The first round of the Subway Series is complete, but Mets outfielder Juan Soto is the last player on anyone’s minds. Well, save for maybe a handful of shitkickers on X/Twitter. Soto continued his aggressively mediocre season in his return to the Bronx, where the boo-birds nested aplenty. The former Yankees rental went 1 for … Continued
On Friday, the Yankees proved us wrong again and came out storming versus the Mets, slaughtering them with smallball in a 6-2 victory. Juan Soto, in his first return to the Bronx, was 0 for 2 with three walks and flied out to center to end the game. Come Saturday, the Mets will turn to … Continued
Juan Soto might have the near-$800 million contract from Steve Cohen’s New York Mets, but Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees had the last laugh on Friday. Mets righty Tylor Megill, amidst a great start to his season, fell of a cliff in the third inning. He couldn’t even complete the inning and was … Continued
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Well, folks, it’s finally here: the first Subway Series of 2025 between the New York Yankees and New York Mets. This used to just be a fun and meaningless crosstown rivalry. The Mets found ways to beat up on the Yankees here and there, but the Bronx Bombers still largely owned the matchup. People talked … Continued
It’s not easy being New York Yankees manage Aaron Boone. Every Yankees loss, the fans on X/Twitter find a reason to dump on the guy. He left the starting pitcher in for too long. The bullpen management was disgusting. What’s he thinking with that lineup? Well, a new book from veteran baseball writer Scott Miller … Continued
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The lowly Pittsburgh Pirates visit the Mets in Flushing this week, and fans get a treat Monday night when Buccos ace Paul Skenes takes the mound. This is why the game matters despite being an overall meaningless matchup. Skenes is, hands down, one of the best pitchers in baseball despite dealing with something of a … Continued
It’s a battle of the First and Second Cities when the Chicago Cubs visit the New York Mets for the weekend. Better yet, the series opener on Friday night has something for everyone in New Yorker. No, Yankees fans aren’t suddenly becoming Mets fans while waiting for their 10:05 pm tilt with the Athletics. No, … Continued
The New York Knicks made the Eastern Conference Semifinals an underdog story by winning an overtime stunner over the Boston Celtics in Game 1. Jalen Brunson and OG Anunoby each scored 29 points as Boston missed three after three, blowing a 20-point lead. Game 2 at TD Garden figures to be a lot different. The … Continued
The New York Yankees seek to avenge Monday’s heartbreaking, rain-soaked 4-3 loss to the Padres when righty Clarke Schmidt returns to the mound on Tuesday. On the Padres, side, however, is former Yankees top prospect and Schmidt’s former teammate, Michael King. Fans will recall King headlining the trade package New York sent to San Diego … Continued
Dear New York Yankees hitters, First off, solid start to the season. 19-16 isn’t ideal, but first place in the AL East is first place in the AL East with or without Juan Soto batting in front of Aaron Judge. Speaking of, let’s talk about Judge. Another great season in progress, this time batting over … Continued
The New York Knicks are hoping the third time’s the charm as they make their third straight trip to the Eastern Conference Semifinals. This will prove their toughest battle yet as their opponent is their bitter rival, the Boston Celtics. Two years ago, against Miami, the Knicks simply weren’t ready for a deep playoff run. … Continued
The Yankees hand the ball to big lefty Carlos Rodon on Tuesday evening, less than 24 hours after a tough 4-3 loss to the Orioles on Monday. Will Warren’s hanging sweeper proved Ryan O’Hearn’s three-run home run the difference-maker. Fans may be unaware, but Rodon himself is hoping to reverse a trend: His own personal … Continued
The New York Mets split the first two games of a four-game set with the Washington Nationals, leaving a Sunday matinee for the ages. Both teams will hand the ball to pitchers who have performed above and beyond expectations. The Mets’ big righty Tylor Megill has given hitters fits with a new fastball-slider-sinker pitch mix, … Continued
Saturday’s rainout means a Sunday doubleheader for the Yankees, who lost a Friday heartbreaker to the Toronto Blue Jays. That can only mean one thing on the Bronx Bombers’ mind: Doubleheader sweep. Sunday’s tilt is a single admission double-header, so teams only get a 30-minute break between games. It’s a test of team health, bullpen … Continued
As expected, the Giants drafted Penn State edge rusher Abdul Carter with the third pick in the 2025 NFL Draft: Brian Daboll says he got breakfast with Abdul Carter around the Penn State campus when he visited his daughter during Parents’ Weekend: “He’s got a great personality, he’s a lot of fun to be around … Continued
Color us shocked, the New York Mets showed up in their first series with their NL East rival Philadelphia Phillies. New York has outscored Philly 10-5 in the first two games, and now goes for the series sweep in a Wednesday matinee. Meanwhile, the Mets are in the driver’s seat. Winning this series puts them … Continued
The Yankees endured a heartbreaking 3-2 loss in Cleveland despite four hits from Aaron Judge and the returning Ben Rice’s leadoff home run. Mark Leiter Jr. didn’t have his best breaking pitches, coughed up the lead, and New York’s bats couldn’t capitalize on any baserunners. They’ll hand the ball to Carlos Rodon in Wednesday’s matinee … Continued
You’ll recall that yesterday, we predicted the New York Mets would not only beat the Philadelphia Phillies in their NLDS rematch, but new star outfielder Juan Soto would carry the evening. Well, the Mets did win 5-4, except without Soto. He was 0 for 4 with a strikeout and never hit the ball out of … Continued
A late comeback wasn’t enough for the Yankees in their 6-4 loss to Cleveland on Monday, after Clarke Schmidt, despite seven strikeouts, had nothing working in his second start back from injury. New York will turn to another young righty to even the series on Tuesday: rookie Will Warren. The former Southeastern Louisiana product has … Continued
The Yankees face their longtime rival Cleveland Guardians for the start of a three-game series at Progressive Field tonight, almost exactly six months after New York won the AL Pennant there. A lot has changed since. Juan Soto, whose extra-innings home run proved the clincher in Game 5, is now with the crosstown rival Mets. … Continued
The New York Mets shocked baseball last October not only when they backed into a Wild Card spot, but beat Bryce Harper and his Philadelphia Phillies in short order in the NLDS. The Mets needed just five games to dispatch heavily favored Philly. Fast forward three weeks into the 2025 campaign, and the standings are … Continued
As the Yankees took three of four from the rival Tampa Bay Rays over the weekend, fans noticed a key difference: the Rays were hosting from George M. Steinbrenner Field. New York’s spring training stadium will be the Rays’ home in 2025 while Tropicana Field is repaired following damage from Hurricane Helene last fall. But … Continued
Clarke Schmidt returns to the mound Wednesday night in what should be a solid pitching boost for the New York Yankees. Schmidt spent the first two weeks of the season on the injured list after needing extra time to ramp up his shoulder. That same shoulder limited the young righty to 16 starts in 2024, … Continued
Juan Soto finally hit his second home run with the Mets in Monday’s 5-1 win over the Minnesota Twins, but that wasn’t his highlight of the night. Soto’s home run was basically garbage-time garnish. It was a seventh-inning two-run shot off of Jorge Alcala that extended New York’s lead from 3-1 to 5-1. He’s batting … Continued
The New York Yankees have a new voice behind the mic at WFAN: longtime Seattle Mariners play-by-play man Dave Sims. He’s in the big chair alongside Suzyn Waldman after 35 years of John Sterling. “It’s an opportunity to work with a franchise that everybody knows,” Sims told me in a recent conversation. “And I’m coming … Continued
The old Yankees-Giants rivalry is back on when the Bronx Bombers kick off a three-game series with San Francisco on Friday night. New York (7-5) are tied with Toronto (8-6) for first place in the AL East after New York came back down to earth in Detroit. San Francisco, on the other hand, is 9-3 … Continued
It’s been a rough few days for New York Yankees outfielder Cody Bellinger, who is back in the lineup after missing Tuesday’s 5-0 loss at Detroit with food poisoning. Speaking to reporters before Wednesday’s afternoon tilt, Bellinger explained it all. He was watching the men’s college basketball final on Monday night and ordered some buffalo … Continued
Clay Holmes will seek his first win with the New York Mets (7-3) when he faces the Miami Marlins (5-5) on Tuesday afternoon. It’s been a mixed bag for Holmes, who was an All-Star closer for the crosstown rival Yankees before signing to start with the Mets. He has a 2.89 ERA and 3.17 FIP, … Continued
It’s not blatantly obvious, but Yankees righty Carlos Carrasco is pitching for his future in Detroit on Tuesday. Granted, the 38-year-old veteran is no stranger to Comerica Park. Carrasco was a frequent visitor during his 12 years with Cleveland and went 6-5 with a 3.72 ERA in 15 games (13 starts) in the Motor City. … Continued
April 7th, but good signs so far for the Mets’ pitching staff: No team in baseball has a better ERA from their pitching staff than the Mets They rank first in both the starter (2.40) and reliever (1.29) categories as well pic.twitter.com/KsngtEcePD — SNY Mets (@SNY_Mets) April 7, 2025 Great outings from all three starters … Continued
We’re nine games into the 2025 Major League Baseball Season and Juan Soto’s New York Mets career. New York is 6-3 early, good for second place in the NL East and one game behind the first-place Philadelphia Phillies. And Soto’s start wearing the orange and blue since signing his record 15-year, $765 million deal has … Continued
Keith Hernandez on a hot mic in Miami on Wednesday night: “Piss-poor hitting.” – Keith Hernandez with a hot-mic moment coming out of commercial 😬 pic.twitter.com/Bxqt5NCyIR — Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) April 2, 2025 The Marlins took a 4-1 lead into the top of the eighth inning before Pete Alonso tied it with a three-run blast. … Continued
Jorge Castillo at ESPN: NEW YORK — Giancarlo stanton, one of the first known adopters of the torpedo bat, declined Tuesday to say whether he believes using it last season caused the tendon ailments in both elbows that forced him to begin this season on the injured list. Last month, Stanton alluded to “bat adjustments” … Continued
The Yankees have been high on Will Warren for a long time. So long, in fact, that he’s getting the ball against Corbin Burnes and the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday after a forgettable 2024. Warren, 25, struggled mightily throughout last season, registering a 10.32 ERA. He was 0-3 in seven games (six starts) and was … Continued
Juan Soto may be the new face of the New York Mets, but first baseman Pete Alonso is the heartbeat. The Polar Bear reminded everyone of that Monday night when he clubbed a grand slam against the Marlins at LoanDepot Park. Alonso’s homer was the big blast in New York’s seven-run fifth inning. PETE ALONSO … Continued
We are three games into the 2025 Major League Baseball Season, “Overreaction Week,” as Yankees manager Aaron Boone dubbed it after his team’s 12-3 win over the Brewers on Sunday. New York completed a three-game sweep in the Bronx and outscored Milwaukee 36-14 while hitting a combined 15 home runs. The same cannot be said … Continued
The Yankees traded Nestor Cortes for closer Devin Williams in the offseason, and the crafty lefty had a rude homecoming on Saturday. Pitching for the Brewers against his former team, Cortes proceeded to give up three home runs on three pitches. First baseman Paul Goldschmidt, leading off for the first time in his career, started … Continued
Juan Soto’s first game with the New York Mets ended with him striking out on a bad pitch in a 3-1 loss to the Astros. In his second game, on Friday, Soto enjoyed better results. His third inning solo shot off of righty Hunter Brown gave the Mets a 3-0 lead. The no-doubter traveled 390 … Continued
Thursday, March 27 marked Day 1 of Juan Soto’s 15-year, $765 million contract with the New York Mets. The star outfielder’s first day at his new job didn’t go as planned. Not only did the Mets lose to the Astros 3-1, but Soto was the final out when he swung at a Josh Hader slider … Continued
The New York Yankees kicked off their Opening Day series with the Milwaukee Brewers in style. Austin Wells, the first Yankees catcher to bat leadoff on Day, and took two quick balls from righty Freddy Peralta. Cue a predictable 2-0 fastball, and Wells launched it 348 feet at 103.7 mph for a solo home run. … Continued
We’ll establish this very early: The New York Yankees are and should be the American League favorites in 2025. This despite the Bronx Bombers getting thoroughly outclassed by the Dodgers in the World Series, going down in five games. This after losing Juan Soto, a fan favorite and difference maker in 2024, to the crosstown … Continued
There’s no greater mystery in baseball this year than the New York Mets, now in their third year under billionaire owner Steve Cohen. It was an epically aggressive offseason in Queens after the Mets got hot late and took the eventual champion Dodgers to Game 6 of the NLCS. Cohen and team president David Stearns … Continued
This time last season, we thought the Boston Red Sox were bound for a rebuild. Finishing (and overachieving) at exactly 81-81 and missing the playoffs for a third time later, that appeared to be true. Cue the offseason, and Boston proved us wrong again. Former pitcher Craig Breslow is back for his second year as … Continued
The Philadelphia Phillies have put in the work both out on the market and down on the farm to give themselves a wide open window. In a way, the NL East is their oyster. This even though the rival Atlanta Braves are always nipping at their heels, and now the Mets are joining in the … Continued
The movie has been released and we can officially give the Toronto Blue Jays the Baseball Razzie Award for Most Overhyped Team Ever. The screenwriter of this masterpiece, of course, was none other than impending free agent Vladimir Guerrero Jr. It’s been three years since his infamous trailer-movie comment regarding his team’s upside. Toronto had … Continued