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Here are the lineups. For the National League and the American League:

Let’s talk about it.

It’s arrived folks! The 2026 version of the Midsummer Classic, pitting the best of the National League against the best of the American League. The Junior Circuit currently leads the all-time series 48-44-3, with the Senior Circuit riding a one-year winning streak after taking last year’s All Star Game. Can the AL bounce back and get the victory, or will the NL make it two straight years taking home the All Star Game trophy?

For A’s fans, we’ll have the treat of watching Shea Langeliers making the start behind home plate this evening. He’ll be catching Blue Jays right-hander Dylan Cease. ‘Bangeliers’ will also be occupying a spot of honor in the starting lineup, batting third between Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez and Rays third baseman Junior Caminero. Langeliers is guaranteed one at bat but could end up with a couple trips to the plate, depending on how AL manager John Schneider decides to go with him. What are the chances the first-time All Star comes away with the MVP tonight?

Langeliers should have had one of his teammates take the field with him tonight. Alas, a right thumb sprain will prevent Nick Kurtz from taking part in his first All Star game, with Yankees first baseman Ben Rice taking his spot. Kurtz wasn’t elected the starter at first base but after Vladimir Guerrero Jr. decided not to take part Kurtz was named the replacement at first by Schneider. A well-deserved honor, but unfortunately the injury will keep him out tonight. At least he’s still gotten to be around his fellow stars and take part in this week’s festivities.

Here’s how the American League will line up for tonight’s exhibition contest:

And here’s how the National League’s lineup will look, courtesy of Dodgers manager Dave Roberts:

First pitch is at 5:00 but the festivities are just getting underway now. Enjoy the game everyone!

First Pitch: 7:00 PM CDT

TV: FOX

Radio: ESPN Radio, TUDN

Hey now, you’re an All Star:NL & AL Rosters

Cristopher Sanchez from the Phillies gets to start on his home mound at Citizens Bank Park, with the AL sending out Dylan Cease from the Blue Jays. This is the first time the ASG has been hosted at this park, but Philly has hosted the contest four times prior.

The Twins have two players selected as All Stars this year, Byron Buxton and Joe Ryan. Buxton is unfortunately injured, so we can only hope that Joe will pitch at some point. If we expand our definition of “Twin” to include former Twins, Louis Varland (TOR) is out there in the bullpen for the AL and Jhoan Duran (PHI) for the NL.

Lineups

John Schneider’s American League:

1. Mike Trout (LAA), CF
2. Yordan Alvarez (HOU), DH
3. Shea Langeliers (ATH), C
4. Junior Caminero (TB), 3B
5. Bobby Witt Jr. (KC), SS
6. Cody Bellinger (NYY), RF
7. Ben Rice (NYY), 1B
8. Riley Greene (DET), LF
9. Ernie Clement (TOR), 2B

Dave Roberts’ National League

1. Kyle Schwarber (PHI), DH
2. Juan Soto (NYM), LF
3. Freddie Freeman (LAD), 1B
4. CJ Abrams (WSH), SS
5. Max Muncy (LAD), 3B
6. Ozzie Albies (ATL), 2B
7. Brandon Marsh (PHI), RF
8. Andy Pages (LAD), CF
9. Drake Baldwin (ATL), C

Major League Baseball’s night to celebrate its own has finally arrived. The 96th Midsummer Classic begins at 8 p.m. EDT (5 p.m. PDT) tonight at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. This is the fifth time an All-Star Game has been held in Philly, but the first time at Citizens Bank Park.

The A’s are represented by two deserving All-stars, Shea Langeliers who will be the American League (AL) starting catcher, batting third in the lineup and Nick Kurtz who unfortunately can’t play due to his thumb injury. Both were seen reveling in the excitement of the Home Run Derby last night.

Starting for the AL is Toronto’s ace Dylan Cease. Cease is currently 6-4 with a 2.56 ERA in seventeen starts. The 30-year-old righty has notched 148 strikeouts in 98.1 innings for the Jays this season. It’s his first All-star game appearance.

Taking the ball for the National League (NL) is Philadelphia’s own, Cristopher Sánchez. He’s the first Phillies pitcher to get the nod since Roy Halliday in 2011. This year, Sánchez is 11-4 with a 2.62 ERA in twenty starts. He’s struck out 144 batters in 127.1 innings. The 29-year-old lefty was an NL All-star in 2024.

Managing the team for the American League is John Schneider of the defending AL champion Blue Jays.  He’ll start this lineup for the visiting team:

Dave Roberts, skipper of the World Series champion Dodgers, will present this lineup to start the game for the National League:

Here are the full rosters for both leagues: https://www.mlb.com/news/2026-all-star-game-rosters.

Follow the Game:
Watch:
National – FOX

Listen:
ESPN Radio, TUDN

American League lineup

Mike Trout – CF (Los Angeles Angels)

Yordan Alvarez – DH (Houston Astros)

Shea Langeliers – C (Athletics)

Junior Caminero – 3B (Tampa Bay Rays)

Bobby Witt Jr. – SS (Kansas City Royals)

Cody Bellinger – RF (New York Yankees)

Ben Rice – 1B (New York Yankees)

Riley Greene – LF (Detroit Tigers)

Ernie Clement – 2B (Toronto Blue Jays)

SP: Dylan Cease – RHP (Toronto Blue Jays)

National League lineup

Kyle Schwarber – DH (Philadelphia Phillies)

Juan Soto – LF (New York Mets)

Freddie Freeman – 1B (Los Angeles Dodgers)

CJ Abrams – SS (Washington Nationals)

Max Muncy – 3B (Los Angeles Dodgers)

Ozzie Albies – 2B (Atlanta Braves)

Brandon Marsh – RF (Philadelphia Phillies)

Andy Pages – CF (Los Angeles Dodgers)

Drake Baldwin – C (Atlanta Braves)

SP: Cristopher Sánchez – LHP

Broadcast info

First pitch: 8:00 PM EDT
TV: FOX
Radio: ESPN Radio

Tonight is the MLB All-Star Game in Philadelphia, and many of the best players from around the league will be in the game. For the Brewers, only two players were named to this year’s team: Jacob Misiorowski and William Contreras.

The only player who will appear in tonight’s game is Contreras. It has been another solid season for him, who has posted a .282/.344/.398 batting line with nine home runs and 53 RBIs. He will appear as a reserve during the game in the later innings.

The other Brewer on this year’s team is Jacob Misiorowski. This is his second straight season where he has been named an All-Star. However, he will not appear in this year’s game as he rests up due to some fatigue that he was feeling before the break.

Here are the starting lineups for tonight’s game. Cristopher Sánchez will start the game for the National League, and Dylan Cease will get the ball first for the American League. The full rosters for each team can be found here. First pitch is at 7 p.m. on FOX.

It’s the Midsummer Classic tonight in Philadelphia, just a few weeks after America’s 250th birthday. Is that why it’s in Philadelphia? Who knows?

The Red Sox have several representatives this year, which is kind of crazy given how most of this season has gone. Ceddanne Rafaela, Willson Contreras, and Aroldis Chapman are representing the team tonight, while Ranger Suarez was also named an All-Star but isn’t participating due to injury. Is there anything you’d like to see? Personally, I think it would be funny if Willson Contreras was hit by a pitch in a way that doesn’t hurt him. Has a suspended player ever played in the All-Star Game? Ceddanne making a diving catch would be a nice way for him to introduce himself to a wider audience, too.

First pitch will be some time after 8 PM (who knows what kind of pregame stuff they have planned) on FOX.

Lineups:

Spirits are high at the MLB All-Star festivities.

The event is being held in Philadelphia, where the league is celebrating all things United States just weeks after the country's 250th anniversary.

Jordan Walker got the world of baseball charged up when he became the first St. Louis Cardinals player to win the Home Run Derby on Monday, July 13. He was among the stars walking the red carpet ahead of the All-Star Game on Tuesday, July 14. The defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers were represented well by Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and reliever Aroldis Chapman of the Boston Red Sox brought the swag.

Across the afternoon, there were cleverly coordinated outfits with loved ones, pops of color and incredible accessories.

Here are the best looks of the 2026 MLB All-Star Game red carpet:

There are a lot of Detroit Tigers’ storylines playing out during All-Star Week. From Justin Verlander’s honorary selection as a Legends pick and final appearance at the MidSummer Classic as an active player, to Kevin McGonigle’s first All-Star game and triumphant return home to Philadelphia, where the Delaware County native grew up going to Citizens Bank Park to see childhood favorites like Chase Utley and Bryce Harper, to Dillon Dingler’s first All-Star Game and emergence this season as the best all round catcher in baseball, there is a lot to celebrate.In terms of the game itself, Riley Greene, making his third All-Star Game appearance, has been added to tonight’s starting lineup.

We thought we’d just put together a little round-up of clips from the Tigers’ All-Stars during media day. It’s been pretty fun watching the 43-year-old Verlander take it all in for the last time as he prepares to ride off into the sunset. The contrast between the legendary Tigers and Astros ace’s perspective, and that of the 21-year-old McGonigle’s first experience as a star player in the game, has been particularly fun to observe. Jokes have abounded regarding Verlander taking his three adult sons to the All-Star Game, as you’d expect. There have also been quite a few clips with Verlander reminiscing on his first All-Star Game back in 2007 and how the league and the game has changed.

Watching him chat with former foes like Derek Jeter, David Ortiz, and Alex Rodriguez, all now long retired, as he prepares to join them in the next phase of a ballplayer’s life has certainly provided some nostalgic moments as well.

He’s also talked quite a bit about the decision to retire, goals achieved and not achieved, and remaining objective about his place in the game and the writing on the wall that it’s time to hang up the spikes.

Young Mr. McGonigle cleans up pretty well, and looks about as comfortable in a suit on a hot day as your average college aged guy.

McGonigle talked about his homecoming and how special it is to be able to share his first All-Star Game experience with family, friends, and former coaches from around the Philly area.

Meanwhile, Dillon Dingler’s stoic catcher vibes have been fairly funny to observe as he takes this all in while trying to say as little as possible.

The quick hitters on media day often end up with a whole litany of media members from smaller markets going from player to player trying to think of something interesting to ask about players they don’t cover. Usually this leads to some ridiculous monotony.

Kevin McGonigle must have been asked 20 times if “this has all sunk in yet” or “what does it feel like to be home in Philly for your first All-Star game?”

Meanwhile, crafty veteran Riley Greene has largely managed to avoid interviews, probably by giving enough one word answers to drive the vultures away.

Finally, Kevin McGonigle has talked about childhood hero Chase Utley quite a bit since spring training. On Tuesday prior to the actual game, the two finally ran into each other and Kevin was stoked.

A year ago, Edwin Diaz pitched in the All-Star Game. Now he’s working toward rejoining the Los Angeles Dodgers after having elbow surgery, while addressing the present and the past.

Last week, Diaz responded to a question about USA TODAY Sports stories that documented his involvement in illegal cockfighting.

“I think I been doing that before,’’ Diaz told reporters about cockfighting in Puerto Rico, where he was born and raised. “….but now I’m concentrated to help this team to win. I’m concentrated to be back and ready as soon as possible. So I’m not thinking much on that.’’

Diaz, 32, said he did nothing illegal, but a federal ban on cockfighting in all 50 states and U.S. territories took effect in Puerto Rico in 2019.

He said he has not been contacted by the Major League Baseball commissioner’s office, and an MLB spokesman said the league had no comment.

Diaz’s public remarks about the issue were the first since USA TODAY Sports published stories about his general involvement and broader operation. He made them while responding to a question after his first rehab stint.

On Saturday Diaz pitched a scoreless inning of relief for the Ontario Tower Buzzers, the Dodgers' Single-A affiliate in Southern California. He’s likely to pitch in another minor-league game as soon as this weekend.

MLB's Best Shine: MLB All-Star Game 2026 live updates: AL, NL face off in Midsummer Classic

It’s been 30 years since Philadelphia has hosted the All-Star Game, but as the country marks 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence, it’s hard to imagine a better host for tonight’s festivities. Only one current Chicago Cub will take the field tonight for the National League squad, but with Pete Crow-Armstrong putting up some of the best defensive numbers in baseball while simultaneously looking to repeat the 30-30 season he posted in 2025, is certainly one of the players to watch tonight. After all, PCA will head into tonight’s action leading all of MLB in fWAR with 6.0 WAR accumulated so far this season. As we get ready for the Midsummer Classic, let’s take a closer look through the lens of some Statcast metrics and the AL and NL players to watch.

The Lineups

First things first, let’s take a closer look at each squad, beginning with the starting lineup:

The AL starters run Shea Langeliers behind the plate, Ben Rice at first, Ernie Clement at second, Junior Caminero at third, Bobby Witt Jr. at short, Mike Trout, Riley Greene and Cody Bellinger in the outfield, and Yordan Alvarez at DH. Expect leadoff man Trout to gets a hero’s welcome. After all, the kid who grew up playing in New Jersey is essentially in his backyard. Over on the NL side, former Cub and 2016 World Series hero, Kyle Schwarber will lead off in front of a hometown crowd at Citizens Bank Park. He’s followed by Juan Soto, Freddie Freeman, CJ Abrams, Max Muncy, Ozzie Albies, Brandon Marsh (another Phillie making his All-Star debut), Andy Pages and Drake Baldwin.

While these lineups are stacked, some of the players putting up the best numbers this season will come into the game later as replacements. Say what you will about fans voting for the starting lineup, but it really is absurd that a player like James Wood, who is slashing .279/.410/.575 with a wRC+ of 166 and 4.6 fWAR so far this season isn’t starting.

Let’s Talk Barrels

Speaking of James Wood, he’s built that strong season on some monster underlying stats. He’s got a .437 xwOBA (which as a reminder, stands for expected wOBA. wOBA is a stat that weights on base percentage by giving players more credit for extra base hits). Wood is barreling the ball 22.7 percent of the time, a 5.7 percent improvement over a year ago and probably a big reason he’s already got 28 home runs. PCA is also on the bench for the NL with a career high 48.6 percent hard hit rate to pair with his elite glove. Check out this leadoff home run from Wood against the Yankees on Sunday [VIDEO].

The AL bench also has some firepower, starting with Munetaka Murakami’s 20% barrel rate, the highest on the AL roster with Aaron Judge (and his 21.4 percent barrel rate) sitting out the competition. Old friend Willson Contreras, who put on a bit of a show last night in the first round of the Home Run Derby, is also on the bench for the American League. His 14.3 percent barrel rate and 54.7 percent pull rate is a big reason he’s already got 20 home runs on the 2026 campaign (for reference, his career high in home runs is the 24 he hit in 409 plate appearances with the Cubs in 2019).

The Pitchers

Dylan Cease will start the game for the American League squad, he’s been excellent at suppressing barrels this season for the Toronto Blue Jays giving them up just 4.4% of the time. That mark is good for third in all of baseball behind the presumed NL starter (who will miss this game due to “soreness”) Jacob Misiorwoski (3.2%) and the San Francisco Giants Landon Roupp (who did not make the NL squad but has only given up barrels on 3.8% of hits so far this season). Check out Cease flirting with a no-hitter during his last start against the Giants [VIDEO].

The National League will counter with hometown ace Cristopher Sánchez, who leads baseball among qualified starters in ground ball rate, with an absurd 57.8 percent of batters generating ground balls off his pitch offerings. That probably goes a long way to explaining his 2.62 ERA off a 2.70 FIP so far this season. Sánchez will be joined on the bench by a cast of flame throwers including the Pirates Paul Skenes and the Padres Mason Miller, who Cubs fans no doubt remember from these absurd pitches 100+ miles per hour during last year’s Wild Card Series at Wrigley Field [VIDEO].

Who’s got the edge?

If this were a pure power contest, I’d call it a coin flip. Murakami and Yordan Alvarez can match anyone the NL trots out, swing for swing. But All-Star Games are decided in flashes, not innings. The best batters in the world facing off against the games most unhittable pitchers would be high drama all on its own. It’s a new level of difficulty when you only get to see each of those pitchers one time before a new guy throwing 100 miles per hour or a wicked slider enters the game.

Both rosters are stacked with talent, but the NL bench looks a tad deeper than the AL bench. If the Senior Circuit can keep things close early, I’d look for PCA, Wood or maybe Sal Stewart to make their mark late in a close contest. But who knows? It could end in a tie like last year’s, treating all of us to another Home Run Swing Off [VIDEO].

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The D-backs entered the All-Star break with a record of 49-47, in second place in the NL West, and coming off a sweep of the reigning World Champions. I think we would probably have taken that on Opening Day, especially considering the Vegas sports books had Arizona predicted to be under .500 this season. It’s on pace for an 83-game final mark which… might be good enough to get us a playoff spot? Probably not though. But it’s not as if the team is lacking ways to improve. First-base has been historically terrible. CF and DH not much better. Our rotation currently consists of E-Rod, guys with ERA+ of 80 and 92, and two more who combined have six career starts and a 5.70 ERA.

Personally, I’m wondering how the heck we are above .500, especially considering the team has been outscored (by thirteen runs, 416-429) and are just okay in one-run games (16-14 – no team in the NL has played more of them). There are positives. The bullpen ERA of 4.00 is the lowest for the Diamondbacks since 2018. But that’s still only 14th-best in the majors. Corbin Carroll, despite the recent slump, is still deservedly an All-Star, Geraldo Perdomo has bounced back, and Gabriel Moreno might be the first-half MVP. Eduardo Rodriguez has been amazing, and Paul Sewald has a better save percentage than many, far more highly-paid closers.

The All-Star break is a chance to sit back, take stock and see where the team sits. The record is the same as Arizona were in 2024, and three games better than last year, at the same point. But it is five games below where the D-backs sat after 96 contests, the last time they made the post-season, in 2023. It feels like the team dodged a bullet in Los Angeles. A defeat, or worse yet, a sweep, and rather than 49-47, we could have been as bad as 46-50. Mike Hazen might have been leaning over to pull the plug in that situation. Instead, it feels like adding a good first baseman/DH, and perhaps a starting pitcher, and the team could be well-placed for a second-half push.

Or is it the case that the team simply has too many holes to fill? You answer to that question likely is related to how you feel the team performed in the first half, and that’s what this week’s poll is about. We have our usual five options, and of course, please explain yourself in the comment section below…

The lineups for the 2026 All-Star Game were released on Monday and just like last year’s lineup, three Dodgers will be starting for the National League at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia.

Freddie Freeman moves up a spot in the starting lineup, going from cleanup last year to hitting third this year. This is Freeman’s fifth consecutive All-Star selection since signing with the Dodgers, and this is the 10th selection of his career. Freeman will be starting the All-Star game for the sixth time in his career.

Max Muncy starts his very first All-Star game, batting fifth in the lineup becoming the first Dodger third baseman to start the game since Ron Cey in 1977. This is Muncy’s third All-Star selection and his first since 2021.

Andy Pages is the biggest newcomer to the All-Star game for the Dodgers, as the center fielder will hit eighth in the starting lineup after being selected for the first time in his career.

Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Dylan Cease starts for the American League, while Philadelphia Phillies left-hander Cristopher Sánchez gets the nod for the National League at his home ballpark on Tuesday.

The Mets’ poor first half continued right into the All-Star break. They had a bad time north of the border, dropping two out of three to the Blue Jays before losing the first two games in Atlanta as well. They then rebounded a bit, scratching out a split with the Braves and beating the Royals—one of the only teams with a worse record than the Mets—two out of three before falling on their faces over the weekend and getting swept by the Red Sox. The Mets have been bad in the first half in just about every facet of the game. Though heavily weighted by their early struggles, the Mets are 26th out of 30 teams in team wRC+ in the first half despite having one of the five best hitters on the league in their lineup most nights. Though the Mets’ pair of rookie outfielders have met or exceeded expectations, nearly everyone else on the position player side has fallen short due to underperformance, injury, or both.

Player	Last week	This week
Francisco Alvarez, C
Brett Baty, UTIL
Carson Benge, OF
Bo Bichette, 3B
A.J. Ewing, OF
Francisco Lindor, SS
Ronny Mauricio, INF
Jorge Polanco, DH
Zack Short, INF	—
Juan Soto, OF
Tyrone Taylor, OF	—
Luis Torrens, C
Mark Vientos, 1B/3B
Eric Wagaman, 1B/DH
Jared Young, 1B/DH

The biggest development on the position player side in the couple of weeks before the break is the long-awaited return of Jorge Polanco from the injured list. Polanco has been exclusively DHing and not playing the field in order to keep his Achilles bursitis at bay. Unfortunately, after a promising start, Polanco has sputtered to a 29 wRC+ in his first 18 appearances. He had just three hits and one extra base hit. He walked once, drove in a run, and scored a run. When Polanco was activated, Ronny Mauricio was sent down to Triple-A. Prior to being sent down, Mauricio had one hit and a run scored in eight plate appearances.

As one player returned from the injured list, another hit the injured list. After a dismal first half, things got even worse for Mark Vientos when he was hit on the hand with a Michael Wacha pitch, resulting in a fracture that will sideline him for quite a bit. This has resulted in a lot more playing time for Jared Young and Eric Wagaman. Young has been fine playing the lion’s share at first base, putting up a 103 wRC+ in 41 plate appearances. Of his eleven hits, three of them were doubles. He scored two runs, walked once, and drove in four runs. Wagaman has not fared as well, but as the righty in this pseudo platoon, he is not getting as many at-bats. He has just one hit and two walks in his last ten plate appearances. Zack Short took Mark Vientos’ spot on the roster and is providing defensive flexibility, but has gone hitless in his first seven plate appearances with a walk and two strikeouts.

As has been the case for the majority of the first half of the season, the Mets’ trio of outfielders have been their most consistently productive hitters. Elected to his first All-Star Game as a Met, Juan Soto posted a 153 wRC+ in 57 plate appearances over the past two weeks. His twelve RBIs were far and away the most on the team—more than twice as many as anybody else. The same goes for his thirteen walks. Three of those walks and three of those RBIs came in the series finale against the Braves in which Soto’s home run off Rasiel Iglesias in the top of the ninth gave the Mets the lead in a game they would go on to win in extra innings. It was one of four home runs for Soto over this 13-game span and in a season mostly devoid of great moments, one of the few highlights of the year. Soto’s defense, however, has been inconsistent. He made a highlight reel worthy catch in the Royals series to strand two runners, but then also dropped a routine fly ball on Friday night and his miscue in Toronto resulted in a Little League home run for George Springer.

A.J. Ewing and Carson Benge each knocked in five runs for the Mets over this 13-game stretch heading into the break and both of them are in the green for the second straight meter. Now entrenched in the leadoff spot, Ewing unsurprisingly led the team in runs scored with ten. Benge led the team in hits with 15 while Ewing was not far behind with 13. Ewing went deep an impressive three times in the past two weeks, hitting for more power than most expected. Benge led the team in past two weeks with four stolen bases. Benge put up a 136 wRC+ over 56 plate appearances while Ewing posted a 125 wRC+ in 53 plate appearances. In just half a season, both young outfielders have established themselves as a big part of the Mets’ future and legitimate Rookie of the Year candidates.

After looking like he was out of his long malaise, Bo Bichette has hit another brief slump right before the break, posting a mediocre 68 wRC+ in 46 plate appearances. Of his 11 hits, only one went for extra bases. He scored four runs, drove in five runs, and walked three times.

Francisco Lindor has been so-so with the bat lately, but he has been uncharacteristically horrendous defensively at shortstop. Though he drove in both runs in Sunday’s series finale against the Red Sox, he then cost the Mets the game with an error on what should have been a game-ending double play. Instead, the Red Sox took the lead against Devin Williams in the ninth and won the game, spoiling what would have been Zack Thornton’s first big league win. Of Lindor’s ten hits in the past 13 games, four went for extra bases, including three home runs. He drove in five runs, scored seven runs, and walked four times.

Tyrone Taylor has had an unexpected power surge of late, going deep three times in just 23 plate appearances with a 209 wRC+. In fact, all but one of his six hits went for extra bases. Taylor scored five runs, drove in three runs, and walked twice. He has been mostly used against left-handed pitching, against which he fares far better than righties. Because of his usefulness as a defensive replacement and right-handed bat off the bench, he is a dark horse trade candidate.

Speaking of trade candidates, the Mets’ catchers both keep getting brought up as players teams are interested in. Francisco Alvarez put up a 105 wRC+ in 39 plate appearances in these past two weeks, racking up ten hits, including a double and a home run. That home run represented his only run scored, but he drove in four runs and walked twice. Luis Torrens drove in three runs, two of those being on a tenth inning double in the series finale against the Braves, helping to lead the Mets to a narrow victory. He scored five runs and walked three times, notching five hits in total.

After a rough couple of weeks, Brett Baty has clawed his way back to respectability with a 95 wRC+ in 51 plate appearances. With Marcus Semien on the injured list, Baty has been playing pretty much every day. His eight runs scored match Carson Benge for the second most on the team. He also matches Ewing’s 13 hits for the second most on the team. Five of those went for extra bases, including a home run. He drove in five runs and walked twice. Baty was also the only Met besides Benge to steal multiple bases during this 13-game span.