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Big slate Monday! There is so much to get into with the MLB player propsmarket today.

Join me as I break down three of my favorite MLB picks for Monday, Sept. 7, including why Rafael Devers is going to light up Michael McGreevy.

Our best MLB player props today

Player	Pick	Odds
Emmet Sheehan	Over 1.5 earned runs	-150
Rafael Devers	Over 1.5 total bases	+110
Jo Adell	Over 1.5 hits + runs + RBI	-102

Emmet Sheehan Over 1.5 earned runs (-150)

For those moaning and groaning about the $1.50 price tag, we’re simply asking the Cincinnati Reds to do what they’ve done all season long, and that's score two runs in the first five innings. The Reds are averaging 2.51 runs in the first five frames this season.

Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Emmet Sheehan has faced some turbulence over his last three outings, posting an 8.31 ERA while allowing a 15% barrel rate to opposing hitters. He enters Monday with the sixth-worst pitcher rating, drawing three elite-rated hitters and three with strong ratings, per Batters-Box.

The Reds have been on a tear over their last six games, posting a 132 wRC+, .366 wOBA, and .833 OPS while generating plenty of hard-hit balls.

We’re simply asking this red-hot team to sneak past two runs before Sheehan is pulled. 

• Time: 9:10 p.m. ET
• Where to watch: CIN, SNLA

Rafael Devers Over 1.5 total bases (+110)

I'm going back to Rafael Devers after he failed to come through on his hits + runs + RBI prop on Sunday. He did rip a single that came off the bat at over 107 mph, though. Hopefully, the San Francisco Giants slugger can elevate that ball over the wall this evening, or at least into the gap, as we take his total bases prop.

Devers owns the second-highest matchup rating on the day, covering over 87% of St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Michael McGreevy's pitch mix. The last 30 left-handed hitters McGreevy has faced are generating a 13% barrel rate and 30.4% ground-ball rate while owning a .282 xBA and .473 SLG.

The big fella has maintained a .923 SLG and .538 ISO while producing a near-70% hard-hit rate and 27% barrel rate over his last 10 games.

Take this down to +100, or take his Over 1.5 HRR prop if you find a price below -130.

• Time: 8:10 p.m. ET
• Where to watch: NBC/Peacock

Jo Adell Over 1.5 hits + runs + RBI (-102)

Lefty killer and Cleveland Guardians slugger Jo Adell finds himself in a mouthwatering spot against Baltimore Orioles southpaw Trevor Rogers. Over his last 30 at-bats against left-handed pitching, Adell has a .560 SLG and .280 ISO while posting a 47% hard-hit rate and nearly 12% barrel rate.

Over Rogers' last 60 plate appearances against right-handed hitters, he is allowing 1.80 HR/9 with just a 35% ground-ball rate, while those hitters have posted a .363 xBA and .596 xSLG.

Adell is the highest-rated Guardian in both of Batters-Box's datasets, where he covers more than 67% of Rogers' arsenal and goes Over this prop nearly 54% of the time. On the road, he's cashed this prop 57.14% of the time across 21 elite ratings.

Take this down to -110.

• Time: 1:35 p.m. ET
• Where to watch: CLEG, MASN

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The Mets are turning to Jonah Tong to start today’s game against the Miami Marlins, recalling him from Triple-A Syracuse. In a corresponding move, Justin Hagenman was optioned to Triple-A following yesterday’s win over the Giants.

Today will be Tong’s fourth appearance of the season for the big league club, after making a bullpen appearance against the Marlins back in May, and then making two appearances behind an opener before being demoted back to Syracuse.

The first two of those appearances were fairly well, going six and two-thirds innings without allowing an earned run while striking out three and walking five. The walks and lack of length are obvious red flags, but both appearances kept the Mets in their respective games. His third appearance, where he last just three and a third innings while giving up five runs, was decidedly not good.

After a mostly rough year, Tong has looked much, much better in his last two starts, going 12 and 2/3rds innings, allowing four hits, no earned runs, four walks, and nine strikeouts.

Hagenman made two appearances for the Mets after being called up last week, opening the September 2nd game against the Rays and going three innings, walking one, striking out two, and allowing one earned run, and then pitching an inning of relief against the Giants on Saturday, where he was tagged for a solo home run.

It’s not just the A’s. Following his historic 60 HR season in 2025, who in their right mind would have predicted that Cal Raleigh would spend the first half of the 2026 batting .169/.271/.310? That same Raleigh appears to have shaken off the demons and is back to homering at his 2025 pace lately, with a .490 slugging percentage since the All-Star break. What do you make of that in terms of projecting what to expect in 2027?

The A’s have been there twice very recently. Lawrence Butler was so good in the second half of 2024, batting .300/.345/.553, 155 wRC+, that the A’s rewarded this “breakout star” with a 7 year, $65.5M extension. Butler proceeded to stumble to a .234 BA and 91 wRC+ in 2025 in a season that, perhaps not coincidentally, ended early due to knee surgery.

But 2026 started out even worse than the year before. For the first half of the season Butler was literally the worst player in MLB by some measures as his average languished around .160 and his defensive stats cratered. There were some signs of life mid-season when Butler hit into some bad luck, lining into more than his fair share of outs, but nothing predicted he would revert back to his 2024 form.

Since the All-Star break, Butler is hitting .284/.366/.488 and consistently grinding out some of the best plate appearances on the team, spitting on close pitches off the plate even with 2 strikes and enjoying a career best 11.9% BB rate for the season.

What Butler is doing is known as “pulling a Gelof”. A rising star when he took the league by storm for a half season in 2023, Gelof then started a downward spiral that produced a disappointing 2024 followed by a disastrous 2025. Just when you wrote him off … like Lazarus he rose, only unlike Lazarus he can play above average defense at 2B, 3B, LF, CF, and RF. The super-utility man has 2.0 fWAR in just 93 games in 2026 and suddenly he looks like a core piece again.

Baseball is, as we know, that most unpredictable of games and nowhere is this seen more than in the bizarre highs and lows that often describe the same player in the same stretch of his career. How do you shrewdly plan your depth chart when the range of outcomes for a player so reasonably appears to be “somewhere between All-Star and DFA candidate”?

Case in point: Henry Bolte. Here are Bolte’s wRC+ stats month by month in his maiden voyage:

May: 99 wRC+
June: 111 wRC+
July: 27 wRC+
August: 124 wRC+
Sept: 200 wRC+

Now in Bolte’s case, those extremes are a bit more expected since it’s his first go-around and he’s only 23. But projecting “what you have” in Bolte, in terms of being an every day CFer on a contending team, is only as easy as figuring out what you will probably get from Butler and Gelof yesterday and tomorrow.

With Tyler Soderstrom, Bolte, and soon Devin Taylor in the mix, the A’s need to assess who “the real Lawrence Butler” is. With Joshua Kuroda-Grauer, Jacob Wilson, and soon Leo De Vries joining, the A’s need to assess who the “real Zack Gelof” is.

Just like the Mariners wonder who Cal Raleigh truly is, and many other teams have similar conundrums trying to make sense of their own bi-polar players. Good luck figuring it out in that most unpredictable game of baseball.

Mets lineup

1. Francisco Lindor – SS
2. Juan Soto – DH
3. Bo Bichette – 3B
4. Carson Benge – RF
5. Marcus Semien – 2B
6. A.J. Ewing – CF
7. Francisco Alvarez – C
8. Brett Baty – 1B
9. Nick Morabito – LF

Jonah Tong – RHP

Marlins lineup

1. Kyle Stowers – DH
2. Heriberto Hernández – LF
3. Griffin Conine – 1B
4. Otto López – SS
5. Jakob Marsee – CF
6. Javier Sanoja – 2B
7. Owen Caissie – RF
8. Graham Pauley – 3B
9. Joe Mack – C

Eury Pérez – RHP

Broadcast info

First pitch: 1:10pm EDT
TV: SNY
Radio: Audacy Mets Radio WHSQ 880AM, Audacy App, 92.3 HD2

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The Toronto Blue Jays look to get back into the win column tonight when they enter their series opener against the Athletics at Sutter Health Park as -210 favorites.

Dylan Cease gets the ball for the Jays, which is the major reason why my Blue Jays vs. Athletics predictions and MLB picks are high on Toronto.

Blue Jays vs A's predictions

Blue Jays vs A's best bet: Blue Jays -1.5 (-115)

Dylan Cease has been in the AL Cy Young conversation all season, but he’s been on another level in the second half. 

Since July 1, the Toronto Blue Jays ace leads all MLB starters in ERA (1.36) while also ranking second in xERA (2.37) and seventh in K/9 (11.47).

On the other side, Jacob Lopez has been solid for the Athletics (3.40 xERA; 79th percentile), but he’s averaging less than five innings per appearance. He’ll be backed up by the worst bullpen in the majors (5.45), which is where the Blue Jays can do their damage.

Play the Jays run line up to -120.

COVERS INTEL: Dylan Cease throws his slider nearly 30% of the time and has finished off 86 of his 221 strikeouts with that pitch. The Athletics have the seventh-lowest average (.207) and sixth-most strikeouts (237) vs. that pitch type from righties.

Blue Jays vs A's same-game parlay (SGP)

Cease is third in the majors with 221 Ks this season and has recorded at least eight punchouts in 14 of his last 19 starts.

Kazuma Okamoto has been mashing vs. left-handed pitching since Aug. 1 and will enjoy the platoon advantage today. Okamoto leads the Jays in SLG (.684) and OPS (1.056) vs. southpaws over that span, with nine of his 11 hits being for extra bases.

Blue Jays vs A's SGP

• Blue Jays -1.5
• Kazuma Okamoto Over 1.5 total bases
• Dylan Cease Over 7.5 strikeouts

Blue Jays vs A's home run pick: Kazuma Okamoto (+325)

I’m sticking with Okamoto for today’s home run pick as the matchup is too good to ignore.

Okamoto has hit a team-leading eight home runs vs. left-handed pitching — twice as many as anyone else on the Blue Jays.

He’s also hit eight of his 28 dingers vs. the slider, which Lopez throws more than one-third of the time.

Blue Jays vs A's odds

• Moneyline: Toronto -210 | A's +170
• Run line: Toronto -1.5 (-115) | A's +1.5 (-105)
• Over/Under: Over 8 (-120) | Under 8 (+100)

Blue Jays vs A's trend

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The bulk of this road trip has been a journey through teams who’ve had surprising season relative to the preseason predictions. Certainly, the San Francisco Giants were not expected to be a laughingstock in global professional sports, but their opponents — Pittsburgh, the Mets, and now the Cardinals — were expected to be the opposite of where they actually stand. The Pirates were maybe not expected to be a fringe Wild Card contender for most of the summer, the Mets were projected to be quite a bit better than abject losers, and the St. Louis Cardinals were expected to be a losing team in a step back/reset season. Instead, they’re .500 and 4 games out of the 3rd Wild Card as the Giants host them to kickoff the week.

Now, maybe the reason for this quasi-competitiveness is that the playoff field has been expanded to participation trophy-levels of teams, lowering the bar for entry, but there are meaningful developments in the organization to show that they’re actually a solid team.

If you recall, their long-time front office leader John Mozeliak (who was in the Cards’ organization for thirty years) “retired” after last season and in the year prior to that, he was shadowed by former Boston President of Baseball Operations Chaim Bloom who took over for him beginning this year. Bloom was tasked with doing, essentially, what Farhan Zaidi had to do when he took over from Bobby Evans: rebuild the organization from the ground up. One key difference was that the team had some good talent in the player development pipeline and an ownership group with no rules about who could be traded to assist with a rebuild.

So, Bloom was able to purge the major league roster of some big contracts for quality players and some arbitration-eligible players that most other teams might’ve held onto to be a part of their next good team (specifically, second baseman Brendan Donovan). The implementation of new systems and practices either explain or coincided with some nice steps forward with the young talent the Cardinals already had on hand. For most people who don’t believe in “analytics,” they’ll probably believe the latter explanation most; but, in any case, it’s undeniable that 23-year old JJ Wetherholt exploded onto the scene and was a contender for NL Rookie of the Year most of the season. 24-year old outfielder Jordan Walker had shown a lot of promise (he debuted at 21!) but this season has been his breakout (28 home runs, 100 RBI in 140 games & 601 PA).

What’s wacky, though, is that the Cardinals have not improved, statistically. Right now, they have a team wRC+ of 97. They ended last season at 96. They have a team ERA of 4.33 ERA right now (11.3 fWAR in value) and were at 4.30 and 12.8 last season. Through 144 games this season, they’re 72-72. Through 144 games last season, they were… 72-72 and 4-and-a-half games out of a Wild Card spot (reminder: the Giants were 72-71 exactly 1 year ago). So, are the Cardinals actually better or does it just feel like they are? Well, these next 18 games will decide. Last year, the Cards went 6-12 from this point. They might not make the postseason, but improving on that mark will certainly be a step in the right direction, considering how much they remade the roster without actually setting up it with the intention to be great.

It’s not a perfect roster, of course. Masyn Winn might just be a defensive guy rather than a total player (.641 OPS in 490 PA but +2.3 fWAR thanks to his defense). Nolan Gorman hasn’t quite panned out at third base. The pitching staff is very much a work in progress. But, despite not being totally good, it is, overall, encouraging.

The Giants can’t say quite the same thing. They pushed in all their chips once again and busted once again. Now, it’s worth considering that Farhan Zaidi and Chaim Bloom are contemporaries and for a time, their careers were paralleling each other. Bloom was able to go from the Rays to the Red Sox and land on a Cardinals team open to revitalization. Zaidi went from the A’s to the Dodgers to the Giants, a team that was open to revitalization at the time. Zaidi’s tenure didn’t work out and now the org has oversteered itself back to the 1980s. Will Bloom prove himself to be the better exec with a stronger revitalization of the Cardinals or is that generation of GM destined to flame out and cause owners across the sport to reconsider the Moneyball 2.0 generation? Certainly, dudes like Zaidi and Mike Elias in Baltimore are helping to make that case.

But while the Cardinals have enjoyed 5 months of young players proving themselves, the Giants are starting to enjoy a similar outcome in some areas of the 28-man roster. Since returning to the roster on August 14th, Jona Cox has hit .298/.355/.509 (.864 OPS) in 20 games (62 PA) with a trio of homers, a double, a triple, and 5 stolen bases in 6 attempts. Granted, he’s struck out 21 times against just 5 walks, but he’s a young 25 and not the typical old 27 the Giants have thrown at the wall at ends of failed seasons (with all due respect to Turner Hill). Bryce Eldridge has been nearly as good since August 1st: .288/.380/.450 (.830 OPS) with 4 homers, 6 doubles, and 32 strikeouts against 17 walks.

The Giants will probably be replacing their entire pitching staff over the next couple of seasons, as we have to assume that Logan Webb is closer to washed than not, but now that the Giants have completed five years without a winning season and have had just 1 in their last 10, I think we can dispense with the “next year will be the year!” thinking. This is a long-term project where most of the principles are still learning what they don’t know. Bloom’s year of shadowing is certainly one of the best ways to go about a rebuild and it’s too bad more organizations don’t do that. In the reporting of Posey’s takeover, there wasn’t a story that showed he was doing exactly that. It was more that he was hanging around and “getting the gist” of it before making his pitch to become POBO. But Bloom has been able to make it appear that the Cardinals aren’t stuck in a long-term rebuild. That might not actually be the case (depending on how this season shakes out, first and foremost), but vibes matter and the Cards’ vibes are considerably better today than they were expected to be a year ago.

The Giants cannot say the same.

This is another series where a Computer Team will take on the anti-Computer Squad of the San Francisco Giants. Usually, the Computer Teams rip the Giants in half like the mother alien did to Bishop in Aliens, but this is the last leg of a long road trip for a weird west coast trip for the Cards that began at Dodger Stadium then went to Coors Field and now ends in Oracle Park. On the other hand, that trip to Coors Field involved one of the most racist outbursts on a major league field this century, when umpire Doug Eddings stopped the game to demand that rookie Cardinals pitcher Hancel Rincon adjust his crooked cap, then had the gall to say it was Rockies catcher Hunter Goodman who had made the request (he hadn’t). The next day, both the Cardinals and the Rockies united to tilt their caps in solidarity with Rincon and as an f-you to Eddings.

Maybe that flash of solidarity helps the Cardinals fight through the fatigue. The Giants are in such disarray that they might just crumble in even the tiniest show of unity.

Series Overview

Who: San Francisco Giants (59-84) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (72-72)
Where: Oracle Park | San Francisco, California
When: Monday at 5:10pm PT, Tuesday at 6:45pm PT, Wednesday at 12:45pm PT
National broadcasts: NBC/Peacock (Monday)

Projected starters
Monday: Logan Webb (RHP 8-8, 4.21 ERA) vs. Michael McGreevy (RHP 6-9, 3.97 ERA)
Tuesday: Landen Roupp (RHP 8-13, 4.17 ERA) vs. Quinn Mathews (LHP 1-2, 4.38 ERA)
Wednesday: Blade Tidwell (RHP 0-2, 4.43 ERA) vs. TBD

Prediction time

Carson Seymour has allowed 14 home runs in 32 MLB appearances (43.75%) and yesterday, to up for all the games he hadn’t allowed a homer in this season, he allowed two. If he gets in to a game in this series, I predict he will allow a home run. Because that’s what he does.

We have three games with the ‘Insert town name here’ A’s.

The A’s are 57-78, 16 games back of Houston in the Al West and, “it doesn’t matter games” back in the Wild Card race. They need to go 6-12 in their last 18 games to save themselves from losing 100 games.

That doesn’t mean they can’t win a series. They are just off a four-game win streak.

They are eighth in the AL in runs per game, at 4.38 (Jays are second last at 4.03). And they are last in the AL in runs allowed per game, at 5.69 (the second last team are the Twins at 4.99, the Jays sixth in the AL at 4.29).

Starting pitchers:

• Tonight: Dylan Cease (10-5, 2.25 ERA) and Jacob Lopez (6-4, 4.71). A 10:00 Eastern start.
• Tomorrow: José Soriano (11-7, 3.52) and Jack Perkins (3-10, 6.50). A 9:40 Eastern start.
• Wednesday: TBD vs. TBD. It is a 3:00 Eastern start.

I’d don’t know what the Jays’ plans are. Someone from the minors? A bullpen day? Maybe it will depend on how much work the pen does in the first two games. People wonder why John wants to get an extra inning out of a starter who ‘doesn’t have it’ that day. We have really overworked the bullpen and that’s not going to slow down in the last three weeks of the season.

The A’s have gotten 696 innings our of their starters and 580 out of their relievers. The Jays have gotten 677 innings from the starters and 603.1 out of the reliever.

The A’s best two hitter, by bWAR, are on the IL.

• Nick Kurtz (1B) is out for the rest of the season with a “strained right thumb”. He was hitting .256/.396/.483 with 21 home runs and a 3.9 bWAR.
• Shea Langeliers (C) is out with a knee injury. He might be back at some point. He was hitting .263/.332/.497 with 23 homes runs and a 3.7 bWAR.

And Tyler Soderstrom is out after surgery on his hip. He was hitting .245/.338/.472 with 19 home runs and a 2.6 bWAR. Add in that Joshua Kurdoa-Grauer has a ruptured testicle.

As well, their top pitcher, J.T Ginn (9-8, 3.71, 3.3 bWAR) is out with right elbow impingemen.

That doesn’t mean there aren’t some good players:

• 3B Zack Gelof is hitting .257/.321/.468 with a 17 home runs and a 2.8 bWAR.
• CF Henry Bolte is hitting .274/.352/.386 with a 2.5 bWAR. He’s stolen 16 bases, caught 8 times so he maybe should stop trying.
• SS Alika (sounds like an anime character) Williams is hitting .273/.310/.438 with a 1.5 bWAR.

In the pen:

• Hogan Harris is their closer. He has a 3.38 ERA with 15 saves, with 6 blown saves.
• Luis Medina has a 3.53 ERA and 10 holds.
• Elvis Alvarado has a 4.21 ERA and 9 holds.

Let’s have a poll:

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The Cincinnati Reds open a three-game series with the Los Angeles Dodgers tonight, and mounting injuries for the world champs are evening out what looks like a mismatch on paper. 

L.A. had three scratches from the lineup over the weekend, and had to call up the struggling Emmet Sheehan to make a spot start today.

My Reds vs. Dodgers predictions and MLB picks have Cincinnati scoring a road upset with Reds All-Star ace Chase Burns on the bump on Monday, Sept. 7.

Who will win Reds vs Dodgers today: Reds moneyline (39%)

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On paper, it makes sense to favor the Los Angeles Dodgers. They’re 17 games better and have won four straight.

However, Shohei Ohtani has missed four straight games with knee, biceps, and neck injuries. He should return today, but Ohtani was just seven for his last 51 (.137) with one homer in the last 13 games.

The Dodgers also lost catcher Dalton Rushing, placed back on the IL Sunday, and Max Muncy was a late scratch Saturday before returning Sunday.

The Cincinnati Reds, meanwhile, have won three straight series and start ace Chase Burns (15-3, 2.79 ERA). 

I’d take them down to 43%.

COVERS INTEL: Burns’ slider has his breaking stuff in the 99th percentile in MLB. Opponents are hitting .162 against it. Every major contributor in L.A.’s lineup has above a 25% whiff rate against the slider.

Reds vs Dodgers Over/Under pick: Over 8.5 (51%)

The Reds announced that they will be limiting Burns’ innings for the rest of the season, so expect the Cincinnati bullpen (25th by xERA) to step in earlier than usual. 

The Dodgers, meanwhile, didn’t name their starter until Monday morning, when they called up Emmet Sheehan (4-8, 5.29 ERA). He was demoted earlier this year after the team lost five of his starts in a row.

The Reds have scored 31 runs in the last four games, and that was against first-place Milwaukee and over-.500 San Diego. They’ve also allowed 24 over that span. They’ve gone Over seven times in the last 10 and scored seven or more in six of them.

Reds vs Dodgers home run prediction: Mookie Betts (14%)

Mookie Betts has five hits in the last 13 at bats and went deep on Sunday. He’s also L.A.’s second-best hitter against the slider.

His .273 average and .444 slugging against breaking pitches this season are better than his performance against fastballs (.246/.442) and offspeed (.200/.291).

He has a double and two hits in three career plate appearances against Burns.

Reds vs Dodgers weather

Rain earlier in the day will be gone by game time, and it should be partly cloudy in the low 80s, possibly dropping into the 70s by last pitch.

Reds vs Dodgers odds

• Moneyline: Reds 39% | Dodgers 61%
• Run line: Reds +1.5 | Dodgers -1.5
• Over/Under: Over 8.5 | Under 8.5

Reds vs Dodgers trend

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September started out roughly with two losses in a row to the St. Louis Cardinals, one a blowout and another a blown lead. Things could have gone very badly in the first week of the month, but the Dodgers won their final four games of the week, including a sweep of the Washington Nationals for a winning week.

Three of the wins were thanks to late turnarounds, as the Dodgers trailed in the ninth inning on Thursday but beat St. Louis, then overcame deficits in the seventh and eighth innings against Washington on Saturday and Sunday.

All four wins came without Shohei Ohtani, who got his first extended rest since joining the Dodgers, battling a few injuries. Ohtani is expected back in the lineup on Monday.

Batter of the week

Mookie Betts hit a three-run home run to turn around Sunday night’s game in the eighth inning, but his imprints were all over the week, with two home runs, three doubles, 11 RBI, and a tidy 1.168 OPS.

Honorable mention goes to Tommy Edman and Teoscar Hernández, who each had OPSs over 1.000 and each had game-winning hits during the streak.

Pitcher of the week

Blake Snell continued his solid run since returning from the injured list, tossing six more scoreless innings on Friday to beat the Washington Nationals. Snell struck out seven and since getting activated on August 11 has 38 strikeouts in 29 innings and only three runs allowed in his five starts.

Week 24 results

4-2 record
35 runs scored (5.83 per game)
36 runs allowed (6.00 per game)
.487 pythagorean win percentage

Year to date

86-57 record
705 runs scored (4.93 per game)
553 runs allowed (3.87 per game)
.609 pythagorean win percentage (87-56)

Miscellany

Unique score!: The Dodgers opened the month with a drubbing at the hands of the Cardinals on Tuesday, which ended in a 13-8 score that seemed unfamiliar. That instinct was correct, as September 1 marked the first time the Los Angeles Dodgers ever had a game end 13-8, win or lose. The previous 13-8 game in franchise history came 70 years ago, when Brooklyn beat the New York Yankees in Game 2 of the 1956 World Series.

CT3 returns: Before Wednesday night’s game against the Cardinals, Chris Taylor received his 2025 championship ring from his former teammates. Taylor coaxed his two-year-old son Theo to throw out the ceremonial first pitch to him, and did so adorably so. Taylor, who retired in May, played 10 of his 12 major league seasons with the Dodgers.

“It’s pretty much what I identify my career as. Over 90 percent of my career was in Dodger blue. This is the place I call home. I’m always proud to be a Dodger” Taylor said. “This night means a lot that they would even do this for me. I’m extremely humbled.”

Transactions

Tuesday: On the first day of September, Will Smith and Dalton Rushing were activated off the injured list, as was Justin Wrobleski, and Alex Freeland was called up from Oklahoma City. The net additions of one position player and one pitcher also included Ben Rortvedt getting designated for assignment and Alek Thomas optioned to Triple-A.

Wednesday: Blake Treinen returned after two and a half months on the injured list, left-hander Eric Lauer was placed on the IL after his worst start as a Dodger, and Will Klein was moved to the 60-day IL, ending his regular season.

Thursday: Rortvedt cleared waivers and was sent outright to Triple-A.

Saturday: Bobby Miller was activated off the 60-day injured list to provide length in the bullpen, Kyle Hurt was optioned, and Thomas was designated for assignment.

Sunday: After going through throwing drills on Saturday, Rushing landed back on the IL with elbow discomfort. Catcher Eliezer Alfonzo was called back up from Oklahoma City.

Game results

• Tuesday: Cardinals 13, Dodgers 8
• Wednesday: Cardinals 8, Dodgers 6 (10 innings)
• Thursday: Dodgers 3, Cardinals 2
• Friday: Dodgers 5, Nationals 3
• Saturday: Dodgers 6, Nationals 5
• Sunday: Dodgers 7, Nationals 5

Previous reviews: Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | no reviews for Weeks 14-15 | Week 16 | Week 17 | Week 18 | Week 19 | Week 20 | Week 21 | Week 22 | Week 23

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The Dodgers run the Chris Hammond gauntlet, finishing up the homestand with a series against the Reds followed by a trip to South Beach to face the Marlins.

MILWAUKEE — First, a site note: The “3 up, 3 down” feature that normally runs on Mondays will appear this week on Tuesday due to the Labor Day holiday.

Monday notes…

• ROAD WARRIORS: The Cubs are 40-32 on the road this season, on pace to finish 45-36. They wound up 42-39 last year. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)
• IN SUNSHINE: The Cubs are only 32-31 in day games, including 10-15 on the road. A year ago, they were 43-32 overall and 14-12 on the road. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)
• NOT STRIKING OUT: Cubs batters have had a total no more than nine strikeouts in 10 consecutive games, their longest streak of the season without double-digit whiffs, surpassing nine games, April 26-May 5. They had streaks of 11, 12, 15 and 16 games last season; two in 2023, of 10 and 15 games; and one in 2018, of 12, for a total of just seven longer than the current one during the past 10 seasons. Their 50 games with at least 10 strikeouts are 14 more than they had all of last season. They had 54 in 2024, 56 in 2023, 70 in 2022 and 80 in 2021. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)
• TODAY IN CUBS HISTORY: Greg Maddux makes his first MLB start and it’s a success. He throws a complete game, allows 11 hits and three runs, and adds two hits as a batter as the Cubs crush the Reds 11-3 in Cincinnati. Leon Durham, Ryne Sandberg and Chico Walker all homer for the Cubs. It happened 40 years ago today, Sunday, Sept. 7, 1986.

Cubs lineup:

Brewers lineup:

Matthew Boyd, LHP vs. Robert Gasser, RHP

This is the first of three pitching rematches from last week’s series at Wrigley Field.

These pitchers matched up last Tuesday. The Cubs scored three runs off Robert Gasser in 4.1 innings, and led the game going into the fifth, but the offense shut down after that. Matthew Boyd shows three runs on his record from this game in 5.1 innings, but two of those runs scored after he left the game, and the bullpen then put this one out of reach.

Hoping for better this afternoon.

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The Colorado Rockies announced a couple of roster moves today.

Kyle Karros had been on the seven-day concussion injured list for a second time following a collision in the field on August 11th. The Rockies had originally reinstated Karros on August 21st, but after just two games with the club he was placed back on the injured list due to “symptoms similar to his concussion.” according to manager Warren Schaeffer.

In his first stint on the injured list Karros did not see any rehab appearances in the minor leagues but did spend four games with the Double-A Hartford Yard Goats the second time around. In those four games he collected six hits including a home run and also stole a base. He will look to keep that level of production as he returns to the big league club for whom he has so far batted .263/.360/.419 over 114 games this season.

To make room on the active roster Ryan Ritter was optioned back down to Triple-A Albuquerque where he has spent the majority of the 2026 season while battling injuries of his own. Ritter has hit well for the Isotopes this year with a .325/.424/.459 slash line in 52 games but has failed to see that translate in limited action for the Major League club.

Ritter only saw action in ten games for the Rockies since being recalled on August 23rd, and only had plate appearances in six of those games. In a very limited sample at the big league level, Ritter is batting only .158/.200/.158 so far this season. He will look to continue to perform in Albuquerque in hopes of another opportunity to return to the Rockies.

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In January of 1999, on the heels of a historic 114-win regular season and a second World Series title in three years, the Yankees were on top of the baseball world. After a wilderness period that included a multi-year ban from baseball, the team’s owner, George Steinbrenner, was surely feeling vindicated.

But there was still an elephant in the room. Yogi Berra, who won 10 championships and three MVPs during his 18 years in the Bronx, had been in a self-imposed exile since 1985, when Steinbrenner relieved him of his managerial duties a couple of weeks into the season. Worse still for the proud Berra, the Boss didn’t deliver the news in person, deputizing GM Clyde King to do his dirty work. Berra swore he’d never return to Yankee Stadium as long as Steinbrenner was at the helm.

After a decade-plus cold war, there was only one person with the relationships, tenacity, and feel for the Yankee mystique to bring the two warring titans to the table.

Suzyn Waldman
Born: September 7, 1946 (Newton, MA)
Yankees Tenure: 1987-present (as broadcaster)

Suzyn Waldman grew up in Newton, MA, idolizing Ted Williams and developing what would become a lifelong love of baseball. After getting a degree in economics from Simmons University — a school she chose in part for its proximity to Fenway Park — Waldman embarked on a musical theater career. She reached the pinnacle of that field, co-starring in Man of La Mancha on Broadway. When that show hit the road in 1979, she joined the touring company, using it as an opportunity to see ballparks around the country.

When the show came through Minnesota, Waldman was offered a private tour by a couple of Twins employees who’d seen her perform. Her hometown Red Sox were in town, and she struck up a conversation with their famously reserved star, Jim Rice. Overhearing their chat, broadcaster Wes Parker told Waldman, “if you can get that man to talk to you that way, you should think about doing this for a living.”

She took the feedback to heart, taking journalism classes as she continued her acting career. In 1986, Waldman sung the national anthem before Game 7 of the ALCS at Fenway Park.

A year later, she was hired by the nascent WFAN radio station in New York. On July 1, 1987, the station went live, with Waldman’s voice the first on its airwaves. She covered the Yankees and Knicks as well as St. John’s basketball. Throughout her ascent in sports media, she was often the first woman each step of the way. With that came unfair and, at time, frightening backlash. “I remember thinking: Why would someone actually want to kill me because I’m talking about the New York Yankees?” Waldman said, recalling the first death threats she received in 1989. “The Stadium got letters, and the station got them, that was in Queens, so I had two precincts that were watching me…I was terrified. I’m still scared. I still get a little nervous when I go through crowds ’cause I don’t know who’s in there. That doesn’t go away, by the way.”

A huge first came on July 24, 1995, when Waldman became the first woman announcer on a nationally televised baseball game. The Baseball Network was carrying a Monday night game between Rangers and Yankees and tapped Waldman to join former ballplayers Bobby Murcer and Steve Busby on the call. “I wasn’t scared until the red light went on,” Waldman said a few days later. “I thought I was ready. But when that red light went on, my whole body started to shake. I thought I could perform through that. I was surprised I got that nervous.” Ever the perfectionist, after making history, she returned to her hotel room to cry, picking apart her performance. “Now I’d like to do the whole thing over and do it right,” she said of her debut.

She would get that chance. Waldman began a regular stint calling Yankees games on TV for WPIX in 1996. But before she could start her life-changing, historic gig, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Waldman didn’t let it get in the way of her dream job. “I had my whole treatment centered around my going to spring training — I fired my first oncologist because, ‘Well sweetheart maybe one day you can go to lunch,’” Waldman relayed. “I said, ‘No, no, no, no, no, I’m going to spring training, so you better do something so I don’t die.’ And I found an oncologist and she made my protocol to go with what I wanted to do, ’cause she believed that your life, and living your life, is a big part of cancer treatment. I was having chemo through that whole ’96 season. I missed the day I had chemo and the day after.” The Yankees’ championship that season, their first in nearly 20 years, was particularly special for their newest play-by-play woman. “When they won,” she said, “it was like I won, too.”

A couple of years later, she would broker the détente between Berra and her good friend Steinbrenner, arranging for the Boss to visit Berra’s museum in New Jersey and make amends. She then hosted a live show on WFAN with the two to which Berra’s close friend Joe Garagiola and Waldman’s childhood idol, Ted Williams, phoned in, helping publicly cement their rapprochement. That night, she called Steinbrenner to debrief. “I called George back at the hotel and I said, ‘What did you think, George?’” Waldman said. “And he said, ‘Well it was a great night for the New York Yankees.’ Then he paused, and this was so George. He said, ‘And it wasn’t too fucking bad for you Waldman either, was it?’”

After her time with WPIX, Waldman transitioned to the YES Network upon its launch, where she did some play-by-play as well as studio work and clubhouse reporting. When Charlie Steiner left the Yankees’ radio booth after the ‘04 season, Waldman left YES to begin the partnership which would come to define her career. Steinbrenner was at first trepidatious about hiring a woman to broadcast full-time. “What do you think of this? A woman?” he asked John Sterling, the team’s longtime play-by-play man. “I think a woman is wonderful, as long as it’s this woman. Go ahead and hire her,” Sterling replied. Sterling and Waldman would spend the next 20 years together, developing a playful chemistry and unabashed enthusiasm for the game that came to define car rides, barbeques, and beach days for Yankees fans throughout the city.

One of Waldman’s most divisive moments in the booth came in 2007, when Roger Clemens announced live at Yankee Stadium that he’d be unretiring at the age of 44 to return to the Yankees. Waldman, who’d known the fireballer since he was a Red Sox in the ‘80s, later admitted to getting emotional in the moment as she relayed the surprising news.

Waldman was similarly criticized for crying after the Yankees were eliminated in the 2007 ALDS, with longtime manager Joe Torre’s departure from the club a fait accompli. “That’s what I felt. I am who I am. I’m emotional,” said Waldman. “A lot of people like it, a lot of people don’t. I didn’t do it in a game, and I recovered.” Of the criticism she received throughout her career, Waldman offered an insight which hinted at the way she was treated differently due to her gender. “Nobody ever criticized my work, ever,” she said simply. “They just criticized me.”

As Waldman’s career progressed, though, she continued to be feted for her excellence and her trailblazing. She was recognized in the Women in Baseball Room at the National Hall of Fame. When she showed pictures of the exhibit to Steinbrenner, “He got really teary-eyed, and he said, ‘I’m really proud of you,’” said Waldman. Her benefactor was not around to see her induction into the Radio Hall of Fame in 2020 in recognition not only of her excellence but her “professionalism and resolve while staring down countless obstacles as a pioneering woman in her field.” She has also been honored by the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation with their Gracies Lifetime Achievement Award and entered the New York State Broadcasters’ Hall of Fame alongside Sterling.

Waldman has become a Yankees institution, a reality best demonstrated by her courting of Gerrit Cole. While Cole was still an Astro, Waldman did some light lobbying, telling the ace that he’d “make a great Yankee.” Cole, aware of her musical theater background, replied, “If I do, you have to sing the national anthem on Opening Day.” When the Yankees signed Cole before the 2020 season, he held Waldman to her promise, as she sung the anthem before the home opener, a moment made more poignant in a stadium left empty during the COVID pandemic.

After Sterling’s retirement during the 2024 season, Waldman has remained a constant in the booth, calling games first with Justin Shackil and now with Dave Sims, a longtime friend with whom she has developed a quick rapport. As she reaches a milestone birthday today, please join us in celebrating the extraordinary career of the Broadway performer with a Massachusetts accent who’s become an indelible voice of the Yankees.

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

The Wild Card Race.

The Royals are 9 games back from winning an AL Wild Card.   Although the Royals were a hot team in August, in September they have 4 losses and 1 win. 

The Diamondbacks have realistic chances of winning a NL Wild Card.  As of Monday morning, they were the third Wild Card, half a game ahead of the Padres. They need to win this series, and a sweep would be really nice.

In the Background. The Diamondbacks are better baserunners (which includes stealing and extra bases taken) than the Royals. This season through 30 August, the Diamondbacks had more Baserunning Runs (+12 vs negative 6).

The Obvious.  The return of Corbin Burnes will boost the Diamondbacks chances of a Wild Card.  He is expected to return and pitch in the second game of this series.  Another boost will be the return of Soroka.  He might return in the third game of this series. 

The Subtle.  Several Diamondbacks batters seem to be in a slump.  When they break out, it will be a game-changer in a positive way.

The Difference that Matters.  Winning games is the difference that matters.

Royals Players to Watch.

Former Diamondback, Josh Rojas. From 2019 to 2023, he was a utility player for the Diamondbacks, playing both infield and outfield. Currently, he plays most games at third base for the Royals. His OPS+ is 82.

Jac Caglianone.  He plays right field.  He is 23 years old, in his second MLB season.  His breakout in batting is impressive.  In June and August, his OPS was 1.036 (106 PAs) and 1.113 (98 PAs).  In September (thru 4 September) he had 3 RBIs in 17 PAs.

Pitching Matchups.

Anticipated Diamondbacks Pitchers:

Relief pitcher Derek Law will start the first game of the series against the Giants.  This season, he pitched 4.2 innings, with 3 strikeouts, and allowing only one earned run.

Corbin Burnes is expected to return from the injured list and start the second game of the series.

Soroka might return from the injured list and start the third game of the series. Or Gallen might return from the injured list and start the third game of the series.

Because the Royals batters are weak against left-handed pitchers (.708 OPS), expect to see left-handed Diamondbacks relievers Blake Walston and Brandyn Garcia.

Announced Royals Starters:

Noah Cameron is expected to start the first game of the series.  He is left-handed, which will be an advantage to Diamondbacks batters (whose OPS is about 100 points higher against lefties).  His 101 ERA+ reflects he is an average pitcher. He has 6 pitch types.  His best is a curve (.203 wOBA) and his worst is a cutter (.356 wOBA).

Michael Wacha is expected to start the second game of the series.  He is right-handed.  His 123 ERA+ reflects he is an above average pitcher.

Daniel Lynch IV is expected to start the third game of the series.  He is left-handed.  He started the season as a short reliever.  He switched from relieving to starting on 7 August.  He has started 7 games.  In his latest start, he allowed 5 earned runs in 5 innings pitched.  Nevertheless, his ERA+ is 118.

Game start times follow:

Monday, 11:10 AM MST.

Tuesday, 4:40 PM MST.

Wednesday, 4:40 PM MST.

Welcome back to Monday Stat Party, a weekly series showcasing some of the most curious and nostalgia-inducing statistical developments from the past week of Mets baseball. What unites each entry is the sense of intrigue which they aim to spark, and the unbridled love of the game’s anomalies from which they arise. Without further ado, let the stat party begin.

MONDAY

Robert Stock became the fourth pitcher in MLB history to go seven or more calendar years between wins, with each win coming under the same manager. Stock’s previous win came on April 5, 2019, as a member of Andy Green’s Padres. (source: Sarah Langs on X)

TUESDAY

Francisco Lindor reached 15 home runs for the 10th time in his career. At the time on Tuesday, Lindor had become the second primary shortstop to reach 15+ homers in 10+ seasons, joining Cal Ripken Jr. (13 seasons of 15+ homers). But on Sunday, Corey Seager joined Ripken and Lindor on that list by hitting his 15th home run of the year, giving him 10 seasons of 15+ homers as well.

Lindor has recorded 15+ homers in 10 of the last 11 seasons, having done so every year except during the shortened 2020 campaign. Currently, he is one of only seven players with 15+ home runs in 10+ seasons since 2016, joining: Eugenio Suárez, Manny Machado, Bryce Harper, Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman, and Seager.

Sean Manaea allowed 11 hits, marking his most as a Met and tying a career high set on July 27, 2016, at Globe Life Park in Arlington, and matched on September 12, 2017, at Fenway Park.

WEDNESDAY

Dedniel Núñez became the 23rd different Mets pitcher to earn a win this season, marking a new franchise record. The previous mark was set two years ago in 2024, when the Mets had 22 different pitchers earn a win. Remarkably, only four pitchers earned a win for the Mets in both 2024 and 2026: Sean Manaea, David Peterson, Brooks Raley, and fittingly, Núñez.

For just the 10th time this season, Francisco Lindor, Juan Soto, and Bo Bichette each recorded a hit in the same game.

Soto’s 111.8-mph home run was the Mets’ second-hardest-hit long ball of the season, behind Luis Robert Jr.’s 112.2-mph solo shot in Milwaukee on July 21.

FRIDAY

With Carson Benge’s 20th stolen base of the season, Benge and A.J. Ewing became the fifth pair of rookie teammates to steal 20+ bases in the Wild Card era (since 1995), joining: Carlos Beltrán and Carlos Febles (1999 Royals), Dairon Blanco and Maikel Garcia (2023 Royals), Brenton Doyle and Nolan Jones (2023 Rockies), and Chandler Simpson and Jake Mangum (2025 Rays). They are the first New York teammates to pull off the feat since a pair of Brooklyn Dodgers (Bill Davidson and Jake Daubert) and New York Giants (Josh Devore and Fred Snodgrass) did it in 1910.

Nolan McLean’s punchout of Christian Koss on his final pitch of the night marked his 179th strikeout of the season, moving him past Jerry Koosman and into third place on the Mets’ all-time rookie strikeout leaderboard. He now trails only Dwight Gooden (276) and Kodai Senga (202).

McLean recorded his 18th quality start this season, tied with Chris Sale for fifth-most in the Majors behind Sandy Alcantara (21), Cristopher Sánchez (2o), Michael Wacha (19), and Yoshinobu Yamamoto (19). McLean is one of only three pitchers since 2015 to reach 18 quality starts in their rookie season, joining Michael Soroka (18 in 2019) and Shota Imanaga (19 in 2024). McLean also recorded his 19th start of six or more innings pitched this season, tied for the second-most by a Met in a season since 2020, trailing only Chris Bassitt (23 in 2022).

Over his last 12 starts, McLean has posted a 1.87 ERA. McLean is the eighth Met since 2000 to record a 12-game single-season span with an ERA below 1.90 while averaging six or more innings per outing, joining: Mike Hampton, Johan Santana, R.A. Dickey, Matt Harvey, Jacob deGrom, Zack Wheeler, and Max Scherzer.

Francisco Alvarez recorded his seventh multi-homer gameas a catcher, tied with Gary Carter for second-most before turning 25 years old. Only Jonny Bench (8) had more such games. (source: Sarah Langs on X)

Alvarez became the first home or visiting player to hit multiple home runs with an exit velocity of 107 mph or higher in a game at Citi Field since Pete Alonso’s franchise-record-setting night against the Braves on August 12, 2025.

Rafael Devers became the 35th player to record three extra-base hits and five RBI in a game against the Mets. Fittingly, the first ever to do it was another Giant, as Willie McCovey clubbed three homers and drove in five at Candlestick Park on September 22, 1963.

The Mets hit five home runs against the Giants, marking their most in a game in franchise history against San Francisco. The Mets had hit four home runs against the Giants seven times, most recently on July 20, 2019, at Oracle Park (Dom Smith, Jeff McNeil, Todd Frazier, and Pete Alonso).

The Mets scored 10+ runs for the 15th time this season, tied with 2006, 2007, and 2022 for the fifth-most such games in a season in franchise history. The only seasons in franchise history with more double-digit scoring games were 2000 (24), 1999 (20), 1997 (18), and 1990 (17).

The Mets scored 10+ runs on fewer than 10 hits for the second time this season, after having done so on May 31 against the Marlins at Citi Field. It’s only the third season in franchise history where they’ve had multiple games of scoring double-digit runs on fewer than double-digit hits, joining 1976 (2 such games) and 1987 (3 such games).

The Mets recorded 13 batted balls at 100 mph or higher, tied for their most in a game this season (matching their total set on July 27 against the Braves at Citi Field).

SATURDAY

Rafael Devers became the 14th player with five extra-base hits over two consecutive games against the Mets, and the second this season after Bryce Harper did it on June 20-21 at Citizens Bank Park (a stretch which included his first career cycle). The only other Giant to do it was Hunter Pence from August 3-4, 2014, at Citi Field.

With two home runs off Zac Thornton, Christian Koss became just the third No. 9 hitter with multiple homers in a game off the same Mets pitcher, joining the Phillies’ Larry Christenson (September 5, 1976, off Mickey Lolich) and the Braves’ Derek Lilliquist (May 1, 1990, off Ron Darling). Koss is just the ninth No. 9 hitter with a multi-homer game against the Mets, but the second this season after Dansby Swanson went deep twice at Wrigley Field on June 24. It’s the first time in Mets history they’ve yielded multiple multi-homer games to No. 9 batters in the same season. (credit: SNY broadcast)

Devers and Koss each hit a pair of homers, marking the 17th time in franchise history that the Mets allowed multiplehome runs to multiple players in the same game, and the first since July 14, 2024, when Ezequiel Tovar went deep twice and Michael Toglia went deep thrice for the Rockies at Citi Field. The Giants had done it against the Mets once before, when Orlando Cepeda and Ed Bailey each homered twice at the Polo Grounds on May 4, 1963. Only once have three teammates recorded muli-homer games together against the Mets — on September 8, 1998, when the Phillies’ Kevin Sefcik, Rico Brogna, and Bobby Estalella did it at Veterans Stadium.

SUNDAY

Carson Benge’s seventh-inning double marked his 143rd hit of the season, moving him past Jay Payton and into fourth place on the Mets’ rookie hits leaderboard behind Pete Alonso (155 in 2019), Ty Wigginton (146 in 2003), and Ron Hunt (145 in 1963).

Nate Lavender recorded a 13th straight scoreless appearance to begin his career, marking the second-most for a Mets pitcher behind Joe Smith (17 in 2007).

Christian Scott notched his 159th strikeout in his 30th career game, tying Nolan Ryan and Zack Wheeler for the eighth-most strikeouts by a Mets pitcher through their first 30 games, behind: Dwight Gooden (267), Matt Harvey (227), Noah Syndergaard (215), Kodai Senga (211), Nolan McLean (205), Jacob deGrom (187), and Steven Matz (169).

Bo Bichette hit his first three-run home run since Game 7 of the 2025 World Series, when he gave the Blue Jays a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the third inning with an iconic shot off Shohei Ohtani.

The Mets won while only scoring runs in the eighth inning for the first time since April 14, 2024, against the Royals at Citi Field. The Mets won after scoring four or more runs in the eighth inning despite being held scoreless over the first seven innings for the first time since their fateful Game 161 in Atlanta on September 30, 2024.

The Mets earned their fifth win over the Giants this season, tied for their most against the Giants in a single season since they went 7-2 against San Francisco in 1999.

Miscellaneous Mets stat of the week:

Since 1910, only six National League teams are known to have hit multiple walk-off grand slams in a season:

1962 Braves (Henry Aaron, Tommie Aaron)
1963 Mets (Tim Harkness, Jim Hickman)
1980 Cubs (Barry Foote, Cliff Johnson)
1983 Phillies (Bo Díaz, Ozzie Virgil)
*2001 Braves (Javy López, Brian Jordan)
2018 Cubs (Jason Heyward, David Bote)

*Both of the 2001 Braves’ walk-off grand slams came against the Mets, making them one of only three teams since 1910 to hit two walk-off grand slams against the same team in the same season along with the 1998 Red Sox, who pulled off the feat facing Seattle, and the 1963 Mets, who themselves pulled it off against the Cubs.