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The 10 MLB storylines which have dominated 2025 to date

The 10 MLB storylines that have ruled 2025 so far

  • David SchoenfieldJul 17, 2025, 07:00 AM ET

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The first half of the MLB season is in the books. Well actually, we’ve played nearly 60% of the schedule, but everyone still denotes the first and second halves of the season around the All-Star break.

So, now that the All-Star festivities are behind us, let’s look back at the storylines that dominated the first half and how they might play out the rest of the season.

Before we begin, let’s hand out some honorable mentions that didn’t make our list of the top 10 storylines: the Baltimore Orioles and Atlanta Braves’ disappointing seasons; the Houston Astros rolling to a lead in the AL West despite Yordan Alvarez’s injury, losing Alex Bregman and trading Kyle Tucker; Jacob Wilson’s .332 average as a rookie; Matthew Boyd’s incredible year for the Chicago Cubs; Jacob deGrom’s comeback; Eugenio Suarez’s four-homer game; and Denzel Clarke’s dazzling catches in center field for the Athletics.

OK, now let’s dig into the top 10 storylines of the 2025 season so far.

1. Chaos in the American League East

The AL East has gone through enough plot twists this season to fill a whole series of David Baldacci novels — and we haven’t even reached August.

The New York Yankees looked as if they would run away with the division early, building a seven-game lead in late May, but they’ve gone 11-18 since June 13 and have dropped to second place, creating a panic among their fans. The Toronto Blue Jays, on the other hand, won 10 in a row in late June and early July to surge into first. The Tampa Bay Rays, playing in a spring training facility, went 33-22 in May and June — a period in which they were second in the majors in runs scored — but have gone 3-9 in July to fall into fourth place. The Baltimore Orioles? They fired their manager and might trade half the team at the trade deadline.

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But the Boston Red Sox have been the biggest melodrama of all. The Rafael Devers saga, which began in spring training, included complaints about his DH role, a terrible start at the plate, some hot hitting, a refusal to play first base and then concluded with the shocking trade to the San Francisco Giants, which came hours after Boston had just completed a three-game sweep of the Yankees. A six-game losing streak soon followed as the Red Sox organization was dripping with bad karma.

But this is baseball, where the narrative can flip in a hurry: The Red Sox won their final 10 games heading into the All-Star break, have climbed into a wild-card position, are only three games out of first place and just got Bregman back from the injured list.

“I do think there’s a real chance that at the end of the season, we’re looking back and we’ve won more games than we otherwise would’ve,” chief baseball officer Craig Breslow told reporters after the Devers trade. He might be right — at least if the pitching can deliver the way it did in that 10-game winning streak, when the staff had a 1.90 ERA.

Will it remain a storyline? Absolutely. Sure, the expanded wild-card race makes division races less important than they once were, but teams still want to win the division and avoid that best-of-three wild-card round. Plus, the potential of a four-team race makes the AL East the most exciting race to follow in the second half. Though all four teams could still make the playoffs, that’s no guarantee as the Seattle Mariners currently hold one of the wild-card spots ahead of the Rays.

2. The suddenly very interesting NL Central

The Cubs have a powerhouse lineup with MVP candidate Pete Crow-Armstrong, fellow All-Star starter Tucker, the scorching-hot Michael Busch, who is fifth in the majors in OPS, and Seiya Suzuki, who has 25 home runs and 77 RBIs. They have an All-Star pitcher in Boyd, Shota Imanaga has a 2.65 ERA and the bullpen has been very good. And that’s not even mentioning their catchers, who have 20 home runs, 65 RBIs and the second-highest OPS in the majors.

Despite all of that, the Milwaukee Brewers are only one game back.

How is that possible? They find ways to score runs without relying on the long ball; they’re 23rd in the majors in home runs but seventh in runs scored, with their speed and aggressiveness on the bases helping there. As always, they somehow find enough pitching, and the anonymous-but-hard-throwing bullpen threesome of Trevor Megill, Abner Uribe and Jared Koenig has turned into one of the most imposing late-game trios.

Will it remain a storyline? Yes, the Brewers are absolutely the real deal, running off seven wins in a row before the All-Star break. They do begin the second half with a tough trip against the Los Angeles Dodgers and Mariners, with a home series against the Cubs after that to close out July, but there’s a reason the Brewers have made the playoffs in six of the past seven seasons: This team knows how to win.

They’ve also recently added two key players in Brandon Woodruff, finally back from shoulder surgery, and rookie flamethrower Jacob Misiorowski, who is 4-1 with a 2.65 ERA in five starts, dominating with his fastball that averages 99.3 mph. Indeed, Misiorowski looms as one of the most important players the rest of the way: If he keeps this going and with Woodruff looking like his pre-injury form — 18 strikeouts and no walks in his two starts — the trio of Freddy Peralta, Woodruff and Misiorowski will be a scary rotation to face in October.

We all know the details of this one:

  • Behind curtain No. 1: Cal Raleigh, on pace for an AL-record 64 home runs (he currently has 38) and putting together perhaps the greatest offensive season ever for a catcher.

  • Behind curtain No. 2: Aaron Judge, on pace for 11.8 WAR and putting together one of the greatest offensive seasons in the sport’s history.

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It’s hard to believe a catcher might hit 50-something home runs — or more — and not win the MVP award, but that’s what might happen. Voters are WAR-focused these days, and Judge has a chance for only the sixth 12-WAR season by a position player (three of the previous five are by Babe Ruth). That probably makes Judge the favorite, especially since he’s not far behind Raleigh with 35 home runs and is probably one of his patented hot streaks away from getting back on pace for another 60-homer season.

Will it remain a storyline? Let’s hope so. Remember, we were in a similar situation a year ago with an epic three-player race between Judge, Bobby Witt Jr. and Gunnar Henderson, only to see Judge pull away to an eventual unanimous selection over Witt. It’s hard to imagine Raleigh keeping it going at this rate, especially given his heavy workload behind the plate (he’s third in the majors in innings caught), and he has been a little one dimensional in July (he has only five hits, all of them home runs). Judge is the heavy betting favorite at -600 to +325 for Raleigh, according to ESPN BET.

4. Pete Crow-Armstrong leads the National League MVP race

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As a rookie in 2024, Crow-Armstrong hit .237/.286/.384 with 10 home runs in 123 games — not exactly numbers that would have projected him as an MVP candidate the following year. But he has emerged as not only one of the most exciting players in the majors, but one of the most valuable as well. With 25 home runs and 27 stolen bases, he’s on pace for a 40/40 season, and with help from some superlative defensive metrics, he leads the NL in both Baseball-Reference WAR (5.2) and FanGraphs WAR. (4.9), beating James Wood (4.4) in the former and Shohei Ohtani (4.3) in the latter.

Crow-Armstrong would certainly be one of the most surprising MVP winners ever, and one of the most distinctive. His .302 OBP would be the lowest for an MVP position player, beating Zoilo Versalles’ .319 mark from 1965. Only 10 MVP winners have had an OBP below .350. He’d also be the first center fielder to win NL MVP since Andrew McCutchen in 2013.

Will it remain a storyline? Yes. With Crow-Armstrong’s ultra-aggressive approach at the plate (he has the highest chase rate in the majors among qualified batters), it figured pitchers would eventually figure out how to exploit that. But they haven’t so far and PCA, while not possessing huge raw power, continues to barrel up baseballs. Looming in his rearview mirror in the MVP race: Ohtani, who has now added pitching to his repertoire and is slowly working up to a starter’s workload. He leads the NL in home runs, slugging, runs scored, OPS and total bases. ESPN BET has made him the favorite at -700, with Crow-Armstrong at +750. Keep your eye on Juan Soto and Kyle Tucker as well.

5. The Dodgers are unbeatable … no, they’re just very good … actually, they’re mediocre

That 8-0 start, following the offseason additions of Blake Snell, Roki Sasaki and Tanner Scott, created talk that the Dodgers might be one of the greatest teams of all time. Well, they aren’t.

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Despite an inconsistent first half, one full of more pitching injuries and some subpar performances from the likes of Mookie Betts and Michael Conforto, the Dodgers are still on pace for 97 wins. A 2-7 slump heading into the break highlighted some of their issues: Betts has a sub-.700 OPS, Freddie Freeman is hitting .197 with one home run over his past 32 games, Scott has seven blown saves, the rotation ranks just 20th in the majors in ERA (and last in innings pitched) and the bullpen ranks 24th in ERA. Oh, and the Dodgers have churned through 35 pitchers this season.

Will it remain a storyline? Check back in October, when the Dodgers will try to become the first team since the 2000 Yankees to repeat as World Series champs.

6. The Detroit Tigers have the best record in baseball

As good as the Tigers have looked, having the best record (59-38) in the majors at the All-Star break was still unexpected: They were 18th in our preseason Power Rankings, with a projected record of 83-79, and only 11 of our 28 voters picked Detroit to win the division. Tarik Skubal has been great, as expected, but nobody had Javier Baez and Zach McKinstry making the All-Star team on their bingo card. Gleyber Torres, with a .387 OBP, has been one of the best offseason signings, and former No. 1 picks Spencer Torkelson and Casey Mize are having their best seasons.

Will it remain a storyline? The Tigers should remain in the race for best record the rest of the way. But their final series before the break exposed a potential weakness. The Mariners swept the three-game series in Detroit, scoring 35 runs — 23 of which came against the bullpen. Tommy Kahnle, part of the late-game duo with Will Vest, gave up four runs Saturday and three Sunday. Vest blew a 4-3 lead in the eighth Sunday, before Kahnle gave up back-to-back homers in the ninth. The Tigers will no doubt be looking for some relief help at the trade deadline.

7. Tarik Skubal, Paul Skenes and an incredible season for pitchers

Skubal and Skenes started the All-Star Game — and that pair has been leading the way in what has been a stellar season for starting pitchers. At the break, we had 19 qualified pitchers with an ERA under 3.00, which would match 2022 as the most since 2014 (when there were 21). There are another five pitchers, who aren’t currently qualified, with at least 80 innings and an ERA under 3.00, so the total could climb by the end of the season. Four of those pitchers also had an imposing strikeout rate above 30%: Skubal (33.4%), Zack Wheeler (33.0%), Garrett Crochet (31.2%) and Hunter Brown (31.1%). MacKenzie Gore, with a 3.02 ERA, is also above the 30% mark.

Skenes has been the bad-luck pitcher of the season, maybe of the century: He is 4-8 despite an MLB-best 2.01 ERA, but he might still be the Cy Young favorite. He could become the first Cy Young winner with a losing record (Jacob deGrom went 10-9 with the Mets in 2018 and Felix Hernandez went 13-12 with the Mariners in 2010).

Will it remain a storyline? Sure. With so many pitchers having great seasons, Skubal and Skenes hardly have the Cy Young Awards wrapped up, with Crochet and Wheeler essentially in a statistical deadlock with them. Brown was in the AL mix before giving up 10 runs in his final two starts before the break. Keep an eye on DeGrom, who is 9-2 with a 2.32 ERA and has already pitched his most innings since 2019.

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In his first month with the Mets, Soto hit .241/.368/.384 with only three home runs. Then he hit .219 in May. But the Mets were winning, and the statistical evidence showed that Soto was hitting the ball hard and taking his walks — meaning, it was really the same old Soto, except the hits just weren’t falling. Since June 1, he has hit .311/.455/.659 with 14 home runs and now ranks among the league leaders in many categories. Despite the slow start, he’s on pace for 6.5 WAR, which isn’t quite what he did with the Yankees last season (7.9) but is right in line with his career average per 162 games (6.3). In other words, he’s the same Juan Soto, except his best hitting has come as the Mets have scuffled after their hot start.

Will it remain a storyline? With the Mets battling for the NL East title with the Philadelphia Phillies, you bet. One thing to watch: While the overall offensive numbers are creeping back into typical Soto territory, he has hit only .183/.330/.390 with runners in scoring position and .176/.337/.340 with men on base. According to Baseball-Reference, he has a .783 OPS in high-leverage situations, .773 in medium leverage and 1.053 in low leverage. The Mets are paying Soto a lot of money to produce in those high-leverage moments, so if they are to beat out the Phillies, he will need to pick it up in those situations.

9. Young sluggers burst onto the scene

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We saw James Wood and Junior Caminero in the Home Run Derby, and both are having outstanding first full seasons in the majors. Wood has 24 home runs and ranks eighth in the majors in OPS. Caminero has 23 home runs, but not the overall offensive numbers that Wood has. A year ago, Nick Kurtz had just been drafted in the first round by the Athletics out of Wake Forest and now he has mashed 17 home runs in 58 games after beginning the season in Triple-A. Over his past 26 games, he has hit .295/.385/.737 with 12 home runs and looks as if he’s developing into one of the best power hitters in the game.

Still looking to get on track is Jac Caglianone, also in his first year out of college. He reached the majors with more hype than Kurtz but has struggled with a .140 average and four home runs through 35 games, although he flashed his light-tower power with one blast of 466 feet. These players are all 22 years old. The game is in good hands.

Will it remain a storyline? Yes and no. Caminero’s Rays are the only team in the playoff hunt right now, though Caglianone’s Kansas City Royals are close enough to potentially get back into the wild-card chase. Wood’s season has sort of flown under the radar playing for the Washington Nationals, but he has an OPS+ of 160. In the wild-card era since 1995, only five players in their age-22 season have reached that mark: Mike Trout (2014), Bryce Harper (2015), and Juan Soto, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Fernando Tatis Jr. all in 2021. That’s not bad company to be part of.

10. How many games will the Colorado Rockies lose?

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After a 9-50 start left them on pace to lose 137 games, it looked as if the Rockies might shatter the Chicago White Sox’s modern record of 121 losses from last season. The Rockies won three in a row at that point and had another four-game winning streak later in June, but then went 4-14 in their final 18 games before the break. That left them with a 22-74 record, still on pace to finish 37-125. They have played a little better: They had a minus-77 run differential in March/April and minus-106 in May but were minus-38 in June. They’re back to minus-32 in July, with losses of 10-2, 10-2, 10-3 and 9-3 this month. It’s impossible to know which direction this will go the rest of the way.

Will it remain a storyline? It appears so. It might come down to the wire, and the Rockies finish the season with trips to Seattle and San Francisco.

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Nic vansteenberghe from Love Island USA about wig rumors

Nic vansteenberghe from Love Island USA about wig rumors

Who is this funny Scottish announcer on Love Island?

Iain Stirling Pulls a double layer as a narrator of Love Island UK and Love Island USA – and during filming he is also on a close schedule.

“At 12 p.m. in Great Britain I registered with Love Island UK. After 8, which is Fiji very early.”

Stirling watches a rough cut from home via zoom and explained to the wrap, and he and the authors watch “only funny things in the scene or remind you of what happened in history that is recorded on his microphone.”

His story is added to the episode before the episode is sent to Peacocks Legal and Standard team (which sometimes contains notes that require the changes at the last minute).

“We would try to end around 12 or 1 a.m., then I would stay up to 3 up to 3 – which is still not the end of the show for the USA,” said Stirling today. “In a dream world I would stay up to 5, 6 in the morning, but that would basically sleep with me.”

Proof that the franchise can produce one forever: Stirling married married former Love Island UK Host Laura Whitmore In 2020, they welcomed a daughter in March 2021.

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Chinese language weight problems can turn out to be a rival by Eli Lillys Zepbound

Chinese obesity can become a rival by Eli Lillys Zepbound

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Another potential competitor for blockbuster fat -lane treatments of Eli Lilly And Novo Nordisk Only positive data shown – but this time it comes from China.

In a study in the late stage in China, an experimental weekly injection developed by the Chinese pharmaceutical manufacturer Hengrui Pharma and his partner Kaailera therapeutics based in the USA brought the drug manufacturers onto the route to take consent there.

Kailera belongs to several companies such as Merck, Novo Nordisk and Regeneron, who have won the Chinese market in search of a medication that could win a piece of the booming market for weight loss medicines. In May 2024, Kaailera licensed the rights outside of the Greater China region for several experimental medication from Hengrui in return for more than $ 100 million in advance payments and short-term payments, a share share of 20% and almost $ 6 billion in future milestones.

As the medication, which was designated in the study with the HRS9531, was carried out in the study: After 48 weeks, it helped the patient to lose almost 18% of their body weight, which is more than 16% higher than those on a placebo saw.

Almost 9 out of 10 people who received the injection lost at least 5% of their body weight, and 44.4% of the patients achieved at least 20% weight loss, according to companies. After 48 weeks there was no plateau.

The companies did not open any specific safety data or how well the patients tolerated the medication, and only said that these results match previous data for treatment and other GLP-1. Most undesirable events from the injection were gastrointestinal -related and light to moderate heaviness, the companies said.

Hengrui will submit an application for admission for the medication in China. In the meantime, Kailera will start global studies that use higher doses and keep patients in treatment for longer, said Ron Renaud, CEO of the startup, in the publication.

It will probably still take a few years before HRS9531 comes into the market, especially in the USA and other nations outside China. However, the results of the drug seem to be promising and, as a potential competitor to position Eli Lilly's weekly weight loss, zepbound.

Both drugs work by activating two naturally produced hormones in the body: glucagon-like peptide-1, known as GLP-1 and glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide or gip. The combination is intended to slow down the emptying of the stomach, feel people full longer and suppress appetite by slowing down hunger signals in the brain.

In two phase, three studies that enroll about 3,000 adults with obesity or type -2 -diabetes, Zepbound helped the patient to lose an average of up to 21% of their body weight for over 72 weeks.

It is difficult to compare the results of various clinical studies directly, especially since the latest results on HRS9531 only came from more than 500 patients. However, the drug still reached significant weight loss for over 48 weeks and increased the hopes of its potential over a longer period of time.

In the meantime, the weekly injection of Novo Nordisk only aims at GLP-1.

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Latest in the healthcare system Tech: 23Andme co-founder Wojcicki's non-profit organization acquires genetic test company

Anne Wojcicki, co -founder and Chief Executive Officer from 23Andme Inc., during the South by Southwest (SXSW) Festival in Austin, Texas, USA, on Friday, March 10, 2023.

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Well, guys, after a long saga, Anne Wojcicki has officially regained control of the competitive gene tests 23Andme.

Wojcicki was a co -founder of 23Andme and served as CEO until the company applied for insolvency protection in Chapter 11 in March. Your new non -profit TTAM Research Institute has completed the acquisition of the business preparations for personal genome service and research services from 23Andme, the company said on Monday.

“As part of TTAM, 23Andme continues to work and offers customers personalized DNA test and research services,” said the company in a press release. “TTAM is committed to supplying customers from elections and transparency with their data, including the opportunity to change their decision on whether they should take part in research.”

According to Wall Street Journal, TTAM is an abbreviation for the first letters from 23Andme.

23Andme shot with DNA test kits at home in the mainstream, which gave the customer an insight into their family history and genetic profiles. However, the five-time CNBC Disruptor 50-company had trouble getting recurring income and lifelong research and therapeutic agencies increased to the public.

When it became clear that 23andmes finance data was shaky, Wojcicki submitted several suggestions to take the company privately while she was still his managing director. These plans were unsuccessful and ultimately had to compete against other potential buyers in an insolvency auction.

And of course there were some unexpected twists.

In May, Regeneron announced Pharmaceuticals to acquire most assets of 23 and 23Ande for 256 million US dollars after it is ahead during insolvency auction. But Wojcicki submitted a separate offer of 305 million US dollars via TTAM and urged to reopen the auction.

A month later she did exactly that and TTAM announced that it successfully overrunned Regeneron.

“I am thrilled that the TTAM research institute can continue the 23Andme mission to help people access, understand and benefit from human genome,” said Wojcicki in June.

Feel free to send tips, suggestions, story ideas and data to Ashley at Ashley.capoot@nbcuni.com.

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How WETRANSFER the fears in regards to the coaching of AI for person information once more

How WETRANSFER the fears about the training of AI for user data again

The Dutch file sharing service Wetransfer is under fire after the users have discovered the terms of use for the terms of use that apparently had the company trained on their uploaded files.

The company has now removed the controversial language, but users remain outraged. Here is what's going on – and why it is important.

What has WETRANSFER changed?

WETRANSFER users found this week that the service had improved its guidelines with a clause on the constant, license -free license for the use of user content, including the improvement of machine learning models that improve the moderation of content. The changes should come into force on August 8th.

This language was vague enough that many users – including children's book author Sarah Mcintyre And Comedian Matt Lieben – felt that Wetransfer had opened the door to train or even sell her files without permission or compensation.

How is that acceptable, @Wetransfer? You are not a free service, I pay *to postpone my big artwork files.

I do not pay you the right to sell them, sell and distribute my works of art to train Ki or printing, sell and distribute them and to set up with my own work as a commercial rival.

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How did Wetransfer react?

On Tuesday afternoon, Wetransfer was bursting to check the flames and said in A Press release That it does not use user content to train AI and do not sell or released files with third parties. The company said that it was considered in the future to use AI to improve “content” in the future, but that such a function “was not created or used in practice”.

WETRANSFER has now also changed its terms of use and eliminated all mechanical learning mentions. The Version updated indicates that users grant the company “a license fee” to use their content for “operation, development and improvement of the service”.

However, the damage to the trust of the users can already be done.

Why are users so concerned?

Wechat is followed by a growing list of companies that have received criticism of the training of machine learning systems for user data. AdobePresent zoomPresent LooselyPresent DropboxAnd others have recently declined or have clarified similar AI-related guidelines after a public outcry. All of these incidents use broader frustrations copyright And approval In AI age – and refer to trust in problems between users and technology companies.

Wetransfer has long marketed itself as a creative-friendly marketing, Privacy consciously File sharing service. So it may not be surprising that the vague wording of the AI and the comprehensive license rights such as a betrayal of their users felt, especially for artists and freelancers, that their work could be tacitly granted in machine learning models without consent.

While Wetransder clarified its conditions for many users of the service, the damage was already caused. In answers to Wetransfers civil servants notice On X, some said that it looked as if the service had tested the water with wider AI authorizations, received a quick public counter reaction and then quickly declined.

It is unlikely that WETRANSFER is the last technology company that is involved in this type of controversy. When AI fever spreads, user data becomes the new fuel.

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Pure gasoline is the strategic benefit of America who accepts the AI race – watts with that?

Natural gas is the strategic advantage of America who accepts the AI race - watts with that?

By Karen Harbert

Nowadays there are countries around the world in a new race for primacy of artificial intelligence (AI), which will define economic and technological competition in the 21st century. Since global powers such as China accelerate investments, America's ability to quickly scale the calculation capacity depends on a performance that depends on abundant and available energy. While many energy sources play a role, there is one that can offer reliability, flexibility and scalability to keep America at the top of the race: natural gas.

Provide the energy to support exponential calculation growth through the further development of the AI infrastructure. From California to Texas to Virginia, data centers appear at an unprecedented speed, each of which requires extensive electricity infrastructure. Goldman Sachs Research estimates that the electricity requirement requirement will grow by 160% by 2030.

Without an appropriate energy infrastructure, America's AI ambitions are throttled. The race for AI primacy depends on our ability to scale our energy infrastructure in order to satisfy the growing demand and at the same time maintain reliability, affordability and security for data centers, for companies and for production and for our families.

Of all the available energy sources in the USA, natural gas is uniquely positioned in order to support the quick demand growth required for America in order to lead the path to AI without endangering reliability or affordability. With more than 2.8 million miles pipeline networks, extensive storage systems and abundant natural gas resources, the USERDGAS industry will strategically serve as the backbone of a scalable energy system that can reliably correspond to increasing energy requirements.

We currently have a seat in the front row for the story with the possibility of accelerating the structure of the huge natural gas pipeline system in order to meet the increasing energy requirements of data centers. Pipeline development projects help to ensure that new and existing consumers ensure a consistent and reliable energy supply for new large demand centers and existing consumers.

Every year, more than 21,000 companies register for their manufacturing processes, heating requirements and business tasks to use natural gas. The cost effectiveness is unsurpassed, with natural gas saving more than half a trillion dollar more than half a trillion dollar in the past decade.

The data centers have evaluated the reliability of the offer in a premium: 78% of the data centers surveyed had electricity failures between 2017 and 2020, with unplanned downtimes cost a few than $ 100,000 per incident. Such losses of performance risk corrupt data, compliance with critical services and even melting servers. Since only each of 650 natural gas customers organizes a planned or unplanned natural gas failure in a certain year, natural gas is a clear solution.

Natural gas continues to drive clean energy in the electricity sector. Since 2005, natural gas has been responsible for 60% of CO2 emission reductions in electricity generation. In the course of the energy sector, natural gas will continue to play an important role in promoting sustainable progress.

The partnership between natural gas and AI can position American business and manufacture at the top of the innovation. It can increase the standard of living and increase economic growth in a way that has not been seen since the industrial revolution. It will strengthen our national security and keep America on the global stage as a production giant.

The innovative relationship between AI and natural gas also creates a virtuous cycle – while the natural gas -KI itself offers the technology great opportunities to make natural gas distribution smarter, more efficient and clean. Advanced AI can optimize energy exploration, improve the repairs and improvements of the system and create a cleaner, more efficient and less costly natural gass system. Further innovations in renewable natural gas and hydrogen mixture will continue to drive a more efficient energy system with lower emissions.

The United States has always started the challenge of global competition through innovation, resilience and strategic investments. In the 1960s it was about reaching the moon. Today it is about leading artificial intelligence, maximizing our economic skills and winning this race against competitors such as China. According to a report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Us -Erdgas offers the critical competitive advantage that America can use to advance.

Natural gas is the key to ensure that America wins in this race. The political decision -makers must recognize the critical intersection of energy and AI competitiveness. The expansion and modernization of the natural gas infrastructure is necessary to keep up with increasing demand. An optimized permissible reform is therefore of crucial importance to support American innovations. The operations are high and the competition is violent, but with natural gas that takes our progress, America is well equipped to first exceed the finish line.

Karen Harbert is President and CEO of the American Gas Association.

This article was originally published by Realclearergy and provided via Realclearwire.

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2025 MLB All-Star recreation: Evaluation, snack bar from Atlanta

2025 MLB All-Star game: Analysis, snack bar from Atlanta

July 15, 2025, 11:55 p.m.

What a night in Atlanta! For the first time in the all-star game story, a swing-off of Homerun derby style determined the winning and it was the National League, which turned out to be 4: 3 in swing-off, thanks to Philadelphia Phillies DH Kyle Schwarber, three Homeruns scored to achieve the Senior Circuit in 12 years.

The Tiebreaker format was that three players from each team would get three fluctuations and the team with most Homeruns would ultimately win the All-Star game. Well, the NL only needed two players to get there.

The AL first climbed onto the board with two homes of athletics dh Brent Roker. Miami Marlins added the field player Kyle Stowers for the NL before Seattle Mariner's Field Randy Arozarena let the AL lead the lead with a Homerun. Schwarber took 3-1 down with the NL and met three explosions to give the NL the lead and later victory when the last striker of the Junior Circuit, Tampa Bay Rays First Baseman Jonathan Aranda, was unable to meet one.

Pittsburgh Pirates Star Pitcher Paul Slenes started the NL with a first inning of 1-2-3, including two rashes. The second Baseman of Arizona Diamondbacks, Ketel Marte, then started with a two-RBI double from Detroit Tigers Ace Tarik Skubal, before the AL could even send out his first-and the junior racing track could never dig completely from this early hole.

Nobody would score a goal again until the sixth inning when New York met the first Baseman Pete Alonso a three-run explosion and Arizona Diamondbacks Right Field Field Corbin Carroll and later another Homerun a few batteries later. The AL replied with four of its own runs in the seventh, including another three-run home of rooker. The game seemed to be over, but then in the ninth inning Kansas City Royals, Bobby Witt Jr. The NL was unable to score in the end of the ninth place, which led to the Tiebreaker event.

The midsummer classic ran out of the in-game analysis to our favorite moments from the most beaten night of baseball.

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Jesse Rogers: Chicago Cubs Right Field Kyle Tucker was nervous. Not because he was on the stage of MLB, but because he played the left field for the first time in four years and did not want to leave his pitcher down. This is the respect that Los Angeles Dodger's Veteran Clayton Kershaw brings with him when he steps on the hill as he did on Tuesday – maybe for the last time in a midsummer classic. Kershaw took the ball into the top of the second inning and earned two outs before manager Dave Roberts pulled him into an appreciative crowd. His last pitch was a strike three on Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who suited the latest member of the 3,000 k club.

Oh, and of course a ball came to Al Catcher Cal Raleigh on Tucker in the left field. Raleigh cut you towards the left field line, where Tucker found a slide. It was a sigh of relief for him and the first of two outs for Kershaw, one of the big jugs of his time. It is almost certain that we will see Kershaw the last time in an all-star game.

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David Schoenfield: A younger version of me when I was a child who defeated the Evil National League for the American League would have loved this game absolutely. What a comeback for the AL, even if you lost in the end. After 6: 0, the AL showed the whole Grit and the intestines of Pete Rose in his heyday and gathered to bind the score. Is it important? Did it be fun? Sure, even if it does not delete my memory of the late, great Dave Parker, Jim Rice and Brian in the all-star game of 1979 in Seattle on the bases from 1979. But somewhere there is a child who remembers Rooker's three-run Homer or Witt-Double in the right field line or Steven Kwan, who held down the first base line to beat a dribbler infield that achieved the score in the ninth inning. Somewhere a child fell in love with baseball tonight.

Jorge Castillo: The homage to the late Hank Aaron by Major League Baseball alone was worth the admission price. The lighting, the film material, the story, the fireworks, the Aarons 715. Homerun represented the left field … Everything was incredibly well done and touching, and Aaron's wife Billye watched. A great praise to MLB to put it together and withdraw it.

Jeff Passan: Jacob Misiorowski threw a 98.1 miles per hour slider on Tuesday evening. Both sub limits fulfilled with the cancellation. Misiorowski's teammate with the Milwaukee Brewers, Trevor Megill, took the pitch with three simple words: “Oh my god.” He should have understood from all people that the new director of the rookie was capable of such things, but then Misiorowski's ability to surprise and entertain, is limitless.

The 23-year-old rookie was the unexpected history of the all-star week, the focus of a game with Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Richter. He started five games and thrown 25.2 innings in the big leagues. No player had ever been given an all-star with so little experience. And yet Misiorowski's eighth inning – 18 parking spaces, nine fastballs over 100 miles per hour with the toughest with 102.3, a hit, the Aranda, without runs, – in comparison that made ski stuff to look tame. Misiorowski not only looked good. He looked just like an all-star.

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Predictions before the All-Star game

Who will win the All-Star game and with which score?

Jorge Castillo: The National League 5-2. The NL has the better line -up and will only win the game for the second time since 2012 when Melky Cabrera won in Kansas City MVP honors.

Jeff Passan: The National League will win 3-1. The NL has a far superior line-up for the AL, and in an all-star game, in which Pitcher is probably not more than throwing more than one in each other, the ability to see Baserunner for the first time is of the greatest importance for the first time. The NL is more equipped for this than the al.

Who is your all-star game MVP selection?

Jesse Rogers: Cal Raleigh. I mean, he goes to Homer … this is a matter of course. He could even meet two. The “Big Dumper” will throw in an explosion into the right field stand and put another exclamation mark in an incredible season. He won the HR derby and will win all-star game MVP.

Alden Gonzalez: Pete Crow Armstrong. He will have the most productive offensive night among the NL starters and eventually make an incredible catch in midfield. Crow-Armstrong is 95 games in his season at the age of 23 and has already accumulated 4.9 fangraphs about the replacement. He has become a star shortly before our eyes – and he seems to love the lights more than most others.

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Rogers: Let's start the bottom of the first inn with a bang, as Tarik Skubal, the starting jug for the AL, against Shohei Ohtani, who is only 1: 9 from the left -hander. Does the reigning Al Cy Young winner get an early strike from the reigning NL -MVP or does Ohtani finally get to Skubal? Not many matchups are guaranteed in the all-star game, but this is it and it is about as good as possible.

Castillo: Jacob Misiorowski against everyone. The involvement of the rookie right-hander after only five career opened the majors, and all eyes are aimed at him as soon as he takes the hill. If he does it, his 103 miles per hour should certainly play almost in an inn. It is as hard as a matchup like any other pitcher in this game.

Who is the only all-star fans who will know much better after the game on Tuesday evening?

Gonzalez: The San Diego Padres finally sent three helpers to the All-Star game, but from the start there was a clear Bullpen representative: Adrian Morejon. The 26-year-old left-hander doesn't get much awareness, but he was absolutely dominant and achieved a 1.85 ERA and an expected slugging percentage of 0.263. He does not strike the absurd rates of some of the most dominant pitchers of today, but it comes from. And he will probably get three big ones towards the end of the night.

You pass: Perhaps you already know Misiorowski because his fastball sits at 100 miles per hour and his slider is in the mid -1990s, but this is the type of presentation that was built for him. An inning, let it eat and show that although his career is only five starts deep, this will be the first of many all-star appearances for the 23-year-old.

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Entertainment

Alicia Keys shares uncommon photographs with the eldest son of Egypt after the tour

Alicia Keys Shares RARE Photos Eldest Son Egypt Daoud Dean Mommy-Son Outing Date Swizz Beatz

Alicia Keys Aging gracefully, as well as their sons! In a recently published article, the singer “No One” played photos of a mommy son date with her biological elders, Egypt daoud Dean. Her comment area was full of love for the pictures, also from husband-dad Swizz Beatz.

Relatives: Okay! Alicia Keys becomes viral because he shakes this accessory with Swizz Beatz (videos) during her birthday fascination.

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On Tuesday (July 15th) Keys shared the Sweet Mammyhood moment and added a total of three photos. The first shows them and Egypt who sit next to each other at a table, and two others show that they pose from an infinity pool. Alicia had a broad grin in all three photos, while Lil 'Dean showed his pearl coat in at least one. In the last picture, the teenager kissed his mother's cheek. It is unclear where the two enjoyed their 1-to-1 time, but she was wearing a purely white outfit with cream-colored boots, a wide hat and gold accessories. In the meantime, Egypt Dauod Dean wore a purely black outfit, pants, a shirt and a jacket, coupled with powder -blue sneakers.

“Mama son Date Night makes me so happy! They grow in such a brilliant, friendly, determined young soul.

As already mentioned, Egypt is Alicia's first biological son with Swizz Beatz. Your second biological son, Genesis Ali Deanis 10-year-old. Swizz also has additional children from previous relationships, including its elders, Prince Nasir DeanWho is 24, 18-year-old Cassemery Dean Jr.and 17-year-old daughter Nicole Dean.

Social media reacts to the mother-son moment

Over 500 fans came into the comment area of Alicia Keys after shared the mother son-based datum in her Instagram feed. As already mentioned, Swizz Beatz was one of the fans of the post. He wrote, “My babies” And added a few pink, double heart emojis.

In the meantime, IG user said @Thequeenoflaugh: “It's so precious, I love to see you as a mother! Egypt is also a giant. How did we get here.”

“Nothing is more precious than the calm pride of a mother before she was blown out of her love. Pure Love”, “ @_Joymontes commented.

@Bellsanth added, “It is amazing to see him grow and to be more and more inspired by the beautiful connection that they both share. May God always bless their family. 🤍

@Calivicki wrote, “Family over everything. I love to see you in #MommyMODE 💞 @aliciakys. This is the most important and most rewarding role in your life. I have grown up Egypt over the years and was also able to meet it a few times, I can confirm the fact that he is everything you said and more!

“Seeing the love between a mother and her child always melts my heart. It is the purest and most beautiful connection.” Fanpage @portalaliciaseysbrasil said.

What to know about knowing about Egypt Daoud Dean

In contrast to his mother, Egypt Daoud Dean did not share her excursion on his IG food. His page has 105,000 followers and focuses on sports content, namely his basketball career. According to his IG Bio biography, Egypt is a “nationally classified” baller. According to reports, he said Jennifer Hudson in April 2023 that he wanted to become a professional basketball player.

Despite his love for the BB court, Egypt's father previously recognized his other talents. In 2022, Swizz Beatz described his mini-me as a “mastermind of a creative” in a 12th birthday. Two examples of this genius? Dean wrote his first song at the age of 6, just a few months after achieving a producer on Kendrick Lamar's album “Untitleded Unmasted” in 2016. He had taken up his first son with his mother by 2021 and is like a talented piano player per person. In the same year, Alicia Keys told people:

“He is the life of the party, he is the one who brings everyone together,” she said. He added: “He looks up for everyone, he's this type. And I love it on him.”

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Health

Whoop says

Whoop says

The logo for the Food and Drug Administration is before a press conference to remove synthetic dyes from American food supply on April 22, 2025 in Washington, DC, in the Health and Human Services headquarters in Washington.

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The US Food and Drug Administration published a warning letter on Tuesday that was aimed at the Wearable Company Whoop at the wrist lawyer and claims that it is a new blood pressure function without proper approvals.

The letter is about whoops Blood printing Insights (BPI) feature, which the company introduced in addition to its latest hardware start in May.

According to the WHOOP, its BPI function uses blood pressure information to offer performance and wellness knowledge that provides consumers and improve sporting performance.

However, the FDA said on Tuesday that the BPI function of whoop is intended to diagnose, heal, treat or prevent diseases – an important distinction that would re -classify the wellness tracker as a “medical device”, which must undergo strict test and approval process.

“The blood pressure estimate is not a low -risk function,” said the FDA in the letter. “A faulty low or high blood pressure reading can have significant consequences for the user.”

A Whoop spokesman said that the company's system only offers a single daily estimated area and a center that distinguishes it from medical blood pressure devices that are used to diagnose or treat high blood pressure.

According to the company, Whoop users who buy the “Whoop Life” subscription level in the amount of $ 359 can use the BPI function to get daily insights into blood pressure, including an estimated systolic and diastolic areas.

Whoop also demands that users record three conventional cuff readings in order to act as a baseline to unlock the BPI function.

In addition, the spokesman said that the BPI data is no different from other wellness metrics with which the company has to do. As the variability of the heart rate and the respiratory rate can have medical purposes, according to the speaker, they are also permitted in a wellness context.

“In this case, we believe that the agency exceeds its authority by trying to regulate a non-medical wellness function as a medical device,” said the whoop spokesman.

According to Dr. Ian Kronish, an internist and co-director of the Hypertension Center at Columbia University, is high blood pressure, also called high blood pressure, the top risk factor for heart attacks, strokes and other types of cardiovascular diseases.

Kronish told CNBC that Wearables such as Whoop are a big up -and -coming topic among high blood pressure experts, also because there are “concerns that these devices are not yet proven to be correct”.

If patients do not receive precise blood pressure values, they cannot make well -founded decisions about the care they need.

At the same time, Wearables such as Whoop presented a “big chance” for the patients to take more control over their health and that many specialists are enthusiastic about working with these tools.

Understandably, it can be confusing for consumers to navigate. Kronish encouraged the patients to talk to their doctor about how they should use wearables like Whoop.

“It is really great to hear that the FDA helps more to inform consumers,” said Kronish.

FileToto: The headquarters of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) can be seen in Silver Spring, Maryland, November 4, 2009.

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Whoop is not the only portable manufacturer that researches blood pressure monitoring.

Omron and Garmin Both offer medical blood pressure monitoring with on-demand measurement values that fall under the FDA regulation. Samsung also offers blood pressure leading technology, but is not available on the US market.

Apple Also annoyed a blood pressure sensor for his watches, but could not deliver. In 2024 the Tech -Riese received the FDA permission for the detection of sleep apnea.

Whoop previously received an FDA Clearance for its ECG function, with which the electrical activity of a heart is recorded and analyzed in order to recognize potential irregularities in the rhythm. But when it comes to blood pressure, Whoop believes that the perspective of the FDA is out of date.

“We do not believe that blood pressure is more or less sensitive than other physiological metrics such as heart rate and respiratory frequency,” said a spokesman. “It seems that the concerns of the FDA can have outdated assumptions about the blood pressure, which is only a clinical domain and is inherently associated with a medical diagnosis.”

The FDA said who could be subjected to the WHOOP regulatory measures such as confiscation, injunction and civil allowance sentences if it is not tackled the violations that the agency identified in its letter.

Whoop has 15 working days to react with steps that the company has undertaken to remedy the violations and how it will prevent similar problems.

“Even BPI's disclaimers do not change this conclusion, since they are not sufficient to outweigh the fact that the product should provide a blood pressure estimate through design that is inherently associated with the diagnosis of a disease or a state,” said the FDA.

REGARD: See CNBC's full interview with the FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary

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Science

Magnets might be the following era of gravitational shaft detectors

Artist's impression of neutron stars merging, producing gravitational waves (Credit : University of Warwick/Mark Garlick)

Gravitational waves are tiny distortions in space -time themselves that are generated when massive objects such as black holes or neutron stars collide. These waves stretch and compress the space as they go through, but the effect is incredibly subtle, far smaller than the width of a proton. When Einstein predicted gravitational waves over a century ago, he probably never imagined that magnets could recognize these gravitational waves one day. However, new research results of Valerie Dommcke of Cern show that magnetic systems can act as exceptionally sensitive gravitational shaft detectors, which offers a new approach to examining some of the most violent events in the universe.

Albert Einstein (loan: Oren Jack Turner)

Traditional gravitational waves such as Ligo use laser interior metrics to measure these tiny changes to the distance. The new research suggests a completely different approach that uses the magnetic fields themselves as sensors. The concept is based on a fascinating physical principle. When a gravitational wave flows through a DC magnetic field (direct current), it fits with the conductive wires that carry the electrical currents that create this magnetic field. This interaction causes the wires to vibrate on the same frequency as the wave of gravity.

These oscillating currents then create an alternating current component (alternating current) that can be measured and analyzed. The magnetic system essentially transforms the spacetime distortion of the gravitational wave into a demonstrable electrical signal. The researchers describe this setup as a kind of resonance mass decorative detector, which is referred to as “Magnetic Weber Bar” and, according to physicist Joseph Weber, who led pioneering wave detection in the 1960s.

Ligo Observatory is a traditional gravitational shaft detector (loan: Ligo Laboratory)

What makes this approach particularly promising is its sensitivity range. The magnetic detectors show an exceptional performance over frequencies that are limited by the mechanical and electromagnetic resonance frequencies of the system. This broad sensitivity could complement existing detectors that are optimized for certain frequency ranges.

The most fascinating creates this discovery an unexpected connection between two state -of -the -art physics fields. The concept works particularly well with powerful magnets that are already used in the search for Axion Dark matter, hypothetical particles that could explain one of the greatest secrets in the universe.

Experiments such as DMRADIO and ADMX-FR use highly developed magnetic systems to search for these difficult-to-tapes of dark matter. The new research results suggest that the same systems could also serve as gravitational shaft detectors and essentially maintain two experiments at the price of one.

The examination of galaxies such as M33 shows the presence of dark matter through the movement of stars in the outer regions (loan: ESO)

This double -possibility is more than just technological efficiency. It shows how progress in an area of fundamental physics unexpectedly can benefit from another and possibly accelerated discoveries in both gravitational wave astronomy and in research of dark matter.

While this research determines the theoretical basis for magnetic gravitational wave detection, the next steps include the experimental demonstration of the concept and the optimization of sensitivity. Since Dark Matter's search tests continue to use powerful magnetic systems, you will soon deliver the first real tests of this innovative identification method.

This convergence of the astronomy of gravitational waves and research for dark matter illustrates how modern physics still reveals unexpected connections between apparently separate phenomena and possibly opens up new opportunities for understanding the most fundamental secrets of our universe.

Source: A new type of detectors could search for gravitational waves with magnets

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Technology

European Fusion startups break financing paperwork upfront on clear power

European Fusion startups break financing documents in advance on clean energy

Funding Focus is a new series that analyzes the cash flow into the European Tech ecosystem. Last week we looked at the biggest investment rounds in the Netherlands, and now we have been in the European sector for emerging mergers.

Startups for European mergers energy startups increased a record 290 million € in the first half of this year, since VCS use a technology with the potential, to deliver practically unlimited clean performance.

The financing in 2025 -the former record year -already increased € 185 million in which Fusion Energy company was increased in 2024 levels -in which Fusion Energy company was increased.

The Munich Proxima Fusion in Munich led the package. In June, the company received EUR 130 million in the series A-Financing of well-known investors such as Balderton Capital, Cherry Ventures and Plural. The round marked Europe's largest single investment In a merger energy startup.

Proxima, which was turned out of the prestigious Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics in 2023, aims to commercialize a kind of fusion machine known as the stellarator. The stellarator is shaped like a twisted metal donut and is much more Design complex than the more common Tokamak – However, if it was constructed correctly, it could provide a more stable and more continuous source for merger performance.

The second largest money injection of the year went to another company based in Munich: Marvel Fusion. The company collected EUR 113 million under the direction of investors such as EQT and Siemens Energy in a financing round of Series B in March.

Marvel develops a kind of laser -based fusion that is known as an inertial restriction. Instead of using large magnets or huge reactors like other fusion approaches, the Ultra powerful laser method fires out of hydrogen fuel pellets. The lasers generate extreme warmth and pressure, which means that the hydrogen atoms are merged and energy is released – similar to the sun, but in short, controlled bursts. Last year Marvel loosened on a floor 150 million USD laser system in Colorado.

Other important financing rounds in the merging energy sector, which emerged in Europe this year, went to France's Renaissance Fusion, which collected EUR 32 million for his Stellarator design and Sweden's Novatron, which secured € 10 million for the construction of a unique fusion reactor described to TNW as a “mirror machine”.

The record financing takes place, as a Europe to take the lead The race for the first commercially viable fusion reactor startsWhat the majority of industry Experts believe will come online at some point in the 2030s.

Francesco Sciortino, co-founder and CEO of Proxima, is of the opinion that Fusion Energy can complement wind and solar power and become a “decisive component” for the energy safety of Europe.

“Fusion has the potential to fundamentally transform the way we think about energy and to change the world by a place that is controlled by people with oil and gas reserves, to one in which the technology has the countries checked its own fate” Previously TNW told.

Sciortino believes that Europe has the potential to lead in technology. However, the financing of the merger on the continent still fades compared to the United States.

In the first half of this year, the US fusion startups in the USA secured a combined investment of USD 1.6 billion (EUR 1.3 billion) more than four times more than their European colleagues. The most important rounds include a whopping 1 billion USD series B for Bill Gates-Backed Commonwealth Fusion Systems and a $ 425 million investment In Helion Energy, the support of Sam Altman.