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#bo-bichette

Masataka Yoshida has been one of the most consistent hitters for the Boston Red Sox since joining the team this year.Yoshida trails only behind Bo Bichette of the Toronto Blue Jays for most multi-hit games from an American League player this season.For more, check out "Red Sox First Pitch," presented by Rodenhiser Home Services.

Alex Verdugo belted a leadoff homer in the ninth inning against Jordan Romano for his third walk-off hit this season, and the Boston Red Sox beat Toronto 6-5 on Monday night to end a nine-game losing streak to the visiting Blue Jays.Emmanuel Valdez hit his first major league home run, a two-run drive, and Jarren Duran added a solo shot for the Red Sox.

It was a slow Monday across Major League Baseball.The Yankees were off as they get set to take on the White Sox tonight, and only eight games in total were on the calendar.Three of them featured potential playoff matchups for New York, so let's dive in and see how they did.It looks like it might be that kind of year for Shane McClanahan.

"Normally, I'm just trying to see the ball," Verdugo said."I think a lot of people when they get in those moments, the adrenaline they kind of let it take over and are already swinging out of the hand.I think for me I was having those thoughts about the first pitch where I was like, 'Man, I'm just going to swing.'

It was a big day for daytime baseball across MLB, as the Yankees finally righted the ship in their series finale with the Twins.While New York put up a dozen runs in their Wednesday matinee, two of their rivals were playing in parallel, and that's where we start our daily recap of the American League playoff favorites.

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across Major League Baseball.Each week, we send out questions to the most plugged-in New York Yankees fans, and fans across the country.Sign up here to join Reacts.The 2023 regular season will start in just a few days, and it's time to see what fans think about two burning questions regarding the New York Yankees.

Alek Manoah's season went from bad to worse on Monday night.The Blue Jays right-hander gave up six earned runs and lasted just one-third of an inning as the Houston Astros dumped Toronto 11-4 at Rogers Centre."[I] understand this game is hard," Manoah said."It's going to kick you in the butt.

TORONTO (AP) Aaron Judge homered twice, including a 462-foot drive over the center field batter's eye three pitches after manager Aaron Boone was ejected for arguing a called strike to the slugger, and the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-4 Monday night.Judge hit a pair of solo homers, putting the Yankees ahead in the first inning with an opposite-field shot to right against Alek Manoah (1-4) and extending New York's lead to seven in the eighth with a 114.9 mph scorcher off Jay Jackson.

Shortstop Brandon Crawford is the final remnant of the Giants' World Series teams from the early 2010s after longtime first baseman Brandon Belt agreed to a one-year deal with the Toronto Blue Jays, according to multiple reports on Monday night.Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle was first to report that Belt was moving on from the team that selected him in the fifth round of the 2009 draft and he helped win the final two of its three World Series championships in five seasons from 2010-14.

Another day, another mammoth Aaron Judge blast.His seventh home run in as many games sparked the offense en route to an eventual 6-2 victory in the series opener against the Reds.Eight of their AL rivals also took to the field, so let's jump right into the action.Shane McClanahan and Adrian Houser went toe-to-toe in a series matchup between two of the strongest starting staffs in the land.

The AL East in 2023 is a gauntlet.It has proven itself to be the best division in baseball, with teams boasting MVPs, All-Stars, and top-flight young talent.Unfortunately for the Yankees, and fortunately for baseball fans, it appears that this division projects to be good for the foreseeable future.

After producing perhaps the most electric swing of the 2023 Marlins season in the previous game, it was once again Jorge Soler who made the difference for Miami on Wednesday night, as they beat the Washington Nationals 4-3 and clinched the series win.On the bump for Miami was Edward Cabrera, who made his 9th start of the season.

I agree Sid.I also think Bo Bichette at short stop is a ridiculous risk for a playoff team.His bat is fantastic but his defense is atrocious.He should be at 2nd and Espinal at short or Semien last year.I fear the manager is simply a tool for management so his hands are tied
- sab kulafi (@SabKulafi) October 11, 2022




Bo Bichette with 23 errors at SS this season, turning 30 less DPs than closest comparable SS with Error stats (Mateo).

With two of their most productive regulars resting, an opener on the mound, and one of the newest Yankees killers opposing them, the Bombers seemed to be behind the eight ball before the series opener even kicked off.That's where proceedings diverged from the script, with Alek Manoah laying an egg and Jimmy Cordero and Jhony Brito combining for 7.1 innings.

A frustrating series ended in frustrating fashion Sunday as the Atlanta Braves suffered a walk-off, 6-5 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays.The Braves did not take long to get things going offensively as Ronald Acuna Jr. launched a lead off home run into the second deck off of Blue Jays starter Yusei Kikuchi.

The Braves entered game 2 of te three game series in Toronto seeking to level the series behind Bryce Elder.The focus, however, was on the offense, after getting shut out by Chris Bassitt on Friday.The first inning did nothing to ease those concerns, as two soft groundouts and a strikeout ended the Braves' offensive hopes.

After a workmanlike 3-2 home stand against the Orioles and Red Sox, the Braves hit the road again to kick off a six game road trip.They start the trip with a three game set with the Blue Jays to finish off their tour of the AL East.They will then travel to Texas to face off with the resurgent Rangers.

Well, we have to give the Yankees this: They do at least keep finding new ways to lose.After rallying from down four runs last night, they ended up falling to the Rays after a costly Jake Bauers fumble in left field allowed Tampa Bay to take the lead for good.Unfortunately, that's another loss on the tally in what's been a difficult start to the season.

The Yankees enjoyed a much needed day off yesterday as their depleted squad rests in anticipation of a pivotal early season matchup against the Rays.If you would've told me that the Rays and Pirates would be in first place when the two sides met at the start of May, I might've questioned your sanity.

If the Yankees weren't sure that they were in a rough spot, last night was a perfect example of snatching defeat out of the jaws of victory.An absolute gem from Domingo Germán got them into the ninth with a shutout, only to watch the loss creep in when Clay Holmes was summoned from the 'pen and promptly blew it.

Well, the Yankees just had what hopefully will amount to the worst game of their season.If it's any consolation to all those smarting after a brutal week of Yankees baseball, there were at least some excellent contests played over the weekend by the Yankee rivals (no, it probably isn't much consolation).

Ahead of the start of spring training, MLB.com created its version of the top 100 players in baseball right now.Newly-signed shortstop, Dansby Swanson, made the list at No. 39.He represents the only Chicago Cub on the list and the highest-ranked player in Chicago, beating out all White Sox players who made the cut.

This team can look very good when everything is going well, but it rarely ever does.Starting next year, though, this team has some real talent.The game included a Raimel Tapia triple (his second of the year) and a Jackie Bradley Jr. pinch-hit homerun off of former Blue Jay, Brad Hand, who was famously awful for them last year, so yeah, really weird game.Wild Card Race Toronto Blue Jays (84 - 66) Chances of making the postseason: 99.8% (FG), >99% (538) Chance of winning the World Series: 6.6% (FG), 3% (538) The Blue Jays are in a much better position than they were just a week ago, sitting high and mighty atop the Wild Card standings with a 1.5 game lead.

The Yankees rotation finally has a bit of good news for you this fine Saturday: Nestor Cortes is back!A bit more than a month after removing himself from the Team USA roster with a hamstring injury, the 28-year-old people's champion is set to kick off his second full season in the Yankees rotation with a Saturday afternoon start against Bowden Francis and the Toronto Blue Jays.

The Toronto Blue Jays and shortstop Bo Bichette avoided arbitration after the two sides agreed to terms on a three-year, $33.6 million US contract, the team announced Thursday.The deal would cover Bichette's remaining years of arbitration eligibility.He could still become a free agent after the 2025 season.