News about Dane Dunning

Following their series victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Texas Rangers have returned home with the World Series trophy. The Rangers clinched their first MLB championship on Wednesday night after beating their opponents in five games. The champions were captured clutching the Commissioner's Trophy as they stepped off a plane in Texas two days later, and the celebrations are also continuing.

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.

In a 4-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals, Jacob deGrom left with a sore right wrist after pitching four innings. Josh Jung launched a three-run homer in the first and Marcus Semien added a solo shot in the third. In 4 1/3 innings of relief, Dane Dunning (1-0) struck out five runs out of place. Matt Duffy's one-out single in the fifth off Dunning was Kansas City's only hit. José Leclerc got two outs to bring it to an end.

Jacob deGrom took the field for the Texas Rangers on Thursday in perhaps the best news of spring training. Since committing a five-year, $185 million contract with the club back in December, the two-time National League Cy Young champion had been fighting exhaustion on his left side. The Rangers have been pinning their postseason hopes on the arrival of deGrom, but the 34-year-old suffered with shoulder injuries in 2022, causing concerns about his future availability. deGrom threw between 20 and 25 pitches off the mound on Thursday, which is a normal workload at the start of spring training.