scoreless innings as Rangers beat Braves 8-3
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Nathan Eovaldi pitched three-hit ball over five scoreless innings in his first start since the All-Star break and the Texas Rangers beat the Atlanta Braves 8-3 on Friday night. Eovaldi (8-3) threw 53 of his 86 pitches for strikes as Texas won its fourth straight and handed Atlanta a third straight loss. He struck out seven but walked a season-high four. It was also Eovaldi's first start since the Rangers paid him a $100,000 All-Star Game bonus even though the 35-year-old wasn't selected despite a 7-3 record and a 1.58 ERA. He missed his first start after the break — a matchup with AL All-Star starter Tarik Skubal and the Tigers — with back tightness. Sam Haggerty singled leading off the first against Joey Wentz (2-2) before stealing his 10th base and scoring on a sacrifice fly by Marcus Semien for a 1-0 lead. Jonah Heim hit his ninth home run — a two-out shot in the second for a 2-0 lead. Wyatt Langford had a two-out RBI double in the fourth and Sam Haggerty doubled in a run in the fifth for a 4-0 advantage. Three singles, two walks, a hit batter and a sac fly led to four runs in the eighth. Michael Harris II hit his eighth home run — a leadoff shot off Jacob Latz in the seventh to cut it to 4-1. Wentz allowed four runs in 4 1/3 innings. Corey Seager went 0 for 3 but walked twice to extend his on-base streak to 25 games for the Rangers. Austin Riley went 0 for 4 in his first game for Atlanta since suffering an abdominal strain on July 11. Texas had allowed two runs or fewer in a club-record-tying seven straight games until Caleb Boushley surrendered two in the ninth to end the run. Seager is the only player to have an on-base streak of 24-plus games in each of the last three seasons. Braves RHP Grant Holmes (4-9, 3.81) starts against Rangers rookie RHP Kumar Rocker (4-4, 5.66) on Saturday. ___
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4 days ago
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Eovaldi pitches 5 scoreless innings as Rangers beat Braves 8-3
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Nathan Eovaldi pitched three-hit ball over five scoreless innings in his first start since the All-Star break and the Texas Rangers beat the Atlanta Braves 8-3 on Friday night. Eovaldi (8-3) threw 53 of his 86 pitches for strikes as Texas won its fourth straight and handed Atlanta a third straight loss. He struck out seven but walked a season-high four. It was also Eovaldi's first start since the Rangers paid him a $100,000 All-Star Game bonus even though the 35-year-old wasn't selected despite a 7-3 record and a 1.58 ERA. He missed his first start after the break — a matchup with AL All-Star starter Tarik Skubal and the Tigers — with back tightness. Sam Haggerty singled leading off the first against Joey Wentz (2-2) before stealing his 10th base and scoring on a sacrifice fly by Marcus Semien for a 1-0 lead. Jonah Heim hit his ninth home run — a two-out shot in the second for a 2-0 lead. Wyatt Langford had a two-out RBI double in the fourth and Sam Haggerty doubled in a run in the fifth for a 4-0 advantage. Three singles, two walks, a hit batter and a sac fly led to four runs in the eighth. Michael Harris II hit his eighth home run — a leadoff shot off Jacob Latz in the seventh to cut it to 4-1. Wentz allowed four runs in 4 1/3 innings. Corey Seager went 0 for 3 but walked twice to extend his on-base streak to 25 games for the Rangers. Austin Riley went 0 for 4 in his first game for Atlanta since suffering an abdominal strain on July 11. Texas had allowed two runs or fewer in a club-record-tying seven straight games until Caleb Boushley surrendered two in the ninth to end the run. Seager is the only player to have an on-base streak of 24-plus games in each of the last three seasons. Braves RHP Grant Holmes (4-9, 3.81) starts against Rangers rookie RHP Kumar Rocker (4-4, 5.66) on Saturday.
San Francisco Chronicle
4 days ago
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Eovaldi pitches 5 scoreless innings as Rangers beat Braves 8-3
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Nathan Eovaldi pitched three-hit ball over five scoreless innings in his first start since the All-Star break and the Texas Rangers beat the Atlanta Braves 8-3 on Friday night. Eovaldi (8-3) threw 53 of his 86 pitches for strikes as Texas won its fourth straight and handed Atlanta a third straight loss. He struck out seven but walked a season-high four. It was also Eovaldi's first start since the Rangers paid him a $100,000 All-Star Game bonus even though the 35-year-old wasn't selected despite a 7-3 record and a 1.58 ERA. He missed his first start after the break — a matchup with AL All-Star starter Tarik Skubal and the Tigers — with back tightness. Sam Haggerty singled leading off the first against Joey Wentz (2-2) before stealing his 10th base and scoring on a sacrifice fly by Marcus Semien for a 1-0 lead. Jonah Heim hit his ninth home run — a two-out shot in the second for a 2-0 lead. Wyatt Langford had a two-out RBI double in the fourth and Sam Haggerty doubled in a run in the fifth for a 4-0 advantage. Three singles, two walks, a hit batter and a sac fly led to four runs in the eighth. Michael Harris II hit his eighth home run — a leadoff shot off Jacob Latz in the seventh to cut it to 4-1. Austin Riley went 0 for 4 in his first game for Atlanta since suffering an abdominal strain on July 11. Key moment Texas had allowed two runs or fewer in a club-record-tying seven straight games until Caleb Boushley surrendered two in the ninth to end the run. Key stat Seager is the only player to have an on-base streak of 24-plus games in each of the last three seasons. Up next ___
