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4 days ago | nytimes.com | Levi Weaver |Ken Rosenthal

The Windup Newsletter ⚾ | This is The Athletic's MLB newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Windup directly in your inbox. The Phillies phlailed, the Royals are calling up a masher, the Yankees and Dodgers made history and the Astros are ... well, what is going on in Houston, anyway? I'm Levi Weaver, here with Ken Rosenthal. Welcome to The Windup!Introducing the WiPS: Phillies had a bad weekend. Are we worried? When we sent our last edition of The Windup, the Phillies held the NL's best record.

5 days ago | nytimes.com | Maria Torres |María Torres |Ken Rosenthal

The Kansas City Royals are promoting top prospect Jac Caglianone to the major leagues, a source confirmed to The Athletic on Sunday. Caglianone, 22, was the No. 6 pick in last year's draft. One of the game's top offensive talents, Caglianone has torn up the upper levels of the Royals' minor-league system this year. He finished Sunday with a slash line of .322/.389/.593 in 50 games. That includes a 15-for-47 start for Triple-A Omaha, with whom he has played 12 games.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Levi Weaver |Ken Rosenthal

The Windup Newsletter ⚾ | This is The Athletic's MLB newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Windup directly in your inbox. The World Series rematch starts tonight! Plus: The Dodgers acquire a former All-Star reliever, the Nats did something kinda strange and Ken checks in on the Rangers offense. I'm Levi Weaver, here with Ken Rosenthal.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Ken Rosenthal

Hey, let's fire the hitting coach!The Texas Rangers, before dismissing Donnie Ecker on May 4 and replacing him with Bret Boone, were 17-18 and averaging 3.23 runs per game. Since the arrival of Boone, who joined the team's other hitting instructors, Justin Viele and Seth Conner, the Rangers are 10-12 and averaging 3.27 runs per game. Yes, that's a lower winning percentage. And an uptick in "production" of a mammoth .04 runs per game.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Ken Rosenthal

The Orioles' firings of manager Brandon Hyde and field coordinator/catching instructor Tim Cossins effectively left the team down two coaches. They are in discussions with John Mabry to fill one of those positions, according to sources briefed on the team's plans. Mabry, a former major-league outfielder and first baseman and coach with the St. Louis Cardinals, Kansas City Royals and Miami Marlins, would become a senior advisor on new manager Tony Mansolino's staff.