Major League Baseball All-Star voting is officially open. Yeah, the season is flying by. It’s June and the usual suspects are cementing their names as among pennant chasers. The Dodgers, Braves, Yankees, and Brewers are all at the top of the league again. There are some newbies coming into their own as well. The Pirates are competitive as of the first week of June. And the White Sox would...
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...
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...
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...
Pete Fairbanks, RP Position: RP B/T: R/R Player Data: Age: 31 (12/16/1993) 2025 Traditional Stats: 61 G, 60 1/3 IP, 2.83 ERA, 1.044 WHIP, 59 SO, 18 BB 2025 Advanced Stats: 145 ERA+, 24.2 K%, 7.4 BB%, 3.04 xERA, 3.63 FIP, 3.76 xFIP, 1.2 bWAR, 1.0 fWAR RUNDOWN Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the ninth round of the 2015 draft, Pete Fairbanks burst onto the scene in Tampa Bay after being dealt from...
It’s been a week of streaks across Major League Baseball. The Brewers and Yanks both hold five-game win streaks entering Saturday morning, making up ground in both of their respective divisions. The Red Sox have won eight games in a row behind their strong core, emphasized by Ceddanne Rafaela’s monster-clearing home run Friday. Teams have also racked up losses. The Dodgers and...
Don’t worry, everyone. I’ll address the first issue on everyone’s minds: Where are the Marlins? I’m somewhat joking, but I try to give love to all the streaking teams as the weeks go by. The Marlins won eight games in a row from June 22 to July 1, taking down teams such as the Braves, Giants, and Diamondbacks. Who saw that coming? In that run, the Fish scored 53 runs and...
There have been many topics of conversation during these Major League Baseball Power Rankings. Yet, this week was difficult to pinpoint. For starters, since we’re a Mets blog, the Amazins have really hit a rud and find themselves out of first place after losing 9-1 to the Pirates. From an MLB side, the real story has been the National League Central. The Cardinals are hot yet again....
The baseball world was shocked last week. Heck, let’s be honest, I was shocked last week. And we’re all going to talk about it for the rest of our lives. The Red Sox last week traded Rafael Devers to the Giants, getting back Jordan Hicks, Kyle Harrison, James Thibbs III, and Jose Bello. It was an early end to a saga that featured much drama and polarization within the baseball...
What could go wrong, did go wrong this weekend for the New York Mets. For the very first time in 2025, the Mets found themselves on the wrong end of a series sweep. They offered little resistance against a red-hot Rays team. There were a lot of worrying trends to emerge from the weekend. The starting rotation showed consistent signs of regression throughout the series. The bullpen couldn’t...
Saturday, June 14, 2025 • 4:10 PM Citi Field • Flushing, NY RHP Drew Rasmussen (5-4, 2.22) vs. RHP Tylor Megill (5-4, 3.76) SNY The Mets look to start a new winning streak this afternoon at Citi Field. The Mets were cruising Friday night until a disastrous sixth inning. The Rays were able to score six runs, making the game go from a 5-1 Mets lead to a 7-5 Rays lead. The Mets were able to create...
Week eleven’s update saw some recent staples fall off the list. The Cardinals were one team that got booted to the “rest of the field” category due to a six-game losing streak. The Red Birds were on a roll and were on the Cubs’ tails, but now enter Saturday with a 36-34 record and a six-game deficit in the National League Central. Minnesota also joined St. Louis below the...
