Utsav Gupta

17 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.

1 day ago | essentiallysports.com | Utsav Gupta |Pratyusha Srivastava

A rookie pitcher was quietly becoming a major element of the San Diego Padres’ rotation this year. He had been delivering solid performances and was reliable, providing the Padres with badly needed depth in their playoff push. The organization had relied on him as part of their pitching staff, with him anchoring the rotation toward the end of the season. But then everything changed at once on Tuesday night.