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Chicago Tribune
13-07-2025
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- Chicago Tribune
Chicago White Sox prospect Noah Schultz struggles as National League wins MLB All-Star Futures Game
ATLANTA — Josue De Paula hit a three-run home run in a four-run fourth inning and the National League beat the American League 4-2 on Saturday in the All-Star Futures Game featuring top prospects. The National League is 4-1-1 since the Futures Game moved from a United States versus World format to AL versus NL in 2019. Noah Schultz, a left-hander in the Chicago White Sox's organization, gave up four hits and four runs, including the line-drive home run by De Paula that traveled 416 feet to right-center. De Paula, an outfielder, plays for High-A Great Lakes in the Los Angeles Dodgers' organization. De Paula, selected the game's Most Valuable Player, said the home run is 'definitely a motivator' in his path to the major leagues. 'For me mentally, a big moment,' De Paula said. 'It proved to me, especially to myself, who I really am.' Schultz then gave up a single to LuJames Groover, who scored on Chicago Cubs prospect Owen Caissie's double to left field. New York Yankees infield prospect George Lombard Jr., the son of Detroit Tigers bench coach George Lombard, walked, stole second base and scored on Sox prospect Braden Montgomery's groundout in the third to give the AL a 1-0 lead. Lombard also had a double. Josue Briceño, a Double A catcher for Detroit, tripled and scored on Sebastian Walcott's sacrifice fly in the fourth to push the lead to 2-0. Two former Atlanta stars, Chipper Jones and Marquis Grissom, were the managers for the NL and AL, respectively. Jones was an eight-time All-Star third baseman who spent his entire career with Atlanta before becoming a first-ballot Hall of Fame inductee in 2018. Jones and Grissom were teammates on Atlanta's 1995 World Series championship team. Grissom caught a fly ball in center field for the clinching final out in the win over Cleveland. 'You can't measure my chill bumps right now with a yard stick,' Jones said when asked about the memory of watching Grissom 'just glide to it and knowing that he's got a bead on it and this puppy's over, it was like it was happening in slow motion.' Right-hander JR Ritchie, an Atlanta prospect who has pitched for High-A Rome and Double-A Columbus this season, because the 10th pitcher to start a Futures Game in his organization's home park. Ritchie had two strikeouts in a scoreless first inning. Ritchie said he received a phone call from Jones telling him he would start. 'It was unbelievable,' Ritchie said. 'I never thought Chipper Jones would call me.' Left-hander Parker Messick, who is with Cleveland's Triple-A Columbus, had a scoreless first inning for the AL. Grissom's son, Marquis Grissom Jr., a right-hander for the Washington Nationals' Triple-A Rochester, gave up one run in one inning for the NL while his father was in the opposing dugout. He said he was looking forward to bragging about the win to his father. 'He lost!' Grissom Jr. said. 'He took the L so he better be ready when I get home!' 'I'm just happy to be a part of this, and get a chance to see my son, all the work he's put in to be a part of this and excel his baseball career,' the elder Grissom said, adding the chance 'to be around the future stars of the game, it doesn't really get any better than that for me.' Seattle minor leaguer Jurrangelo Cijntje showed off his switch-pitching skills in his scoreless second inning for the AL. He recorded a strikeout against Jesús Made while pitching from the right side, when threw from the left side while coaxing a fly ball from De Paula before giving up a single to LuJames Groover, again from the right side and then switching yet again to strike out Joe Mack and end the inning.
Washington Post
06-07-2025
- Sport
- Washington Post
Mets ace Kodai Senga could rejoin rotation next weekend in Kansas City
NEW YORK — Mets ace Kodai Senga could rejoin the rotation next weekend in the final series before the All-Star break, a little over a month after straining his right hamstring. Senga allowed four runs — three earned — and six hits in 3 2/3 innings during Saturday's minor league injury rehabilitation start for Double-A Binghamton at Hartford. Senga struck out four, walked two and threw 44 of 68 pitches for strikes.
Yahoo
29-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Yankees make timely move as prospect promotion fuels trade speculation
Yankees make timely move as prospect promotion fuels trade speculation originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Yankees are sending Spencer Jones to Triple-A—right on schedule, or just in time, depending on how you look at it. Advertisement Of course, this move is a reward for Jones starting to dominate at Double-A. It also raises his visibility on the trade market just as it's starting to heat up. As we wrote yesterday, Jones is talented enough to headline a major trade—and risky enough that the Yankees could sell high. Promoting him now could serve two purposes: to continue his development and showcase him to potential buyers. The 6-foot-7 outfielder was promoted from Double-A Somerset to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Thursday, per SNY's Andy Martino. It's a deserved bump for the 2022 first-round pick out of Vanderbilt, who put up video game numbers in June and has 16 homers and 10 stolen bases on the season. Jones' raw tools have never been in doubt. What's changed is his ability to tap into them more consistently. The Yankees had him repeat Double-A this year as a 24-year-old after a strikeout-heavy 2023 season in which he fanned 200 times in 124 games. So far, the reset looks like it worked. His strikeout rate is down, his walk rate is up, and the power has returned with force—he slugged over .600 in June and posted an OPS north of 1.000. New York Yankees outfielder Spencer JonesNathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images He's not Aaron Judge. He's a lefty, for starters. But the frame, the athleticism, and the power-speed combo? It's easy to see why the Yankees are intrigued. He's gone 10-for-12 in stolen base attempts and continues to show strong instincts in the field. Advertisement There's still plenty to iron out. Jones needed time to adjust when he first arrived at Double-A, and Triple-A pitching will bring another layer of challenge. But if the swing-and-miss stays manageable, the upside is obvious. Could he one day share an outfield with Judge in the Bronx? Sure. But this summer, the more pressing question might be whether he's still in the organization by August. For now, he's one stop closer. Related: Is This Yankees Prospect Too Talented to Trade or Too Risky to Keep? Related: Weekend Series at Yankee Stadium Comes With a Familiar Twist This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 27, 2025, where it first appeared.
Yahoo
28-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Marcus Stroman rejoining Yankees' starting rotation on Sunday vs. Athletics
Most of the recent pitching news with the New York Yankees has involved starters going on the injured list. Ryan Yarbrough was the latest, sidelined with a right oblique strain. However, the Yankees will get a starting pitcher back on Sunday with Marcus Stroman returning to the rotation against the Athletics. Stroman has been on the IL since mid-April with left knee inflammation, but just completed three starts on a minor-league rehab assignment. Advertisement After throwing a side session on Friday with no difficulties, Yankees manager Aaron Boone announced that Stroman would start on Sunday. 'He's mostly built up and he feels ready to go,' Boone told reporters, via 'Hopefully, he represents that when we go out there [Sunday].' Stroman didn't put up impressive numbers during his rehab assignment, compiling a 6.97 ERA. In his final rehab start for Double-A Somerset on Tuesday, he allowed five runs, 10 hits and two walks in 3 2/3 innings. That performance, coupled with Stroman struggling before he went on the IL, has some Yankees observers concerned about what sort of contribution the 11-year veteran can provide. Yet Stroman insists he feels good and appeared to imply that his results will be better with the urgency of pitching in the majors, rather than recovering in the minors. 'I'm just making sure the knee's moving well, body's feeling good, arm's feeling good,' Stroman said, via 'I'm someone who definitely needs the intensity to turn it back up, so I'm looking forward to getting back out there.' Advertisement Stroman also explained that he altered his mechanics during his rehab assignment to lessen the stress on his left knee. In his previous three starts this season, Stroman collected an 11.57 ERA with 12 hits and seven walks allowed in 9 1/3 innings. This was after his spot in the starting rotation was in question during spring training. At the time, Stroman insisted pitching out of the bullpen was not an option. But with Gerrit Cole undergoing Tommy John surgery and Luis Gil and Clarke Schmidt beginning the season on the IL, Stroman basically won a starting role by default. Stroman being activated means Allan Winans will be sent back down to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Winans got a spot start on Monday after compiling an 0.90 ERA in 11 minor-league starts. But he was battered for four runs and five hits in 4 1/3 innings versus the Cincinnati Reds.
Al Arabiya
28-06-2025
- Sport
- Al Arabiya
Ready to return to Yankees, Marcus Stroman says knee pain stems from torn ACL a decade ago
Marcus Stroman feels ready to return to the mound for the New York Yankees, able to manage pain in his left knee stemming from a torn ACL a decade ago. 'It's something that I try not to put in my head because if you're just thinking about that 24/7, you're not in a good place,' the 34-year-old right-hander said Saturday, a day before he faces the Athletics. Stroman has not pitched for the Yankees since allowing five runs in two-thirds of an inning against San Francisco on April 11. In three rehab appearances with Double-A Somerset that began June 11, Stroman was 0–1 with a 6.97 ERA. He allowed five runs, 10 hits, and two walks over 3 2/3 innings on Wednesday against Detroit's Erie SeaWolves. 'I'm someone who definitely needs kind of the intensity to turn it on, so looking forward to kind of getting back out there,' Stroman said. Stroman tore his ACL during a spring training fielding drill with Toronto on March 10, 2015, had surgery nine days later, and returned to a big league mound that Sept. 19 when he beat the Yankees in a five-inning outing in the Bronx. He credited Nikki Huffman, his personal trainer and Toronto's head athletic trainer from 2018–19, with helping him manage the pain. 'It's my ACL knee that I tore 10 years ago, so just figuring out how to deal with the soreness, the aching, and then mechanically figuring out how to get away from kind of overdoing it into my knee,' Stroman said. 'When I'm more efficient mechanically, my knee's taking less stress.' Stroman started the season 0–1 with an 11.57 ERA in three starts. He rejoins a rotation missing ace Gerrit Cole (Tommy John surgery), AL Rookie of the Year Luis Gil (strained right lat), and left-hander Ryan Yarbrough (strained right oblique). 'He's got to command it. That's the biggest thing is being where he wants on the plate and having a presence on both sides of the plate–can't just live one side,' Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. 'What is kind of the shapes of his pitches? Are is he crisp?' Stroman was 10–9 with a 4.31 ERA in 29 starts and one relief appearance over 154 2/3 innings last season, his most since 2021 with the Mets. Stroman struggled in the second half and did not pitch in the postseason when the Yankees made their first World Series appearance since 2009. Boone discounted the last minor league outing. 'It was a smoking hot day in Somerset for a veteran guy that's pitching in Somerset for his third one,' Boone said. Spencer Jones homers in first Triple-A at-bat. In his first game following his promotion, Spencer Jones homered in his first at-bat for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. A 6-foot-7, 24-year outfielder, Jones hit a solo homer in the first inning Friday night off Worcester's Tyler Uberstine, driving a full-count low-and-insider sinker 397 feet to center. The drive was 109.9 mph off his bat. Jones was 1 for 5 with two strikeouts in the RailRiders' 4–2 win. He hit .270 with 16 homers, 32 RBIs, 10 stolen bases, and a .984 OPS for Double-A Somerset, striking out 70 times in 175 at-bats. 'Obviously the ceiling is real, just the speed and power and athleticism is real,' Boone said. 'It's just about plugging some holes, continue to tighten up as a big guy, which could be challenging, but if you master it, it can be pretty awesome. So he's moving the needle.'
