All-Star starter Tarik Skubal won his first game since June and Javier Baez homered, doubled and knocked in four runs as the Detroit Tigers beat the Philadelphia Phillies and ace Zack Wheeler 7-5.

Tarik Skubal beat Zack Wheeler in a very high-quality pitching matchup. The 2024 American League Cy Young winner logged seven innings and conceded three runs and five hits. Skubal notched 10 strikeouts and zero walks. Wheeler allowed four runs (three earned) and nine hits in six-plus innings. He also struck out 10 and walked no one.

While several teams made additions at the MLB trade deadline, perhaps no team made as big an addition as the Philadelphia Phillies.  The Phillies, who

The Phillies reshuffle their roster, adding two key pieces while placing a reliever on the injured list ahead of a critical stretch.

Jhoan Duran made his first appearance with the Phillies on Friday, and his bullpen walkout will make Twins fans sick.

Manfred: “It was an individual picking a particular way to express himself. And I don’t think you need to make more out of that than that."

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred downplayed a reported tense meeting with the Philadelphia Phillies and specifically superstar Bryce Harper while speaking with reporters on Friday in Chicago, where he was in town to announce that the 2027 MLB All-Star Game will take place in Wrigley Field.

An altercation between MLB commissioner Rob Manfred and Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper made headlines in July, with the two-time MVP reportedly standing “nose to nose” with the commissioner and telling him he could “get the [expletive] out of our clubhouse” if he was going to talk about implementing a salary cap (per ESPN’s Jeff Passan).