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Just two years ago, Cody Allen was the class of baseball's closers. Although he never made an All-Star game, he and Kenley Jansen were the only relievers to post at least 1 WAR each year from 2013-17. With a sparkling 2.94 ERA in 2017 and a 32.6 percent strikeout rate and 7.5 percent walk rate to match, Allen looked like he was headed for a big payday. Continue to Article

June 15, 2019 2:11:pm EST

Needing a home run for the cycle, Jake Bauers had a conversation with teammate Shane Bieber before heading to the plate in the eighth inning. "I told him, 'I don't know man, I think I'm just going to try and stay left-center, hit a base hit where the shortstop should be,'" Bauers said. Bauers connected for a two-run shot that easily cleared the wall in right field, becoming the first Cleveland player to hit for the cycle since 2016. Continue to Article

June 14, 2019 11:51:pm EST

Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani had a great Thursday. For one, he became the first Japanese-born player to hit for the cycle in the major leagues. He accomplished the feat on the road against the Tampa Bay Rays as he homered in the first inning, doubled in the third, tripled in the fifth and singled in the seventh. Continue to Article

June 13, 2019 10:21:pm EST

Los Angeles Angels star Shohei Ohtani has become the first Japanese player to hit for the cycle in the majors. Ohtani completed his cycle with a single in the seventh inning of a game Thursday night against the Tampa Bay Rays. He is the first Angels player to accomplish the feat since Mike Trout on May 21, 2013 against the Seattle Mariners. Continue to Article

June 13, 2019 10:03:pm EST