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...
Remember when nobody wanted Munetaka Murakami? The Japanese slugger was the most sought-after foreign free agent, then statistics came out that he couldn’t hit velocity, and he had to settle for a two-year, $34 million contract with the White Sox. Well, Murakami is proving just about everyone wrong, and currently is tied with Yordan Alvarez for the major league lead in homers with 11. Oh,...
Baseball hasn’t been kind to the Big Apple. The Mets and Yankees both struggled mightily last week, costing the Bombers a few spots on the top 10 and the Mets to fall off the list. The Amazins’ have dropped nine games in a row after starting 7-4 and fundamentally look like one of the worst teams in baseball. And the Yankees got swept by the Rays, split a series with the Angels, and...
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...
According to Jeff Passan of ESPN, outfielder/first baseman Cody Bellinger has agreed to a contract with the New York Yankees. USA Today’s Bob Nightengale reported the financials: five years, $162.5 million, which keeps Bellinger in pinstripes through his age-35 season. Bellinger entered the offseason as one of the most sought-after bats on the market. After a pair of short-term...
On Wednesday, the Mets agreed with Luke Weaver to a two-year, $22 million contract. Originally drafted in the first round by the Cardinals in 2014, Weaver bounced around as a middling starter, appearing for multiple teams before being converted to a reliever by the Yankees in 2023. Across parts of three seasons in the Bronx, Weaver posted a 3.22 ERA with a 126 ERA+ and struck out 10.6 batters...
LUKE WEAVER, RP Position: RP B/T: R/R Age: 32 (08/21/1993) 2025 Traditional Stats: 64 G, 17 GF, 21 HLD, 8 SV, 4 BS, 64.2 IP, 4-4, 3.62 ERA, 1.02 WHIP, 72 SO, 20 BB 2025 Advanced Stats: 113 ERA+, 27.5% SO%, 7.6% BB%, 2.96 xERA, 3.89 FIP, 4.12 xFIP, -0.8 bWAR, 0.5 fWAR RUNDOWN After his remarkable 2024 campaign where he emerged as one of baseball’s most dominant closers, Weaver found himself...
Good morning, Mets fans! ALDS action continued on Tuesday, with the Mariners and Yankees both coming away with big wins. The Mariners scraped together an 8‑4 win over the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday to take a 2-1 series lead. Logan Gilbert allowed just one run over six innings and Jack Flaherty could not make it through four for Detroit. Cal Raleigh, Eugenio Suarez and J.P. Crawford each swatted a...
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...
