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Sewald notches 100th save after injuries nearly derailed his career
“I wasn’t even healthy enough to throw [much] last year, so a lot of that was just, am I going to get to play again? Because I’m getting older, and I wasn’t healthy,” the 36-year-old said. “So definitely more doubt just that I was going to get to play, let alone kind of be at my peak. I’m just fortunate to be out there pitching, really, is what it comes down to. I’m just excited that I’m healthy enough to go out there.” https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/diamondbacks-stay-hot-complete-sweep-of-giants
Diamondbacks sweep Giants for 2nd time in past 10 games
“Crazy inning,” Ginkel said. “It’s a play we’ve worked on in spring training. Now with the PitchCom and stuff, you’re trying to navigate signs and more like, how can we be more opportunistic with our pickoffs? I think with that inning going the way it did, and you didn’t know which way the ball was gonna go, I think that was a great time for it.”
https://arizonasports.com/mlb/arizona-diamondbacks/sweep-giants
What Diamondbacks’ 2nd Sweep of Giants Told Us — And What it Didn’t
https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/onsi/what-diamondbacks-2nd-sweep-giants-told-us
Diamondbacks’ Paul Sewald reaches 100 career saves against the odds https://arizonasports.com/mlb/arizona-diamondbacks/paul-sewald-100-saves
Hot bats bring new faces, major shakeup to Hitter Power Rankings
https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/mlb-hitter-power-rankings-for-may-28-2026
Other Baseball
MLBPA makes 1st proposal in collective bargaining negotiations
“The MLBPA’s proposal would reduce the amount transferred to lower-revenue Clubs, weaken the Competitive Balance Tax, and lead to even more payroll disparity than exists today. For example, under the Union’s proposal, the Los Angeles Dodgers would pay less in luxury tax payments, giving them an additional $70 million to spend on payroll.”
MLBPA makes its first CBA proposal, highlights increased minimum salary and new ‘integrity tax’
Here are some of the highlights of the MLBPA’s proposal:
Draft picks and other benefits for low-revenue clubs active in free agency and other signings
Significant increases to 40-man minimums, including a major-league minimum salary of $1.5 million beginning in 2027
A new “Competitive Integrity Tax” applying to clubs that fail to meet minimum payroll benchmarks
Expansion of salary arbitration eligibility
Enhanced compensation and contract guarantees for players in salary arbitration
Increased benefits for lower-revenue clubs who lose players to free agency
Qualified free agency for players with five or more years of service who have reached age 30
“Luxury Tax” threshold increases and removal of non-monetary policies
Expanded draft lottery to further deincentivize tanking
Increased revenue sharing that initially guarantees every small-market club a minimum of $240 million in revenue every season
Penalties for clubs that neglect to spend revenue-sharing payments on team payroll https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/mlbpa-makes-its-first-cba-proposal-highlights-increased-minimum-salary-and-new-integrity-tax-202719853.html
MLBPA Releases Details Of Collective Bargaining Proposalhttps://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2026/05/mlbpa-releases-details-of-collective-bargaining-proposal.html
Gerrit Cole’s 2nd straight dominant start keys Yankees winhttps://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/48896603/yankees-gerrit-cole-notes-small-sample-size-second-straight-dominant-start
Cardinals’ Dustin May loses no-hitter in 8th; Brewers rally to winhttps://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/48894683/cardinals-dustin-loses-no-hitter-8th-brewers-rally-win
Rangers Designate Andrew McCutchen For Assignmenthttps://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2026/05/rangers-designate-andrew-mccutchen-for-assignment.html
What are the chances Skubal gets traded? Execs around baseball weigh inhttps://www.mlb.com/news/tarik-skubal-trade-rumors-interested-teams
Sánchez breaks Phils’ 115-year-old scoreless-innings streak record — and he’s not donehttps://www.mlb.com/news/cristopher-sanchez-phillies-scoreless-innings-streak-record
Sandlin shakes off 1st AB jitters to retire 18 straight in dazzling debut
https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/news/david-sandlin-retires-18-straight-batters-in-mlb-debut
Five years later, looking at each team’s best 2021 Draft pick
D-backs: Chad Patrick, RHP (fourth round)
There still might come the day when Jordan Lawlar fulfills the promise he showed as the sixth overall pick and a former Top 100 prospect, but he hasn’t found established big-league success in part due to injuries (the latest being a broken right wrist). We turn instead to Patrick, who signed for $350,000 out of Purdue, was traded twice in 2023 and has found a place on the Brewers pitching staff — first as a starter last year and as more of a swingman in ‘26. Patrick enters Wednesday with a 2.63 ERA this season, 20th-best among 130 Major Leaguers with at least 40 frames.
https://www.mlb.com/mariners/news/mariners-tv-is-here-for-2026-season?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage
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The most commonly used letter in the English alphabets is E.
The second most common letters are T, A, I, N, and O. The least used letter in the English alphabets is the letter Q.
The majority of plant life is located in the ocean.
There are around a total of 228, 450 known species in the ocean and around 2 million more species are left undiscovered. Most of the plants found in the ocean are kelp, seaweed, seagrass, and algae. Marine plants are divided into 3 categories, euphotic/sunli, dispothic/twilight, and aphotic/midnight.
There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
The little indents on golf balls aren’t just there to help you differentiate it from other sports balls. The dimples on a golf ball’s surface create a thin turbulent boundary layer of air that clings to the ball’s surface, which affects the overall trajectory of the ball.