Tucker is one of baseball's best outfielders, a complete player in the prime of his career at 28 years old. He fell just short of joining the 30-home-run, 30-steal club in 2023, which led to a top-five AL MVP finish. Expect another top-five MVP finish this season, as Tucker is now in MLB's Senior Circuit.
After a turbulent offseason, the Houston Astros made the surprising decision at the start of spring training to move All-Star second baseman Jose Altuve to the
Now, the Astros have made an early-season trade. The club has announced that they have acquired pitcher Nick Robertson from the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for minor league pitcher Edinson Batista. Robertson was designated for assignment by the Blue Jays last week. Now, he is getting a fresh start following this trade to the Astros.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was the target of baseball fans' ridicule as the Minnesota Twins have started 0-4 after he wrote they'd go 162-0 on opening day.
Nick Robertson, who was designated for assignment on Opening Day, is headed from the Blue Jays to the Astros to join his sixth organization in three seasons.
The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Washington Nationals on Monday by a final score of 5-2. The win improved Toronto to 3-2 through its first five games, which is tied with the Baltimore Orioles for third in the American League East.
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Wilmer Flores hit his third homer of the season and drove in four runs to lead the San Francisco Giants to a 7-2 win over the Houston Astros.
The Mets took Game 2 by the same 3-1 total. Juan Soto had a solo home run for New York, while third baseman Mark Vientos and DH Jesse Winker had RBIs as well. Mets starting pitcher Tylor Megill went five innings, allowing three hits and a run with six strikeouts. Yordan Alvarez had Houston's only RBI.