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Here's what to watch for in the second half of the 2023 MLB season.

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Isaac Paredes and Yandy Díaz homer as the Rays win 10-4.

CHICAGO -- When baseball is referred to as the American pastime, Justin Steele believes that is just about the best way to describe growing up in his hometown. Steele cracked a smile on a recent morning, sitting in a big league dugout and reflecting back to those days in Lucedale,

From the 5-at-10 satellite office here on the panhandle, where the riptide is for real and the populace at this fastpitch make me look like a born-and-bred NYC attorney by comparison.

Following our recent ranking of Major League Baseball's top 10 offenses in 2023, it's time to give the pitching staffs their due. And, truth be told, this…

Atlanta Braves ace Max Fried threw 35 pitches over 1 1/3 scoreless innings for Triple-A Gwinnett on Sunday — his first appearance in more than two months. Fried, runner-up for the NL Cy Young Award in 2022, has been on the 60-day injured list recuperating from a strained left forearm. Spencer Strider and Bryce Elder have helped to fill the void in the rotation, both earning their first selections to the All-Star Game.

Brad Keller looks cooked

On a night when they were held to just two hits, the red-hot Atlanta Braves kept on winning. With right-hander Charlie Morton pitching into the seventh inning and Sean Murphy extending a power surge that has seen Atlanta homer in 24 straight outings, the MLB-best Braves began a weekend series between teams with the top two records in baseball with a 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night. Murphy backed Morton (9-6) with a two-run homer as Atlanta won for the 19th time in 21 games ...