Old but gold: Verlander pushing for Cy Young

28-5 win that featured Raimel Tapia’s unlikely inside-the-park grand slam.

If any team was going to score 28 runs this season, it makes sense the Blue Jays would do it.

The Blue Jays have MLB’s highest team batting average with a .266 mark and are fourth in runs (460), sixth in home runs (124) and third in OPS (.769)

The hottest ticket last weekend – at least for MLB scouts – might have been in Phoenix, where two lastplace teams were playing.

The Washington Nationals and Arizona Diamondbacks both have attractive candidates to be moved at the Aug. 2 trade deadline. The big name is obviously Washington slugger Juan Soto, who is still just 23 years old, doesn’t hit free agency until 2024 and reportedly turned down a $440 million offer from the Nationals earlier in the week.

Several of Soto’s teammates, including sluggers Nelson Cruz and Josh Bell, along with relievers Steve Cishek and Carl Edwards Jr., could also be on the move.

But the D-backs are full of trade pieces, too. Veteran outfielder David Peralta, first baseman Christian Walker, All-Star reliever Joe Mantiply and left-hander Madison Bumgarner all might make sense for a contender to grab.

Will any pitcher hit 200 innings this season? Almost certainly.

Miami’s Sandy Alcantara is the most likely candidate and the closest thing to a true workhorse in the big leagues. He’s on pace to pitch about 230 innings, which would be the most in MLB since 2016 when David Price hit 230 innings with the Red Sox. It wasn’t that long ago that 200 innings in a season was quite common. Back in 2010, 45 pitchers hit the mark.