1. Chris Sale broke his wrist riding a bicycle And the nightmare turn to this Red Sox season continues. This isn’t his first rodeo, when it comes to the fragility of one of the best (but rarely ever seen) pitchers in baseball. At least Twitter people were able…

1. The MLB standings this Monday afternoon There’s a clear #1 team in baseball, and it’s not the Yankees anymore. 2. The highlight of the weekend: Dan Vogelbach running the bases “270 feet of magic,” as Gary Cohen called it on the broadcast. 3. Jacob deGrom was…

1. The marquee game of the weekend is tonight Mets vs. Braves. Max Scherzer vs. Max Fried. And it’s a let’s-play-two kind of day.

1. Padres fans are having the time of their life The big debut of the new star lineup could not have gone any better — here was how the first inning played out on Wednesday night: Slam Diego is most definitely back. And Petco Park was absolutely…

1. Rest in peace, Mr. Vin Scully One of the great voices of American history, a wonderful man and wonderful life. And he passed away last night at a time that feels like a “God-wink”: While the Dodgers played the Giants in San Francisco, the very same circumstances…

1. Juan Soto has been traded to the Padres The stove was hot, and now it’s cooking up brontosaurus burgers. And almost as a forgotten sidenote, Josh Bell is also going to San Diego — batting .301 this year with 14 home runs and an .877 OPS.

1. Aaron Judge is the home run king of the world A walk-off long ball for a 1–0 win on Thursday. Then two more homers on Friday. Another on Saturday. And he’s got 42 before August. Even if you’re not a Yankees fan, you have to…

1. Aaron Judge hit a walk-off home run for a 1–0 win Before this season, he’d never had a walk-off of any kind in his career, and now he has three. And he’s on pace for something truly historic. 2. Highlights from the Congressional baseball game last…

1. The Mets sweep the Subway Series in Queens Ending on a walk-off winner in front of an electric, packed crowd. And the bad two-week stretch for the Yankees continues. 2. But the Yankees just found their Joey Gallo replacement Andrew Benintendi is now a pinstriper.