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Giancarlo Stanton, despite the fact that he plays for the sub-.500 Miami Marlins, might just be the most interesting man in baseball right now. First, the latest dinger: It came in Miami’s 9-4 loss to the San Francisco Giants, as Stanton clobbered a Madison Bumgarner pitch over the wall, giving him homers in six straight games and 11 homers in his last 12 games. Continue to Article

August 16, 2017 12:56:am EST

Giancarlo Stanton took care of business right away. Stanton hit his team-record 43rd home run, connecting in his fifth straight game and sending the Miami Marlins over the San Francisco Giants 8-3 on Monday night. Stanton broke the club mark of 42 homers set by Gary Sheffield in 1996, doing it in the Marlins' 117th game of the season. Continue to Article

August 14, 2017 11:09:pm EST

Giancarlo Stanton hit his team-record 43rd home run, connecting in his fifth straight game and sending the Miami Marlins over the San Francisco Giants 8-3 Continue to Article

August 14, 2017 10:10:pm EST

When Bryce Harper writhed in pain on the field and clutched at his left knee and then didn't put weight on his left leg as he was helped off, the possibility of a career-altering injury seemed realistic. General manager Mike Rizzo said Harper has a ''significant'' bone bruise in his left knee but avoided the kind of ligament or tendon damage that would have put a pin in the team's World Series aspirations. At the very least the Nationals are hopeful the star outfielder and NL MVP candidate will be back before the end of the season. Continue to Article

August 13, 2017 5:42:pm EST

Bryce Harper does not have any ligament or tendon damage in his injured left knee, but the Washington Nationals All-Star will be out indefinitely because of a significant bone bruise. The Nationals are optimistic that Harper will return at some point this season, general manager Mike Rizzo said Sunday. "We dodged a bullet here," said Rizzo, adding that it was "pretty remarkable" that Harper avoided a more significant injury. "The bone bruise is something of significance, and we're going to treat him cautiously and hopefully have him back later on this season," Rizzo said. "We put ourselves in a position that we can treat it cautiously, and we'll continue down that road." The Nationals placed Continue to Article

August 13, 2017 4:04:pm EST