Pratyusha Srivastava

18 hours ago | essentiallysports.com | Utsav Gupta |Pratyusha Srivastava

Jacob deGrom came within eight outs of baseball immortality yesterday. The Rangers’ ace sat down 18 consecutive Orioles batters through six perfect innings, throwing with surgical precision. His mastery began to show cracks in the seventh inning when he issued a leadoff walk to Jackson Holliday, followed by another free pass to Ryan O’Hearn later in the frame.

20 hours ago | essentiallysports.com | Kinjal Talreja |Pratyusha Srivastava

Derek Jeter—the Captain and the New York Yankees legend—owns a career packed with numerous milestones and moments. Across his 20 years of building a Hall of Fame career with the Yankees, he has earned many titles on the field. However, off the field, he had another title attached to his name: the most eligible and relentlessly pursued bachelor. The former star shortstop is now happily married to Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Hannah Davis.

21 hours ago | essentiallysports.com | Sourav Kumar Ghatak |Pratyusha Srivastava

Baseball has long prided itself on being a gentleman’s game. MLB has always emphasized less showmanship, more respect, and tradition. But this season, that image seems to be starting to crack. Increasingly, a few disruptive voices beyond the foul lines are making a mockery of the spirit of the game. Remember the insensitive comment directed at the D-Backs slugger Ketel Marte a few days ago? Well, the memory has come back to haunt us again. This time, it involves the Rangers’ pitcher Jacob deGrom.

1 day ago | essentiallysports.com | Nayima Riyaz |Pratyusha Srivastava

The hype was all about Paul Skenes. Fans packed into American Family Field to see the Pirates’ flame-throwing prodigy face the Brewers. But by the end of five innings, it wasn’t Skenes they were talking about, it was Jacob Misiorowski. The Brewers’ rookie didn’t just rise to the moment. He owned it. Five shutout innings. Eight strikeouts. A fastball that looked like it was launched from a cannon and a slider that danced with wicked intent. If Skenes was the headliner, Misiorowski stole the show.

1 day ago | essentiallysports.com | Supradeep Dutta |Pratyusha Srivastava

The tension has been building, and now it is boiling over. After back-to-back shutout losses, frustration inside the Phillies finally broke through. With October-level force creeping into June and the offense stuck in a baffling drought, Kyle Schwarber and company are feeling the weight of missed scopes and rising hope. This pressure finally cracked on Wednesday night. With the bases loaded in the eighth and a good chance to break the silence, the Phillies failed to deliver — again.