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Thursday, March 27 marked Day 1 of Juan Soto’s 15-year, $765 million contract with the New York Mets. The star outfielder’s first day at his new job didn’t go as planned. Not only did the Mets lose to the Astros 3-1, but Soto was the final out when he swung at a Josh Hader slider out of the zone. Josh Hader strikes out Juan Soto to end the game pic.twitter.com/B86sSkzf6D — … [Read more...] about Juan Soto raked over social media coals following Mets debut

The New York Yankees kicked off their Opening Day series with the Milwaukee Brewers in style. Austin Wells, the first Yankees catcher to bat leadoff on Day, and took two quick balls from righty Freddy Peralta. Cue a predictable 2-0 fastball, and Wells launched it 348 feet at 103.7 mph for a solo home run. And in typical short porch fashion, this is only a home run in Yankee … [Read more...] about VIDEO: Austin Wells, Anthony Volpe bash solo homers on Yankees Opening Day

We’ll establish this very early: The New York Yankees are and should be the American League favorites in 2025. This despite the Bronx Bombers getting thoroughly outclassed by the Dodgers in the World Series, going down in five games. This after losing Juan Soto, a fan favorite and difference maker in 2024, to the crosstown rival New York Mets. AL Rookie of the Year Luis Gil is … [Read more...] about ESNY’s MLB Preview 2025: New York Yankees prepared for battle again

There’s no greater mystery in baseball this year than the New York Mets, now in their third year under billionaire owner Steve Cohen. It was an epically aggressive offseason in Queens after the Mets got hot late and took the eventual champion Dodgers to Game 6 of the NLCS. Cohen and team president David Stearns went right to work and improved their team across the board. Better … [Read more...] about ESNY’s MLB Preview 2025: The new and mighty New York Mets

This time last season, we thought the Boston Red Sox were bound for a rebuild. Finishing (and overachieving) at exactly 81-81 and missing the playoffs for a third time later, that appeared to be true. Cue the offseason, and Boston proved us wrong again. Former pitcher Craig Breslow is back for his second year as the Sawx’s “Chief Baseball Officer” and was both shrewd and … [Read more...] about ESNY’s MLB Preview 2025: Are the Boston Red Sox back again?