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...
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,...
Saturday, April 18, 2026 • 2:20 PM Wrigley Field • Chicago, IL RHP Freddy Peralta (1-1, 3.86) vs. RHP Jameson Taillon (0-1, 4.86) SNY The Mets are currently on their longest losing streak since 2004. They still have to lose two more games to tie that streak, three more to break it. Or the Mets could end all of that talk with a win this afternoon in Chicago. Yesterday, the Mets were able to rack...
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...
Friday, April 16, 2026 • 2:20 PM Wrigley Field • Chicago, IL RHP Kodai Senga (0-2, 7.07) vs. RHP Edward Cabrera (1-0, 1.62) WPIX It has been a bad week-and-a-half for the New York Mets. They enter play today last place in the NL East, five games out of first place with a 7-12 record and on an eight-game losing streak. The Mets desperately need to snap out of their funk. They are facing a Chicago...
Could it get any worse? I sure hope not. The New York Mets (7-12) are in the midst of an eight-game losing streak. After being swept by the Athletics at home, the Mets were outmatched by the Los Angeles Dodgers earlier this week. Their lineup scored a total of three runs over the three games, which looks very thin without Juan Soto. Through 19 games, the Mets are averaging 3.42 runs per game,...
The first week of the 2026 season is already in the books. And lots of rookies made impacts with their teams. JJ Wetherholt has looked comfortable with St. Louis so far, taking his walks and holding second base defensively for a young and upcoming Cardinals team. Konnor Griffin signed a 9-year, $140 million extension at 19 and then promptly hit an RBI double in his first major league at-bat...
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...
The Cubs have signed free agent third baseman Alex Bregman to a five-year, $175 million contract, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Much like former Met Pete Alonso, Bregman signs a long-term contract with a new team after settling for an option-laden contract ahead of the 2025 season. The righty opted out of his deal before this season, and now Bregman will move to the National League...
The Miami Marlins have traded 28-year-old starting pitcher Edward Cabrera to the Chicago Cubs. Michael Cerami of Bleacher Nation was the first to report, with Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic confirming. The Mets, Yankees and Giants were also reported to have shown interest in Cabrera. Cabrera, formerly a top 100 prospect, had arguably his best season in 2025. He pitched a career high 137 2/3...
Brad Keller, RHP Position: RHP B/T: R/R Player Data: Age: 30 (09/27/1995) 2025 Traditional Stats: 68 G (1 start), 69 2/3 IP, 2.07 ERA, 0.962 WHIP, 4-2, 75 K, 22 BB 2025 Advanced Stats: 187 ERA+, 27 K%, 8% BB%, 2.77 xERA, 2.93 FIP, 3.32 xFIP, 1.3 fWAR, 1.4 bWAR Rundown Brad Keller debuted as a 22-year-old with the Royals after being poached from the Diamondbacks in the 2017 Rule 5 Draft and had a...
With the wild card series over, the playoff format is finally locked in for the 2025 postseason. The Yanks and Tigers sent their division rivals packing, the best bullpen in the field lost in a three-game set at Wrigley Field to the Cubs, and the Dodgers won the most lopsided wild-card series this era of playoffs has ever seen. Now, with both leagues kicking off their division series, the only...
