Cristopher Sánchez and the Phillies have been dominating under Don Mattingly. The club has jumped to a 25-26 record, going 16-7 under their new skipper to put Philadelphia back in the playoff hunt. Sánchez has been an important cog in the machine, and is currently trying to make history for the Phillies. After pitching eight scoreless innings Friday against Cleveland, Sánchez has increased his...
Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets got good news on Clay Holmes on Saturday. According to Laura Albanese of Newsday, Holmes will not need surgery and the injury should not be season-ending. However, with Holmes going on the injured list, the Mets are considering putting Tobias Myers into the rotation. Mike Puma of the New York Post added to what Albanese reported and noted that along with not...
The 2026 MLB season could be defined by one word: Injury. Numerous teams have seen stars hit the injury list mid-way through May — and as a Mets website, you readers don’t need to be reminded of that. The Tigers have seen players such as Tarik Skubal, Javier Baez, Kerry Carpenter, and Gleyber Torres go down, the Yankees have seen Max Fried, Jasson Dominguez, and José...
Baseball card season is picking up once more. Days after releasing pre-order slots for Topps’ 2026 Flagship Series 2, Bowman Baseball 2026 is now available for purchase as of Wednesday. While Bowman Draft featured many of the recent 2025 Draft picks like No. 1 pick Eli Willits (WSH), RHP Seth Hernandez (PIT) and INF JoJo Parker (TOR), Bowman Baseball will finally have No. 4 overall pick...
It’s all about the Chicago Cubs. We highlighted the NL Central to start off the last power rankings, but the Cubs have been so hot, we have to go right back into the division. The club has rattled off their second 10-game win streak of the season, and has a comfortable 3.5 game lead in the division. They’ve also won 15 consecutive home games, a record that broke their old streak that...
Good morning, Mets fans. The Mets dropped Game 2 of the series to the Angels, 4-3 in 10 innings. They close out their series with the rubber game on Sunday at 4:07 p.m. ET. It will be the righty Clay Holmes (302, 1.75 ERA, 25 SO) on the mound for New York against right-hander Jack Kochanowicz (2-0, 3.09 ERA, 24 SO). Along with dropping the game in the 10th, the Mets’ injury woes continued...
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...
Not the managerial firing article you thought you’d get, huh? The Philadelphia Phillies, mired in their own woes, have fired manager Rob Thomson, according to Matt Gelb of The Athletic. Don Mattingly is taking over as interim manager. The team confirmed the report. Thomson becomes the second manager fired this early in the season in 2026, following Alex Cora’s dismissal from the Red...
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,...
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...
Long live the robots. The robots are here to stay. After trial runs in both Triple-A and spring training, the Automated Ball Strike Challenge System [ABS] has made its way to the big leagues in 2026. Starting on Opening Day 2026, players have been able to turn to ABS to issue a final judgment on close ball/strike calls. ABS is the first system to take away unilateral ball/strike decision-making...
Winter is officially in the books. Even if the weather on the East Coast is still in the 40s. Baseball began Wednesday night with the Yankees defeating the Giants 7-0, kicking off an exciting 2026 season. The Dodgers still have a target on their heads coming off back-to-back World Series rings, and will look to be the first team to three-peat since the Yankees from 1998-2000. Meanwhile, the...
