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Jefry Yan's season has officially comes to an end. 

The Mets optioned the left-hander to the minors to bring in Chayce McDermott for Saturday's game. 

Yan joined the big-league roster midseason after they dealt all of their big bullpen arms.

The reliever showed some of the positives he put on display with Syracuse but ultimately faltered, being optioned back to the minors after allowing runs in each of his last four appearances from late-August to early-September. 

He eventually rejoined the squad and enjoyed some success, putting together 5.1 scoreless innings before allowing a pair of runs while serving as the opener for the first time in his career on Friday. 

Yan finishes his season with 4.34 ERA and 1.67 WHIP over his first 17 MLB appearances. 

It's a bit tough to see him back pitching for the Mets in meaningful games early on next season, but perhaps he'll be able to compete for a spot with the state of their bullpen. 

This is McDermott's second stint with the Mets since being acquired from the Dodgers at the deadline. 

I missed that one in the Chinese New Year list of animals. I remembered the sheep, rabbit, and snake, and then completely overlooked the “didn’t see that one coming” creature (possibly symbolized by a dead chicken in the road who crossed not noticing the approaching Toyota).

When anyone refers to baseball as “the most unpredictable of games,” 2026 provides a fine template. It also offers a useful reminder of the limited value pre-season predictions, projections, and prognostications hold. You may not have cared for the last sentence but please, give p’s a chance.

Exhibit A: The AL West

Much has been made of the AL West’s mediocrity and it reached a crescendo Friday night when both the Astros and Rangers lost (to teams with over 90 losses). Each club suffered its 81st loss in the process, ensuring they will not finish the season with a winning record.

What one of them will finish with, however, is a division crown. This means had the A’s been able to assemble a .500 team they would lining up their post-season rotation as we speak.

Exhibit B: The Sunken Mariners

Missing from the AL West showdown are the Mariners, who were practically unanimously picked to waltz away with the division title. Most projections had them winning somewhere between 88-94 games and had they gone, say, 91-71, they would have taken the division by 10-11 games.

Instead Seattle sputtered, treaded water, and sunk like the Holey Mariner, entering the final weekend 74-86. Inexplicably, Cal Raleigh followed up his historic 60 HR season by batting .169/.271/.310 in the first half of 2026, including a woeful May in which he hit .056/.128/.056 (2 for 36 with 2 singles) and a 41% K rate.

Exhibit C: The AL East

Today’s secret word is “Oops.” Check out ESPN’s analysis before the season ranking playoff odds and offering projected season records. Some highlights:

#2: Seattle Mariners (90 wins)
#4: Toronto Blue Jays (88 wins)
#6: New York Mets
#8: Detroit Tigers
#12: Baltimore Orioles (86 wins)
#15: Kansas City Royals
#17: San Francisco Giants (83 wins)

#21 on the list with a projected record of 79-83? That would be your Tampa Bay Rays, predicted to finish in the AL East cellar and offered a 23% chance of making the post-season at all.

In fact the Rays hold the American’s League’s best record at 97-63, sitting 18.5 games ahead of the Orioles and 19 up on the Blue Jays — the team ESPN figured would win 9 more games than the Rays). So they were only off by 28 games.

Individual anomalies also abound. I could have made quite the fortune had I been gutsy, flown to Vegas, and put my life savings on Carlos Cortes out homering Vlad Guerrero Jr. I mean there’s still 2 games left but the A’s LFer/reliever is leading 10-9. That’s partly because Guerrero Jr. is getting “out homered at home” 2-1 by Alika Williams.

So next spring, or whenever MLB and MLBPA cry “PLAY BALL!!!”, don’t be too quick to assume you know what’s going to unfold in 2027. Expect the unexpected and only then will you be right. It might just be the Rockies’ year.

“But it turned out awful nice, I’ll tell you that — 16 years. You know, I lasted more than I thought I would. Boy, what a life. I really enjoyed every minute of it. Even when I was horseshit, I still liked it.”

As he approached his 100th birthday in 2025, Bobby Shantz took the opportunity to reflect on his career in baseball. More than 60 years since he’d hung up his cleats, he still had the mind of a ballplayer, reminiscing about the legends he played with and against with vividness and vibrancy. But he also had the perspective of a man who’d been on a long journey — and was grateful for every stop along the way.

Robert Clayton Shantz
Born: September 26, 1925 (Pottstown, PA)
Yankees Tenure: 1957-60

Shantz grew up in the suburbs in Pennsylvania. A small kid (his height peaked at 5-foot-6 as an adult), the young Bobby distinguished himself through pinpoint control and all-around athleticism. After his high school coach refused to let him pitch due to his size, a youth baseball manager saw Shantz working out his curveball and decided to give him a shot on the mound. He joined the Army in 1944 and continued to hone his craft on Army baseball teams while stationed in the Philippines, competing against big-leaguers and building confidence in his ability to go pro.

Upon his return to the States, Shantz continued to impress in semipro ball but struggled to find any takers among MLB teams due to his stature. Finally, after a couple of teammates with connections in the Philadelphia A’s organization put in a good word, Harry O’Donnell, a scout with the team, signed him to an A-Ball deal. He immediately impressed, winning 18 games in 28 starts and striking out nearly a batter an inning. The next year, at the age of 23, he made the leap all the way to the big leagues, where he would be managed by none other than Hall of Famer and baseball lifer Connie Mack.

In his first three seasons in Philly, the southpaw established himself as a strong contributor, pitching around league average and making his first All-Star team in 1951. But it was the following year that would be Shantz’s campaign for the ages. Seemingly out of nowhere, he emerged as the best pitcher in baseball, winning 24 games, posting a 152:63 K:BB ratio, recording a 2.48 ERA, 9.4 rWAR, and taking home the AL MVP. The career year was aided in part by the use of a knuckleball Mack had forbade him from employing but his new manager, Jimmie Dykes, encouraged.

In the ‘52 All-Star Game, Shantz struck out the side in his only inning of work, including punchouts of Jackie Robinson and Stan Musial. His newfound stardom even netted him a guest spot on the Ed Sullivan Show.

As is so often the case after a superlative season like Shantz’s ‘52, the pitcher took a step back in the years that followed. As he struggled with injury and inconsistency, he went 13-26 with a 4.42 ERA over the next four years, failing to recapture his peak form on floundering A’s teams as the franchise moved to Kansas City. After the ‘56 campaign, the A’s traded their former MVP to the Yankees as part of a 13-player trade. Shantz was a man reborn, leading all of baseball with a 2.45 ERA in ‘57 and earning his first All-Star berth since his MVP season.

Shantz also took home the very first AL Gold Glove for a pitcher, his first of eight such awards earned between both leagues. The man’s legacy as one of the greatest fielding pitchers has never been in question. “I’ll occasionally hear a guy introduce me and say, ‘He was the best fielding pitcher in baseball,’ and I’ll say, ‘No, Bobby Shantz was,’” said Jim Kaat, winner of 16 Gold Gloves himself. “He didn’t win a Gold Glove until ’57. Had they given them out starting in ’50, he would have had 16 or 17 as well.”

Shantz made the only World Series start of his long career that October, taking the ball in Game 2 against the Milwaukee Braves. He struggled, allowing four runs (three earned) in three innings, but rebounded well in Game 4, tossing three scoreless innings in relief to keep the Yankees in a game they’d eventually tie up in the ninth.

Shantz spent three more years in pinstripes, eventually transitioning to a bullpen role, where he pitched well as a proto-closer. Despite finding his greatest individual success in Philadelphia, Shantz would later recount that his time with the Yankees—who won a championship in 1958 and the pennant in three of his four seasons there—was the most rewarding of his career.

After the ‘60 season, the Yankees left him exposed in an expansion draft. Shantz was selected by the Washington Senators, who flipped him to the Pirates. He’d spend the final four seasons of his career in a state of perpetual motion, pitching for five different teams as a trusted reliever. After the ‘64 season, at the age of 39, Shantz retired. The 5-foot-6 non-prospect who was rejected repeatedly at the start of his career had stuck around for 16 years in the big leagues.

Shantz retired back to Pennsylvania, where he managed a restaurant and co-owned a bowling alley. In 2010, Pottstown High School renamed their baseball park Bobby Shantz Field in honor of their famous alumnus.

As the years have gone on and he’s passed the century mark, Shantz has increasingly become the “oldest living” designee in many areas — oldest living MLB MVP, oldest living A’s player, and on down the line. He’s accepted this status with grace and humor, giving colorful interviews and staying connected to the game he loves.

On the occasion of his 101st birthday, we celebrate the oldest living Yankee, Bobby Shantz. We’ll let him take us out in his own words: “I had a great life. Jesus, great life. Boy, I’d like to do that all over again.”

See more of the “Yankees Birthday of the Day” series here.

We are all aware of the reputation Philadelphia has when it comes to underperforming athletes in this city. There are “boo birds” out en masse if a player does something that the city thinks isn’t up to their standards. Last night, against Tampa Bay, the fans were restless as scoring chance after scoring chance went wasted, frittered away by an offense that is so clearly pressing it’s barely funny.

When that ire is thrown from the stands, the suspects are usually the ones that have underperformed seemingly since the day they arrived. Trea Turner has been the subject of many a negative comment both in these parts and at the stadium in person. Alec Bohm frequently hears from the people when one of his cold streak appears out of nowhere. Much people’s current distaste has been directed at the currently 0 for his last 32 J.T. Realmuto, all of that completely justified.

However, there needs to be some criticism lobbed at the leadoff hitter. Kyle Schwarber has not just been ineffective lately, he’s been pretty ineffective for a while now.

The supposed fulcrum of the Phillies offense has been off for not just a little bit now. If we’re looking at recent runs, Schwarber’s last 14 days has seen him hit .143/.345/.262 with one home run. Stretch that back even 28 days and the line doesn’t really get all that much better (.185/.333/.380). His basing his entire offensive profile on hitting home runs is great and worth all the accolades he has been given in the past, but his dry spell is costing the team dearly.

Now, the entirety of the offense is currently to blame for their predicament. Meant to clinch a playoff spot earlier this week, they have found themselves in the position where missing the playoffs entirely is truly on the table and the cluster of the roster to blame is the offense. They have simply disappeared. When an All-Star starter disappears from the planet as far as production at the plate (Brandon Marsh’s wRC+ since 7/1 is 33), that is going to have an effect on the offense. When the catcher joins him in offensive ineptitude (Realmuto’s during that same time is a very not nice 69), that’s two hitters of nine that are just anchors on a lineup and what they can do.

But having a leadoff hitter that doesn’t do what he’s supposed to do is also a weight that is hard to ignore. Schwarber since 7/1 has hit .205/.336/.413, a paltry amount compared to what we have seen from him in the past. He’s hit 15 home runs in that time frame, which is great since the rest of the lineups has seen little power outside of him, but again, it’s not up to his standard.

And there are the strikeouts.

Holy cow, the strikeouts. He’s not nearly as strikeout prone as someone like Colson Montgomery, the young White Sox slugger that just whiffed his way to the MLB strikeout record for a season. But Schwarber truly looks lost at times at the plate, that he’s just unable to make contact when it is needed most. Two things that have been noticeable is that he’s not squaring the ball up

and he’s hitting the ball on the ground a lot more often.

It’s enough to make one wonder if there is something deeper at play, some kind of injury that he has been hiding that will require something done in the offseason.

There could be a few changes in mind to help with the malaise of the offense as a whole. Batting order changes, substitutions, something that can be used to shake up what looks to be a dormant group of hitters. Something in these final two games that maybe kickstart something drastic. Panicking? Maybe, but panic mode is probably in order right now.

What would really help is a leadoff hitter that was doing his job and right now, Kyle Schwarber is not doing that.

The Magic Number remains at two, with two games remaining. A’s 6  Astros 5

In front of 9,012, Hunter Brown wasn’t spectacular; in fact, he was slightly above average for much of the night.    By the time Brown’s pitch count hit 100, he’d exit with a body of work showing four issued walks, one each during each of the opening three frames. Along the way, there were plenty of missed targets, a pair of hits and Brown’s visual frustration.   

Brown would exit in the 6th inning with 2 on (courtesy of an error by Jose Altuve that sabotaged a double play) and 1 out for Bennett Sousa. However, they wouldn’t be stranded for long. Sousa faced three batters, failed to register any outs and the runs began to pour in. The initial damage coming on Michael Stefanic’s two run pinch-hit RBI single.  The wheels came off after that.     

At one point, the A’s strung together four consecutive hits.   By the time it was all said and done, they’d send 10 men to the plate, scoring 6 runs and in the process, busting things wide open. Brown was charged with two runs.    

There were a few bright spots, the first coming from the bat of Christian Walker. Walker would take an inside fastball 425 feet to left field in the fourth inning which initially gave Houston a 1-0 lead. For Walker it was his third home run on this current road trip, his 28th for the season.    

Cam Smith also used the long ball, hitting his first homer in roughly two weeks, making things 6-2.  

In the Top Of the 8th, things would get interesting.  A’s reliever Geoff Hartlieb failed to find the strike zone to the tune of loading up the bases. LaMonte Wade & Isaac Paredes drew walks with an Alvarez single sandwiched in between.

Luis Medina was dreadful as the next reliever, validating the anemic nature of the A’s bullpen.    Jose Altuve would bring home Wade on a sacrifice fly, his 47th RBI of the year. Yainer Diaz scored Alvarez with a single to left, giving him 44 RBI on the year. Medina would then throw a wild pitch, scoring Paredes. The Astros put three up on the board, but it wasn’t enough.    

With the loss, Houston is now 79-81.     

Odds & Ends:

Yordan Alvarez now has 109 walks on this season.    

The Astros will face Jack Perkins on Saturday Night.    First pitch will once again be 8:40pm CDT.     Perkins has a record of 3-12 on the season with an ERA of 5.90.

Former Astro, Justin Verlander will make his final career start on Saturday for the Tigers.    It will be Verlander’s 557th time taking the mound.   

Diamondbacks News

Pfaadt Battles Hard, Diamondbacks Close to Within One Game of Philly
Brandon Pfaadt was far from his crispest, most dominant self on Friday. He worked most of his night with runners all over the bases. He still managed to gut out 7.2 innings, allowing only four runs in what will not go down as a quality start in the books, but was everything Arizona could ask for and then some to take game one of the season’s biggest series.

What Happened to Corbin Burnes and What is Plan B for Saturday?
Burnes was throwing a bullpen between his last start on Sunday and scheduled outing on Saturday, but it just did not feel right. General manager Mike Hazen said Burnes was not feeling pain, but the ball was not coming out right to where Burnes felt he could help the team. Burnes underwent an MRI in Phoenix on Friday and will receive a second opinion after landing on the 15-day injured list with right shoulder inflammation. The Diamondbacks, facing a do or die situation in game two of the series against the San Diego Padres, look likely to use Ryne Nelson as an opener for a full-on bullpen game on Saturday.

Diamondbacks’ Postseason Push Takes a Turn and a Moreno Update
Diamondbacks’ backstop, Gabriel Moreno exited an Arizona rout of the Padres on Friday with tightness in his leg. Manager Torey Lovullo reports he expects Moreno to be fine and has pencilled him in as the team’s DH to rest the leg. Meanwhile, the team will be calling up another catcher to make sure they still have two available for the final two games of the regular season.

Sanchez DFA’d, Moreno Injured
The Jesus Sanchez experiment did not last long. It may well have finished the season if Gabriel Moreno had not left Friday night’s game early, due to tightness in his leg.

Other Baseball News

What to Watch for in MLB’s Final Weekend
Playoff races will be determined. A Triple Crown is on the line. Gabriel Moreno tries to edge out Arraez for the NL batting title and more.

Weakest Positions From Remaining Playoff Contenders
It should surprise nobody that first base finds itself represented by the Diamondbacks, credited with a platoon of Tim Tawa and Pavin Smith.

Why Another 100-Loss Season is not Deterring Colorado Fans
Colorado has lost 100+ games for the third season in a row now. However, despite crossing the century mark for losses yet again, the team also posted a doble-digit improvement in the winning ways.

How to Watch Justin Verlander’s Final Start
Justin Verlander, future first-ballot Hall of Famer, one of only two players to ever tally a Rookie of the Year, MVP, and Cy Young Award, will make the final start of his career today. This is indeed the end of an era.

Noah Cameron’s last start of the year did not go well, writes Jaylon Thompson.

Cleveland first pounded KC left-handed starter Noah Cameron. He surrendered seven runs (six earned) in five innings.

“I made some bad pitches,” Cameron said. “Some tough plays, which happens, since it’s baseball. But yeah, I think it just got out of hand a little bit there. Just need to make better pitches in big spots.”

Jackson Stone at MLB.com writes that Carter Jensen’s home runs last night put him in elite company.

With two more homers on Friday, Jensen notched his 61st and 62nd extra-base hits of the season, passing Piazza (61) for the most by a rookie catcher in MLB history since at least 1947. Jensen’s 27 dingers are already a franchise record for a rookie, and his five RBIs on Friday set a career high in a single game. The five came in three at-bats, tying the game each time.

“To me, that means the hard work’s starting to pay off. But understanding that this year for me personally has been a lot of growth, on the field and off the field as a person and as a player,” Jensen said. “Not letting it stop there is the biggest thing. Just continue to keep climbing and keep putting my best foot forward each day.”

Denny Matthews reflects on 8,000 career broadcasts.

Matthews has been in the booth for every single one. And after counting 86.6% of the total possible scorebooks in Royals history, it was discovered that Matthews will be calling his 8,000th game on Friday night against the Guardians at Kauffman Stadium.

“I don’t think I’ve really accepted that yet. It’s still just a number, and maybe when the season is over and I start thinking about that, it’ll take on a little different tone,” Matthews said. “But that’s a lot of foul balls.”

Stone also writes about how Bobby Witt. Jr. became the Royals’ nominee for the Roberto Clemente Award.

Matt Carroll at Just Baseball writes that the Royals have found their core this year.

Kansas City maps out the tax zone used to pay the bonds for the downtown stadium.

What to watch in the final weekend of games.

Munetaka Murakami has a viral celebration after the White Sox clinch.

Are the Phillies going to blow a playoff spot?

The Red Sox and Cubs will play Game 162 in Florida to avoid bad weather.

The Diamondbacks designate outfielder Jesus Sanchez for assignment.

Justin Verlander will make his final MLB start for the Tigers today.

White Sox shortstop Colson Montgomery sets the single-season strikeout record.

The AL West division winner won’t have a winning record.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. backtracks on comments he made that he was paid for past performance.

A look at this year’s free agent shortstop class.

The Athletic asks athletes what is something a leader said that helped them the most. [$]

This was the most-watched WNBA season on ESPN ever.

Steph Curry signs a two-year, $116 million extension with the Warriors.

What kind of animal is Gonzo?

Gen X is drinking more as younger generations are drinking less.

The New York Times ranks the top 100 TV shows of the 21st Century.

Your song of the day is Tesla with Modern Day Cowboy.

It’s been a strange season for Francisco Lindor.

The Mets' star shortstop has dealt with a number of different injuries over the past year, leading to him posting all-around one of the worst statistical seasons of his 12-year career. 

Lindor underwent a procedure to clean up tissue in his elbow during the winter, he missed most of camp after arriving with a broken hamate bone, then was sidelined for two months after tweaked his calf just weeks into the season.

He’s shown flashes of the expected All-Star form since returning from the IL, but still hasn’t quite looked like himself at times at the plate, in the field, and even on the bases. 

With just two games remaining this season, the 32-year-old carries a career-worst .731 OPS, has committed a career-high 11 errors at shortstop, and sits in the 41st percentile according to Statcast in OAA (-1). 

You could potentially point at the slow start and injuries for the down offensive production, but the several mental mistakes on both sides of the ball have been very head-scratching.

Whatever the reasoning behind it, Lindor knows that he needs to be better next year.

“I have no other option,” he told Mike Puma of the NY Post. “I have to go back to being a plus-player at shortstop -- not only defensively, but running and hitting, too.” 

That happening is a must if the Mets hope to get things turned around next year. 

There are plenty of exciting pieces shining throughout the system as part of this developing young core, but they absolutely need their stars in Lindor and Juan Soto to stay healthy and lead the way at the top. 

Texas Rangers third baseman Josh Jung suffered a fractured hand when he was hit by a pitch yesterday, putting an end to Jung’s 2026 season.

This is the third time that Jung, who has been plagued by injuries during his professional career, has had a broken bone sideline him in the last four seasons. In 2023, he fractured his left thumb catching a line drive. In 2024, he went on the injured list the first week of the season with a fractured wrist that ended up costing him almost four months.

Jung was having the best offensive season of his career this year, slashing .299/.363/.462 with a 139 OPS+. Jung also missed around six weeks due to a calf strain suffered in July.

The loss of Jung hurts the Rangers as they continue to try to come back in the division race against the Houston Astros, especially given that they also are without Joc Pederson due to a fractured hand suffered on a hit by pitch. Both the Astros and the Rangers lost yesterday, dropping them both to 79-81. This guarantees that whoever wins the American League West will not have a winning record.

Friday night, Oracle Park was far from the intimidating cave it may have once been in the SF-LA rivalry. 

When the Dodgers from the south, along with their legion of supporters, arrived at the den of these Giants, their faces did not drain of color. They did not breathe dank air, nor pick their way through bones, the scraps of other intruders, as they tentatively descended into the darkness, dreading the fight that was soon to come.  

No, when LA comes to the town, they arrive as the conquering army. Oracle Park is not hostile territory, but Dodger Stadium North. A team-owned retreat center, a spa center. Friday night’s game, the first of the final season series, felt, in tone, less like a contest for the Dodgers, and more of an opportunity to reset, relax, tinker a bit, and tune-up before a deep play-off run.

Dave Roberts’s line-up on Friday looked like the October line-up we’re all waaaaaayyyy too familiar with now. Shohei Ohtani was back at the top.  Andy Pages was running down line drives in center field. Enrique Hernández, somehow, still out there, still patrolling some section of the diamond. And then there was Tarik Skubal on the mound. Reigning Cy Young, newest toy, ready to fulfill his sole purpose in a Dodger uniform: win in the postseason. 

LA’s lead stayed at just two runs for the vast majority of the game, but there was never any measurable threat to it considering the Giants batting order isn’t much of a gauntlet, and Tarik Skubal is very good at pitching. The lefty needed just 75 pitches to complete 7 innings of work. He allowed just three singles. 13 Giant hitters were fed into the Skubal woodchipper between Bandura’s 3rd inning single and Davidson’s two-out, end of the bat nubber in the 7th. He didn’t just strike out 10, he blew them away, scattering as easily as leaves in an autumnal breeze. 

Against the San Francisco Giant Flying Squirrels, this was a time to re-sharpen and embolden. Skubal went back-to-basics, ensuring the foundation of his arsenal was solid, the essential tools in working order. The scrape of a blade across a leather strop could be heard as he pitched. He upped his 4-seamer usage to 48% and just went right at the hitter. 21 of the 23 batters he faced saw a first pitch strike. Nothing he threw was errant. Anything out of the zone, tastefully and intentionally placed. He generated 21 whiffs in all, with both his fastball and change-up earning a 50% swing-and-miss rate. Skubal could’ve gone 9. Given how little stress he experienced, he probably could’ve pitched through the 11th or 12th — but that wasn’t needed. This was just a run-through, a dress rehearsal. Skubal walked off the stage for Roki Sasaki in the 8th, then Tanner Scott in the 9th — one iteration of many bullpen looks LA could show off in the coming weeks.

The game breezed by in under two hours. No pitcher broke a sweat. There were 10 total hits, and three of those hits turned into outs by outfield assists trying to stretch singles into doubles. Very little traffic on the basepaths for arms to navigate. The first time two consecutive batters for either team reached base and stayed there wasn’t until the top of the 9th. All the runs scored in the 2nd: a pair of solo shots courtesy of Teoscar Hernández and Andy Pages in the 2nd inning. Both pounced on location mistakes by Giants starter, Yunior Marte, whose loopy pitch shapes can be devastating when dropping out of the zone, 

and so very, very enticing when left up out over the plate. 

Marte, the losing pitcher, still continued to show some levels of promise. Command of the splitter was mercurial at the start, but once he got some command of it(see Ohtani flail above), it helped prevent opposing hitters from ambushing his 4-seamer. Rather than focus on the outcome too, Marte celebrated the little victories. He pitched five complete, and struck out 4 while walking just one batter (his lowest game total in 5 starts). Mookie Betts knocked three hits off of Marte’s servings last Saturday, but after a 1st inning walk, coaxed two ground outs. He beamed, pumping his fist, as his fastball on the outside edge was overturned for a strike-3 against Ohtani to start the game.    

After winning four of their first five games, the Giants have now lost six straight to the Dodgers. If the weekend continues as it has been, they’ll have a chance to tie the California-era streak of 8 on Sunday. The longest losing streak to the Dodgers in club history (limited to one season) is 10 games, back in 1953. 10 is also the Giants longest winning streak against the Dodgers. They achieved this twice (said under breath in 1938 and 1905), so…you know…that’s something.