July 15, 2026

14 thoughts on “American League @ National League, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT”

  1. Call me old fashioned, but I’d rather Witt lead off, Trout bat third, Rice bat cleanup, and Langeliers bat seventh.

    I’d also rather Judge bat second.

  4. Rice getting a solid base hit off the best LHP in MLB is another argument for calling Spencer Jones back up and playing him every day. Let him learn, move Grisham to LF, Belli to 1B, and Rice to C, and you’ve solved a major problem while building for the future.

    3. Yeah, that’ll never happen, but I think at the VERY least, just having Jones around to pinch hit and get an occasional start would be such a nice upgrade over their current pathetic bench of Rosario, Sanchez, Volpe, and Schuemann.

      Rosario is the worst fielder in baseball, and he just strikes out EVERY AT-BAT nowadays.

    1. Nice. I’d love for him to make like Jeter and also win MVP in the World Series this year, but the only way that’s happening is if he returns to LA before the trade deadline.

    1. The absence of Misiorowski, Yamamoto, Skenes, and Ohtani from the NL pitching staff may have made as valuable of a contribution as any individual AL batter.

    2. There was a time when the starters often went 3 innings and the star hitters got 4 or 5 ABs.

    3. Winfield played 13 innings in the 1987 ASG after having a huge first half and then stunk for the second half of the season.

      1st half OPS .917. 20 HR
      2nd half OPS .686 7 HR

      As I recall, George was upset and vocal.

    4. I do agree on that. Very often it’s down to the same scenario as this game, “This guy was 1-2 with two ribbies, but this guy was 1-2 with a home run.”

      Cody DID play a lot more than most players, though.

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