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Yahoo
4 hours ago
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- Yahoo
Why Detroit Tigers star Riley Greene declined Home Run Derby invite, chance for $1 million
ATLANTA — Detroit Tigers All-Star outfielder Riley Greene received multiple invitations from MLB to participate in the 2025 Home Run Derby on Monday, July 14, at Truist Park, site of the 2025 All-Star Game. The 24-year-old is tied for eighth among MLB players with 24 home runs, averaging one homer per 16.5 plate appearances. He also ranks third among AL players on the leaderboard, with only Cal Raleigh's 38 homers and Aaron Judge's 35 homers ahead of him. But Greene declined MLB's invitations. "I'm just trying to stay healthy," Greene said Tuesday, July 15, less than four hours before the All-Star Game. "It's a lot of swings. Some guys can do it. It's meant for some guys. I don't think it's meant for me right now." MEET THE STARS: Get to know stars of Tigers, who lead MLB with 6 players in 2025 All-Star Game By declining MLB's offers, Greene turned down an opportunity to earn $1 million during the All-Star break. For the Home Run Derby, all eight participants are guaranteed $150,000, with the winner receiving $1 million and the runner-up receiving $500,000. The player who hits the longest home run adds $100,000 to their payout. Greene has an $812,400 salary in 2025. "I haven't hit on the field in two years," said Greene, who only takes batting practice indoors. "I don't think I would have maybe done a good job." In the 2025 Home Run Derby, Raleigh — the Seattle Mariners' catcher — defeated Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Junior Caminero by three home runs, 18-15, in the final round to become the first catcher to win the Home Run Derby. Raleigh's 38 homers are second-most in MLB history before the All-Star break, trailing only Barry Bonds' 39 homers in 2001. The first All-Star Game occurred in 1933. Raleigh is on pace for 64 home runs. "It's special," Greene said. "He's rewriting history." The other six participants: Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder Oneil Cruz, Minnesota Twins center fielder Byron Buxton, Athletics designated hitter Brent Rooker, Washington Nationals outfielder James Wood, Atlanta Braves first baseman Matt Olson and New York Yankees infielder Jazz Chisholm Jr. Chisholm hit just three homers in the first round. He didn't want to mess up his swing. "It's not that I wasn't trying to hit homers," Chisholm told reporters Monday night. "I was trying to keep my swing and hit homers. Instead of just trying to hit everything in the air, I was trying to keep my line drive swing and hit homers." ACE TALKS: Tigers' Tarik Skubal at 2025 All-Star Game: 'Focus is on winning a championship' Greene joined the other five All-Stars from the Tigers in watching the Home Run Derby with the American League players in front of the dugout. All six Tigers left the field after the first round. In 2025, Greene is hitting .284 with 24 home runs, 78 RBIs, 27 walks and 125 strikeouts in 95 games, registering a career-best .879 OPS. He leads MLB in strikeouts, but he ranks third in both homers and RBIs among AL players. And Greene is determined to keep his swing intact — and his body healthy — as he leads the Tigers into the final 65 games of the regular season. "My No. 1 goal is to stay healthy for this team and help them win every night," Greene said. [ MUST LISTEN: Make "Days of Roar" your go-to Detroit Tigers podcast, available anywhere you listen to podcasts (Apple, Spotify) ] Tarik Skubal jokes with Brent Rooker Before the Home Run Derby, Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal — the AL start in the All-Star Game — asked Rooker if he wanted him to be his pitcher for event. Why would Skubal say that? It's because Rookie has a .471 batting average with three home runs against Skubal in 18 plate appearances. "I don't have a secret," Rooker said. "Sometimes, you just get lucky." Contact Evan Petzold at epetzold@ or follow him @EvanPetzold. Listen to our weekly Tigers show "Days of Roar" every Monday afternoon on Apple, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts. And catch all of our podcasts and daily voice briefing at Order your copy of 'Roar of 125: The Epic History of the Detroit Tigers!' by the Free Press at This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Detroit Tigers star Riley Greene declined Home Run Derby invitation
Time of India
17 hours ago
- Sport
- Time of India
Robot umpire debuts at All-Star Game as Cal Raleigh wins historic first challenge
Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh made history Tuesday night by successfully executing the first robot umpire challenge in MLB All-Star Game . In the opening inning at Truist Park, Raleigh triggered a challenge using the Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS), overturning a ball call into a strike to complete a strikeout of Manny Machado for Detroit's Tarik Skubal . "You take 'em any way you can get 'em, boys," Skubal quipped, as Raleigh tapped his helmet to initiate the review - one of MLB's first live uses of ABS during a game. The play was confirmed by computer animation shown on the stadium scoreboard and the FOX broadcast. — MLBONFOX (@MLBONFOX) by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Cardiologist Reveals: The Simple Morning Habit for a Flatter Belly After 50! Lulutox Undo Later in the game, Oakland rookie Jacob Wilson also made successful use of the system, challenging a called strike in the fifth inning and having it overturned to a ball against Washington's MacKenzie Gore. Skubal, who had just surrendered a two-run double to Ketel Marte, used the review system to his advantage, getting back on track with Machado. "I think it's a strike," Raleigh said, mic'd up during the moment. Live Events Despite his success, Skubal said he wouldn't lean on challenges if the system is implemented in the regular season, expected as early as 2026. "I'm just going to assume that it's going to happen next year," he said. Commissioner Rob Manfred voiced support for continued ABS testing , citing its efficiency and accuracy. However, MLBPA chief Tony Clark raised concerns over the half-inch margin of error and its implications on gameplay and challenge strategy.
San Francisco Chronicle
19 hours ago
- Sport
- San Francisco Chronicle
Cal Raleigh successful on first All-Star robot umpire challenge, a day after winning Home Run Derby
ATLANTA (AP) — Cal Raleigh was just as successful with the first robot umpire All-Star challenge as he was in the Home Run Derby. Seattle's catcher signaled for an appeal to the Automated Ball-Strike System in the first inning Tuesday, getting a strikeout for Detroit's Tarik Subal on San Diego's Manny Machado. 'You take 'em any way you can get 'em, boys,' Skubal said on the mound. Athletics rookie Jacob Wilson also was successful as the first batter to call for a challenge, reversing a 1-0 fastball from Washington's MacKenzie Gore in the fifth inning that had been called a strike. Skubal had given up Ketel Marte's two-run double and retired the Dodgers' Freddie Freeman on a groundout for his first out when he got ahead of Machado 0-2 in the count. Skubal threw a 89.5 mph changeup, and plate umpire Dan Iassogna yelled" 'Ball down!' Raleigh tapped his helmet just before Skubal tipped his cap, triggering a review by the computer umpire that was tested in spring training this year and could be adopted for regular-season use in 2026. 'I think it's a strike,' Raleigh said to Skubal in a conversation captured because they were wearing microphones for the Fox broadcast. An animation of the computer analysis was shown on the Truist Park scoreboard and the broadcast. NL manager Dave Roberts laughed in the dugout after the challenge. Skubal doesn't intend to use challenges during regular-season games if the ABS is put in place. He says he'll rely on his catchers. 'I was joking around that I was going to burn two of them on the first balls just so that way we didn't have them the rest of the game,' he said. 'I'm just going to assume that it's going to happen next year.' Before the game, baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred indicated the sport's 11-man competition committee will consider the system for next season. "I think the ability to correct a bad call in a high-leverage situation without interfering with the time of game because it's so fast is something we ought to continue to pursue,' Manfred said. ABS decisions may have an error of margin up to a half-inch. 'Our guys do have a concern with that half inch, what that might otherwise lead to particularly as it relates to the number of challenges you may have, whether you keep those challenges during the course of the game,' union head Tony Clark told the Baseball Writers Association of America. 'Does there need to be some type of buffer zone consideration? Or do we want to find ourselves in a world where it's the most egregious misses that we want focus in on?' Manfred sounded less concerned. 'I don't believe that technology supports the notion that you need a buffer zone,' he said. 'To get into the idea that there's something that is not a strike that you're going to call a strike in a review system, I don't know why I would want to do that.' MLB sets the top of the automated strike zone at 53.5% of a batter's height and the bottom at 27%, basing the decision on the midpoint of the plate, 8 1/2 inches from the front and 8 1/2 inches from the back. That contrasts with the rule book zone called by umpires, which says the zone is a cube. 'We haven't even started talking about the strike zone itself, how that's going to necessarily be measured, and whether or not there are tweaks that need to be made there, too," Clark said. "So there's a lot of discussion that still needs to be had, despite the fact that it seems more inevitable than not.' Manfred has tested ABS in the minor leagues since 2019, using it for all pitches and then switching to a challenge system. Each team gets two challenges and a successful challenge is retained. Only catchers, batters and pitchers can call for a challenge. 'Where we are on ABS has been fundamentally influenced by player input,' he maintained. "If you had two years ago said to me: What do the owners want to do? I think they would have called every pitch with ABS as soon as possible. That's because there is a fundamental, very fundamental interest in getting it right, right? We owe it to our fans to try to get it right because the players as I talked to them over a couple of years really, expressed a very strong interest or preference for the challenge system that we decided to test." Skubal wondered is all contingencies had been planned for. ___
Wall Street Journal
a day ago
- Lifestyle
- Wall Street Journal
Buying a Home on a Golf Course? Beware the Lengthy Club Waitlist.
Michigan residents Audrey and Sean Swider started dreaming about moving to a golf-club community in a warmer climate about seven years ago. Sean's passion for golf, shared by their two young sons, fueled the couple's desire for a golf-centric lifestyle year-round. In 2023, the Swiders got serious about moving. They toured a half-dozen cities, from Raleigh, N.C., to Jacksonville, Fla. But like many recent U.S. house hunters with fairway aspirations, the Swiders encountered a hazard: golf-club waiting lists, which swelled during the pandemic and have yet to fully ease.
Hamilton Spectator
a day ago
- Sport
- Hamilton Spectator
Cal Raleigh's Home Run Derby win boosts ESPN ratings by 5%
ATLANTA (AP) — Big Dumper helped drive a big boost to ratings for Monday night's Home Run Derby. ESPN said Tuesday that viewership for Cal Raleigh's Home Run Derby victory was up 5% from 2024, according to Nielsen ratings. Raleigh's win over fellow finalist Junior Caminero of Tampa Bay drew an average audience of 5,729,000 viewers, up from 5,451,000 viewers in 2024 when Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Teoscar Hernández topped Bobby Witt Jr. in the finals. ESPN says the combined audience on ESPN and ESPN2 peaked with 6,307,000 viewers at 9:30 p.m. ET. That made the Home Run Derby one of the most-watched programs of the day, including all broadcast and cable choices. Raleigh's father, Todd was his personal pitcher for the event. The Seattle catcher's 15-year-old brother, Todd Jr., was his catcher. The elder Raleigh is a former coach of Tennessee and Western Carolina. Raleigh, 28, leads the majors with 38 homers and 82 RBIs and is the American League's starting catcher in Tuesday night's All-Star Game. Raleigh became the second Mariners player to take the title, following three-time winner Ken Griffey Jr., who was on the field, snapping photos. ___ AP MLB:
