Brendan McKay has been one of the best pitchers in the minors this season. Brendan McKay will be promoted to Triple-A Durham and start for the Bulls on Tuesday, according to Marc Topkin. In 41 2?3 innings this season, he has a 1.30 ERA, 39.7% strikeout rate, and 5.8% walk rate. He’s ready to pitch in Triple A. His bat? Well, he’s ready to pitch in Triple A. Triple-A Durham Bulls (28-17) Christian Arroyo and Mike Brosseau powered Durham to a 9-5 win over Norfolk. Arroyo’s solo homer in the second cut the Bulls’ deficit to 2-1. In the fourth, Nick Ciuffo tied the game with an RBI single, and Jason Coats’ two-run double put them ahead. In the sixth, Brosseau extended their lead to 9-4 with a two-run home run. Aaron Slegers allowed four runs — three earned — in four innings. 1B Nate Lowe: 1-for-6, 1 K (.853)2B Nick Solak: 0-for-1, 1 R, 4 BB, 1 K (.869)SS Jake Cronenworth: 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB (.993)LF Mike Brosseau: 2-for-5, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI (.985)3B Christian Arroyo: 2-for-4, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB (.988) RHP Aaron Slegers: 4 IP, 7 H, 4 R (3 ER), 0 BB, 3 K (6.21)LHP Colin Poche: 1 1?3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K (6.75) Double-A Montgomery Biscuits (29-17) Montgomery was shut out by Jackson, 5-0. All three Biscuits hits were singles. Riley O’Brien allowed four runs in four innings. CF Josh Lowe: 1-for-4, 2 K (.757)RF Jesus Sanchez: 0-for-4, 1 K (.759)SS Lucius Fox: 0-for-3 (.634) RHP Riley O’Brien: 4 IP, 4 H, 4 ER, 4 BB, 2 K (4.87)LHP Matt Krook: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K (5.12) Class A-Advanced Charlotte Stone Crabs (25-22) Charlotte rallied to tie the game in the ninth before falling to Palm Beach, 5-4, in 10 innings. The Cardinals scored in the top of the ninth to extend their lead to two, but they couldn’t hold the lead. Jim Haley’s RBI single made it 4-3, and Ronaldo Hernandez’s pinch-hit RBI single tied the game. In the 10th, Palm Beach’s free baserunner scored, but Charlotte made three straight outs. Tanner Dodson allowed three runs in 1 1?3 innings. 2B Vidal Brujan: 1-for-5, 1 R, 2 K, 1 SB (.752)SS Taylor Walls: 0-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB (.704)LF Moises Gomez: 0-for-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 K (.685)C Ronaldo Hernandez: 1-for-1, 1 RBI, 1 SB (.669)PR Garrett Whitley: did not bat (.757)CF Thomas Milone: 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 3B, 2 BB (.867) RHP Tanner Dodson: 1 1?3 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 0 K (5.29)RHP Paul Campbell: 6 2?3 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 7 K (4.70) Charlotte’s site offers this recap. Class-A Bowling Green Hot Rods (27-20) Bowling Green won a 9-7 slugfest against West Michigan. Osmy Gregorio and Wander Franco had RBI extra-base hits in the first, but the big swing of the game came in the fourth when Chris Betts hit his second grand slam of the season, giving the Hot Rods a 7-0 lead. Bowling Green piggybacked starters Thursday. Cristopher Sanchez allowed three runs in 3 2?3 innings, and Shane McClanahan was responsible for four runs — three earned — in five frames. SS Wander Franco: 2-for-6, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 SB (.846)2B Osmy Gregorio: 3-for-5, 3 R, 1 3B, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 HBP (.570)1B Kaleo Johnson: 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 2 HBP (.733)C Chris Betts: 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K (.783)RF Tony Pena: 4-for-5 (.684) LHP Cristopher Sanchez: 3 2?3 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 4 BB, 3 K (5.40)LHP Shane McClanahan: 5 IP, 3 H, 4 R (3 ER), 5 BB, 6 K (3.43) CLICK HERE FOR ALL BOX SCORES Friday’s games (probables courtesy of milb.com) Durham @ Charlotte 7:04 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV, radio stream)TBA vs. TBA Montgomery vs. Jackson 7:35 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV, radio stream)Sam McWilliams (3-1, 2.88) vs. TBA Charlotte vs. Palm Beach 6:30 p.m. ET (radio stream)Michael Plassmeyer (1-0, 2.84) vs. TBA Bowling Green vs. Dayton 7:35 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV, radio stream)Alan Strong (3-1, 1.83) vs. Jhon De Jesus (1-3, 4.96) *Listed as TBA on milb.com Scouting the opposition Charlotte Knights (White Sox)25-19 (3rd in IL South)Offense: 271 R (1st) .840 OPS (2nd)Pitching: 5.87 ERA (14th) 1.68 WHIP (14th)Top-30 prospects: RHP Dylan Cease (3), C Zack Collins (12), RHP Ian Hamilton (13), C Seby Zavala (15), RHP Jordan Stephens (19), RHP Spencer Adams (20), OF Joel Booker (27), RHP Zach Thompson (28) Jackson Generals (Arizona)25-20 (2nd in SL North)Offense: 195 R (T-1st) .730 OPS (1st)Pitching: 3.45 ERA (5th) 1.25 WHIP (6th)Top-30 prospects: SS Jazz Chisholm (1), C Daulton Varsho (3), 2B Andy Young (12), 1B Pavin Smith (17), 3B Drew Ellis (21), C Dominic Miroglio (23), RHP Emilio Vargas (25) Palm Beach Cardinals29-17 (1st in FSL South)Offense: 191 R (5th) .687 OPS (4th)Pitching: 2.38 ERA (1st) 1.15 WHIP (1st)Top-30 prospects: RHP Griffin Roberts (18), 1B Luken Baker (23) Dayton Dragons (Cincinnati)15-32 (8th in MWL East)Offense: 174 R (15th) .627 OPS (15th)Pitching: 4.96 ERA (16th) 1.55 WHIP (16th)Top-30 prospects: OF Mike Siani (8), OF Mariel Bautista (13), RHP Lyon Richardson (14), RHP James Marinan (16), 3B Juan Martinez (19), LHP Jacob Heatherly (20) Daily news and links MiLB.com wrote about Brendan McKay’s continued dominance. Baseball America subscribers can read about the best tools in this year’s draft. ESPN subscribers can read Keith Law’s expanded list of the top prospects in the draft.

Web links on the Buccaneers. Key Numbers, Respect For Ndamukong Suh - JoeBucsFan.comWhat do these numbers — 51, 38, 40, 40, 24, 40 and 55 — have in common when it comes to manbeast defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh and his expected arrival to the Buccaneers for the 2019 season? Bucs Make Offseason Splash with DT Ndamukong SuhThe Buccaneers agreed to terms with free agent defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh on Thursday as he enters his 10th NFL season. Source -- Suh to get $9.25 million deal from BucsThe Buccaneers reached a one-year, $9.25 million agreement with defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh. Takeaways from Bucs OTAs: Day 6The Bucs wrapped their second week of OTAs on Thursday. Take a look at a few notes and observations heading into the long weekend. Is the Bucs' addition of Suh an attempt to change the culture? - The Paywall TimesA lot of factors impacted the decision including contracts, cap issues and performance. But is there more to the acquisition? Keyshawn Johnson: Bruce Arians Is "Sending A Message" With Suh Signing - JoeBucsFan.comKeyshawn likes the Suh-McCoy swap for the Bucs and believes it is a bit of a wash on the field but more valuable for culture change. SR's Fab 5: Suh Brings A Needed Edge To Bucs Defense | Pewter ReportInsight into the Suh deal.

The two hockey supergiants (with plenty of Bolts on either side) are poised to battle in the Final this Sunday. The Bolts Yesterday, it was Victor Hedman’s turn to take his parents to see the teacher and get his player grades from the season that was. This year there were no surprises from the star pupil, which isn’t a problem, per se, but it was just ordinarily special. Know what I mean? [Raw Charge] Every time we do player grades, the question always comes up of what do you use for the scale. The answer is always “it’s up to you.” So for me, I try to look at a player from what I expected of the player before the season and how they stacked up to that. It means that a player that did exactly what I expected them to do earns a C from me. And even then, I still admit some biases come into play when I’m writing down my grades for players. This was really cool. Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Louis Domingue invited several artists, kids, who are battling cancer as a thank you for helping him create his Hockey Fights Cancer mask. They got commemorative gifts and took pictures and it was just a whole bunch of love. Let’s also take “Not Today, Satan” for 500, Alex. I’ll take “Things I will never read” for 2000, Alex https://t.co/9S0TPJzbu7— Raw Charge (@RawCharge) May 23, 2019 The Bolts at the World Championships The Bolts are doing well at the World Championships. Nikita Kucherov, Andrei Vasilevskiy and co. have yet to drop a game. They will now play Finland, who knocked out Sweden in the quarterfinals. [Raw Charge] Anthony Cirelli finished the group stage with 4 (3+1) points and has been effective for his team. Mathieu Joseph has 2 points so far, playing mostly on the fourth line. Mikhail Sergachev with a rocket! It's 2:0 Russia. 2nd point for Segachev and Gusev early on in the game! #IIHFWorlds #GoBolts #VegasBorn pic.twitter.com/IP2HJTmY4w— Aivis Kalni?š (@A_Kalnins) May 23, 2019 Vasy gave a post-game interview after their 4-3 win over the USA in the quarterfinals. His answer for beating them was adorably simple. [English Russian Federation Website] Yes, the opponents are very strong, and it was a tense game. The most important thing is that we won. How did we beat the Americans? We scored more goals. This was one of the toughest matches at this competition, but the most important games are ahead of us. We have to forget about this victory and look forward. Was I nervous in the closing stages? I simply tried to play my game. The guys did a great job, especially taking into account the strength of the opponents. He’s not a Bolt (yet?) but Evgeny Kuznetsov is a pure and wholesome human being. look at our extremely wholesome boi pic.twitter.com/72JjBDFZhE— summertime sporpness (@OVECHKlN) May 23, 2019 The Game We got two coaching hires yesterday. First, DJ Smith has moved from Toronto to Ottawa after agreeing with Eugene Melnyk and the Senators to be their new head coach. [Silver Seven Sens] Smith has spent the last four years in Toronto as an assistant under Mike Babcock, responsible for the defence and penalty kill according to Behind the Benches. Prior to that he was head coach for the Oshawa Generals for three years, a stint that included OHL Coach of the Year honours in 2013-14, and a Memorial Cup win in 2014-15 and an overall 135-53-3-13 record. He also spent six years behind the bench of his hometown Windsor Spitfires as an assistant. Hours later, the Maple Leafs announced that they have replaced Smith’s colleague Jim Hiller, who oversaw the offense and power play in Toronto, with former Florida Panthers assistant coach Paul McFarland. Smith was in charge of the defense in Toronto and all signs point to AHL coach Sheldon Keefe getting his job once the Marlies finish their Calder Cup playoff run one way or another. [Pension Plan Puppets] McFarland, who ran the power play on the Panthers, comes to a Leafs team that had an excellent power play by shot metrics, but disappointed people when judged by success percentage. The Panthers power play was second to Tampa last year with a 27% success percentage, while the Leafs were at 22% in eighth place. Florida had 58 more power play opportunities over the Leafs as well. The press release from when Paul McFarland (33) was hired by Florida. Considered intelligent and relatable to young players, has a degree from Acadia University, and has his own award named after him there (wow) #Leafs https://t.co/6P3yjjQNKK— Hardev Lad (@HardevLad) May 23, 2019 There are rumors swirling everywhere that the Pittsburgh Penguins and Minnesota Wild are about to make a massive trade involving Phil Kessel, Jason Zucker, and Jack Johnson. The deal might die if Kessel, a Wisconsin native, refuses to waive his no-trade clause. Penguins, #mnwild in trade talks surrounding Phil Kessel. @JoshYohe_PGH has confirmed what I reported Tuesday about potential Jason Zucker-Victor Rask for Kessel-Jack Johnson swap. Lots of details in this story + other possible landing spots for Zuckerhttps://t.co/TOM2dZhbQk— Michael Russo (@RussoHockey) May 23, 2019 Achariya: Do we want Radko Gudas? Alan: no [Broad Street Hockey] With the above in mind, it’s easy to see that Fletcher’s easiest path to putting his stamp and/or improving the Flyers going into next season will be via the trade market. While there are plenty of players across the league that should be available via trade, and Jason has looked all around the league at those, Fletcher also has some players on his roster that could very well be on the trade block themselves. First up was Shayne Gostisbehere, next was Jakub Voracek. Now it’s time to return to the defense and take a look at Radko Gudas. Highlight of the Night: the Boston Bruins got bored of waiting for the Stanley Cup Finals so they played a scrimmage in front of a packed house at TD Garden. Brad Marchand ended up getting hurt in the game. Brad Marchand actually did just come off the ice holding his left hand/wrist. (This one isn't a joke.)— Amalie Benjamin (@AmalieBenjamin) May 23, 2019

New SeaWorld attendance figures reveal that the theme park group has rebounded after years of being on the decline.  SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment (NYSE: SEAS), the parent company of Busch Gardens Tampa and Adventure Island, experienced attendance growth at its parks by 8.6 percent in 2018 from seeing nearly 20.8 million visitors in 2017 to seeing nearly 22.6 million in 2018. The group ranked ninth among the top 10 theme park groups for worldwide attendance growth, according to the Theme Index…