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Mets bring up touted prospect Brett Baty to play third base

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:20:24 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Touted prospect Brett Baty was called up Monday by the New York Mets and immediately inserted into the starting lineup against the Los Angeles Dodgers.Baty replaces slumping veteran Eduardo Escobar at third base after getting off to an outstanding start in the minors this season. A first-round draft pick in 2019, the 23-year-old Baty was batting .400 (14 for 35) with five home runs, 15 RBIs and a 1.386 OPS in nine games at Triple-A Syracuse.The 34-year-old Escobar was hitting .125 with one homer, six RBIs and a .402 OPS in 14 games for the Mets. The switch-hitter is making $9.5 million in the second season of a two-year deal. New York holds a $9 million option for next year with a $500,000 buyout.A left-handed hitter, Baty was set to start at third base and bat eighth against Dodgers right-hander Dustin May on Monday night.Baty homered in his first big league plate appearance last August in Atlanta. He played 11 games for the Mets before a thumb injury ended his s...

Oklahoma’s Storako is top pick in WPF softball draft

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:20:24 GMT

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma City Spark selected University of Oklahoma pitcher Alex Storako No. 1 overall in the Women’s Professional Fastpitch (WPF) softball draft on Monday night.Storako, a transfer from Michigan, has been unstoppable for the Sooners. She has a 13-0 record with a 0.80 ERA and has 85 strikeouts in 70 innings this season.Washington infielder Baylee Klingler was chosen by the Texas Smoke at No. 2, Tennessee pitcher Ashley Rogers went to the Smash-It Sports Vipers at No. 3 and UCLA pitcher/utility player Megan Faraimo was selected by the USSSA Pride at No. 4.The WPF is entering its second season and will have two new teams. The Austin, Texas-based Smoke — owned by former major league pitcher Brandon Phillips and All Elite Wrestling star Jade Cargill — and the Spark join the Pride and the Vipers.The season starts in mid-June and ends in mid-August.Source

ANÁLISIS | CNN acompañó a migrantes a través del peligroso Tapón del Darién. Estas son 10 lecciones de su travesía

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:20:24 GMT

(CNN) — La percepción estadounidense sobre la política inmigratoria tiende a centrarse principalmente en la frontera sur con México.Cruzar la frontera puede parecer el principio de una historia de inmigración desde dentro de Estados Unidos, pero no es así. En ese punto, los inmigrantes pueden haber recorrido ya miles de kilómetros, huyendo de la falta de oportunidades o de la violencia en su país, arriesgando los ahorros de su vida y su seguridad.Para hacerte una idea de lo difícil que es el viaje, puedes darle una mirada a “The Trek: A Migrant Trail to America”, el primer episodio de la nueva serie en profundidad de CNN que se emite los domingos por la noche: “The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper”.Tapón del Darién: en una de las rutas migratorias más peligrosas del mundo, un cartel gana millones con el sueño americanoUn equipo de periodistas de CNN realizó el viaje a través del Tapón del Darién, unos 106 kilómetros de selva lodosa. Nick Paton Walsh, Na...

Jackson wins defensive player of year over Lopez, Mobley

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:20:24 GMT

Nobody blocked more shots per game, nor had better defensive numbers at the rim this season, than Memphis’ Jaren Jackson Jr.And voters noticed.The Memphis big man was announced Monday night as the NBA’s defensive player of the year, becoming the second player to win the award while wearing a Grizzlies’ uniform. He joins Marc Gasol in that club, after the Spaniard did it a decade ago.Jackson led the league with 3.0 blocks per game this season, after finishing fifth in the defensive player of the year voting last season. He got 56 first-place votes and 391 voting points to finish ahead of runner-up Brook Lopez of the Milwaukee Bucks, who got 31 first-place votes and 309 points. Cleveland’s Evan Mobley — in just his second NBA season — was third with eight first-place votes and 101 points.“Team defense really helps us. It goes a long way,” Jackson said on the TNT broadcast that announced the award.The shooting percentage that Jackson allowed at the rim — 46.9% — was the best in t...

Comienza el juicio por lesiones contra Sebastián Villa, jugador colombiano de Boca Juniors

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:20:24 GMT

(CNN Español) — Este lunes comenzó en Argentina el juicio contra Sebastián Villa, delantero del Club Atlético Boca Juniors, acusado de lesiones y amenazas contra su expareja, algo que él ha negado.El colombiano se presentó en el Juzgado Correccional 2 de Lomas de Zamora para la primera audiencia.El relato de la mujer que denunció penalmente a Sebastián Villa por abuso sexualLa denuncia fue realizada a mediados de 2020, pero por distintos motivos se había atrasado el comienzo del juicio.El año pasado, Villa fue denunciado por otra mujer por abuso sexual, algo que el futbolista también niega y asegura que se trató de una relación consentida.The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.Source

DPS superintendent skips meeting with city council

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:20:24 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Public safety has been a key concern for students, parents and community members alike following several shooting incidents taking place at East High School in recent months. Monday, Denver City Council members hoped to have their concerns and questions addressed by Denver Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Alex Marrero, but that didn't happen.Some members of the city council said they have waited for years for the council and the school board to rekindle their relationship. The DPS superintendent dashed some of those hopes today when he did not show up for their joint meeting. Commerce City to hold council meeting following hit-and-run that killed a teen "I have been working in government for 11 years with the city council and I cannot remember the last time we sat down and attempted to convene with the superintendent of Denver Public Schools and the superintendent doesn't show — it shows me a lot," said Councilwoman Amanda Sandoval, representing District 1 in Den...

Chris Evans and Ana de Armas talk about Ghosted film

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:20:24 GMT

Getting ghosted sucks, I hear…But don’t feel too bad, it even happens to Chris Evans. Well, it happens to him in a movie that’s not really the same thing. However, it does make for a fun film. Especially when you add Ana de Armas, and a little bit of international espionage to the mix.This isn’t the meet-cute you think it is.Listen, Chris Evans and Ana de Armas have a really good reason for not answering the phone in Apple TV plus, Ghosted.Ana de Armas: “And then he screws everything up.”You tell ’em Ana!The actress plays Sadie, a secret agent.Ana de Armas: “The best of the best at the CIA. She’s the agent that, you know, that everyone would send to the most dangerous, you know, difficult mission.”Who gets way more than she bargained for when Chris’ character, Cole, falls for her and follows her across the pond.Chris Evans: “Cole gets kidnapped and then Sadie kinda is burdened with him throughout the movie.”Uh-o...

Police investigating after man allegedly threatens MBTA passengers with mini baseball bat

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:20:24 GMT

MBTA transit police asked for the public’s help Monday after they said a man allegedly entered a train with a mini-baseball bat and threatened passengers. Police said the incident happened on Sunday night around 9 p.m. at the Charles/MGH station on the Red Line. Police said the man began to threaten passengers, “stating he would give everyone a ‘beating.’”Transit police shared photos of a man, describing him as a person of interest in the case. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 617-222-1050. 

Boston police investigate stabbing at park in Roxbury

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:20:24 GMT

An investigation was underway Monday after a stabbing at a park on Ruggles Street in Roxbury, police said.Police said the incident happened Monday afternoon . One person was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. This is a developing story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest updates.

No charges for officers in Jayland Walker police shooting

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:20:24 GMT

By PATRICK ORSAGOS and JOHN SEEWER (Associated Press)AKRON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio grand jury declined to indict eight police officers who fired 94 shots in the death of Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man who fired at least one round at officers during a car and foot chase last summer, the state’s attorney general announced Monday.Walker was shot 46 times in a hail of gunfire that lasted just under seven seconds and roiled yet another city amid heightened tensions with police over the killing of a Black man that started with a routine traffic stop. Akron’s mayor and police chief urged residents Monday to protest peacefully, acknowledging that many are angry with the shooting last June that Walker’s family has called brutal and senseless.“Turn toward one other and not on each other,” said Mayor Daniel Horrigan.Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said the state’s investigation found that Walker jumped out of his still-moving car, ran from police...