Largest salaries on the Rays’ payroll for next season:
1. New York Yankees ($15M)
T-2. Brandon Lowe ($10.5M)
T-2. Jeffrey Springs ($10.5M)
4. Yandy Díaz ($10M)
5. Pete Fairbanks ($3.817M)
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- Juan Soto turns 23 years old today. He has 485 career hits, 98 home runs, 373 walks and 312 RBIs. Here’s a full list of all the players in MLB history to reach those totals before turning 23: Juan Soto
- According to Statcast, this 268-foot throw by Anthony Santander is the deepest distance any player has thrown a player out at home from this season. 🎥: @Orioles
- The oldest teams in MLB, by average age: 1. Nationals (31.1) - Made WS 2. Yankees (30.0) - ALCS 3. Braves (29.7) - Won NL East 4. Astros (29.4) - ALCS 5. Dodgers (29.0) - 106 wins 6. Cards (28.8) - Won NL Central But yeah, aim for those cheap young guys. Right, savvy MLB execs?
- MLB is partnering with artists to create custom manhole covers (a popular art form in Japan) that celebrate their 12 active Japanese players to be featured in their hometowns, including Orioles' Tomoyuki Sugano. Sugano's cover will be installed in Sagamihara City on June 29.
- Georgetown hosted its graduation ceremony at Nationals Park yesterday, but that wasn’t stopping Max Scherzer from getting his work in.
- Orioles’ announced attendance today: 36,698. It’s the lowest-attended playoff game in Camden Yards history.
- Amid their 10-17 start, the Orioles subreddit has resorted to bird watching discussions instead of baseball like it did during the rebuild.
- Nationals’ lineup for Game 7 of the 2019 World Series: SS Trea Turner (now: LAD) RF Adam Eaton (FA) 3B Anthony Rendon (LAA) LF Juan Soto DH Howie Kendrick (retired) 2B Asdrúbal Cabrera (FA) 1B Ryan Zimmerman (retired) C Yan Gomes (CHC) CF Victor Robles SP Max Scherzer (NYM)
- Orioles’ Tony Mansolino says he told Jackson Holliday shortly after he took over as interim manager that the 21-year-old would be playing every day, against righties and lefties, moving forward.
- There are reports of an active shooter OUTSIDE Nationals Park. Stadium workers are telling fans to stay inside the stadium right now
- Also here is kid actor Keivonn Woodard (The Last of Us), an avid hockey fan who comes from a six-generation deaf family. A native of Bowie, Md., he says he wears yellow laces in his skates because of Ovechkin.
- Alex Ovechkin on how he’s going to celebrate scoring the second most goals in NHL history: “Going to the bar right now. Hot dog, nachos.”
