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Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw picked for 10th All-Star Game - ESPN

The 2023 MLB All-Star Game in Seattle will feature 42 first- or second-time selections, including 26 players making their All-Star debuts.

The X factors that will shape the 2023 MLB trade deadline - ESPN

It was about this time last year that a survey of club executives around the league first forecast that the Nationals might choose to deal Juan Soto, and Washington general manager Mike Rizzo responded with ardent denials. «We are not trading Juan Soto,» Rizzo said in a radio interview. «We made it clear to his agent and to the player.… We have every intention of building this team around Juan Soto, and we've spoken to his agent many, many times.

Philadelphia Phillies reach World Series — and a Canadian is managing them

Bryce Harper slugged his fifth homer of the post-season, a two-run blast in the eighth inning that turned Citizens Bank Park into a madhouse, and the $330 million US slugger powered the Philadelphia Phillies past the San Diego Padres 4-3 on Sunday and into the World Series for the first the time since 2009.

Padres' bats come alive in Game 2 comeback win to even NLCS

SAN DIEGO — Juan Soto and Josh Hader absorbed most of the attention, but Brandon Drury and Josh Bell were in-season acquisitions of similar importance to the San Diego Padres — a belief further emphasized by Fernando Tatis Jr.'s ensuing suspension. Bell and Drury represented key power bats in the middle of the lineup, a key source of protection for Soto and Manny Machado. And on Wednesday, with the Padres in desperate need of a victory, their bats finally came alive.