The 2026 division league series got underway on Saturday. All eight remaining teams were in action. On Sunday, only the National League teams play with the American League teams getting a rest. In the American League, the Chicago White Sox shutout the Cleveland Guardians 3-0 in Game 1 and the Tampa Bay Rays shutout the New York Yankees 1-0 on Saturday. With the division league series only being...
The MLB playoffs continue Wednesday afternoon. Outside of a close game in Atlanta, the three other Game 1s were blowouts on Tuesday. Hopefully, the second day of games will bring some more competitive action. With each wild card series being best-of-three, several teams could punch their ticket to the divisional round. The teams waiting to see their opponent are below: Milwaukee Brewers (NL No....
Per Joel Sherman of the New York Post the San Diego Padres have checked in on trading for Kodai Senga. San Diego previously pursued Senga when he was a free agent before the 2022 season. Senga is owed $4.7 million for the remainder of 2026 and $14 million for 2027. He has struggled in 2026 to an 8.66 ERA but has shown flashes of being a strong starting pitcher in the past. For example, Senga was...
Carson Benge played a crucial role in the New York Mets’ 7-3 victory over the Padres in San Diego on Sunday, helping the team take the series and finish their road trip splitting the six games. Although they remain at the bottom of the National League East, this win improves the Mets’ record to 29-36, marking another step in their journey towards .500. With this victory, the Mets have won...
Sunday, June 7, 2026 • 4:10 PM Petco Park • San Diego, CA RHP Huascar Brazobán (3-1, 2.25) vs. RHP Randy Vásquez (5-3, 3.31) SNY If the New York Mets win Sunday, they will have a .500 road trip where they played a surging Seattle Mariners team and sinking San Diego Padres team. The Mets had a shot to win the series Saturday, but the Mets’ bats couldn’t get much going against the Padres who...
In what seems to be the norm for the 2026 New York Mets, they grabbed defeat from the jaws of victory Saturday night against the Padres. The Mets lost 3-2 thanks to a two run home run by Freddy Fermin off Austin Warren in the bottom of the seventh inning. Fermin entered the game with a .392 OPS and had yet to hit his first home run of the season. Despite the loss, Nolan McLean threw another very...
Christian Scott and the New York Mets (28-35) took on the San Diego Padres (32-30), kicking off a three-game series. It was a strong performance, powered by Scott and Luis Torrens, with the Mets winning 5-0. After the Mets went down in order in the top of the first, Scott took the mound. The young righty worked around a leadoff single, keeping the game scoreless through one. In the top of the...
Friday, June 5, 2026 • 9:40 PM Petco Park • San Diego, CA RHP Christian Scott (1-0, 2.97) vs. RHP Michael King (4-4, 3.18) WPIX The Mets avoided the sweep on Wednesday, beating the Mariners after two rough games. Now, they head to southern California to take on a recently-struggling San Diego Padres team who has gone 1-9 in their last 10 games, dropping to a 32-29 record. The Mets are still in...
The New York Mets (27-35) looked to be moving in the right direction after winning four-straight games to finish their last homestand. That feeling quickly evaporated. The Mets lost two of three against the Seattle Mariners this week, leaving them six games back of a Wild Card spot in the National League. They will look to win their first road series since the second week of May, this time...
A lot has been made of the New York Mets’ payroll recently. Specifically, where it may up by the time the season begins. With that being said, let’s take a look at where the team’s payroll currently sits and where it may be by the time the season starts. Currently, according to Cot’s Baseball Contracts, the Mets have a competitive balance tax (CBT) 40-man payroll of...
Updated Post: Dec. 19 at 1:25 p.m. After hammering out a three-team deal with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Houston Astros that saw them send second baseman Brandon Lowe to the former, the Tampa Bay Rays are also trading right-handed starting pitcher Shane Baz to the Baltimore Orioles. The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal was the first to report the news. Per ESPN’s Jeff Passan, Tampa Bay will...
Dylan Cease Position: SP B/T: R/RAge: 29 (12/28/1995)2025 Traditional Stats: 32 G, 168 IP, 4.55 ERA, 1.327 WHIP, 215 SO, 71 BB2025 Advanced Stats: 94 ERA+, 29.8 K%, 9.8 BB%, 3.46 xERA, 3.56 FIP, 3.56 xFIP 3.4 fWAR/ 1.1 bWAR Rundown It was an odd season for Dylan Cease in 2025. He threw harder than ever (97.1 mp fastball velocity), had the highest K/9 among starting pitchers (11.9), and completed...
