New York Yankees reliever Anthony Misiewicz was carted off the field during the sixth inning of Friday's game against the Pittsburgh Pirates after taking a…
Bryan Reynolds watched Washington Nationals rookie pitcher Jackson Rutledge try to gather himself after taking a throw off the back of his head from a teammate and wondered if a little baseball justice was about to be served. Rutledge had tried to make himself as small as possible — no easy task at 6-foot-8 — when catcher Drew Millas fired the ball toward second base in an effort to throw out Pittsburgh's Ji Hwan Bae with one out in the bottom of the fourth inning on Wednesday night. Instead, it caromed off the back of Rutledge's red cap and rolled into right field while Bae raced to third.
CJ Abrams can put on a show during batting practice, sending balls to the far reaches of a ballpark with relative ease. The 23-year-old Abrams pushed his home run total to 18 with a towering two-run drive in the third inning and a solo shot in the seventh on Monday night, leading the Washington Nationals to a 6-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Abrams hit just two homers as a rookie in 2022, both of them before arriving from San Diego at the trade deadline as part of the deal that sent Juan Soto to the Padres.