News about Mitch Keller

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.

Major League Baseball returned from 2023 with a variety of highlights, surprises, and spectacular performances from Opening Day. In Pittsburgh's eighth innings, oneil Cruz homered shortly after a pitch clock error helped him and later hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the eighth inning. In the third and fourth, there were two pitch-clock errors made by Reds starter Hunter Greene in the third and Pirates starter Mitch Keller in the fourth. Both at-bats ended with home runs.

Congratulations, you've made it. The baseball offseason is over, and we're going full steam ahead of Opening Day on Thursday. Pitchers from all 30 MLB clubs will take the field in just a few hours, with fresh optimism and renewed hope that this is going to be *their* year. There have been a slew of changes, none of which we'll discuss here, but there is certainly more excitement among fans than ever before.

Rich Hill, the right-handed pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, has agreed to a one-year, $8 million contract and has now become the oldest player to play in MLB next season. Hill, who played for the Boston Red Sox last season, was his 12th major league team in 19 years. He had a 4.27 average and had become something of a five-inning maestro. Hill's signing would bring a young Red Sox bullpen with right-handers Mitch Keller, Roansy Contreras, Luis Ortiz, and Johan Oviedo.

The Pittsburgh Pirates are the first team to see Albert Pujols' farewell tour, and they are hardly the first team to get a reminder that he is a surefire Hall of Fame candidate. Pujols, 42, who has rated this as his final season but who hardly is going meekly, had his 17th home run of the season on Saturday. On Saturday, the Cardinals won their 15th straight season, while the Pirates lost seven of their last nine games.