Shohei Ohtani’s race to have the first 50/50 season in history is currently the most engaging storyline circulating around the baseball world. Ohtani cranked his 46th home run of the season on Sunday against the Cleveland Guardians, increasing the likelihood and the anticipation for history to be made. Amidst all the speculations of him reaching this uncharted accolade, Ohtani remarked that consistency at the plate is his biggest priority, per Juan Toribio of MLB.com. “I’m trying to be less cognizant of it,” Ohtani said through interpreter Will Ireton. “Just more focused on having good feel at the plate, and whenever…

Jacob deGrom’s 2024 debut finally appears imminent, after the two-time Cy Young Award winner completed his fourth and likely final minor league rehab outing on Saturday. DeGrom has seemingly come out of that four-inning, 49-pitch appearance in good health, and is now set to make his return to the majors at some point during the Rangers’ upcoming six-game road trip that begins Tuesday. “If it all goes well, he’ll be pitching for us next time around,” manager Bruce Bochy told MLB.com’s Kennedi Landry and other reporters. “It’s pretty cool because it’s been a long road as these guys go through…

LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani hit his 46th home run of the season to tie his career high, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Cleveland Guardians 4-0 on Sunday in record-tying heat.With the first-pitch temperature of 103 degrees matching the hottest in Dodger Stadium history, Ohtani hit a 450-foot solo shot down the right-field line off Tanner Bibee in the fifth inning that was reviewed to see if it was fair.”We were just curious why it was taking so long to look at the replay,” Dodgers teammate Max Muncy said. “Maybe the guys in New York were admiring it…

Angel Reese’s historic rookie season is over. The Chicago Sky forward said on social media on Saturday night that she has a season-ending injury, which the team confirmed is to her wrist.“What a year. I never would have imagined the last bucket of my rookie season would be a 3 but maybe that was God saying give them a taste of what they will be seeing more of in Year 2 lol,” Reese wrote. “Through it all, I have showed that I belong in this league even when no one else believed. All I have ever wanted was to come…

CHICAGO — The New York Yankees have some work to do, general manager Brian Cashman said. At least for now, Jasson Domínguez is going to do his work in the minors.New York is competing with the Baltimore Orioles for the AL East lead, and Domínguez, 21, is one of the team’s top prospects. But Domínguez is playing for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre while Alex Verdugo remains in left field with the Yankees.”Jasson’s doing everything he needs to do right now, and Verdugo’s playing obviously better baseball recently,” Cashman said before Friday’s 3-0 victory at the Chicago Cubs. “So the evaluations that we’re…

BOSTON — A road trip to Detroit and New York was supposed to give the Red Sox a chance to get back on track. Instead, Boston’s postseason hopes are now spiraling down the drain. Boston hit the road at 69-65 on the season after losing five of seven at Fenway Park, plus another loss in their resumed game against the Blue Jays. The Sox had a stellar 38-27 record on the road heading into the trip, so there was some hope they could right the ship against two teams outside of the playoff picture.But after winning the first game in Detroit,…

This story was excerpted from Bryan Hoch’s Yankees Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. NEW YORK — Jasson Domínguez shrugged, offering a wan smile. The Yankees’ top prospect stood in the visiting clubhouse of Bowman Field in Williamsport, Pa., last month, crossing yet another Minor League park on his travelogue as he made a one-day cameo as a big leaguer for the Little League Classic. What, Domínguez was asked, did he think of general manager Brian Cashman’s recent comments about there being “no lane” for Domínguez to stick…

PHOENIX — First, the Dodgers made history. Then, they had to make sure it didn’t go to waste.Despite consecutive home runs from Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman to lead off Saturday night — the first time in Dodgers’ history the team went deep in their first three at-bats of a game — the Dodgers had to grind out an 8-6 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field, taking the first two games of this weekend’s pivotal divisional series to go six games up in National League West.“Tonight, man, a lot going on, a lot to unpack,” manager Dave…

The Cubs released catcher Tomás Nido, tweets Meghan Montemurro of the Chicago Tribune. Nido had been on the 10-day injured list but was occupying a 40-man roster spot. Chicago needed to create a 40-man vacancy to finalize their claim of reliever Shawn Armstrong from St. Louis. Nido has been on the IL since July 25 with a meniscus injury that required right knee surgery. The Cubs sent him on a rehab stint with Triple-A Iowa last night. That suggests he’s nearing a return, but the Cubs no longer felt they needed him in the catching corps. Chicago called up Christian Bethancourt once…

Transportation and mobility reporter2:53 PM on Aug 29, 2024 CDTDallas-Fort Worth will experience heavy traffic on area roads heading into this Labor Day weekend.U.S. travel is expected to be up 9% over last year, according to AAA. The Texas Department of Transportation expects Fort Worth and Dallas areas to see heavy congestion Thursday evening and throughout Friday. Traffic on Interstate 35 will peak from 4–8 p.m. Thursday evening.Related:Big crowds expected at North Texas airports for summer’s last hurrah Drivers on I-35 in Dallas, Denton and Waco should expect delays between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Friday and again from 3–7…