The Philadelphia Phillies are getting closer to the MLB trade deadline, and so far, they have yet to make a splash. They have some clear needs despite being on

Even after trading Josh Naylor, general manager Mike Hazen said he hasn't settled on what direction the team will go before the July 31 trade dealine.

Framber Valdez pitched seven effective innings for his 10th straight win, Brice Matthews hit his third homer in two games and the Houston Astros rallied to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-1.

Ahmed was a second-round pick by the Braves in 2011, but he ended up breaking into the big leagues with Arizona in 2014. He won both his Gold Gloves with the Diamondbacks, in 2018 and 2019. Those were also his two best hitting seasons, as he hit 16 homers followed by 19 homers across those two years.

With his team up 4-3 in the bottom of the ninth inning, closer Josh Hader delivered a 3-2 pitch to Diamondbacks second baseman Ketel Marte—one that was pretty clearly a ball and would have put runners on first and second. Walsh, however, saw it differently, and rung up Marte to give Houston the win. Pretty clearly a ball.

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The Houston Astros dealt the Arizona Diamondbacks another crushing loss on Tuesday, July 22, despite strong pitching from lefty Eduardo Rodriguez.

The Arizona Diamondbacks lost their second straight to the Houston Astros on Tuesday night. Now, they're in danger of entirely undoing the progress made with th