Major Leagues – Gotham Baseball

Sir Didi The Great?

April 25, 2018 Mets DaddyNew York Yankees

Unless your name is Mike Trout or Bryce Harper, you’d be hard-pressed to argue there is a better baseball player right now than Yankees shortstop Didi Gregorius. Yes, Gregorius. Through the first 22 games of[…]

Harvey’s “Maggio Moment” Is Here

April 23, 2018April 23, 2018 Mark HealeyNew York Mets

Gotta hand it to the local sports media and many Mets fans, Matt Harvey’s fall from #HarveyDay and “Dark Knight of Gotham” superstardom to selfish pariah has been incredible to watch. I never got all[…]

Monday Mets: The Jekyll and Hyde Start For Yoenis Cespedes

April 23, 2018 Shai KushnerNew York Mets

The Mets got off to a hot start this year, and statistics would seem to suggest that they did it without the help of their star outfielder, Yoenis Cespedes. A deeper look at the numbers[…]

Yankees Biggest Flaws Getting Exposed Early

April 18, 2018 Mets DaddyNew York Yankees

With the Yankees coming within a game of the World Series last year, and the team adding Giancarlo Stanton to an already potent lineup, there was justifiable excitement about the 2018 Yankees season. That enthusiasm[…]

Process (Mostly) Sound; Results To Follow

April 13, 2018April 13, 2018 Gary ArmidaNew York Yankees

There are a million and one excuses for the Yankees’ sluggish start. It doesn’t help that Greg Bird, Brandon Drury, CC Sabathia, Jacoby Ellsbury, and, up until today, Aaron Hicks have been on the disabled[…]

Tyler Austin, Joe Kelly and the Myth of the Reborn Yanks-Sox Rivalry

April 12, 2018April 12, 2018 Jon StarNew York Yankees

“This certainly looks more like old-fashioned Sox, Yankees at Fenway Park!” NESN announcer Dave O’Brien bellowed during a third-inning bench clearing that could be best described as an on-field coffee klatch between the two storied[…]

Nimmo Demoted Despite Proving He Belongs

April 11, 2018 Mets DaddyNew York Mets

Lost in the hysteria of the Mets 9-1 start was how by and large Sandy Alderson poorly constructed this Mets roster, and how it is going to unfairly punish players. With Michael Conforto‘s shoulder and[…]

Monday Mets: The Weird World Of Winning

April 9, 2018 Shai KushnerNew York Mets

The Mets have won seven of their first eight games this season despite being at the bottom of the league in some basic statistical categories. Has it been luck? Smoke and mirrors? Or, is there[…]

In New York, We Play 162 Seasons

April 6, 2018April 6, 2018 Gary ArmidaNew York Mets

“During the 1920s New York Yankee owner Jacob Ruppert once described his perfect afternoon at Yankee Stadium. ‘It’s when the Yankees score eight runs in the first inning,’ Ruppert said, ‘and then slowly pull away.’”[…]

Monday Mets: First Impressions

April 2, 2018 Shai KushnerNew York Mets

While most of the players on the Mets roster were familiar, there was a fresh vibe around Citi Field in the opening weekend. So, what are the takeaways from the Mets series win against the[…]