Author: Alexis Farinacci

NL Wins First All-Star Game Swing-Off to Defeat AL

2025 All-Star week in Atlanta continued on Tuesday with the 2025 MLB All-Star Game. Back in their teams’ jerseys for the first time since 2019, the National League All-Stars faced off against their American League counterparts at Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia. After the National League dominated the first six innings to go ahead 6-0, the American League struck for four in the seventh and two...

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Mets Select Mitch Voit From Michigan With 38th Overall Pick

With the 38th overall pick in the first round of the 2025 MLB draft, the New York Mets announced that they selected a two-way player, infielder/right-handed pitcher Mitch Voit from the University of Michigan. Voit is the No. 63 prospect ranked by MLB.com. The six-foot, 201-pound right-hander focused mainly on pitching and played third base as well until 2025. In his junior season, he...

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Previewing The Mets’ 2025 MLB Draft

When the MLB draft opens on Sunday, the New York Mets will watch 37 picks pass by before they make their first one. For the third time in a row, the Mets’ initial selection was moved back 10 slots for exceeding Major League Baseball’s competitive balance tax threshold. This year, they exceeded it by $40 million, and to make matters a bit worse, they had already forfeited their second-round...

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Morning Briefing: MLB Draft Begins Today

Good morning, Mets fans, and welcome to Day 1 of the 2025 MLB Draft! The Mets’ first pick will be at No. 38 on Sunday night. They then have selections at No. 102 Sunday as well, followed by No. 133 and No. 163 in rounds two and three respectively, followed by the No. 28 pick each of the rounds from the fourth through the remainder of the draft. Alexis Farinacci previewed the Mets’ draft and who...

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Jonah Tong, Carson Benge Represent Mets in 2025 MLB All-Star Futures Game

“Oh? Sick!” Jonah Tong’s reaction to making the National League’s roster for the Major League Baseball Future All-Star game was very similar to all of ours. The stars of tomorrow kicked off All-Star weekend in Atlanta on Saturday. The New York Mets had two minor league players selected to play in this year’s All-Star Futures Game: right-handed pitcher Tong (Mets’ No. 2...

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