Newly minted MLB Home Run Derby champion Juan Soto put on a show Monday night in Los Angelas. The 23 year-old Nationals outfielder is fresh off of declining a 15-year/$440 million offer from Washington to stay put in the nation's capital. Only a few teams in Major League Baseball seem willing to stomach contract numbers like that and two of them reside in the Big Apple.
Aaron Judge and Aaron Hicks hit grand slams Judge became the first Yankees player to hit 30 home runs before the All-Star break twice as the New York Yankees drilled the Pittsburgh Pirates 16-0.
After Wednesday's game against Arizona, the Texas Rangers were still finalizing details of an eight-player trade with the New York Yankees centered around OF Joey Gallo.