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⚾ Good morning to everybody however particularly …

JUAN SOTO AND THE NEW YORK YANKEES

There’s not rather a lot Juan Soto hasn’t achieved in his magnificent and still-burgeoning profession. However on Tuesday night time, he checked off yet one more accomplishment. The Yankees famous person had his first profession three-home run recreation in a 4-1 win over the White Sox.

• Soto’s unimaginable hitting show featured one among his finest attributes: a capability to go to all fields. He homered to the other discipline within the third inning, left heart within the sixth and proper heart within the seventh.
• With 33 dwelling runs this season, Soto is 2 away from tying his profession excessive of 35 achieved final yr with the Padres.
• At 25 years and 293 days outdated, Soto is the fourth-youngest Yankee with a three-home run recreation on the highway, solely older than Joe DiMaggio, Charlie Keller and Lou Gehrig. Not dangerous firm!

With the win, the Yankees additionally jumped a half-game forward of the Orioles within the AL East standings. It is the primary time since June 26 that they’ve had the solo lead within the division.

😁 Honorable mentions

🤕 Not such a great morning for …

J.J. McCARTHY AND THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS

The Vikings have decided the winner of their quarterback battle … simply not the best way they wished. J.J. McCarthy will bear surgical procedure on a torn meniscus, and his timeline to return is unknown.

• McCarthy reported knee discomfort after the Vikings’ preseason recreation towards the Raiders. He had accomplished 11 of 17 passes for 188 yards with two touchdowns and an interception, incomes an “A-” in Chris Trapasso’s Week 1 rookie grades.
• In keeping with stories, McCarthy might miss a number of weeks if he wants solely a meniscus trim. If he wants a full restore, he’d miss a number of months.
• McCarthy, the No. 10 total decide on this yr’s draft, was behind Sam Darnold — who additionally has carried out nicely — on the depth chart, however nothing was finalized. Now, the job all however formally belongs to Darnold.

Even when the plan was at all times to take a seat McCarthy for not less than among the season, it is a robust blow. He wants the reps to proceed to develop, and coaching camp and the preseason supplied the right setting for that. Cody Benjamin has extra on what this implies for Minnesota’s quarterback group.

👎 Not-so-honorable mentions

🏈 School soccer betting information: Prime groups that might disappoint

Ten days. That is how lengthy is remaining till the 2024 faculty soccer season kicks off, and Tom Fornelli’s betting information is right here. Whether or not you are an skilled gambler or simply beginning to get in on the enjoyable, Tom will get you able to make some critical cash primarily based on current traits.

David Cobb, in the meantime, has finest win whole bets throughout the new-look faculty soccer panorama season, and I like …

• Cobb: “Oklahoma State over 8 (-130) — Oklahoma State gained 9 regular-season video games final season and is close to the highest of the charts nationally in returning manufacturing. … Although the protection spun its wheels final season in coordinator Bryan Nardo’s first yr, he now has some Huge 12 expertise and loads of acquainted personnel to mould an improved unit. Offensively, Alan Bowman is a seasoned veteran at quarterback, and operating again Ollie Gordon is without doubt one of the high non-quarterback Heisman Trophy contenders. Mike Gundy is the dean of Huge 12 coaches and has a workforce that ought to problem for the convention title.”

David additionally has his name on Colorado‘s line of 5.5 wins, and I do know you are keen on Deion Sanders’ Yr 2. Who is not?

Lastly, at some point after Shehan Jeyarajah had groups that might rise from their rank within the preseason AP Prime 25, our workers picked groups that might go the other method: top-10 squads that might fall out of the rankings fully by season’s finish. Cameron Salerno says …

• Salerno: “(10) Florida State — The Seminoles misplaced over a dozen starters mixed from each side of the soccer final season, together with star quarterback Jordan Travis. Florida State is pushing all its chips in on former Clemson and Oregon State quarterback DJ Uiagalelei. The schedule options three groups ranked within the preliminary rankings (No. 14 Clemson, No. 19 Miami and No. 7 Notre Dame) with video games towards SMU, North Carolina and Florida sprinkled in between.”

🏀 Olympic males’s basketball duos we would like to see within the NBA

Effectively that was enjoyable, wasn’t it? USA Males’s Basketball put collectively an enthralling run to the gold medal on the 2024 Paris Olympics, and whereas each gold is particular no matter sport or yr, this one felt a bit completely different. LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant — all-time icons and pillars of the NBA — led the best way, they usually did it within the twilight of their legendary careers, seemingly for the final time.

It is exhausting to be nostalgic for one thing actively unfolding, however that was one of many emotions I obtained because the seconds ticked down within the gold medal recreation towards France. Mix that trio with superior supporting stars like Anthony Edwards, Devin Booker and Joel Embiid, and it was fairly the deal with.

However what if we might see these guys as teammates extra commonly? Brad Botkin envisioned Olympic duos we would like to see collectively within the NBA, and whereas the James-Curry pairing can be superior, I’d like this yet another.

• Botkin: “Durant and Edwards — We all know Durant can thrive alongside different stars; he is the best Olympic participant in historical past and stepped proper into the Golden State machine on the top of its energy and solely added to its effectivity. That was a query many individuals had about Edwards as he declared himself Workforce USA’s No. 1 possibility: Would he be capable to curb his takeover instincts when deference was known as for? He had no drawback doing that in Paris, the place he naturally toggled between famous person scorer and supremely overqualified assist workers.”

No, it will not occur. (Most likely.) But it surely’s enjoyable to dream. Brad additionally has one duo that might — and doubtless ought to — truly occur.

📺 What we’re watching Wednesday

⚾ Royals at Twins, 1:10 p.m. on MLB Community
⚾ Dodgers at Brewers OR Yankees at White Sox, 8:10 p.m. on MLB Community