News about Craig Kimbrel

Major League Baseball saw a 9.6 percent increase in 2023 after enacting a series of new rules aimed at increasing the pace of play. And in terms of fans-per-game, MLB saw the largest increase in 30 years, going from 26,843 per game in 2022 to 29,295 this season, up 9.1 percent. According to MLB's office, the league attracted 70,747,365 people in 2023, the first time the league has hit the 70 million-fan plateau since 2017.

As New York's air quality index reaches a 185 rating due to smoke overtaking the sky as a result of Canadian wildfires, the Yankees took the field in potentially volatile weather. On Tuesday, thick smoke from the north descended on New York City, with an orange glow hanging above the iconic skyline, covering the Statue of Liberty's famed monuments. The Bronx was no exception, as the sky over Yankee Stadium glowed a mix of orange and dark grey.

Liam Hendricks returned to the majors after winning the White Sox's bizarre victory over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday. Yoán Moncada scampered home on a 10th-inning wild pitch that knocked out umpire Cory Blaser, bringing the Chicago White Sox to a 2-1 victory. Hendriks pitched a 1-2-3 seventh inning in his second game of the season after recovering from stage 4 non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

In Philly's 5-2 victory over Toronto in the fourth inning, realmuto was ejected after a missed ball exchange with umpire Randy Rosenberg. Craig Kimbrel of the Philadelphia Bulls screamed over a call, but Rosenberg may have guessed that Realmuto was showing him up by refusing to accept the ball that was placed in his glove rather than what seemed to be a miscommunication between both the umpire and the catcher.