Welcome back for the week one update of my Major League Baseball power rankings for 2025. Surely everyone agreed in harmony on my preseason rankings. All but one team from the preseason ranking stayed in the top-10, with most of the change being the rankings within the top-10. The Braves, who will be highlighted below, had the most drastic drop due to their poor start, and the Padres had the...
Monday, July 15, 2024 • 8:00 pm ET Arlington, TX ESPN After a disappointing exit in the first round of the 2023 Home Run Derby to hometown hero Julio Rodríguez, Mets slugger Pete Alonso is back and ready to reclaim his throne. He looks to join Ken Griffey Jr. as the only two players to win the Derby thrice. Pete enters the Derby with a record 195 homers hit during the event. To show how dominant...
Good morning, Mets fans! The 2024 MLB Home Run Derby field was officially set Wednesday as the final two spots were filled for the eight-man event. Earlier in the day, MLB announced that Rangers slugger Adolis García would be participating in the derby for the second year in a row. Shortly after, during last night’s Phillies-Dodgers game on ESPN, while mic’d up, Teoscar Hernández...
Good morning, Mets fans! Happy Independence Day to the best nation in the world! On Wednesday, MLB released the starting lineups for the AL and NL as they prepare for the 2024 All-Star Game, which will be held on July 16 at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. While no Mets made the starting lineup, plenty of first time All-Stars got the starting nod and familiar faces continue to cement their...
Good morning, Mets fans! Things don’t seem to be getting any easier for the New York Mets, as they drop their fifth game in a row and the second game of their series against the Baltimore Orioles, 7-3, on Saturday. Poor pitching and a lack of offense continue to be the storyline for the 2023 Mets after shipping away what feels like half their team at the trade deadline. Tylor Megill took...
Good morning, Mets fans! Playing in their fourth doubleheader in three weeks, the Mets finished off a three-game sweep of the Guardians by taking both games on Sunday. In the first game, Max Scherzer tossed six shutout innings, and after the bullpen squandered a 3-0 lead, Starling Marte hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning off a Trevor Stephan to give the Mets a 5-4 victory. Marte’s...
The New York Mets (25-23) looked to follow up their thrilling game one victory in the nightcap of the split-admission doubleheader at Citi Field on Sunday night with a three-game series and doubleheader sweep. The Mets emerged over the Cleveland Guardians and got exactly that behind stellar pitching in a 2-1 win. Justin Verlander was terrific and turned in the team’s best pitching effort...
Early Sunday afternoon, the New York Mets (24-23) faced off against the Cleveland Guardians in the first game of a split-admission doubleheader. After rain postponed yesterday’s game, it was a sunny afternoon at Citi Field for Game 1 where New York emerged victorious 5-4. Big days by Max Scherzer and the hero of the game, Starling Marte, propelled the Mets to a game over .500 for the first...
