Tarik Skubal, the back-to-back American League Cy Young winner, has won his arbitration case and will make $32 million for the 2025 season. To say this is an unprecedented development would be an understatement. This sets a new bar for pitchers in arbitration, as Skubal in his final year of arbitration, has beaten the overall record set by Juan Soto in 2024. Skubal has shattered the previous...
For the second offseason in a row, it appears one of the game’s top left-handed starting pitchers could be traded. Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal is heading into his final year of arbitration with the Detroit Tigers, and it doesn’t seem as though the two sides are even remotely close to being on the same page when it comes to extension talks. The New York Post’s Jon Heyman...
Good morning, Mets fans! The Mariners defeated the Tigers in the 15-inning winner-take-all Game 5 on Friday night to advance to the ALCS. Tarik Skubal and George Kirby both pitched well as the starters before the bullpens took over in a grueling yet thrilling game. Jorge Polanco won it with a walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the 15th. With their victory, the Mariners are headed to the ALCS...
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...
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...
The first week of September did not disappoint. The Blue Jays took two of three against the Reds and a massive Game 1 in the Bronx to impact both leagues’ wild card races, the Giants swept the Rockies and took two of three from the Orioles, storming back in the National League wild card race, and the Rangers beat the Astros Friday night and have gone 10-3 in their last 13. No one is safe...
Overall, it was mission accomplished in Detroit for the New York Mets. They took two out of three from the Tigers, who are now the second-best team in the American League. However, another bad outing from a struggling reliever ensured a series sweep was a bridge too far. Nonetheless, the Mets rebounded from an embarrassing series loss to the Marlins and took care of business against a very good...
September is right around the corner. By the time next week’s power rankings drop, the final month of baseball will be here, and the long race of baseball will become a sprint. With the final month will come division’s finally be set in stone. The American League East, AL West, National League East, and NL West are still up for grabs, with the largest lead in the four mentioned...
Numerous divisional clashes began Friday, setting the stage for the twilight of the 2025 regular season. The Mets went to Atlanta and got a massive 12-7 win to stave off the Reds in the National League wild card chase, the Red Sox stole a win 1-0 in the Bronx against the Yankees to solidify second place in the American League East, and the Padres finally defeated the Dodgers 2-1 to pull into a...
The National League wild-card race gets tighter by the day. The Mets continue to free-fall in the third spot, opening space for the Reds, Cardinals, Diamondbacks, and Giants to attempt a push for the final spot. The true threat are the Reds, who at 64-59 are only half a game back, and the Giants (59-63), who have the pitching and talent to pull off a strong month and a half. The Cubs are also...
It’s been a rough stretch of baseball for both teams in the Big Apple. The Mets and Yankees have been two of the worst teams in the league since the second week of June, both giving ground to their rivals in the division. And in the Mets case, that includes the Marlins. The Amazins’ are 18-29 since June 13. The Bombers 19-30. Due to the downward spiral, a hard decision was made. Both...
