If Major League Baseball undergoes radical realignment and puts the Yankees and Mets in the same division down the road, their fans will have to “relearn who to love and who to hate” in terms of opposing teams.

Giancarlo Stanton keeps on climbing. The New York Yankees' slugger has moved up another spot on the MLB all-time home run leaderboard. When he hit his second homer of the night Tuesday, Stanton passed Dave Kingman to move into 43rd place in major league history.

The Yankees and Mets already have one of the better rivalries in MLB due to having a pair of ravenous fan bases loyal to their clubs. And that is just from a couple of series per year. However, playing each other 13 times a year if they were in the same division might make Yankees vs. Mets even bigger than Yankees vs. Red Sox and Mets vs. Braves.

Difficult opponents await the Yankees, who went cold during a road trip to Miami and Texas, and the Mets, who capped a similarly disappointing homestand by nearly getting no-hit on Wednesday. This weekend, the Yankees are set to host the Houston Astros, who have been their biggest adversary over the past decade.

Despite him having a very solid season by an average MLB player's metrics, there's no way to justify New York Mets slugger Juan Soto's season when considering t

In Queens, the Mets are in a drastic tailspin. After starting 21-9 and leading the National League East by 5.5 games on June 12 with a 45-24 record, the Mets have lost 12 of their last 14 and are now five games behind the Philadelphia Phillies in the division.

New York Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez got some bad news about his thumb injury. Alvarez is headed to the injured list.

The New York Mets had great expectations for Frankie Montas when they signed the right-hander in December to a two-year, $34 million contract. Those expectation

Miguel Cairo beamed with pride as the Washington Nationals' interim manager spoke about the hard work it took for him and his Venezuelan countryman, Carlos Mendoza, to get jobs leading Major League Baseball teams.