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NEWS: New York Yankees players recently pitched higher-ups on the team wearing alternate jerseys for the first time in franchise history, a league source briefed on the conversations told The Athletic.

NEW: Shohei Ohtani is up to a 63% chance to win NL MVP: 63% — Shohei Ohtani 8% — Oneil Cruz 6% — Corbin Carroll 6% — Ronald Acuna Jr. 5% — Freddie Freeman 5% — Fernando Tatis Jr 5% — Juan Soto Can anyone make this a close race?

Ben Rice is leading baseball with a 1.253-OPS, but he's being benched for a second straight game vs a lefty The AL is littered with lefty starters, and you just can't have him sitting multiple times per series Gotta let him figure it out, right?

Updated AL MVP Favorites, via Kalshi: 32% — Aaron Judge 17% — Bobby Witt Jr. 15% — Yordan Alvarez 14% — Gunnar Henderson 5% — Cal Raleigh, Nick Kurtz, Roman Anthony 4% — Ben Rice, Jose Ramirez 4% — Julio Rodriguez, Vladdy Guerrero 3% — Junior Caminero, Mike Trout

All set for Game 3️⃣!

Fernando Tatis Jr., who sometimes takes grounders at second base, will make his first big-league start at the position tonight, with Nick Castellanos in right field. Tatis made one late-game appearance at second in 2023. He started 10 games there early in his minor-league career.

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AL MVP Favorites, via Kalshi: 33% — Aaron Judge 17% — Bobby Witt Jr. 8% — Cal Raleigh 7% — Julio Rodriguez, Roman Anthony 6% — Gunnar Henderson, Nick Kurtz 5% — Jose Ramirez 4% — Junior Caminero 3% — Vladdy Guerrero Who’s a dark-horse MVP pick?