Deesha Thosar

6 days ago | foxsports.com | Deesha Thosar

PHILADELPHIA — As his outing neared an end and the New York Mets threatened to score, Philadelphia Phillies ace Zack Wheeler stared down a familiar face: Juan Soto, who didn't seem to care whatsoever about being booed by the Citizens Bank Park crowd for the third time, settled into his signature stance in the batter's box.  This high-profile showdown would be Wheeler's last batter on Friday night. He was at 92 pitches with two outs in the fifth inning. The Phillies gave him a two-run lead.

1 week ago | foxnews.com | Rowan Kavner |Deesha Thosar

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Major League Baseball was rocked by the trade that sent Rafael Devers from the Boston Red Sox to the San Francisco Giants earlier this week. Since then, Devers has made Giants debut, and the Red Sox have played their first game without him. In this week's MLB roundtable, FOX Sports' Rowan Kavner and Deesha Thosar share their early impressions of the Devers trade, and discuss other big topics around the league:1.

1 week ago | foxsports.com | Deesha Thosar

If it’s difficult to understand why the Boston Red Sox would trade their best hitter, who also happened to be the face of the franchise, that’s because the Rafael Devers situation was flawed from the beginning. Sunday's blockbuster trade that sent Devers to the San Francisco Giants isn’t just about the drama that unfolded this season — although that was the tipping point.

2 weeks ago | foxsports.com | Deesha Thosar

NEW YORK — Asked to characterize the first couple months of his club’s season, Red Sox manager Alex Cora looked down and repeated two barely-audible words. "Not great," Cora said in his pregame press conference on Friday, perched on a bench in the visitor’s dugout at Yankee Stadium. "Not great."Cora, typically animated and chatty with reporters, did not care to expand.

3 weeks ago | foxsports.com | Deesha Thosar

Fairly or not, Juan Soto’s performance will be judged in the context of his 15-year, $765 million contract for the rest of his career. After all, he’s collecting paychecks on the most lucrative contract in the history of professional sports while competing in the largest media market in the world. It’s an unprecedented situation that comes with the grandest of expectations, and Soto is not yet meeting them. But he sure looks like he’s getting close.