Sticky substance on his hands. meanwhile, new york mets pitcher justin verlander getting booed off the mound in his cityfield debut. the reigning cy young winner giving up six runs in an 8 to 5 loss to the rays. astro center fielder chaz mccormick with a crazy catch that brings back memories of this famous game five grab of his in last year s world series. watch. hits one high and deep to left center field. all the way back. so is mccormick. chaz with a jumping catch at the wall. cubs 7-3. those your headlines, brian, send it over to you. brian: thank you very much. we almost saw that catch. that was perfect. thank you very much, ashley. change gears, the border slurej isn t slowing down as title 42 ends. now the broke state of california is considering unemployment pay for illegal immigrants. i know. in the safety net for all
Ni ball, right center field. he makes the grab! mccormick in the ninth. astros outfielder chaz mccormick with a leaping catch before slamming into the scoreboard in right center. which helps pull off the phillies in the ninth inning and puts houston one win away for a world series championship. great catch. astros rookie shortstop jeremy penna had three hits and drove in two runs, four for houston last night. he got the score and started with an rbi single in the first. you just saw it. and then put houston ahead with this solo home run in the fourth. meanwhile, astros ace earned his first world series win. he didn t have his best stuff. he gave up just one run in four hits over five innings, walking four, and striking out six.
Coal, oil, gas amid a global energy crunch. the international energy agency says electric vehicles and uptake of renewables are responsible for the small increase. astros remain undefeated after their win over the yankees last night. carolyn manno has the bleacher report. they have been the best in the american league all season long. this felt inevitable. after a decisive fifth game against cleveland. the yankees didn t arrive in houston until early yesterday morning. they had to start the series the same day. that s a difficult task no matter who you re facing but especially when it s cy young winner justin verlander. his offense took over from there. griel lining one into the boxes in the left. a batter later chaz mccormick who went the other way with a solo shot. they won it 4-2. they are 4-0. no rest for the weary.
July 23, 2021
We’re over halfway through the season and have entered the prime trading season, with many deadlines coming at the end of July. This means teams that are contending but not cruising, will likely need to make some moves to address their deficiencies by (hopefully) moving their surpluses.
Last time out, we took a look at some starting pitchers who’ve gotten a majority of their value from ERAs that might not be sustainable. Now let’s switch over to the hitters and look at some players whose value could take a hit if they see their batting average swoon in the second half.