The 2026 season is only two weeks old, but it’s time to welcome back the Atlanta Braves. After an unusual down year in 2025, the Braves have been imposing to begin the season. They’re 9-5, lead the majors in run differential (+40), and have spawned another promising prospect in Drake Baldwin. They’re back in full force, and despite injury to their rotation, it looks like...
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...
In a typical season, a team expects to have 10-12 pitchers make starts for them. Last year, the Mets had 14 pitchers start a game (excluding openers) and the cracks in their depth showed. This year they worked to not only improve their depth, but also improve the front end of their rotation. Let’s see how they stack up among the rest of the National League East. No 5. Washington Nationals...
Good morning, Mets fans! The big news from Friday was that the Mets signed infielder Bo Bichette to a three-year, $126 million contract with opt-outs after Years 1 and 2. The news was first reported by Will Sammon of The Athletic. Bichette is the Mets’ answer after losing the Kyle Tucker sweepstakes to the Dodgers. Bichette is a career .294 batter who hit .311/.357/.483/.840 with 18 home...
Ranger Suárez, SP Position: SP B/T: L/L Player Data: Age: 30 (08/26/1995) 2025 Traditional Stats: 26 G, 157 1/3 IP, 3.20 ERA, 1.220 WHIP, 12-8, 151 K, 38 BB 2025 Advanced Stats: 137 ERA+, 23.2% K%, 5.8% BB%, 3.15 xERA, 3.21 FIP, 3.61 xFIP, 4.0 fWAR, 4.7 bWAR Rundown Ranger Suárez has been in the Phillies organization ever since he signed with them as an international free agent when he was 16...
Good morning, Mets fans! The Los Angeles Dodgers are advancing to the NLCS after an 11-inning pitchers’ duel, as they narrowly defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1. Roki Sasaki shined with three perfect innings to hold the lead after Tyler Glasnow went six scoreless. The game ended when Andy Pages hit a walk-off grounder to the pitcher, Orion Kerkering, who made a wild throw to home. The...
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...
The final Saturday of the 2025 season marks one last power rankings. Unfortunately for most the readers involved, the penultimate day of the season will be filled with anxiety and potentially disappointment. The Mets, who had the best record in baseball in mid-June, and the second wild card spot in August, are on the verge of completing their collapse. They are “tied” with the Reds...
Last week in baseball featured our first glimpses of clinches. The Phillies won their second consecutive National League East title Monday with an extra-innings win, the Brewers clinched a spot in October with a win Sunday that featured a made-up letter from Bob Uecker, and the Cubs also clinched a spot with their 88th win of the season Wednesday in Pittsburgh. So far, these three NL teams have...
With only a handful of series left to go, the wild-card races are heating up toward the middle of September. In the National League, the third wild card is up for grabs. The Mets’ free fall has been generational, and they dropped Friday night’s game to the Rangers for their seventh straight loss. The Giants, meanwhile, won again, and only trail the Amazins’ by half a game. The...
We appear to be on the brink of the 2025 season for the New York Mets. Mired in yet another alarming slump, the Mets were easily swept aside by the Philadelphia Phillies in a four-game sweep. As a result, New York has now lost six-straight games. Consequently, the Mets are all but dead in the race for the NL East with the Phillies a full 11 games ahead. Furthermore, the Mets are just 1 1/2 games...
