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Bryce Harper, Henry Davis, Jackson Holliday, Spencer Torkelson and Mickey Moniak each hit home runs. If that sounds like it’s rare, it’s because it is.

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Cal Raleigh won the Platinum Glove in ’24, but he didn’t need the leather to make this play.

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In this week’s MLB.com Power Rankings, the top six teams were all from the NL. That leaves these five clubs with work to do if they want to catch up to the early contenders.

In our second Hitter Power Rankings, the early results are enough to move the needle, with five fresh faces crashing the party.

Sometimes hard contact can result in an out. But a 7-3 putout — an extremely rare play — is probably not what the Pirates’ Tommy Pham had in mind when he lined a ball to left field last night.

Stella Weaver, who made a name for herself as the only girl to play at the 2023 Little League World Series, was back in the spotlight, earning the MLB Develops MVP Award presented by Chevrolet at the 2025 Trailblazer Series.

Ed Miklavcic, a 105-year-old World War II veteran, is the second-oldest living survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor, and he threw out an incredible first pitch, even apologizing for missing the strike zone.

Tensions were high last night in Pittsburgh between the Nationals and Pirates, who close their four-game set at PNC Park at 12:30 p.m. ET.

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