News about William Contreras

Playoff-bound Caitlin Clark tried her hand at announcing a recent Major League Baseball game, as revealed by one of her Indiana Fever teammates. Clark, admittedly, is not a diehard baseball fan. In fact, she's fond a few teams after growing up in Iowa, where the Chicago Cubs have a Triple-A affiliate, and recently visiting the New York Yankees dugout in the Bronx. But she's most familiar with the Phillies for one obvious reason.

The New York Yankees have kicked off a road trip in disgusting style, as their hopes of making the playoffs fade. With the Angels up to bat leading 6-3, a slim chance of a comeback was shattered by the eighth inning. Tommy Kahnle of the Yankees scored a runner from second on a ground rule double, effectively ending any chance of a win. When Kahnle hurled his glove at a cooling fan in the dugout, destroying it, he may have pitched his most accurate pitch of the night.

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.

The end of Title 42 immigration law has finally arrived, with migrants attempting to cross the border both before and after the expiration of the covid-linked authority, which is set to take place at midnight. In 2020, the Trump administration began using the authority, citing COVID health issues, but the Biden administration has been using it for the first time. As the government braces for political chaos and administrative pains, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is set to face the White House.

Sean Murphy, the Atlanta Braves' catcher, has agreed to a seven-year deal, securing another key player in a long-term contract. The agreement includes a $15 million club option for 2029 with no buyout, potentially boosting the total value of the deal to $88 million. Murphy will make $4 million in 2023, $9 million in 2024, and $15 million per season from 2025 to 2028. He promised to give one-tenth of his annual paycheck to the Atlanta Braves Foundation.

In a three-way contract with All-Star backstop William Contreras and another catcher, Manny Pia, from Milwaukee to Oakland, the Braves have acquired Gold Glove-winning receiver Sean Murphy from the Athletics. Murphy, 28, is one of the best players at the position, and his release from Oakland marks the newest development in another of the Athletics' notorious cost-saving meltdowns. However, Murphy did not arrive cheap as the Braves relinquished Contreras, an All-Star who finished the year with 20 home runs and an OPS+ of 138, 38 percent higher than the average MLB catcher. Before the 2027 season, the 25-year-old cannot be a free agent.