​Yahoo Sports AM is our daily newsletter that keeps you updated on all things sports. Sign up here to receive it every weekday morning. ⚾️ JV set to retire: Justin Verlander, 43, announced on Wednesday that he will retire at the end of the season, his 21st in the majors. The news came the same day that the future Hall of Famer and Tigers pitcher was selected to his 10th All-Star Game as a “Legend Pick” by commissioner Rob Manfred. ⚾️ So close: Blue Jays ace Dylan Cease was three outs from his second career no-hitter when a single by Giants outfielder Heliot Ramos ended his bid in the ninth. He still earned the win in a 10-0 victory and logged his third no-hit bid of 8+ innings, the most in MLB over the last five seasons. ⚽️ Record ratings: On closer inspection, Monday’s USA-Belgium game, with about 42 million viewers, was not the most-watched soccer telecast in American history. That distinction now goes to Sunday’s Mexico-England game, which drew nearly 45 million viewers across Fox and Telemundo. ⚾️ Derby field fills out: Royals right fielder Jac Caglianone and Red Sox first baseman Willson Contreras have joined next week’s Home Run Derby, bringing the eight-player field to half full with Caglianone and Contreras joining Rays third baseman Junior Caminero and Yankees first baseman Ben Rice. ⚽️ MLS All-Stars: Lionel Messi, three wins away from helping Argentina to a second straight World Cup title, headlines MLS’s 29-player All-Star roster revealed Wednesday. They’ll face a team of Liga MX All-Stars on July 29 in Charlotte. See what else is trending on Yahoo Sports. Fery falls to the court in celebration in front of an adoring home crowd. (Tim Clayton/Getty Images) The men’s semifinals are set at Wimbledon, and while three of the players left standing are exactly who you’d expect, the fourth is a young Brit named Arthur Fery, who is nothing short of the most unlikely semifinalist in the modern history of the sport. Odd man out: Fery — who upset No. 9 Flavio Cobolli on Wednesday to join No. 1 Jannik Sinner, No. 2 Alexander Zverev and 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic in the semifinals — is just the fourth men’s wildcard to reach a major semifinal in the Open Era (since 1968). But unlike the first three, Fery’s run truly came out of nowhere. First was Jimmy Connors (1991 U.S. Open), an eight-time Grand Slam champion who received a sort-of “lifetime achievement” wildcard at age 39 at the end of an all-time great career. Next was Henri Leconte (1992 French Open), a former top-five player who’d reached eight Grand Slam quarterfinals but had fallen down the rankings due to injury. Most recently was Goran Ivanišević (2001 Wimbledon), a former world No. 2 and three-time finalist at the All England Club in the twilight of his career. He ultimately ran the table, becoming the first men’s wildcard ever to win a Grand Slam. And now we have Fery, a 23-year-old Wimbledon local who, for SEO purposes, stands as the latest unexpected wildcard story in tennis history.