Yankees #99 Aaron Judge White Strip Flexbase MLB Jersey Come to No.1

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NEW YORK — At Sunday night’s annual New York Baseball Writers’ Dinner, Aaron Judge received his AL Rookie of the Year award – as well as the New York ‘Player of the Year’ and Joe DiMaggio ‘Toast of the Town’ awards.

And on Monday morning, the Yankees slugger was honored with Card No. 1 in the new Topps collection. So as the cheap Aaron Judge jersey sales

The 2018 Topps cheap baseball jerseys Series 1 will be available beginning Wednesday and Judge was honored with the first card via fan vote.

“Aaron Judge transcended baseball during his record-breaking rookie season,” said David Leiner, Topps Global General Manager, in a statement. “Fans from across the league were excited to see him play so it comes as no surprise they voted for him to be Card No. 1 for this year’s set.”

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New York Yankees rookie outfielder Aaron Judge finished his first Major League campaign with the most popular player baseball jersey of the 2017 season. This is only the second time a rookie has finished an MLB season with the most popular mlb jersey. Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant, whose authentic jersey is the second-most popular of 2017, also had the most popular baseball jersey of 2016 & 2015 (his rookie campaign). Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association have released these rankings since 2010.

Seven of the top 10 and 15 of the top 20 players on the current list will participate in this year’s Postseason.

Following Judge and Bryant on the list, released jointly today by MLB and the MLBPA, is Anthony Rizzo jersey (#3), Clayton Kershaw jersey (#4) and Bryce Harper jersey (#5). The list is based on sales of cheap Majestic jerseys from MLBShop.com, the official online shop of Major League Baseball, since Opening Day 2017.

The average age of the top 10 players is 27 years old. Players representing 13 different Clubs make up the top 20 most popular mlb player jerseys, which includes 10 infielders, five outfielders, three catchers and two pitchers.

More about Aaron Judge jersey news, keep updating. And look forward here.

Which kinds of Tampa Bay Rays Jerseys should you wear?

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Which Tampa Bay Rays Jersey should you collect? It depends on how much money you spent.

I’m not describing how you feel on Saturday mornings. I’m describing, of course, the last jersey you purchased.

You tried to forget it. You don’t want to talk about it. You know the one. The Josh Freeman jersey. Maybe the cheap Darrelle Revis jersey.

Buying a cheap football jersey is risky. Chances are that the player you’ve chosen won’t be on the roster two years from the date of your purchase.

Buying a expensive baseball jersey is risky, too, but thanks to guaranteed contracts, it’s a safer gamble.

Except in this baseball jerseys wholesale market.

Tampa Bay might be the only region in the country where it’s riskier to buy a baseball jersey than it is to buy a football jersey.

So here’s a solution: Don’t do it.

Yes, it’s a new season, and you’re excited. But you know how it works here. If you drop $120 on a Rays jersey, that player could be on another team by the end of the day. Buy a shirsey — a T-shirt jersey — instead.

Which one? Anyone can pick the cornerstones — Longoria, Archer — but a shirsey is more than a display of your allegiance to your favorite team (if we’re being honest about it, your second-favorite team). It’s a statement. The player you choose is a reflection of you, so choose wisely. Let the flowchart below be your guide.

Are you a disgruntled Rays fan? Tired of hearing “competitive disadvantage” as the team sends off another star to baseball heaven? Maybe a “protest shirsey” is right for you.

Why are the Red Sox so sensitive this time?

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WASHINGTON — Is it bad form to be worrying about the 2017 Red Sox before they’ve even played a game?

I write these words as someone who is all in on the ’17 Sox. I love that young outfield. Love the starting pitching. Love what Dustin Pedroia brings cheap baseball jerseys to the table. Love that Pablo Sandoval has dropped those unwanted pounds and seems serious about rejuvenating his career.

For these and other reasons, I’m already on record as predicting the Boston Red Sox are going to take out the Cubs in the mother of all World Series showdowns.

So why am I so worried when there’s nothing to be worried about?

Because there have been some troubling hiccups this past week, that’s why.

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The baseman Hanley Ramirez raises his arms in celebration during Red Sox Spring Training on Friday, February 17, 2017. – pic by wholesalechinesejerseys.com

Let’s begin with this cheap Tyler Thornburg jersey issue. The new Sox reliever has a shoulder impingement that’s going to land him on the disabled list to open the season, and it may have something to do with the program he was put on after being acquired from the Milwaukee Brewers.

I’m not here to discuss the nature of the shoulder program, or to throw stones at the Red Sox’ training staff. But what troubles me is that it was Thornburg who talked about the shoulder program, which is why Sox beat writers quizzed manager John Farrell and president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski jersey about it.

Farrell originally brought up the program. Then writers asked Thornburg about it and he openly discussed it. That was March 10.

Memo to Farrell and Dombrowski: Don’t whine at the beat writers for asking you questions about statements made by your own players. They are not attacking your training staff. They’re asking follow-up questions.

My own attempt to get Dombrowski to comment on the team’s ham-handed handling of the Thornburg case was met with a message from the team’s PR staff that Dombrowski is “done talking about the shoulder program.”

It was communications I wanted to talk about. But since Dombrowski didn’t want to talk, we’re left to wonder why the Sox are suddenly being so . . . sensitive. This is mindful of the dark days when the John Harrington crowd was running the Red Sox and Dan Duquette was in charge of baseball ops and everyone right down to the ushers was moody and defensive. If the Sox want to go back to pulling that crap, good luck with that.

And speaking of sensitive, wholesale team jerseys and let’s get to my second concern about the ’17 Red Sox: Is Hanley Ramirez ever going to play first base again?

Talking with reporters about the shoulder injury that has prevented Ramirez from playing a single inning at first base this spring, Farrell ladled out the good news that Hanley was throwing from 100 feet the other day down in sunny Fort Myers. The manager then repeated that he expects Ramirez to log some time at first base when the Sox travel to Detroit following the season-opening three-game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Fenway Park.

When I asked Farrell to expand on that answer, he said, “We would expect him to be ready and we anticipate and are hopeful that by the Detroit series he’s capable of doing that.”

Am I the only one who thinks Hanley Ramirez is looking forward to being a full-time designated hitter and doesn’t really want to play first base anymore?

Let’s remember that it took a full-throttled organizational effort to get Ramirez with the program last year. Ramirez was OK at the position — OK, not great — and had a monster offensive season. The Sox now have Mitch Moreland to play first base, but the expectation is that Ramirez will play the position when the Sox are facing a left-hander.

If the Sox can’t get Ramirez to log occasional time at first base, that’s a problem. If he does play the position but with none of the commitment he showed last year, that’s an even bigger problem. It would mean that Hanley’s plan is not in sync with the organizational plan.

Lastly, there’s the David Price situation. No blame is being assessed here. If he’s hurt, he’s hurt. But if he’s out for an extended period of time — even if it’s only late May — that means the starting rotation isn’t as deep as we thought.

The 2017 Red Sox are still stacked.

Yet the hiccups are stacking up. Keep an eye on them. And hold the Red Sox accountable . . . even if it makes them uncomfortable.

The Opening Day for Baltimore Orioles in 2017

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With the end of the 2017 Baltimore Orioles spring training here, the Orioles now progress north to Baltimore, Maryland as they prepare to take on AL East division rival Toronto Blue Jays on Orioles Opening Day at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

Many changes were made following Thursday’s spring training loss to the Detriot Tigers at Ed Smith Stadium where the Orioles scored just three runs to the Tigers’ seven. Bundy tossed six innings, giving up five earned runs, including three home runs in a loss to the Tigers. Despite the poor outing, Bundy showed signs of a dominating changeup Thursday.

With the completion of spring training comes significant roster moves as the team finalizes their roster for Orioles Opening Day. Here is the latest Orioles news on the roster moves. Make sure to leave your thoughts on the O’s moves in the comments.

Baltimore Orioles roster moves: Pitching

Notable moves season to the Orioles devastating starting rotation, which took another hit today after the announcement that Orioles starter Wade Miley jersey will start the season on the 10-day disabled list, per MASNsports Roch Kubatko. Also, Kubatko also confirmed that Miley is eligible to pitch April 9 against the New York Yankees.

As of now, the rare clarity in a hazy Orioles starting rotation is the Opening Day starter, which is the budding Kevin Gausman jersey.  Furthermore, Baltimore Orioles manager Buck Showalter went on to announce 24-year-old starter Dylan Bundy as the No. 2 starter.

After Gausman and Bundy, the Orioles rotation contains vital question marks and concerns. Showalter didn’t provide much clarity after the latest pitching moves, some that leave you scratching your head, including newly-acquired Alec Asher‘s departure to AAA Norfolk. Also, Logan Verrett will join Asher in AAA Norfolk, as well, Logan Verrett jersey hot sale.

With Miley on the disabled list, along with Asher and Verrett heading to Norfolk, leaves the Orioles with very little options to fill the rotation. Showalter narrowed the Orioles options, even more,Tyler Wilson jersey cheap online, stating that Tyler Wilson and Vidal Nuno will begin the season in the Orioles bullpen.

One thing Showalter clarified Thursday is that the Orioles pitching staff will include 11 pitchers with eight relieve pitchers, per Roch Kubatko. With Chris Tillman on the disabled list due to a shoulder injury that kept him out of spring training, starting pitcher options come down to Ubaldo Jimenez and Mike Wright, cheap jerseys with Miley likely returning April 9.

The Orioles roster bodes well for the team’s hindered rotation as the team opens the season with two off days in four days. To clarify, both Tillman and Miley could return in time for the three solid starting pitchers to receive enough rest without Wright, Nuno, or Wilson needing to make a spot start.

Baltimore Orioles roster moves: Offense

On the offensive side, Robert Andino, Chris Dickerson, Johnny Giavotella and Paul Janish all were reassigned Thursday. Alvarez, who was a member of the O’s last season, was reassigned despite hitting .310 in just 29 at-bats this spring, along with two home runs and five RBIs. The 30-year-old pretty much did all you can to make a roster spot. Unfortunately, it didn’t work out for Alvarez.

The deserving Trey Mancini jersey, who put on an astounding spring training, earned himself a roster spot. Mancini hit an outstanding .333 this spring with three home runs, 20 hits and 14 RBIs. Along with Mancini, outfielder Joey Rickard jersey made the team’s roster after hitting .291 with three home runs and seven RBIs.

Maybe, most impressive out of all the roster moves is 33-year-old Craig Gentry, who likely earned himself a roster spot following Thursday’s roster moves, according to Roch Kubatko.

The final day of Orioles spring training camp has come and gone. Next, the Orioles shift their focus to the regular season where they will attempt to make the playoffs in back-to-back seasons for the first time since the 1996-97 season.

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Who weigh in on Mets’ and Yankees’ prospects for 2017?

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The Yankees are the team of the future, but can they peak early? The Mets are the team of the present, but can they stay healthy?

Mark Teixeira said,“Realistically, I think this year is a year figuring out what you have,” the former Yankees first baseman turned ESPN analyst said on a conference call this week. “So you really want to know who the young pitchers on the staff or in the bullpen are, or in the lineup …
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“I think the Yankees will be in the race into September because they still have enough talent. They have a very good back end of the bullpen. They have the talent to be there in the race. But if they start falling out, you’re going to see cheap Clint Frazier jersey get called up. You’re going to see cheap Gleyber Torres jersey get called up.”

Before there was Todd Frazier and Ramon Torres in the Yankees system, there was Sanchez, Greg Bird and Aaron Judge. The Yankees will be banking on those three young studs to help carry the lineup and makeup for a suspect starting rotation.

For the Mets, talent in the rotation isn’t the question. If Noah Syndergaard, Jacob deGrom, Matt Harvey and Steven Matz can pitch a majority of the season, it is hard not to see the Mets as a strong challenger to the Cubs, Nationals and Dodgers in the National League. But that hope is not off to a good start, with Matz missing the start of the season with elbow discomfort. Harvey, however, showed signs of his old self as spring training went on, and Syndergaard and deGrom dominated from start to finish.

David Ross remembers what it was like going up against that Mets rotation at full strength, when his Cubs were swept by the Mets in the 2015 NLCS.

“You just you don’t get a break,” said the catcher, who wearing cheap mlb jerseys, retired after winning a World Series last season, and joined Teixeira on the ESPN roster.

“When you have that consistent pitching, you have that consistency of ‘I’ve got a guy that’s going to keep it under three runs.’ Even on a bad day they’re going to give up three. Their offense can really focus on manufacturing runs, and getting runs early, and giving it to that bullpen and a guy like [Jeurys] Familia (who is suspended the first 15 games of the season) who can shut it down at the end.”

Though Ross has taken on a front-office role with the Cubs, Teixeira has mostly stayed far away from baseball.

“I told the Yankees, please don’t ask me to come to spring training because I’ll feel bad saying no,” he said.

But Teixeira has helped nurture Bird’s development and stayed in touch with him throughout spring training. Bird was sidelined last season with a shoulder injury, but had an eye-popping spring with seven home runs, 13 RBIs and a .429 batting average.

“I could obviously relate to his [injury] frustrations,” Teixeira said. “But one of the things that me and Birdie always texted this offseason was trust. And we probably text every two weeks nowadays and just say, ‘Hey, keep trusting yourself, trust your talent, trust your health. You know you have the talent to do special things.’

“That’s what he’s doing. He’s going out there and playing the game. He’s not a guy that’s going to get caught up in New York, wholesale jerseys china. A lot of guys kind of make it in New York and then they stop working or they decide they’re going to be a Page Six superstar rather than a Yankee Stadium superstar. That’s not going to be Greg Bird. So I feel really good about his future.”

Did Wholesale NFL ‘Color Rush’ Jerseys just get leaked?

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After a soft launch that involved just eight teams last year, the NFL’s Color Rush campaign will be returning with a bang in 2016: All 32 teams will be participating.

The inclusion of every team means that there will be 32 new alternate wholesale jerseys this year that each team will wear for its Thursday night games.

When Lions president Rod Wood revealed in late March that Nike’s Color Rush campaign would be returning in 2016, he said that each team would reveal its new jersey/shirt when the 2016 regular season schedule came out, cheap nfl jerseys.

“The roll out of the Color Rush wholesale jerseys for all teams will occur when they announce the schedule,” Wood said at the time.

Unfortunately for us though, the wholesale jerseys weren’t unveiled on April 14 when the NFL released its 2016 schedule. However, there is a possible leak that shows which color each team will wear next season, and who doesn’t love a good leak?

Keep in mind, this is a leak and we won’t know how accurate it is until the NFL actually unveils every team’s Color Rush jersey.

That being said, it wouldn’t be a shock to see the Seahawks in lime-green. The team wore lime green jerseys during a 2009 game against the Bears and then broke them out again for a few training camp practices in 2015.

Also, the Vikings, Chiefs and Saints would all look cool in yellow/gold. You know what, everyone will look cool in every color. I used to hate the idea of the Color Rush, but now I love it.

The Bengals wholesale jerseys could also potentially be awesome. White bengal tigers actually exist and they’re probably pretty upset that the Bengals have never honored them with a jersey.

On the other hand, don’t get too excited about the cheap Cardinals jerseys, Raiders or Steelers’ gold wholesale jerseys.

Steelers president Art Rooney has already said his team will wear all-white or all-black for Color Rush.

“We had our options,” Rooney said, via the Steelers official nfl website. “We had some presentations from Nike in terms of what the options were, and we decided our color-option was going to be black, and the default option is going to be white. When you’re the road team, the home team gets to decide what it’s wearing.”

As Rooney said, Nike presented the Steelers with several options and it’s very possible that the design board above is what Nike presented to each team, and of course, each team would’ve had the option to switch out if they didn’t like it.

Teams would also have to switch out of their color if it was too similar to another team. For instance, the Chargers and Broncos won’t both be able to wear blue in Week 6, just as the Raiders and Chiefs can’t both wear gold in Week 14. The same thing applies to the Cardinals at 49ers game in Week 5.

If the 49ers wear gold, the Cards wouldn’t be allowed to wear anything close to that, which means, unfortunately, no crazy yellow jersey for Arizona.

As the leaked image notes, all designs “are subject to change,” and if the leaked image turns out to be completely wrong, well, we can still argue in the comments section about who has the best Color Rush jersey. Right now, I vote Baltimore.

The home team will get the first choice of color in all Color Rush games. You can see the entire wholesale jerseys Thursday night schedule by clicking here.

MLBRank: A-Rod, the Rocket make Schoenfield’s all-time top 10

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Let’s start here: If I did this list again tomorrow, I’d likely change my mind. The easy thing to do would be to just go to the Baseball-Reference all-time WAR leader board, plug in the top 10 names and call it a day.

The problem with doing that is we get this: 1914, 1890, 1907, 1986, 1951, 1905, 1954, 1984, 1907, 1897. (And if we extended the list to the top 15, we’d get 1915, 1907 and 1911.)

Those are the dates each of the players began their major league careers, meaning nine of the top 15 players started before the United States even joined World War I — more than 100 years ago. Yes, I have a problem with that. Does it make sense that the majority of the elite players in the game’s long history didn’t play against black players, wore baggy wool uniforms and used gloves that look like something you use to take a turkey out of the oven with?

Of course not. So my top 10 wholesale mlb jerseys list includes players from all across the baseball timeline.

10. Mike Schmidt Jersey

He hit just .267 in his career? As Bill James once said, if he’d hit for a higher average, he’d be the greatest player to play the game. Schmidt led the National League eight times in home runs and was first or second nine times in WAR among NL position players. He drew walks, won nine Gold Gloves and played on a lot of good teams. And, yes, this could have been Honus Wagner or Stan Musial or Lou Gehrig or Rickey Henderson or Mantle or Roger Hornsby. This wasn’t easy! But none of them had the best cry ever.

9. Greg Maddux Jersey

This spot was between Walter Johnson and Maddux (although I was tempted to put Pedro Martinez here because of his unbelievable peak level of performance, the greatest attained by a pitcher), but I went with the recent guy. For his career, Johnson averaged 6.4 WAR per 250 innings; Maddux averaged 5.2. But if you remove Maddux’s terrible rookie season and the final two seasons when he was sort of just hanging on, he averaged 5.8 per 250 innings. That’s pretty close, and adjusting for the more difficult era Maddux pitched in, I’m taking him over the guy who pitched 100 years ago and basically used one pitch for much of his career.

8. Ty Cobb Jersey
Yes, he’s an old-timer — but one whose game would have translated to all eras. He won 12 batting titles in the dead ball era and is one of the greatest base stealers to play the game. Cobb was also a big enough guy — 6-foot-1 — that I believe that if he’d come up in modern baseball, he’d have added power to his game. So you have a center fielder who would hit for average, power and steal 50 bases a year. I’d take Mickey Mantle and maybe even Ken Griffey Jr. at their peaks over Cobb, but Cobb had the longevity those two lacked.

7. Alex Rodriguez Jersey

Am I comfortable with him in my top 10? No. But this isn’t a list of the most beloved player, and the man does have 695 home runs, more than 2,000 RBIs and 2,000 runs, more than 300 stolen bases and 3 MVP Awards — and Juan Gonzalez stole the award from him in 1996, when A-Rod hit .358 with 36 home runs as a 20-year-old and we all dreamed of what his future would be like.

6. Roger Clemens Jersey

He won his first Cy Young Award at 23 and his seventh one at 41. And, no, he wasn’t the only old pitcher to be great in his 40s — see Warren Spahn and Nolan Ryan, for example. He led his league seven times in ERA and a bunch of times in a bunch of other things. If there’s a knock against him — well, other than his Vitamin B-12 shots — it’s that he isn’t the first pitcher you’d choose for a big game. His postseason record wasn’t as terrible as many have suggested — 12-8, 3.75 ERA in 34 starts at all wholesale baseball jerseys — but he also wasn’t exactly Curt Schilling or John Smoltz.

5. Ted Williams Jersey
Ted Williams, the last man to hit over .400 (.406 in 1941), may have been the best hitter in the history of the game. MLB Photos/Getty Images
He’s 14th on the all-time WAR list even though he missed nearly five full seasons while serving in World War II and then Korea. He was great enough to hit .388/.526/.731 at age 38. He was also indifferent in the field and on the basepaths and, like Bonds, a general pain in the butt. He also benefited from Fenway — he hit .361 there, .328 on the road, although with more home runs on the road — but you can argue that he, and not Babe Ruth, was the game’s greatest hitter.

4. Babe Ruth Jersey
Blasphemy? Perhaps. No doubt, based strictly on value compared to peers, Ruth is easily No. 1 (plus he pitched!). Here’s my issue: How would Ruth’s game translate to modern baseball? For example, in 1920 he hit .376/.532/.847 with 54 home runs while striking out 80 times in his cheap mlb jerseys. That’s not a lot of strikeouts by today’s standards, but in 1920 the AL averaged just 3.0 K’s per nine innings. In 2016, that’s up to 7.9 K’s per nine, an increase of more than 250 percent. If Ruth struck out at the same rate compared to his peers in 2016 as he did in 1920, we’d be looking at 200 strikeouts. He’s not hitting .376 striking out 200 times a season. Maybe he’d still be Babe Ruth, but maybe he’d be Adam Dunn.

3. Barry Bonds Jersey

People forget that he was on track to become a top-10 all-time player before his alleged performance-enhancing drug use began sometime after the 1998 season. From 1989 to 1998, he averaged 8.4 WAR per season (which included two strike-shortened seasons). He was the best position player in the NL seven times — through 1998. Then, from 2001 to 2004, he exploded off the charts, putting up numbers we’d never seen before. Considering Bonds’ defensive value and speed, however, I can’t rate Williams (at No. 5) ahead of him.

2. Hank Aaron Jersey

His career numbers at the plate are nearly identical to Willie Mays — .941 OPS for Mays, .928 for Aaron — and, like Mays, he was amazingly durable and consistent, aging well into his late 30s. Aaron was a very good right fielder (and certainly would have been a capable center fielder), but Mays was a great center fielder, so …

1. Willie Mays Jersey

Willie is the easy choice to rank ahead of Aaron. Mays hit for power, average, was maybe the best defensive center fielder in MLB jerseys history and one of the game’s best baserunners: In 1971, at age 40, he led the National League in baserunning runs added. He was durable, playing 150-plus games for 13 consecutive seasons. So he won just two MVP Awards? Well, he probably should have won eight or nine, as he led the NL in WAR nine times.

Yank throws 105.1 mph, is on Cubs’ radar

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NEW YORK — Once a pitcher’s velocity reaches triple digits, Brian McCann was saying, there no longer seems to be much difference between 104 mph and 105 mph. Each one is a blur, so a catcher’s main concern is making sure the ball meets the glove’s pocket and not his left thumb.

Aroldis Chapman put that to the test repeatedly on Monday, as the Yankees’ flame-throwing left-hander threw the five fastest pitches recorded to date by Statcast™, including one that registered 105.1 mph. Chapman locked down his 19th cheap mlb jerseys and save in 20 chances as the Yankees defeated the Orioles, 2-1.

Chapman throws major heat
Velocity Batter Pitch number
105.1 J.J. Hardy 6
104.9 Ryan Flaherty 4
104.4 Nolan Reimold 1
104.3 Ryan Flaherty 3
104.0 J.J. Hardy 5

“I look [at the scoreboard] every time he throws a pitch,” McCann said. “I look every time to see how hard it was. It’s incredible what he can do on the mound. You just hope you catch it right. If you catch it right, you’re fine. If you don’t, you’re in trouble.”

The 105.1-mph fastball came on Chapman’s sixth pitch to Orioles shortstop J.J. Hardy, an offering that darted well out of the strike zone but drew a loud reaction from the crowd. Chapman’s previous pitch to Hardy, clocked at 104 mph, sailed past McCann to the screen for a ball.

“I noticed,” Chapman said through an interpreter. “I took a peek at the board and I saw that it was 105, yeah. … Actually, I noticed their reaction when I threw the ball, so because of that cheering, that’s when I looked back and I noticed. It was nice wholesale baseball jerseys.”

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The velocity of Aroldis Chapman’s 105.1-mph pitch, the fastest recorded in the Statcast era

After those two heaters, Chapman snapped off a 91-mph slider that Hardy lifted in the air to left field. Chapman said he initially thought that the ball was headed to the seats for a game-tying homer, but Brett Gardner put it away without incident for the second out of the inning.

“I duck down one step in the dugout when he’s pitching,” Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. “Some of our hard throwers, you get a little bit nervous over there. But you watch him, and his arm is so quick. I can’t really say I’ve ever seen an arm that quick, and it’s impressive.”

Chapman started the next batter, Nolan Reimold, with a 104.4-mph fastball out of the strike zone and lost him to a five-pitch walk. Facing Ryan Flaherty, Chapman found his command, getting ahead 0-2 on a pair of triple-digit heaters before hitting 104.3 mph on a pitch that was fouled off.

“I think it’s incredible to watch,” Yankees reliever Andrew Miller jerseys said. “I don’t think anybody else comes even close. He’s just such an outlier. I’m glad he’s on our team.”

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Aroldis Chapman, Brian McCann and Joe Girardi discuss the closer’s performance, including hitting 105.1 mph on the radar gun

That sixth pitch to Hardy owns the third-highest perceived velocity in the Statcast™ era, at 105.5 mph, only trailing two pitches by Carter Capps jerseys — 105.9 mph and 105.6 mph, respectively.

By coincidence, the Braves’ Mauricio Cabrera hit 103.8 mph on Monday, marking the fastest non-Chapman pitch recorded by Statcast™. Chapman recorded 103.9 mph twice last season and was clocked at 105.1 mph by Pitch f/x on Sept. 24, 2010, all while with the Reds.

Chapman said that Monday’s appearance was not anything out of the ordinary, though perhaps the muggy conditions of an 81-degree evening helped.

“I felt fine,” Chapman said. “I felt normal; just a little more loose, I guess. But not unlike any other day.”

The game’s final pitch was clocked at 104.9 mph, shattering Flaherty’s bat and producing a ground ball to second baseman Starlin Castro jerseys.

“We’re all very lucky to be witnessing the guy that throws the fastest pitch in the world,” Alex Rodriguez said. “That’s pretty cool.”

And while he’s wowing fans and teammates with his velocity, Chapman could also be on the move if the Yankees decide to sell by the Aug. 1 non-waiver Trade Deadline. The National League Central-leading Cubs could use relief help, and the Yankees are reportedly interestedin their wholesale mlb jerseys young slugger Kyle Schwarber, who is out for the season after suffering a torn ACL and LCL in his left knee in April. The 23-year-old, a left-handed hitter, hit 16 home runs in 69 games last year as a rookie.

Marco Estrada’s lower back pain makes him questionable for his next start

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Blue Jays ace Marco Estrada gutted through a five-inning start on Saturday against Cleveland, but appeared to be in pain throughout the entire appearance, occasionally having to stop, bend over, and wait for it to subside. According to Estrada himself, he might have to sit out his next start, having made today’s outing just because of yesterday’s 19-inning affair.

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The pain in Estrada’s lower back sacroiliac joints had gotten worse since he first felt the symptoms swinging in an Interleague game last month. He had also been battling with back issues in spring training. He is expected to undergo an MRI scan for re-evaluation, with a stint on the disabled list as a good possibility.

While there is no good time for anyone of Estrada’s importance to be placed on the DL, the upcoming all-star break and off days means that he would miss fewer games than at any other point in the season. Backdating the injury to today, Estrada would be eligible to return from a stint on the 15-day DL on July 18, missing just 11 team games and one start. It might not be a bad idea to just shelve Estrada now and give him two full weeks to recover for the stretch run.

Jose Quintana gets first win since May 8; White Sox win 4th straight series

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A wide smile spread across Jose Quintana’s face, and he began his postgame comments with one word.

“Wow,” he said.

Anyone familiar with Quintana’s run-support plight should understand why theWhite Sox left-hander was so happy after a 4-1 victory over the Astros on Sunday afternoon at Minute Maid Park. Quintana gave up one run over seven innings, and the Sox tacked on runs late to ensure he earned his first victory since May 8 against the Twins.

After starting the year 5-1, he improved to 6-8 as the Sox won their fourth straight series.

“I had a good reaction because (they scored) more runs,” Quintana said. “Sometimes I’ve been waiting for that. I try to do my job but I wait for support, and today the lineup made a good effort.”

Quintana gave up a solo homer to George Springer on his second pitch, but he allowed just one more hit and two walks. After Jason Castro doubled and Springer walked to open the third, Quintana worked his way out of the jam on his way to retiring 15 straight.

“This was as locked in as he’s been in a while,” manager Robin Ventura said. “He has always been the same mentally. Even as difficult as it’s been for him to get run support, he never wavers as far as his own confidence. He’s one of the better pitchers in the league.”

Quintana’s final out in the seventh was a strikeout of designated hitter Evan Gattis after plate umpire Ryan Blakney had warned him for throwing behind Gattis.

Astros reliever Chris Devenski had hit Jose Abreu with a pitch in the top of the seventh, prompting a lengthy glare from Abreu. After the game, Abreu sported a welt just below a tattoo of his son on his left arm.

“They hit my baby,” he joked, adding that he wasn’t sure if he was hit on purpose.

Quintana and Ventura both said Quintana missed inside on the pitch to Gattis. Astros manager A.J. Hinch was ejected for arguing, and Quintana got behind 3-0 in the count before coming back for the strikeout.

“I am very happy for him because he is such a fighter,” Abreu said through the team interpreter. “He comes every day to give us the best that he has. In the last outings, we weren’t able to support him and give him some runs. We did it today.”

The Sox scored two in the third off right-hander Collin McHugh on Adam Eaton’s RBI groundout and Abreu’s RBI single.

For the second straight day, Ventura used a catcher at designated hitter. Alex Avilawalked twice and led off the eighth with a single against Devenski to spark a two-run inning. Pinch runner Tyler Saladino stole second, and Brett Lawrie and Dioner Navarro hit RBI singles.

The Sox have won nine of 13 and improved to two games over .500 for the first time since June 4. They head into a six-game homestand against the Yankees and Braves before the All-Star break 71/2 games behind the Indians in the American League Central. But they’re also in a crowded wild-card race.

“We’re still in the hunt,” Ventura said. “We started out great, then we took a dump and now we’re back to playing better baseball.

“That second wild card does bring a different element to it. You have to play well. You can’t get too caught up in what has already happened. It’s where you’re going.”

Ouch, that hurt: Cleveland Indians blown out, 17-1, by Toronto Blue Jays

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TORONTO — After Corey Kluber beat Atlanta on Tuesday at Turner Field, he was asked about the Indians’ winning streak, a streak that would grow to 14 games.

Kluber said all the right things, but added it was important to remember that the Indians were going to lose a game sometime in the near future. Then he said the key would be how the Indians could use the momentum of the streak to continue to play good baseball.

Well, the Tribe’s franchise-setting winning streak ended Saturday in a 9-6 loss to Toronto. As for Sunday, well, let’s just say momentum has a big head start on Kluber and his teammates.

Toronto pounded Kluber and the Indians, 17-1, at Rogers Centre to split the four-game series. And always remember, what goes around comes around.

The Indians extended their winning streak to a franchise-record 14 games with a 19-inning victory Friday. The Blue Jays’ final two pitchers were position players Ryan Goins and Darwin Barney.

In Sunday’s loss, catcher Chris Gimenez pitched the last two innings for the Indians after entering the game in the sixth at third base.

Kluber (8-8, 3.79) was on fire coming into the start. He’d won four of his last five starts, but he had no answer for the Blue Jays.

Russell Martin hit a three-run homer in the first. Kluber allowed two more runs in the fourth before manager Terry Francona removed him and put the game in the bullpen’s hands.

Kluber allowed five runs on seven hits in 3 1/3 innings. He walked four and struck out four in his second shortest start of the season. He pitched 2 2/3 innings against Houston on May 9.

“All day it was just a fight for him,” said Francona. “That’s why I probably worry more about guys putting some stress on themselves. So we tried to get him out of there, because he had thrown a lot (of pitches) and they were all high-intensity, just because there were so many men on base.”

Kluber said he couldn’t make the ball go where he wanted it to go.

“I commanded the ball terribly,” he said. “It all starts with fastball command. I didn’t command it all day and that makes everything else tough to throw for strikes as well.”

Lefty J.A. Happ (11-3, 3.54) had his way with the Indians. He allowed one run in seven innings, striking out 11 and not walking a batter.

The Blue Jays put the game away by scoring eight runs in the sixth, their biggest inning of the season. Tom Gorzelanny absorbed most of the damage on the Indians’ side, allowing seven earned runs on four hits in 1/3 of inning.

After that Francona went to bullpen protect mode, which put Gimenez on the mound. He entered the game at third base in the sixth and moved to the mound in the seventh.

“I felt much more comfortable on the mound,” said Gimenez. “At third there was a ball hit and it was at me, but I didn’t even see it off the bat.”

Gimenez retired the Blue Jays in order in the seventh.

“I was throwing super changeups,” he said.

They were waiting for him in the eighth. Josh Donaldson and Edwin Encarnacion hit consecutive doubles. Russell Martinez singled home another run and Justin Smoak added a two-run homer.

“When there were two outs, I was think, ‘Can we just end this now,'” said Gimenez.

Gimenez allowed four runs on four hits in two innings. In 2014, he threw a scoreless inning against the Angels.

“There goes my 0.00 ERA,” said Gimenez.

PITCHf/x, which charts all MLB’s pitches, registered Gimenez’s 33 pitches as knuckleballs or changeups. Gimenez doesn’t throw a knuckler and said the changeups were fastballs.

“I was humping up on them, too,” said Gimenez, whose velocity ranged from 65 to 82 mph.

What it means

The Indians ended this 10-game trip with an 8-2 record. The 17 runs the Indians allowed were their most since allowing 17 against the Cubs last year on June 17.

The Tribe bullpen allowed 12 earned runs, the most since they allowed 13 against the A’s on July 10, 2004.

We scored one run?

The Indians scored their only run in the seventh when Yan Gomes singled home Carlos Santana with two out. Santana had two of the Tribe’s five hits.

The pitches

Kluber threw 95 pitches, 53 (56 percent) for strikes. Happ threw 101 pitches, 65 (64 percent) for strikes.

Thanks for coming

The Indians and Blue Jays drew 45,962 fans to Rogers Centre. It was Toronto’s 15th sellout. First pitch was at 1:08 p.m. with a temperature of 68 degrees. The roof was open.

What’s next?

The Indians open their final homestand before the All-Star break with a three-game series against the Tigers and a four-game visit from the Yankees.

Danny Salazar (10-3, 2.33) will face Detroit lefty Daniel Norris on Monday night in from of a sold-out crowd at Progressive Field. Salazar has won six straight decisions.

Best, worst of Tigers’ minor leagues at midseason

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Reviewing a big-league team’s farm system at midseason is like being graded at midsemester. If a particular players has shined, be sure to keep it up. If a student hasn’t, there’s still time to catch fire.

The Tigers overall get a necessary “Incomplete” at the halfway mark of the 2016 minor-league system. They receive, in any necessary discussion, a grade of no better than “C,” although that’s an assessment made on a curve, given the thin ranks of a system that has been pulverized by trades, forfeited draft picks – and plenty of bad choices.

A look at the highs, lows, surprises, tumbles, injuries, and potential storylines that will play out during the final nine weeks of the 2016 season.

BEST START

Christin Stewart, Single A Lakeland: Stewart was last year’s draft pick gained as compensation for losing Max Scherzer to the Nationals. For much of the spring he led all of America’s minor leagues in home runs. He sits at 18 today, and that’s striking, considering the Florida State League’s large ballparks, and the way in which pitchers have been avoiding him. Note his .388 on-base percentage, and what it says about a left-handed power hitter. Pitchers are being careful with him. And Stewart is being careful about pitches he attacks.

BEST PITCHING RUN

Joe Jimenez, Double A Erie: This is a bit too much to digest, even if it’s the minor leagues. Jimenez has pitched in 29 games in 2016 at Single A Lakeland and then at Erie. It wasn’t until nine days ago he gave up his first, and only, run of the season. The Tigers will be making room for him at some point in 2017 and might invite him to Detroit for a September audition. But they aren’t rushing, all because he is 21 and still needs to polish a couple of secondary pitches. They are being delicate, also, with his innings and pitch counts. They know they have a prize here, a probable closer. And soon.

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FAST TRACK

The Tigers promoted two more pitchers in June, relocating Matt Hall and Gerson Moreno from Single A West Michigan, where everyone but Whitecaps manager Andrew Graham was getting bored by their dominance, and upgrading them to Single A Lakeland. They are on two different levels of development. Hall, a left-hander from Missouri State who was the Tigers’ sixth-round pick in 2015, is a starter and curveball maestro. Moreno is younger (20) and is a fire-throwing reliever. Follow their pitching lines the remainder of this summer. Interesting prospects.

HURT AND OVERLOOKED

Three higher-profile pitchers have been missing from most 2016 box scores. Spencer Turnbull, a right-handed starter and second-round pick in 2014 (University of Virginia), has finally resumed work following some shoulder issues. Kevin Ziomek, a left-handed starter who was a second-round pick (Vanderbilt) in 2013, had thoracic surgery last month similar to procedures experienced by former Tigers pitchers Jeremy Bonderman and Kenny Rogers and is recovering smoothly. Also, Trey Teakell, a ninth-rounder in 2015 (Texas Christian), is resuming work after an elbow strain.

BEST YOUNG POSITION PLAYER

Jose Azocar, West Michigan’s 20-year-old outfielder, who has been hitting .300-plus and wearing out video cameras with assorted plays. No shocker here. He came into the season with plus skills and potential and is on track.

BEST TURNAROUND

Derek Hill, another of West Michigan’s turf-sprinters who can make spectacular catchers and who, during the past month, has been swinging a better bat. He had a robust June (.327, .824 OPS) and, two summers out of high school, could re-establish himself as a serious prospect and first-round draft pick.

BEST OVERALL PROSPECT WHO’S NOT HITTING

JaCoby Jones was beating up pitchers at Double A Erie when he returned from suspension, but since he was shipped to Triple A Toledo, he’s been ice-cold. He’ll snap out of it. A decent chance he could be the Tigers’ everyday center fielder in 2017.

PITCHER POISED FOR BETTER SECOND HALF

Adam Ravenelle has been slapped around since he was promoted to Erie. But he’ll adjust. Ravenelle has a healthy chance of pitching, at some point next season, in Detroit’s bullpen. He was a fourth-round pick from Vanderbilt (2014) who has the arm and stuff to be a long-term, big-league reliever. Was sick and injured last year. Has rebounded this season and should settle in quickly at Erie.

PLAYER POISED FOR BETTER SECOND HALF

Cam Gibson. Kirk’s son has been on the ropes a bit with his bat in his first full season of professional baseball. But he’s making progress at Single A West Michigan as part of a defensively dazzling outfield in which he lines up alongside Azocar and Hill. In two months, compare Gibson’s July and August with his April, May, and June. It’s likely the numbers will be significantly different.

PLAYER POISED FOR BETTER SECOND HALF (CONT.)

Catcher Shane Zeile has had some fractures and hamstring issues since last season, but there’s a reason the Tigers grabbed him in the fifth round of the 2014 draft out of UCLA. He’s the son of former big-leaguer Todd Zeile and was batting .333 in June until his hamstring tightened. Expect him to flourish during the season’s second half.

BEST SUPER-YOUNG RELIEVER

Right-hander Moreno is only 20 and throws on the brink of 100-mph. Has secondary stuff and fires just enough strikes to avoid trouble. Should get better on that front. He, Jimenez, and Ravenelle are the best trio of relievers in the Tigers system.

SO STEADY HE’S OVERLOOKED

Beau Burrows, last year’s first-round pick out of suburban Dallas. Twelve games, 11 starts, and Burrows, who is 19, owns these numbers at West Michigan: 2.79 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, .214 opposing batting average. A young pitcher very much on track.