Good time to be a free agent...

Huge win for the Orioles - that's 7 of 11 against the Yankees this year. Twins look like losing too. Orioles are playoff bound.

Limped in, but they're there.

The New York Yankees have won just 4 of 11 games against the Orioles this season (with 2 remaining). They'll likely be the no. 1 seed in the AL - as they should be, having spent a crazy $324 million on payroll. So much pressure on them to win. They should, but will they?

Judge, Soto, Cole, etc. - this team was built to win it all. They should. They need to. All the pressure is on them. All other AL teams are just underdogs. A ring is expected. Paying $324M brings a sense of 'meh' about it TBH. If they fail, though, wow. Heads should roll...

Yankees Roster - Home Grown or Not? 𝗬𝗲𝘀 - 8 Cabrera Cortes Dominguez Judge Kahnle Schmidt Volpe Wells 𝗡𝗼 - 20 Beeter Berti Chisholm Jr Cole Gil Grisham Hamilton Hill Holmes Leiter Jr Mayza Rizzo Rodon Soto Stanton Stroman Torres Trevino Verdugo Weaver

2024 Payroll - (Current) Playoff Teams DET - $111 million CLE - $127 million KCR - $138 million MIL - $140 million BAL - $160 million ARI - $199 million SDP - $203 million PHI - $264 million HOU - $296 million NYY - $324 million NYM - $352 million LAD - $353 million

Huge kudos to the San Diego Padres - they are 41-16 since languishing at 50-50 back in mid-July. I really respect the fightback.

Dating back to late-July 2022, the Orioles have won 16 of their last 27 games against the Yankees.

The Astros' Dominant Decade 2015, reached ALDS 2016, missed playoffs 2017, World Series champs 💍 2018, reached ALCS 2019, American League champs 🏆 2020, reached ALCS 2021, American League champs 🏆 2022, World Series champs 💍 2023, reached ALCS 2024, AL West champs (so far)

Ramon Urias has a .862 OPS in 122 plate appearances post ASG.

Cionel Perez has a 5.25 ERA post ASG (29 games) - and it's 8.22 in September (9 games). He can no longer be trusted. Simple.

Behind Anthony Volpe, this guy has to be the most overrated guy in baseball...

Boy oh boy, Yankees fans are even more super sensitive than usual this morning. Perhaps they are nervous? Not getting "No. 28 bro" this year would see almost $4 billion wasted in 15 years of failure. Pressure is on...

Yeah, let's talk about Yennier Cano... Inherited Runners Scored 2023: 23% 2024: 38% ⬆️ BB/9IP 2023: 1.61 2024: 3.38 ⬆️ HR/9IP 2023: 0.50 2024: 0.92 ⬆️ P/IP 2023: 14.0 2024: 16.7 ⬆️ Not horrendous, but concerning...

If the Mets choke, and miss the playoffs, it might even be funnier than any other Mets capitulation prior... Mets have 2 left v Braves (Sale and Fried) then 3 v a strong Brewers team. Braves have their last 3 v slumping Royals.