Here are three things we\u2019ll be keeping an eye on around the baseball world today:<\/p>\n
1. Trout goes for a milestone:<\/p>\n
Mike Trout<\/a> was the greatest player of the 2010s, a three-time MVP and would be a surefire Hall of Famer even if he retired today. His accomplishments in the game speak for themselves, but he\u2019ll enter tonight\u2019s game against the Mariners in Anaheim with a chance to reach another major milestone. Trout knocked in the 999th run of his career in last night\u2019s lost to the Mets when he clubbed a solo home run, and now he sits on the precipice of being the latest addition to the 1000 RBI club. The outfielder is currently in the midst of his healthiest season in years and has done well for himself overall, with 18 home runs in 76 games and a 15.2% walk rate to go with his .237\/.359\/.467 slash (125 wRC+). Trout will look to knock in another runner when tonight\u2019s game starts at 6:38pm local time, with rookie Logan Evans<\/a> (3.81 ERA in ten starts) on the mound for Seattle.<\/p>\n 2. Morton\u2019s final start in Baltimore?<\/p>\n The trade deadline is a matter of days away at this point, and prospective trade candidates around the game are gearing up for what could be their final starts in their current uniform. Today, that\u2019s true of veteran right-hander Charlie Morton<\/a>. Morton landed with the Orioles on a one-year deal this past winter and has emerged as a frequently talked about trade candidate despite his lackluster 5.58 ERA on the season. He\u2019s looked like a much better pitcher since returning to the rotation after a stint in the bullpen back in May, with a 3.78 ERA and 3.45 FIP across his last nine starts. His most recent outing against the Rays was a clunker, however, as he surrendered seven runs in just 5 1\/3 innings. A strong start this afternoon against the Guardians in Cleveland would surely go a long way to reassuring potential suitors that Morton could provide rotation stability down the stretch.<\/p>\n 3. Series Preview: Blue Jays @ Tigers<\/p>\n A series between two division leaders in the AL kicks off this evening when the Blue Jays head to Detroit for a four-game set against the Tigers. Both clubs have fairly solid leads in their division, with the Tigers a whopping eight games up on the next best team in the Central while the Jays lead the Yankees by four games in the East.\u00a0 The series could still have implications in terms of positioning between the two teams, as both eye a potential bye through the Wild Card round this October.<\/p>\n Detroit enters the series just half a game back of both the Blue Jays and Astros as the three clubs jockey for the AL\u2019s top two records. They\u2019ll send right-hander Reese Olson<\/a> (2.71 ERA in 12 starts) to the mound opposite Jays lefty Eric Lauer<\/a> (2.80 ERA in 15 appearances\/nine starts) for tonight\u2019s game. Toronto veteran Jose Berrios<\/a> (3.87 ERA) will take on Detroit youngster Keider Montero<\/a> (4.28 ERA in 12 appearances\/eight starts) tomorrow, with veteran Kevin Gausman<\/a> (4.01 ERA) set to go opposite reigning AL Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal<\/a> (2.19 ERA) on Saturday. The series wraps up on Sunday with Max Scherzer<\/a> (5.14 ERA in six starts) on the mound opposite Jack Flaherty<\/a> (4.77 ERA).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here are three things we\u2019ll be keeping an eye on around the baseball world today: 1. Trout goes…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20659,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-20658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}