Remember everything I said about the National League East? Trash that and reapply it to the NL Central. That division through April looks like the real deal. Every single team is above .500 and chock full of talent. The Pirates have finally put together a competent offense behind their rotation, the Reds have finally developed a rotation behind their star-studded infield, the Cubs are mashing...
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There was a certain “here we go again” feeling when Christian Scott allowed a first-inning homer to Jorge Soler. The righty had been lackluster in 1 1/3 innings and walked five batters in his 2026 debut, and had already put the Mets in an early 2-0 hole going into the bottom of the second. There was concern that Scott was on his way to another poor start. But as the night continued,...
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Remember when nobody wanted Munetaka Murakami? The Japanese slugger was the most sought-after foreign free agent, then statistics came out that he couldn’t hit velocity, and he had to settle for a two-year, $34 million contract with the White Sox. Well, Murakami is proving just about everyone wrong, and currently is tied with Yordan Alvarez for the major league lead in homers with 11. Oh,...
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Baseball hasn’t been kind to the Big Apple. The Mets and Yankees both struggled mightily last week, costing the Bombers a few spots on the top 10 and the Mets to fall off the list. The Amazins’ have dropped nine games in a row after starting 7-4 and fundamentally look like one of the worst teams in baseball. And the Yankees got swept by the Rays, split a series with the Angels, and...
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The Mets placed Jorge Polanco on the 10-day Injured List due to his right wrist contusion, retroactive to April 15. Before the move, Polanco had also been dealing with left Achilles bursitis. The injury wasn’t bad enough to place the switch-hitter on the IL. Polanco was slashing .179/.246/.286 with one homer in 14 games. The Mets recalled Hayden Senger from Triple-A Syracuse as the...
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