Good vibes in SD? Vlad Jr. on the move? Here are 5 fascinations in MLB (2024)

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It’s a shame.","type":"text"},{"__typename":"Video","contentDate":"2024-06-26T19:19:57.823Z","preferredPlaybackScenarioURL({\"preferredPlaybacks\":\"mp4AvcPlayback\"})":"https://mlb-cuts-diamond.mlb.com/FORGE/2024/2024-06/26/57550bc6-f6fee7f9-0b3e2d8f-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x720_59_4000K.mp4","type":"video","description":"Jackson Chourio hits an inside-the-park home run to center field, tying the game at 5 in the bottom of the 4th inning","displayAsVideoGif":false,"duration":"00:00:28","slug":"jackson-chourio-hits-an-inside-the-park-home-run-8-on-a-line-drive-to-cen","tags":[{"__typename":"InternalTag","slug":"season-2024","title":"Season 2024","type":"season"},{"__typename":"GameTag"},{"__typename":"PersonTag","slug":"playerid-694192","title":"Jackson Chourio","person":{"__ref":"Person:694192"},"type":"player"},{"__typename":"TeamTag","slug":"teamid-158","title":"Milwaukee Brewers","team":{"__ref":"Team:158"},"type":"team"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"hitting","title":"hitting","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"highlight","title":"highlight","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"in-game-highlight","title":"in-game highlight","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"game-action-tracking","title":"game action tracking","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"vod","title":"vod","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"home-run","title":"home run","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"featured","title":"featured","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"yahoo-in-game","title":"Yahoo In-Game","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"2-yahoo-mlb-ads-feed","title":"2-Yahoo MLB Ads Feed","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"imagen-feed","title":"Imagen feed","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"send-to-news-mlb-feed","title":"Send To News MLB feed","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"fan-duel","title":"Fan Duel","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"eclat-feed","title":"Eclat feed","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"international-feed","title":"International Partner feed","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"apple-news","title":"Apple News","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"star-of-the-game","title":"Player of the Game","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"yahoo-in-game-national","title":"Yahoo In-Game National","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"alexa","title":"alexa","type":"taxonomy"}],"thumbnail":{"__typename":"Thumbnail","templateUrl":"https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/upload/{formatInstructions}/mlb/rzj0r3l7ibrkml3segis"},"title":"Jackson Chourio's inside-the-park home run (8)","relativeSiteUrl":"/video/jackson-chourio-hits-an-inside-the-park-home-run-8-on-a-line-drive-to-cen"},{"__typename":"Markdown","content":"**3\\. The young kids are turning the corner**\n\nJackson Chourio’s inside-the-park homer on Wednesday was one of the most exciting moments in a very exciting Brewers season so far, but it hardly came out of nowhere for Chourio. The 20-year-old, who remains the youngest player in the Majors, has finally started to turn the corner in June. He has an .840 OPS for the month, which is the highest on the team, and he actually leads the Brewers in extra-base hits in June despite only 63 plate appearances. Pretty good for a guy who is *younger than Facebook.*\n\nThe Brewers have serious pitching problems -- they just acquired 36-year-old Dallas Keuchel, who had spent the season at the Mariners’ Triple-A affiliate -- and they’re going to need every bit of offense they can to stay atop the NL Central. Chourio’s emergence is happening at the exact right time.\n\nIt's worth noting that Chourio is not the only young rookie player to start the season on the big league roster who has begun to overcome his slow start. Wyatt Langford has been one of the few Rangers who *is* hitting lately, and the Tigers’ Colt Keith has begun to come around over the last fortnight as well. That’s huge for each of these teams and a reminder that young players are, in fact, young players: You have to give them time and not give up on them. We hope you’re hearing this, Jackson Holliday and Jordan Walker.","type":"text"},{"__typename":"Video","contentDate":"2024-06-26T23:54:18.475Z","preferredPlaybackScenarioURL({\"preferredPlaybacks\":\"mp4AvcPlayback\"})":"https://mlb-cuts-diamond.mlb.com/FORGE/2024/2024-06/26/a98f356d-7504cae7-75b6c605-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x720_59_4000K.mp4","type":"video","description":"Alec Burleson laces a double to right that scores Michael Siani and Masyn Winn and gives the Cardinals a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the 3rd","displayAsVideoGif":false,"duration":"00:00:27","slug":"bryce-elder-in-play-run-s-to-alec-burleson","tags":[{"__typename":"InternalTag","slug":"season-2024","title":"Season 2024","type":"season"},{"__typename":"GameTag"},{"__typename":"PersonTag","slug":"playerid-676475","title":"Alec Burleson","person":{"__ref":"Person:676475"},"type":"player"},{"__typename":"TeamTag","slug":"teamid-138","title":"St. Louis Cardinals","team":{"__ref":"Team:138"},"type":"team"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"hitting","title":"hitting","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"highlight","title":"highlight","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"in-game-highlight","title":"in-game highlight","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"game-action-tracking","title":"game action tracking","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"vod","title":"vod","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"2-yahoo-mlb-ads-feed","title":"2-Yahoo MLB Ads Feed","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"yahoo-in-game","title":"Yahoo In-Game","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"send-to-news-mlb-feed","title":"Send To News MLB feed","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"imagen-feed","title":"Imagen feed","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"fan-duel","title":"Fan Duel","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"eclat-feed","title":"Eclat feed","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"international-feed","title":"International Partner feed","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"apple-news","title":"Apple News","type":"taxonomy"}],"thumbnail":{"__typename":"Thumbnail","templateUrl":"https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/upload/{formatInstructions}/mlb/hvhwe3oonycjl1a9qryj"},"title":"Alec Burleson's two-run double","relativeSiteUrl":"/video/bryce-elder-in-play-run-s-to-alec-burleson"},{"__typename":"Markdown","content":"**4\\. Are these Cardinals *actually* any good?**\n\nOn Mother’s Day, the Cardinals sure looked cooked. A year after finishing in last place for the first time since 1990, they were 15-24 and back in the basem*nt in the NL Central. Finishing last in St. Louis one season is a disaster; two seasons in a row could well lead to a complete front-office housecleaning.\n\nBut since then, the Cardinals have gone 26-14, the second-best record in baseball during that time. They have taken control of the second Wild Card spot in the NL and are only six games behind the Brewers in the NL Central. (It doesn’t hurt that the rival Cubs are an NL-low 14-27 in the same span.)\n\nThe strangest thing about this is that it’s still not entirely clear that the Cardinals are all that good. They finished Wednesday with the third-worst run differential in the NL (ahead of only the Rockies and Marlins), both Paul Goldschmidt and (especially) Nolan Arenado have fallen off dramatically, Walker has been back at Triple-A since late April and the club doesn’t really have a fifth starter (and barely has a fourth). They’re really still a bit of a mess. And yet here they are.","type":"text"},{"__typename":"Video","contentDate":"2024-06-18T01:54:09.171Z","preferredPlaybackScenarioURL({\"preferredPlaybacks\":\"mp4AvcPlayback\"})":"https://mlb-cuts-diamond.mlb.com/FORGE/2024/2024-06/17/21d21e42-a86c3d64-ad37270a-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x720_59_4000K.mp4","type":"video","description":"Masyn Winn drills a go-ahead two-run home run to left field, giving the Cardinals a 7-5 lead in the top of the 12th","displayAsVideoGif":false,"duration":"00:00:29","slug":"masyn-winn-homers-4-on-a-fly-ball-to-left-field-pedro-pages-scores","tags":[{"__typename":"InternalTag","slug":"season-2024","title":"Season 2024","type":"season"},{"__typename":"GameTag"},{"__typename":"PersonTag","slug":"playerid-691026","title":"Masyn Winn","person":{"__ref":"Person:691026"},"type":"player"},{"__typename":"TeamTag","slug":"teamid-138","title":"St. Louis Cardinals","team":{"__ref":"Team:138"},"type":"team"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"hitting","title":"hitting","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"highlight","title":"highlight","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"in-game-highlight","title":"in-game highlight","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"game-action-tracking","title":"game action tracking","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"vod","title":"vod","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"international-feed","title":"International Partner feed","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"imagen-feed","title":"Imagen feed","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"eclat-feed","title":"Eclat feed","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"fan-duel","title":"Fan Duel","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"apple-news","title":"Apple News","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"bat-flip","title":"bat flip","type":"taxonomy"}],"thumbnail":{"__typename":"Thumbnail","templateUrl":"https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/upload/{formatInstructions}/mlb/nopd7qett6ykjwnhguqf"},"title":"Masyn Winn's go-ahead two-run home run (4)","relativeSiteUrl":"/video/masyn-winn-homers-4-on-a-fly-ball-to-left-field-pedro-pages-scores"},{"__typename":"Markdown","content":"How are they doing it? They’ve been led by their young players, namely Alec Burleson (25), Brendan Donovan (27) and, especially, shortstop Masyn Winn, who, at the age of 22, is putting together a legitimate case for NL Rookie of the Year consideration. Winn’s defense, and particularly his arm, was his calling card coming into the Majors, but he has been terrific with the bat as well. He has a 116 OPS+ and has solidified the Cardinals’ leadoff spot, leading all NL rookies in Baseball Reference WAR.\n\nThe team has gotten just enough starting pitching, led by Sonny Gray and a resurgent Miles Mikolas and Kyle Gibson, and excellent bullpen work from Ryan Helsley (who hasn’t blown a save in his last 27 games), to keep its head above water.\n\nIs it all smoke and mirrors? Part of it certainly is. This team *desperately* needs Goldschmidt and Arenado to rebound. But you don’t have to be *that* great to nab an NL Wild Card spot. More to the point: Since Mother’s Day, the Cardinals have saved their season … and may have staved off some dramatic changes to a franchise that has traditionally resisted such change as much as any in baseball.","type":"text"},{"__typename":"Video","contentDate":"2024-06-27T03:38:10.737Z","preferredPlaybackScenarioURL({\"preferredPlaybacks\":\"mp4AvcPlayback\"})":"https://mlb-cuts-diamond.mlb.com/FORGE/2024/2024-06/26/d1e8e75b-4bf2fa55-fe2d7919-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x720_59_4000K.mp4","type":"video","description":"Hayden Birdsong fans five batters over 4 2/3 innings and allows six hits and three runs in his MLB debut against the Cubs","displayAsVideoGif":false,"duration":"00:00:34","slug":"hayden-birdsong-strikes-out-five-in-his-mlb-debut","tags":[{"__typename":"GameTag"},{"__typename":"TeamTag","slug":"teamid-137","title":"San Francisco Giants","team":{"__ref":"Team:137"},"type":"team"},{"__typename":"PersonTag","slug":"playerid-806185","title":"Hayden Birdsong","person":{"__ref":"Person:806185"},"type":"player"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"vod","title":"vod","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"in-game-highlight","title":"in-game highlight","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"highlight","title":"highlight","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"pitching","title":"pitching","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"highlight-reel-starting-pitching","title":"highlight reel starting pitching","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"game-action-tracking","title":"game action tracking","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"mlb-debut","title":"MLB debut","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"mlb-top-prospects","title":"MLB Top Prospects","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"highlight-reel-pitching","title":"highlight reel pitching","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"apple-news","title":"Apple News","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"eclat-feed","title":"Eclat feed","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"international-feed","title":"International Partner feed","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"fan-duel","title":"Fan Duel","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"imagen-feed","title":"Imagen feed","type":"taxonomy"}],"thumbnail":{"__typename":"Thumbnail","templateUrl":"https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/upload/{formatInstructions}/mlb/imboxmmqgufvmw6jf0wn"},"title":"Hayden Birdsong strikes out five in his MLB debut","relativeSiteUrl":"/video/hayden-birdsong-strikes-out-five-in-his-mlb-debut"},{"__typename":"Markdown","content":"**5\\. Some love from Mattoon, Illinois**\n\nOn Wednesday night, Hayden Birdsong made his MLB debut for the Giants. Birdsong, the club's No. 6 prospect, was greeted with the fanfare you might expect for a team in a period of transition and in considerable need of a hot young pitcher to get excited about. He did well, striking out five in 4 2/3 innings of a game the Giants would win over the Cubs 4-3, and he’s slated to make his next start on July 6 in Cleveland.\n\nBut I hope you’ll indulge me, because my connection to Hayden Birdsong is far more personal. Birdsong grew up in Mattoon, a very small town in rural Illinois, about 45 minutes south of the University of Illinois and right in between St. Louis and Indianapolis, roughly two hours away from each.\n\nThere have been only two MLB players from Mattoon in the last 100 years: The other was outfielder Kyle Hudson, who had 28 plate appearances for the Orioles in 2011. I know this because *my* hometown is Mattoon, Ill., it’s where I grew up, it’s where every generation of Leitches since the 1800s has lived and it’s where my 10 aunts and uncles currently live; I graduated from Mattoon High School in 1993 and make it back there every year. It is my home.","type":"text"},{"__typename":"Video","contentDate":"2024-06-27T01:52:12.968Z","preferredPlaybackScenarioURL({\"preferredPlaybacks\":\"mp4AvcPlayback\"})":"https://mlb-cuts-diamond.mlb.com/FORGE/2024/2024-06/26/643a31ea-06c1cf60-f47d04f2-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x720_59_4000K.mp4","type":"video","description":"Hayden Birdsong records the first strikeout of his Major League career as he gets Michael Busch looking on a changeup in the 1st inning","displayAsVideoGif":false,"duration":"00:00:28","slug":"michael-busch-called-out-on-strikes-wx2ugf","tags":[{"__typename":"InternalTag","slug":"season-2024","title":"Season 2024","type":"season"},{"__typename":"GameTag"},{"__typename":"TeamTag","slug":"teamid-137","title":"San Francisco Giants","team":{"__ref":"Team:137"},"type":"team"},{"__typename":"PersonTag","slug":"playerid-806185","title":"Hayden Birdsong","person":{"__ref":"Person:806185"},"type":"player"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"pitching","title":"pitching","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"in-game-highlight","title":"in-game highlight","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"highlight","title":"highlight","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"game-action-tracking","title":"game action tracking","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"vod","title":"vod","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"mlb-top-prospects","title":"MLB Top Prospects","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"career-first","title":"career-first","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"international-feed","title":"International Partner feed","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"eclat-feed","title":"Eclat feed","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"fan-duel","title":"Fan Duel","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"imagen-feed","title":"Imagen feed","type":"taxonomy"}],"thumbnail":{"__typename":"Thumbnail","templateUrl":"https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/upload/{formatInstructions}/mlb/hst5am50te4wmbihecbj"},"title":"Hayden Birdsong's first career strikeout","relativeSiteUrl":"/video/michael-busch-called-out-on-strikes-wx2ugf"},{"__typename":"Markdown","content":"And we are *very* proud of Hayden. His parents, Stacey and Paula (who still live in Mattoon), worked with my mother at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center, the hospital where my mother ran the emergency room for more than two decades. The Leitch family has known the Birdsong family for generations: They are excellent people. Mattoon is a baseball-mad town, one of those small Midwestern villages where baseball is the organizing principle for everything: Every Friday night, everyone heads out to Peterson Park to watch the American Legion or the Mattoon High School game.\n\nThat someone from Mattoon would make it to the Majors is a source of *immense* pride to the town, and to every family that knows the Birdsongs. The best part about this, of course, is that *every* baseball debut has a story like this, a town, a community, a family, the sort of connections that make everyone feel good and make the world feel a little bit smaller. Congratulations, Hayden. We’re all standing right out there beside you.","type":"text"},{"__typename":"Video","contentDate":"2024-06-26T21:18:40.833Z","preferredPlaybackScenarioURL({\"preferredPlaybacks\":\"mp4AvcPlayback\"})":"https://mlb-cuts-diamond.mlb.com/FORGE/2024/2024-06/26/05a06c18-02198fe2-b41040da-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x720_59_4000K.mp4","type":"video","description":"Royals score five runs in the 8th inning, including Salvador Perez's go-ahead double, to overcome the Marlins in a comeback win","displayAsVideoGif":false,"duration":"00:01:22","slug":"royals-score-five-in-the-8th","tags":[{"__typename":"GameTag"},{"__typename":"TeamTag","slug":"teamid-118","title":"Kansas City Royals","team":{"__ref":"Team:118"},"type":"team"},{"__typename":"PersonTag","slug":"playerid-521692","title":"Salvador Perez","person":{"__ref":"Person:521692"},"type":"player"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"vod","title":"vod","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"in-game-highlight","title":"in-game highlight","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"highlight","title":"highlight","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"game-action-tracking","title":"game action tracking","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"key-moments","title":"Key Moments","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"hitting","title":"hitting","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"eclat-feed","title":"Eclat feed","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"imagen-feed","title":"Imagen feed","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"international-feed","title":"International Partner feed","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"fan-duel","title":"Fan Duel","type":"taxonomy"},{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"roku-vod","title":"Roku VOD","type":"taxonomy"}],"thumbnail":{"__typename":"Thumbnail","templateUrl":"https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/upload/{formatInstructions}/mlb/m8wqcnywdiblbdatppj6"},"title":"Royals score five in 8th in comeback win","relativeSiteUrl":"/video/royals-score-five-in-the-8th"},{"__typename":"Markdown","content":"**Fun Series of the Weekend: Guardians at Royals**\n\nAre the Royals in danger? One of baseball’s best stories this year has hit a real pothole in June, going 9-14 for the month and falling all the way to third place in the AL Central and into a virtual tie with the Red Sox for the final AL Wild Card entering Thursday. They’re catching the Guardians at the exact wrong time, as Cleveland entered the series with MLB’s second-best record. Considering the Royals lost 106 games last year, everything that has happened so far is an undeniable success. But Royals fans had dreams of a postseason appearance, a sense that this team was unique and potentially special. This is a major test. And if the Guardians stay hot … it could all get away from them.","type":"text"}],"relativeSiteUrl":"/news/vladimir-guerrero-jr-padres-hot-streak-among-fascinating-mlb-storylines","contentType":"news","subHeadline":null,"summary":"There’s always something fascinating going on in the world of baseball -- and there’s always something new. 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