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Brandon Nimmo was the story in Arlington Tuesday night, going four for four with five runs batted in as the Texas Rangers knocked off the Athletics eight to five. Corey Seager crossed the plate three times, and Texas is now just one game back of Houston atop the AL West after the Astros dropped a stunner to the White Sox.
Meanwhile in the NBA, Peyton Watson is speaking plainly about what it's actually like to guard Anthony Edwards, and the answer is exactly what you'd expect — it's a nightmare. Watson described Edwards as one of the most physically imposing and instinctively unpredictable players he's faced, the kind of guy who makes a defender wrong no matter what they choose.
And out in San Diego, the future is arriving ahead of schedule. Top Padres prospect Ethan Salas has been promoted to the big league club after a scorching stretch in Triple-A El Paso, where he slashed three twenty six with a five thirty nine slugging percentage across one hundred five plate appearances. The twenty-year-old catcher is exactly the kind of talent that makes a rebuild feel like a launch.
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