Phillies starting pitcher Cristopher Sanchez is having himself quite a year. Over 18 starts so far this season, Sanchez sports a 2.59 ERA, 1.13 WHIP and 116 strikeouts. Most notably, Sanchez is tied for fourth in WAR amongst pitchers across the majors.

Few hurlers have helped their teams win as much as Sanchez has helped the Phillies this year.

When Sanchez was initially left off of the All-Star Game roster, it was something of a disappointment, but things boiled over when Sanchez was passed on as a replacement pitcher. When Cubs pitcher Matthew Boyd opted out of playing in the Midsummer Classic, his spot went to Brewers rookie Jacob Misiorowski.

Misiorowski is a young, flamethrowing star, and it’s not shocking that the powers that be would be excited to see what he can do against the best batters in baseball. But while his fastball is mighty impressive, Misiorowski has started in just five games so far in his career—the fewest a player has ever appeared in before making their All-Star debut.

The Phillies were rightfully disappointed with the snub of their star pitcher, with Nick Castellanos comparing the move to something out of the Savannah Bananas. But while MLB might not have recognized Sanchez as an All-Star, the Phillies decided to treat him like one, awarding Sanchez the $50,000 bonus his contract assured him if he had made the All-Star Game.

Fans online loved the classy move by the organization.

The Phillies will enter the All-Star break in a tight battle with the Mets for first place in the NL East. Maybe the extra rest will help Sanchez as he looks to continue his dominant year on the mound.

The 2025 MLB All-Star Game rosters are set, and now we know who the league's players voted for.

The results of player balloting have been released and there are few surprises, especially at the top.

Players overwhelmingly voted for New York Yankees star Aaron Judge to get in, as he garnered the most votes with 898. Second in player voting is a man having an unbelievable season, Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh, who checked in with 823 votes. Third was Cleveland Guardians third baseman Jose Ramirez (746), and fourth was Minnesota Twins center fielder Byron Buxton (700).

In the National League, Chicago Cubs phenom Pete Crow-Armstrong led the way with 636 votes, while Arizona Diamondbacks second baseman Ketel Marte was second (653), and Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani was third (564). It's crazy to not see Ohtani in first place.

On the pitching side, players gave Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal the most votes (365), while Pittsburgh Pirates righty Paul Skenes led voting in the National League (289).

The full voting results are below.

The 2025 MLB All-Star Game will take place on July 15.

Captain Bavuma and head coach Conrad are happy for curators to prepare the pitches as they would like

Firdose Moonda25-Nov-2024It’s a stereotype as common as they come: go to the subcontinent and expect to be spun out, come to South Africa and watch your head (and all your other belongings – but that’s a different conversation). Except this time.South Africa will not prepare green tops for their four must-win Test matches against Sri Lanka and Pakistan this summer.Despite what gut instincts may say about the best way for them to maximise home advantage and even though they are playing Sri Lanka at venues where they lost five years ago, South Africa will leave it to individual ground staff to and hope for fair surfaces for their matches.Related

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“We’re not at liberty to instruct the groundsmen to prepare what we’d like. We just try to play on whatever has been prepared,” Temba Bavuma, South Africa’s captain said in Pretoria, where the team held their preparation camp before traveling to Durban for the first Test. “And there’s not a lot of concern from my side where we are playing Sri Lanka. Obviously Sri Lanka will be confident in those two venues because they were successful but we’re not going to ask for specific conditions”Sri Lanka beat South Africa in Durban and Gqeberha in 2019 but lost the next series in 2020-21, when they were beset by a spate of injuries. But that 2019 series was the first time a subcontinent side had beaten South Africa in a home series, which some say makes the decision to go back to those venues curious. Durban, in particular, has been a difficult place for South Africa in the last 15 years. Since March 2009, South Africa have played 10 Tests at Kingsmead and lost seven, including two each to Sri Lanka (their first Test win in the country came in 2011), Australia and England and one to India. Their last outing was in March 2022, when they beat Bangladesh by 220 runs, at the end of the Covid-19 restrictions, with a side that was depleted by the absence of IPL-bound players, which made up most of the first-choice attack.But Test coach Shukri Conrad is not buying into the talk that the coastal venues are more suited to subcontinent teams and wants to reclaim them as places South Africa consider their own. “You can’t play all your cricket at Centurion and the Wanderers,” he said earlier this month, referring to the Highveld venues which do give pace bowlers the edge. “We’ve got a fan base in Durban. We’ve got a fan base in Gqeberha and we’re looking forward to playing Test matches there.”Like Bavuma, he does not expect the groundstaff to prepare anything other than what is usually expected of them. “We just want good cricketing wickets,” he said. “That’s all I can ask for.”Keshav Maharaj is expected to play an important role in South Africa’s upcoming home Tests•AFP/Getty ImagesSo what might that be?First up, at Kingsmead, Durban’s long-serving groundsman Wilson Ngobese will retire at the end of this year and has been handing over the reins to his successor Wonderboy Khanyile. Along with former Newlands and Wanderers groundsman Evan Flint, a prodigy of Ngobese’s, who has been working in Kwa-Zulu Natal as a consultant, they have prepared the Test pitch together. It should be livelier than it is for domestic matches, where the local team, the Dolphins tend to prefer it slower and lower.”I was in conversation with Evan and it’ll be one of the new wickets and Evan guarantees me there’ll be some good pace,” Conrad said. “Domestically, they prepare it to spin because of the strength of their bowlers so I think the Dolphins go out deliberately preparing spinning wickets.”That is in stark contrast to the messaging of five years ago when, under Ottis Gibson, South Africa’s groundstaff were instructed to prepare green-tops, particularly for a 2017-18 series against India. The Wanderers got it so badly wrong that the pitch was rated poor and they were handed three demerit points, which have since expired. Gibson wanted to maximise the advantage an attack of Dale Steyn, Vernon Philander, Morne Morkel, Kagiso Rabada and Lungi Ngidi could give South Africa, at the expense of their batters. South Africa’s ability to score big runs diminished to the point that between January 2018 and December 2021, only West Indies (among teams in the World Test Championship) had fewer centurions.The second Test at St George’s Park could see plenty of movement off the seam and perhaps even reverse swing come into play. “If you look at the records domestically, [Warriors allrounder] Beyers Swanepoel, for example, takes a host of wickets there,” Conrad said. Swanepoel has 52 first-class wickets from nine matches at the venue at an average of 14.44. “It can be very favourable for seamers as well.”It is also known to take turn later on, and South Africa back their first-choice left-arm spinner, Keshav Maharaj, to take centre stage. “You want spin later on in the game and why we play arguably one of the best spinners in the world in Keshav in our side,” Conrad said.South Africa have also included spin-bowling allrounder Senuran Muthusamy, who took a career-best 4 for 45 in Bangladesh last month, in the squad but have no room for offspinner Dane Piedt or wristspinner Tabraiz Shamsi, which suggests that even if there is turn, they’re not expecting it to be that big.All the discussion over home advantage is pressing because of what is at stake for the hosts. South Africa need to win all four of their remaining matches to guarantee a place in the World Test Championship final. They could still get there with three wins but would be dependent on other results. Either way, their fate lies in their own hands and they don’t plan on putting it in conditions.

The Philadelphia Phillies found a wild way to lose a game Tuesday night as the San Francisco Giants walked them off with a historic inside-the-park three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning at Oracle Park.

Giants catcher Patrick Bailey was the hero as his hard hit to right field bounced off the brick wall and shot past Phillies center fielder Brandon Marsh. He was able to eventually chase it down and fire the ball back to the infield but they never had a chance of stopping Bailey.

Phillies announcers Ruben Amaro Jr. and Tom McCarthy had the perfect reactions to it right after Bailey crossed home plate.

"Tom, I've seen a whole lot of things in this game. But I've never seen that," Amaro Jr. said. "That is truly an amazing, astonishing thing. I've just never seen anything like it."

"Nope, not something like that," McCarthy said.

Here's their call of the play:

You gotta love baseball.

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Santos e Mendoza chegaram a acordo de rescisão contratual, e o atacante de 31 anos acertou sua transferência para o Yukatel Adana Demirspor, da Turquia. O Peixe permaneceu com 20% dos direitos econômicos do colombiano uma venda futura.

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Mendoza não estava nos planos da comissão técnica de Carille, e o presidente Marcelo Teixeira trabalha para reduzir a folha salarial do elenco. O atleta, cujo vínculo com o Peixe ia até o final de 2025, não se mostrou disposto a enxugar os seus vencimentos e ficou fora do planejamento para a temporada.

Na temporada passada, Mendoza atraiu interesse de clubes árabes, mas o jogador havia optado pela permanência no Santos. O colombiano deixa o Peixe com dez gols e duas assistências em 45 partidas, e não foi utilizado pelo técnico Fábio Carille no Campeonato Paulista.

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تحدثت صحيفة ذا إندبندنت اليوم الأحد عن تطورات وضع محمد صلاح مع ليفربول، والتصريحات النارية التي أدلى بها الدولي المصري تجاه النادي الإنجليزي.

محمد صلاح تواجد في آخر ثلاث مباريات لعبها ليفربول في الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز، ولم يشارك في أي دقيقة خلال لقاء الريدز مع ليدز يونايتد بالدوري أمس السبت، حيث تعادل ليفربول 3-3.

وخرج محمد صلاح عن صمته بعد نهاية المباراة، وأكد أنه محبط من وضعه الحالي في ليفربول، مشيرًا إلى أن علاقته مع المدرب آرني سلوت قد تدمرت وأنه لا يشعر بالتقدير من قبل إدارة الريدز.

وذكرت الصحيفة، أن ليفربول من المتوقع أن يكون له رد فعل تجاه ما قاله محمد صلاح، حيث لن تمر هذه التصريحات مرور الكرام على النادي الإنجليزي.

وأضافت أن محمد صلاح قد تفاجأ كثيرًا بما حدث معه حيث اهتز كبرياؤه وأدلى بتصريحات لم يكن للاعب بهذه المكانة أن يدلي بها في إنجلترا، منذ أسطورة مانشستر يونايتد وريال مدريد، كريستيانو رونالدو.

وأوضحت أن مستوى محمد صلاح هبط بشدة خصوصًا على الصعيد البدني، حيث لم يسجل هذا الموسم سوى خمسة أهداف في 19 مباراة بكافة المسابقات.

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وأردفت أن محمد صلاح ليس هو اللاعب الوحيد في ليفربول الذي تم إجلاسه كبديل، وإنما هناك فلوريان فيرتز، على الرغم من سعره الكبير البالغ 116 مليون جنيه إسترليني، والذي ضمه الريدز قادمًا من باير ليفركوزن.

لكن فيرتز بات في آخر فترة بديلًا مع ليفربول حيث لم يقدم المستوى المطلوب، قبل أن يعود للعب أساسيًا في آخر مباراتين للريدز.

وأكدت أن محمد صلاح محق في عدم تحميله للمسئولية في كل مباراة يخسر فيها ليفربول هذا الموسم، لكن الدولي المصري بحسب الصحيفة لم يكن محقًا في التصريح عن ضمانه باللعب بشكل أساسي مع الريدز باستمرار.

وأوضحت أن المباراة التي جعلت سلوت يبقي محمد صلاح على دكة بدلاء ليفربول كانت أمام بي إس في آيندهوفن في دوري أبطال أوروبا، والتي خسرها ليفربول 4-1.

وأكملت أن آينهدوفن سجل في مباراة ليفربول من جهة محمد صلاح في الجانب الأيمن، حيث لا يقدم الدولي المصري الدعم الدفاعي كثيرًا، مما جعل سلوت يفكر في التعويل على دومينيك سوبوسلاي في مركز الجناح الأيمن بدلًا من الملك المصري.

وألقت الصحيفة باللوم على سلوت، في ظل تبريره في المقابل لسوء مستوى بعض لاعبي ليفربول، وعلى رأسهم كوناتي وجاكبو.

وواصلت الصحيفة قولها، أن إدارة ليفربول بقيادة ريتشارد هيوز، المدير الرياضي، والرئيس التنفيذي، مايكل إدواردز، قد كسروا سياسة التمهل في التجديد للاعبين كبار السن وجددوا عقد محمد صلاح العام الماضي لمدة سنتين.

وواصلت أن إدارة ليفربول رفضت بيع محمد صلاح إلى الدوري السعودي قبل عامين، حيث رغب اتجاد حدة في ضم اللاعب مقابل 150 مليون جنيه إسترليني، وهو مبلغ يصعب على الريدز الحصول عليه حاليًا إذا أراد بيع الدولي المصري.

واختتمت ذا إندبدنت قولها، أن ليفربول من الممكن أن يقوم بيع محمد صلاح، حيث اقترب عهد الفرعون المصري في آنفيلد من نهايته.

The 39th edition of the Home Run Derby takes place on Monday, as eight of baseball’s best sluggers compete in the Derby on the eve of the All-Star Game.

This year, Braves first baseman Matt Olson, Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh, Nationals outfielder James Wood, Twins outfielder Byron Buxton, Rays infielder Junior Caminero, Pirates outfielder Oneil Cruz, Yankees infielder Jazz Chisholm Jr., and Athletics designated hitter Brent Rooker will compete in the derby.

Before the 2025 Home Run Derby begins, here's a look at the rules and format.

Home Run Derby Format

The current Home Run Derby format is a three round contest featuring a first round, semifinals, and finals.

During the first round, all eight hitters will have either three minutes or 40 pitches to hit as many home runs as they can. After a player’s three minutes or 40 pitches are up, they start a bonus period, which will continue until a player records three outs. In the Home Run Derby, any hit that does not go for a home run is considered an "out." Additionally, if a player hits a home run of at least 425 feet, they can extend their bonus period until they record a fourth out.

The four players that record the most home runs in the first round will advance to the semifinals. If there is a tie, whichever player hit the longest home run will advance.

In the semifinals, the players get seeded by the amount of home runs they hit. The No. 1 seed, who hit the most home runs in the first round, will take on the No. 4 seed. The No. 2 seed will face the No. 3 seed. Hitters will have two minutes or 27 pitches to hit as many home runs as they can, and then the player with the most home runs of each matchup will advance to the finals.

Once again in the finals, the two remaining hitters will have two minutes or 27 pitches to hit as many runs as they can. Whoever hits the most homers becomes the Home Run Derby champion.

There is no carryover between rounds. If there is a tie during either the semifinals or finals, a 60 second "swing off" will be used to break the tie and determine who advances.

How Has the Home Run Derby Changed Over the Years?

Since the first Home Run Derby took place 40 years ago, there have multiple changes to the rules and format of the competition. The most recent changes took place just last year. Prior to 2024, the entire Home Run Derby took on a bracket format and each competitor entered the contest seeded from 1-8. Now, only the final two rounds follow that format. Additionally, the Home Run Derby previously did have a time limit, but not a pitches limit, which got added in 2024.

In the earliest years of the Home Run Derby, the event took on a two-inning format which saw each player receive five outs per inning. This format allowed for ties, which occurred in both 1986 and 1989. In 1986, Darryl Strawberry and Walter Joyner tied for the win, and in 1989, Eric Davis and Rubén Sierra tied as Home Run Derby champions.

The amount of players competing in the Home Run Derby also varied through the early years of the competition. The first Home Run Derby saw ten players compete, while the next two years featured six and then four competitors. The numbers of players partaking varied until 2000, when it was decided that four players from each league would compete in the Derby.

The curious case of Manchester City. Last season, Pep Guardiola’s side were four-in-a-row Premier League champions, and they were just a year ahead of a stunning treble.

But things went wrong; Guardiola’s is a complex machine, and some of the cogs fell out of place after so many years at the top. In a way, that was to be expected. That Man City dominated as they did for as long as they did was miraculous in many ways.

Heading into the current campaign, there was much uncertainty about City’s pre-season preparations, but there have been promising signs, and their position is fifth after seven games. Arsenal, top of the table, hold a three-point lead.

Arsenal probably have the most complete squad in the Premier League, while Liverpool boast the most threatening frontline, having broken the British transfer record twice this summer with Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak.

When Man City missed out on Florian Wirtz

At the beginning of the summer, it looked as though the German was on his way to the Etihad. Reports indicated that he was ‘tempted’ to move to Manchester but the Citizens ultimately ended up pulling out of the deal.

Indeed, other claims at the time suggested that they had withdrawn their interest due to ‘the rising costs’ of the move. Quite. Liverpool ended up signing him for a whopping £116m.

That said, it’s unlikely they’ll be too upset. City have the unstoppable Erling Haaland leading the line while Wirtz continues to flounder, failing to score in Liverpool red just yet.

By Haaland’s standards, it’s been a slow start to the season. Nine goals from seven Premier League matches. How he must hang his head in shame.

Twice the Norwegian has posted more at this early stage, but we’re splitting hairs, and this really just underscores exactly how inimitable a goalscorer Haaland really is.

Aged 25, he’s now a robust and intelligent number nine, blending his physicality and innate shooting ability with movement and timing beyond all his positional peers.

If City reclaim their throne this term, there is no question that the unstoppable striker will be the main man.

Haaland is the most valuable player in the Premier League, according to CIES Football Observatory, but he’s not the only Citizen with a lofty price tag.

Indeed, Guardiola holds another in his ranks who actually eclipses the aforementioned Liverpool superstars, Isak and Wirtz.

Man City have struck gold with their "generational talent"

Manchester City might have emerged from a valley, but further back there have been plenty of peaks. And among the definitive stars of the Guardiola era is Phil Foden, who might just be hitting his stride once again.

Foden graduated from the City academy in 2016 and has made 197 appearances for City, winning six Premier League titles and the Champions League among many further honours. The Independent’s Miguel Delaney hailed him as a “generational talent”.

Exceptionally talented on the ball and a predator in the final third, the versatile attacking midfielder dipped last season, no doubt, but he has been a talisman throughout an illustrious era for City, and ostensibly stands before his prime years.

CIES Football Observatory outlined only in January that the Three Lions star is among the most valuable in the world, with his £126m worth above Wirtz and marginally ahead of Isak.

Liverpool garnered plenty of praise for their summer spending spree, and indeed look a force to be reckoned with in the long run, but with Haaland and Foden combining in the final third under Pep’s wing, there’s every chance City will be the team to beat once again in a short time.

This emphasises the quality at Pep’s disposal, and if Foden can raise his game that bit more over the coming months, he might produce a campaign that sees Liverpool’s big hitters pale in comparison.

Whether Foden hits the same meteoric heights as previous campaigns remains to be seen, but he’s starting to click together once again and has the ‘generational’ quality to have every bit as big an impact as Haaland across the year.

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In search of a much-needed attacking spark, Newcastle United are now reportedly among the most active clubs in the race to sign a Champions League wonderkid.

Howe: Benfica win "sets the standard" for Newcastle

Bouncing back from their Brighton defeat in style, Newcastle eased past Benfica in the Champions League to make it two wins from three. In contrast to their Premier League displays, the Magpies were in free-scoring form and sealed a comfortable 3-0 victory over Jose Mourinho’s side at St James’ Park thanks to Anthony Gordon and Harvey Barnes.

After a mixed week of results, Newcastle boss Eddie Howe admitted that his side’s victory over Benfica “sets the standard” for what he expects going forward.

Howe told reporters: “I think it is that kind of game that sets a standard. That we have to take forward to our next few games that we’ve got coming up. That’s the level that we have to be at.

“I thought we’ve been threatening putting a performance like that together. Even at Brighton, there were some really positive moments, but that gets lost in the result. Today, we got both. We got another clean sheet and we scored some goals. Confidence returned to our attacking players, so it’s a great night for us.”

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Finding that attacking spark in the Premier League is now the challenge for those in Tyneside. Even with record signing Nick Woltemade already firing on all cylinders and Yoane Wissa to return from injury, however, they may yet turn towards the January transfer market for some much-needed quality going forward.

In a World Cup year, there are certainly plenty of players who could do with a chance, including one teenage sensation who’s been compared to Cristiano Ronaldo.

Newcastle active in race to sign Endrick

According to reports in Spain, Newcastle are now active in the race to sign Endrick in January now that Real Madrid are willing to let the Brazilian leave on loan.

The 19-year-old wonderkid has not played a single minute under new manager Xabi Alonso and desperately needs a winter move if he is to secure a place in Carlo Ancelotti’s World Cup squad next summer.

Given Newcastle’s attacking struggles, welcoming a player as exciting as Endrick wouldn’t exactly be a bad idea, either. Whilst he has struggled to impress enough to get Alonso’s attention, he could yet find his feet at St James’ Park in January.

If the praise of former Palmeiras sporting director Joao Paulo Sampaio is anything to go by, then Newcastle have a rare opportunity to land a generational star on loan this season.

The door has opened for the Magpies to make their move and they should take full advantage when the January transfer window arrives.

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O gol de pênalti marcado por Raphael Veiga gerou debate entre torcedores de Palmeiras e Santos nas redes sociais. Após revisão no VAR, Raphael Claus, árbitro da partida, marcou falta dentro da área de João Paulo em Endrick, que se aproveitou de uma falha do sistema defensivo do Peixe.

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A decisão causou revolta nos jogadores do Alvinegro Praiano, que protestaram efusivamente com Claus antes da cobrança. Com tranquilidade, Veiga chutou alto no meio do gol e abriu o placar para o Verdão, que empatou o placar agragado da decisão aos 32 minutos da primeira etapa.

De um lado, torcedores do Palmeiras não tiveram dúvidas a respeito da marcação: “quem falar que isso aqui não é pênalti já pode parar de assistir futebol”.

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Os santistas, por sua vez, contestaram a decisão que resultou no gol. De acordo com um torcedor, “é um absurdo ele (Claus) marcar esse pênalti. Já outro, afirmou que o atacante simulou a falta: “simulação não é pra amarelo”? Confira alguns comentários a seguir.

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