The US Justice Department has launched a civil rights investigation into Major League Baseball after the league warned three San Francisco Giants players for writing Bible verses on their hats during Pride Night. The investigation will examine if the discipline constitutes religious discrimination.
Cubs manager Craig Counsell criticized MLB's two-way player rule as "bizarre," saying it gives the Dodgers an unfair advantage by allowing them to carry 14 pitchers while other teams are limited to 13. The rule exempts Shohei Ohtani from counting as a pitcher since he qualifies as a two-way player, making Los Angeles the only team with effectively 14 pitchers on their active roster.
The New York Mets lost their 11th consecutive game on Sunday, matching their longest streak since 2002, after blowing a 1-0 lead in the ninth inning to the Chicago Cubs. The Mets, with MLB's second-highest payroll at $381 million, have scored just 19 runs during the losing streak. Former Mets outfielders Michael Conforto and Pete Crow-Armstrong combined to beat their former team.
