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(SI.com) Where Diamondbacks Rank After Newest MLB Prospect Update
On Thursday, MLB Pipeline rleeased its newest prospect rankings, including the overall top 100, as well as new top-30 rankings for each individual club.
Here’s how the Arizona Diamondbacks made out after this latest update. It’s not exactly ideal.
(Sporting News) Corbin Carroll joins Willie Mays in MLB history with latest milestone
Corbin Carroll added another extraordinary accomplishment to his growing résumé Wednesday night, even if the Arizona Diamondbacks could not give him a victory to celebrate. Carroll hit the 100th home run of his career and added his 57th triple during Arizona’s 6-4 loss to the Colorado Rockies at Chase Field. By reaching those marks in his 606th career game, the Diamondbacks star became the first player in MLB history to record at least 100 home runs, 50 triples and 100 stolen bases within his first 650 games.
He also became only the second player to reach all three totals within his first 700 games. The other was Willie Mays. That is rare company for any player, let alone one who is only 25 years old.
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(MLB.com) If you build it, Schwarbombs will come! Phils slugger blasts 2 HRs at Field of Dreams Game
Schwarber wasted no time making his mark on the MLB Field of Dreams Game presented by John Deere, blasting a leadoff home run into the corn beyond the right-field wall. But he wasn’t done yet — the Phillies’ slugger then went back for seconds just a few innings later in the Phillies’ 7-1 victory over the Twins.
It’s perhaps only fitting that the player who leads the Majors in home runs (37) also leads in home runs to land in a cornfield (two).
On Wednesday, PCA had a game-tying RBI double and then scored on a go-ahead home run in a Cubs win, while Ohtani hit a go-ahead home run in a Dodgers win. The Dodgers are 73-48 and the Cubs are 71-50, both within close range of the best record in baseball.
It’s only August, of course, which means both players have six weeks to continue building their résumés. But there’s another interesting wrinkle in the race: does Ohtani pitch again during the regular season? And if so, how much does he actually pitch? On that front, there’s been movement. Sort of.
(Yahoo! Sports) Max Muncy, once cast off by A’s, becomes Dodger Stadium’s all-time home run leader
An underdog career on the least underdog of teams culminated in Muncy becoming the all-time leader in home runs at Dodger Stadium on Thursday, hitting his 131st in the sixth inning against the Milwaukee Brewers. He had entered the game as a pinch-hitter for Miguel Rojas and lifted a 426-foot homer off Brewers reliever Antonio Senzatela.