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Mariners C Cal Raleigh breaks 55-year HR mark set by Johnny Bench
June 21 - Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh surpassed legendary Johnny Bench for most homers before the All-Star break by a primary catcher when he hit two against the Chicago Cubs in Friday's 9-4 victory. Raleigh has 29 homers to break a record that stood for 55 years. Hall of Famer Bench hit 28 in 87 games as the Cincinnati Reds' primary catcher before the 1970 All-Star break. Raleigh has passed that mark in just 73 games. Raleigh was honored to have his name associated with Bench, considered one of the top catchers in the history of the sport. "Any time you're mentioned even in the same sentence as one of the best -- if not the best -- to ever do it is obviously a special, special thing," Raleigh said. "So I'm just very grateful." Raleigh said he met Bench last November at a Gold Glove Award ceremony in New York. He said a big part of their discussion revolved around durability. Raleigh, 28, has missed just one of Seattle's 74 games this season. In addition to his major-league-leading homer total, Raleigh has 63 RBIs and a .273 average. He established career bests of 34 homers and 100 RBIs last season. Raleigh is in position to make a run at Salvador Perez's single-season homer record for a primary catcher. Perez slammed 48 in 2021. Raleigh hit a solo homer in the first and a two-run shot in the seventh on Friday. --Field Level Media
USA Today
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- USA Today
Nolan Arenado Player Props: June 20, Cardinals vs. Reds
Nolan Arenado's St. Louis Cardinals play the Cincinnati Reds on June 20 at 7:15 p.m. ET, and will see starter Brady Singer on the mound. Arenado had one homer in his last game, finishing 3-for-5. Find odds, stats, and more below to make your Nolan Arenado player prop bets. Arenado is hitting .247 with 11 doubles, a triple, nine home runs and 23 walks. Watch tonight's Cardinals game on Fubo! Nolan Arenado Prop Bets and Odds How to Watch St. Louis Cardinals vs. Cincinnati Reds Nolan Arenado vs. Brady Singer Nolan Arenado prop bet insights MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Friday at 1:29 p.m. ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub. Nolan Arenado stats against the Reds Reds starter: Brady Singer
New York Times
14 hours ago
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- New York Times
Reds stock report: Chase Burns, Matt McLain are up. Who is down?
CINCINNATI — Thursday's 12-5 loss to the Minnesota Twins notwithstanding, the Cincinnati Reds are trending in the right direction. The loss to the Twins snapped a four-game winning streak, but the Reds have still won 10 of their last 14 and are just a game out of the third wild-card spot. The Reds sit fourth in the National League Central, but the three teams between the division-leading Chicago Cubs and the cellar-dwelling Pittsburgh Pirates were separated by just a game after the Reds' loss. Advertisement With a 39-36 record after 75 games, the Reds' overall stock is up, but which players are trending up and which are trending in the wrong direction? You'd think stock couldn't rise that much after being selected with the second pick in the MLB Draft less than a year ago, but the right-hander has made the minor leagues look like a walk in the park, already advancing from High-A Dayton to Triple-A Louisville without appearing to break a sweat. The Reds' player development staff followed the same game plan it used the year before when the team took a right-handed pitcher out of Wake Forest with its first pick in the draft. After taking Rhett Lowder in 2023, the team decided not to have him pitch in the minors that season, instead inviting Lowder to big-league camp, then having him start the 2024 season at High-A Dayton. Lowder made quick work of the Midwest League and was promoted to Double A after just five dominating starts. He struggled in his transition to Double A but was promoted to Triple A after 16 starts. He made one start in Triple A before he was called up to Cincinnati, where he went 2-2 with a 1.17 ERA in six big-league starts. Burns made just three starts in Dayton before heading to Chattanooga. In six starts with the Lookouts, the 22-year-old made it look easy, striking out 55 of the 151 batters he faced and walking just four. The eight runs he surrendered in 42 Double-A starts were two fewer than Lowder surrendered in just his first two Double-A starts. Burns walked as many batters (four) in his first Triple-A start as he did in all of his Double-A starts, but in his second start Wednesday, he didn't walk anyone and struck out seven in seven innings. It took Lowder just 416 days from the day he was drafted to debut in the big leagues, and Burns could beat that timeline. Advertisement McLain missed all of the 2024 season after suffering a shoulder injury in spring training. He even looked better last season than through the first two months of this season. McLain entered June hitting just .178/.273/.300, moving from second in the batting order most days to ninth. Reds manager Terry Francona kept McLain in the lineup, in part because he said McLain never looked like he was struggling. 'He was playing the rest of the game always (the same) — defensively, running the bases,' Francona said. 'He wasn't throwing (stuff) in the dugout, panicking. He handled it. He doesn't look any different when he's getting a hit or he doesn't.' McLain has started getting hits. He's hitting .271/.364/.417 this month and extended his hitting streak to seven games Thursday. Last year, the Reds had two first-time All-Stars: Elly De La Cruz and Hunter Greene. It seems like a near-certainty that De La Cruz will head to Atlanta for his second All-Star appearance, but will he be the only Red at Truist Park? With Greene on the injured list, the Reds' best hopes for a second All-Star could lie with a pair of players who have little national profile and haven't been All-Stars yet: lefty Andrew Abbott and center fielder TJ Friedl. With a week left in All-Star voting, it's not that either of the two hasn't proved he has earned a spot; it's whether a spot will be available. It's difficult to make a case for Abbott not making the team, but the 26-year-old's stuff is as unassuming as his 6-foot, 192-pound frame. Abbott looks like a regular Joe, and his average fastball velocity of 92.2 mph is in just the 19th percentile in baseball. Proving that velocity isn't everything on a fastball, however, it's in the 86th percentile, according to Baseball Savant's fastball run value. Entering Thursday's games, Abbott was 21st in the NL in FanGraphs' version of WAR (1.6) but sixth in Baseball Reference's pitcher WAR (2.6). FanGraphs' WAR (fWAR) is more dependent on fielding independent pitching factors such as strikeouts, while Baseball Reference's version (bWAR) favors actual outcomes over expected outcomes. Advertisement Abbott improved to 6-1 with a 1.84 ERA on Tuesday and 4-1 with a 1.35 ERA in nine starts since May 1. Abbott has allowed more than one earned run in just two of his 12 starts. He and the New York Mets' Kodai Senga (1.47) haven't pitched enough innings to qualify for the ERA title, which is being led by the Pittsburgh Pirates' Paul Skenes (1.85). Among qualified National League outfielders, Friedl ranks second in hits (80), second in batting average (.294), third in on-base percentage (.384), sixth in runs (47), sixth in walks (38), seventh in OPS (.829) and 10th in stolen bases (nine). Encarnacion-Strand came off the IL and made an immediate splash, hitting a tying homer in his first game back. Then, in the continuation of the game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, he notched the team's first walk-off win with a double in the 10th inning. In each of his first three games back, Encarnacion-Strand recorded multiple hits and home runs. He had a hit and an RBI in his fourth game. In the seven games since then, he's gone just 3-for-25 with no extra-base hits, no walks and seven strikeouts. Encarnacion-Strand has power, but with Spencer Steer heating up and Noelvi Marte, Austin Hays and Jeimer Candelario potentially coming back soon, his at-bats could be limited. The Reds' two big right-handed relievers, Luis Mey and Zach Maxwell, were the talk of spring training. They were impressive in Cactus League performances and the Spring Breakout, in which Mey and Maxwell pitched the eighth and ninth innings, respectively, each striking out two of the three batters they faced in their perfect innings. Mey is in his second stint with the big-league team and has had mixed results. He has appeared in 15 games, throwing a total of 14 1/3 innings, striking out 15 and walking 10. He has allowed seven runs on eight hits, good for a 4.40 ERA. He has been better at Triple A, where he has thrown 16 1/3 innings over 17 appearances with a 2.76 ERA and three saves. He has struck out 17 and walked 10 for the Louisville Bats. Maxwell has a 4.88 ERA in Louisville, walking 17 and striking out 26 over 29 appearances and 27 2/3 innings. He has five saves in six opportunities but allowed 15 earned runs. Advertisement Both are young enough and have the kind of stuff that can make them dominant at times, but they need to throw strikes to have their production match their stuff. Martinez lasted just 2 2/3 innings Thursday, and in four starts this month, he has amassed just 18 1/3 innings and is 1-3 with an 8.35 ERA. Martinez gave up four home runs through his first 10 starts and nine in his last five. Martinez isn't in danger of losing his spot in the rotation anytime soon, but he could be an attractive trade piece, especially with a possible return from Greene after the All-Star break and a possible Burns call-up. (Top photo of Matt McLain and third-base coach J.R. House: Dylan Buell / Getty Images)
Associated Press
17 hours ago
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- Associated Press
Cardinals host the Reds to open 3-game series
Cincinnati Reds (39-36, fourth in the NL Central) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (40-35, third in the NL Central) St. Louis; Friday, 7:15 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Reds: Brady Singer (7-4, 4.34 ERA, 1.34 WHIP, 60 strikeouts); Cardinals: Andre Pallante (4-3, 4.83 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 54 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cardinals -136, Reds +115; over/under is 9 runs BOTTOM LINE: The St. Louis Cardinals start a three-game series at home against the Cincinnati Reds on Friday. St. Louis is 22-14 in home games and 40-35 overall. Cardinals hitters have a collective .396 slugging percentage to rank seventh in the NL. Cincinnati is 39-36 overall and 19-19 in road games. The Reds have a 32-4 record in games when they out-hit their opponents. Friday's game is the fifth time these teams meet this season. The season series is tied 2-2. TOP PERFORMERS: Willson Contreras leads the Cardinals with 26 extra base hits (16 doubles and 10 home runs). Alec Burleson is 16 for 42 with three doubles, two home runs and six RBIs over the last 10 games. Elly De La Cruz has 14 doubles and 16 home runs for the Reds. Tyler Stephenson is 12 for 42 with three doubles, a home run and nine RBIs over the past 10 games. LAST 10 GAMES: Cardinals: 4-6, .250 batting average, 4.65 ERA, outscored opponents by three runs Reds: 7-3, .274 batting average, 5.08 ERA, outscored opponents by one run INJURIES: Cardinals: Zack Thompson: 60-Day IL (lat) Reds: Graham Ashcraft: 15-Day IL (groin), Rhett Lowder: 60-Day IL (forearm), Hunter Greene: 15-Day IL (groin), Austin Hays: 10-Day IL (foot), Carson Spiers: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Tyler Callihan: 60-Day IL (forearm), Noelvi Marte: 10-Day IL (side), Jeimer Candelario: 10-Day IL (back), Brandon Williamson: 60-Day IL (elbow), Julian Aguiar: 60-Day IL (elbow) ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .
Yahoo
17 hours ago
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Cardinals host the Reds to open 3-game series
Cincinnati Reds (39-36, fourth in the NL Central) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (40-35, third in the NL Central) St. Louis; Friday, 7:15 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Reds: Brady Singer (7-4, 4.34 ERA, 1.34 WHIP, 60 strikeouts); Cardinals: Andre Pallante (4-3, 4.83 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 54 strikeouts) Advertisement BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cardinals -136, Reds +115; over/under is 9 runs BOTTOM LINE: The St. Louis Cardinals start a three-game series at home against the Cincinnati Reds on Friday. St. Louis is 22-14 in home games and 40-35 overall. Cardinals hitters have a collective .396 slugging percentage to rank seventh in the NL. Cincinnati is 39-36 overall and 19-19 in road games. The Reds have a 32-4 record in games when they out-hit their opponents. Friday's game is the fifth time these teams meet this season. The season series is tied 2-2. TOP PERFORMERS: Willson Contreras leads the Cardinals with 26 extra base hits (16 doubles and 10 home runs). Alec Burleson is 16 for 42 with three doubles, two home runs and six RBIs over the last 10 games. Advertisement Elly De La Cruz has 14 doubles and 16 home runs for the Reds. Tyler Stephenson is 12 for 42 with three doubles, a home run and nine RBIs over the past 10 games. LAST 10 GAMES: Cardinals: 4-6, .250 batting average, 4.65 ERA, outscored opponents by three runs Reds: 7-3, .274 batting average, 5.08 ERA, outscored opponents by one run INJURIES: Cardinals: Zack Thompson: 60-Day IL (lat) Reds: Graham Ashcraft: 15-Day IL (groin), Rhett Lowder: 60-Day IL (forearm), Hunter Greene: 15-Day IL (groin), Austin Hays: 10-Day IL (foot), Carson Spiers: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Tyler Callihan: 60-Day IL (forearm), Noelvi Marte: 10-Day IL (side), Jeimer Candelario: 10-Day IL (back), Brandon Williamson: 60-Day IL (elbow), Julian Aguiar: 60-Day IL (elbow) ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
