New York Mets vs. Kansas City Royals - July 09, 2026

Alec Zumwalt out as hitting coachHe will remain as senior director of hitting performance

Former Royals in the postseasonGood luck to some old friends

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Ranking Postseason Starting Lineups 🔢Where the top offenses stand going into October ➡️

Carter Jensen wins September American League honorsThe rookie continues to excel.

A Guide to the 2026 MLB Postseason12 teams are set to compete for a World Series victory. Who are you rooting for?

This Week in the Minors: ACL and DSL season in reviewThe rookie ball teams had some impressive individuals this season

Royals Book Game 162, With Final Winning Taste Leading to Key Offseason CalendarThe Kansas City Royals get the final win, but it only soothes 2026’s pains so much.

Mets Prospect Report Card: SeptemberHow did the Mets’ top prospects grade out for the month of September?

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5 most pleasant NY Mets surprises of the 2026 season rankedThe New York Mets' 2026 season is officially over as they failed to come close to meeting lofty expectations. Despite having a massive payroll, the Mets missed

The former Mets in the 2026 postseasonThe 2020 Mets’ two best position players, best reliever, best rookie, and first-round draft pick.

Kansas City Royals News: Long way to go in 20272026 was a disappointment. Now the team looks toward 2027.

Mets Morning News: Wild Card Round beginsYour Tuesday morning dose of New York Mets and MLB news, notes, and links.

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Royals have shocking offseason plans for 17-year-old prospect Angeibel GomezThe Kansas Royals are already showing a massive amount of optimism surrounding top prospect Angeibel Gomez.

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Today in NY Mets history fans got the ultimate playoff teaseSeptember 29, 2007, was no day of infamy for the New York Mets. That was a day later. Game 161 of the 2007 season was anything but a disaster. On a Saturday aft

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Stearns on Letting Pete WalkMets president revisits decision on not bringing back Alonso

Nolan McLean and Juan Soto nominated for 2026 All-MLB TeamYou can help vote two Mets onto the All-MLB team.

Witt, Jensen, Caglianone finalists for All-MLB TeamThe Royals’ best get some recognition.

Thanks for joining us for the Mets’ 2026 seasonThanks, everybody!

Ten statistics that defined the Royals 2026 seasonWhat went right and the many things that went wrong.

Good riddance, 2026 Royals seasonNot too sad it’s over

ABS Increased MLB Game Times ➕Average time to play nine innings up nearly 4 minutes from last year (AP)

Monday Stat Party: 300, 20-20, 25Lindor, Benge, and Ewing sneak in milestones before the curtain falls.

MLB Playoff Predictions 🔮Round-by-round picks with bracket set 📲

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Grading Christian Scott’s NY Mets season and 3 things we’d like to see him improveChristian Scott's season came to an unceremonious end this week, as the New York Mets placed him on the injured list with knee inflammation following his final

Projecting the Mets’ 40-man rosterA look at where the Mets’ roster looks ahead of the impending free agency season.

MLB Draft Lottery 2027 OddsSee them here 📲

Kansas City Royals news: This 2026 Royals season is overHe laughed, we cried, we mostly cried.

Mets Morning News: End of the LineYour Monday morning dose of Mets and Major League Baseball news, notes, and links.

Final Regular Season Power Rankings 📊How the Mets finished out the year 📲

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Complete list of Royals free gents heading into the 2026-27 offseasonKansas City has a handful of free agents headed into the offseason, a good sign as they look to open up space to add new players for next year

Last Day of Regular Season 🔥Phillies grab final Wild Card spot. Astros take AL West. Full recap here 📲

Vinnie powers Royals to season finale victoryThe Royals 2026 season ended on a high note

Playoff Field Finalized ♨️Standings after Phillies clinch, Astros win division 📲

🚨 MLB Playoff Bracket SET 🔒😱 Astros on wrong end of history 🔔 Phillies taking on Braves 📲 Recap of final day

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Lindor gets his milestone as the Mets limp out of 2026Lindor hit his 300th home run but the Mets lost the final game of the 2026 season.

Guardians vs. Royals (09/27/2026)

Full highlights from Kansas City Royals' 3-2 win vs. Cleveland Guardians 🎥

Mets vs. Nationals (09/27/2026)

Full highlights from Washington Nationals' 6-4 win vs. New York Mets 🎥

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Mets place Jonathan Pintaro on IL, recall Jefry YanIt’s the final bullpen churn move of the season.

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What a realistic NY Mets starting rotation depth chart for 2027 looks likeIn what was a lost season in 2026, the New York Mets had three starting pitchers emerge as future key pieces of their rotation: Nolan McLean, Christian Scott an

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Royals' Jonathan India trade looks far less painful after Brady Singer's collapseThe Kansas City Royals has found out the hard way that you can't win every trade after Jonathan India's tenure with the team likely comes to an end.

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Mets Morning News: The end is hereYour Saturday morning dose of New York Mets and MLB news, notes, and links.

Biggest Winners/Losers of MLB Season 📊8 players and teams that have stood out this season for good and bad 📲

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5 Royals players who definitely won't be back in 2027 with Matt Quatraro under pressureThe Kansas City Royals will have to make some tough roster choices if they want to compete in the AL Central in 2027.

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Potential last flash from Ronny Mauricio confirms only one detail about his NY Mets fateIn game 161 of the 2024 season, Francisco Lindor hit a home run in Atlanta which helped seal a playoff berth for the New York Mets. Ronny Mauricio doubled the h

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Wacha reaches 200 innings but gives up a bunch of runs; Royals lose againThe Royals celebrate an individual milestone while the Guardians celebrate winning the division for the third straight year.

Guardians vs. Royals (09/26/2026)

Full highlights from Cleveland Guardians' 11-5 win vs. Kansas City Royals 🎥

A.J. Ewing’s home run give Mets win over Nationals, Tong finishes strongThe Mets won the penultimate game of their season.

Mets vs. Nationals (09/26/2026)

Full highlights from New York Mets' 7-1 win vs. Washington Nationals 🎥

Mets option Jefry Yan to minors, call up Chayce McDermottThe Mets continue to make roster moves as their season comes to an end.

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Kansas City Royals news: The last weekend of Royals baseballAnd Congrats to Denny!

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Every NY Mets catcher to lead the league in caught stealing percentageThe New York Mets have often valued the catcher position both defensively and for offensive production. Rarely have they gone through lengthy droughts of not ha

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Royals record may've created an MVP problem Bobby Witt Jr. couldn't outrunRoyals star Bobby Witt Jr. had another really good year that will see him high on the MVP ballots, but one thing is holding him back from winning the award.

Mets Morning News: Carson Benge becomes first Mets rookie to go 20-20Your Saturday morning dose of New York Mets and MLB news, notes, and links.

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1 NY Mets trade deadline deal looking better, 1 appearing worse, 1 looking just rightThe trade deadline came and went and so did the 2026 MLB season. With the regular season coming to a close, we're here to breakdown a few of the New York Mets'

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Royals can’t overcome multitude of mistakes in lossWhat an absolute mess.

Guardians vs. Royals (09/25/2026)

Full highlights from Cleveland Guardians' 12-9 win vs. Kansas City Royals 🎥

Mets need to put a tent on this circusThe Mets dropped the series opener with an ugly performance in Washington.

Mets vs. Nationals (09/25/2026)

Full highlights from Washington Nationals' 7-6 win vs. New York Mets 🎥

Carson Benge's 20/20 Season 🍎

Mets OF becomes 1st rookie to accomplish feat in franchise history 🎥

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Top Selling 2026 MLB Jerseys🏆Ohtani, Judge, and PCA lead the league in sales. Tap for full list 📲

Guardians series preview: The endThanks for spending time with us this season.

Mets call up Justin Hagenman, option Jack WeisenburgerHagenman is expected to pitch in some capacity tonight in place of the injured Scott.

NL East rival is getting creative with its pitching, why the NY Mets may follow suitThe Miami Marlins will not be playoff-bound this season, but you wouldn't know that by the way they're handling their pitching staff these days. The New York Me

The Royals have a perfect first base solution, but there’s no way they’ll do itPlatoon! Platoon!

Royals Roughed Up At Home with Three Games to Go + Org Awards!The Kansas City Royals have three games left, and we try to find the positives while running down the org awards.

Brett Baty looks like he can be a NY Mets solution for two needsBrett Baty hasn't exactly established himself as a New York Mets cornerstone. In the offseason, it was unclear as to whether he'd be traded to an interested sui

You should pick a playoff team (or more) to root forYour best source for quality Kansas City Royals news, rumors, analysis, stats and scores from the fan perspective.

Mets close out 2026 season against NationalsThe season ends with a whimper as the two bottom teams in the NL East face off looking to escape the cellar.

Kansas City Royals news: Denny’s 8000th Royals Game is tonight!After this weekend, no more Royals baseball until next Spring. Maybe longer

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B/R's Undisputed MLB Outfielder Rankings 🔢Where the Mets' best players at the 7 to 9 spots in the league stand 📲

NY Mets attendance drop isn’t a serious concern, at least not yetNo more home games left in 2026 and only three to go altogether, weather permitting, New York Mets home attendance numbers were a part of the story this week. A

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One telling stat puts Royals among baseball's biggest disappointmentsThere are a few reasons that the Kansas City Royals had a letdown season in 2026, but one stat is perhaps the most telling.

Mets Morning News: Falvey hiring official, Mets drop series finale to RangersYour Friday morning dose of Mets and Major League Baseball news, notes, and links.

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Updated MLB Free Agency Rumors 👂Latest predictions for top stars available this offseason 📲

Common problem can hold back NY Mets prospect from a timely MLB debutNew York Mets prospect Jonathan Santucci has had a solid minor league season this year. After posting a 3.57 ERA and 3.08 FIP across 90.2 innings in Double-A, h

The Mets couldn’t rock Rocker, fall to RangersUntil next time, misters Nimmo and deGrom.

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Dobnak roughed up, offense silent in Royals lossAn absolute snoozefest.

Pete Alonso sounds like he's divorcing NY Mets fans after getting the dog last weekPete Alonso’s return to Citi Field last week was both controversial and a show of love. New York Mets fans cheered for him more than the home team. It was a sta

Mets vs. Rangers (09/24/2026)

Full highlights from Texas Rangers' 3-1 win vs. New York Mets 🎥

White Sox vs. Royals (09/24/2026)

Full highlights from Chicago White Sox' 9-1 win vs. Kansas City Royals 🎥

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Mets add Derek Falvey to front office, promote Kris GrossThe Mets are tweaking their front office entering the offseason.

Recent NY Mets waiver claim from SF Giants has an easy to diagnose weakness to fixThe New York Mets aren’t taking it easy with roster moves in the final days of the 2026 season. They’ve both added and subtracted with one of their latest moves

David Stearns' latest NY Mets hires turn up the heat on his own seatKeeping Andy Green around to be the New York Mets manager and adding Derek Falvey as a front office voice should be thought of as more positive than negative. G

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1 Stat for Every Team's 2026 Season 🔢Summarizing how the Royals performed with a notable fact 📲

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Kansas City Royals news: The 5-game losing streak is overWinning is better than losing

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2026 MLB Awards Picks 🏆Selecting the winners for every accolade in the AL and NL ➡️

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Mets Morning News: Mets use the long ball to defeat the RangersYour Thursday morning dose of Mets and Major League Baseball news, notes, and links.

The 25 greatest individual seasons in New York Mets historyGreatest is something every player who wears a New York Mets uniform strives for. Many come and go and are either forgotten about entirely or stick somewhere in

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Bullpen is finally the hero rather than the goat in a Royals win.A much needed win secured

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Mets play spoiler with three long balls in victory over RangersThe Rangers intentionally walked Juan Soto three times and the third time was not the charm for Texas.

Mets vs. Rangers (09/23/2026)

Full highlights from New York Mets' 7-2 win vs. Texas Rangers 🎥

White Sox vs. Royals (09/23/2026)

Full highlights from Kansas City Royals' 5-4 win vs. Chicago White Sox 🎥

Mets close to adding Derek Falvey to front officeFalvey most recently served as the Twins’ president of baseball operations.

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Royals honor Brett Squires as Hitter of the Year, but face a tricky offseason choiceBrett Squires won Royals Minor League Hitter of the Year, and now Kansas City needs to decide if that's enough to put him on the 40-man or risk losing him

There’s a clear first move for Derek Falvey to help the NY Mets makeDerek Falvey is expected to join the New York Mets front office in a yet to be declared role. Regardless of the job title he receives, Falvey’s goal is to make

What lessons can the Royals learn from the Rays and Brewers?The Rays and Brewers are enjoying some small-market success this year.

MLB Final Week Chaos ♨️

👂 Latest on Judge, Ohtani 👀 Tightest playoff races 📳 LIVE with insider Jon Heyman

MLB Season Stat Leaders 🔢Yordan's triple crown bid, Miz chasing history. Numbers to watch down the stretch 📲

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Best Playoff Runs Since 2000 🔥Ranking the top 10 teams that pulled off epic playoff journey's ➡️

NY Mets bring much-needed balance to David Stearns' front office by reuniting him with Derek FalveyWhen you're trudging to the finish line of a lost season, why bother waiting until you've actually crossed it? The New York Mets certainly had no interest in st

3 players right for the NY Mets if Adam Ottavino’s Freddy Peralta theory is rightWhen Adam Ottavino talks, he tends to have some proprietary takes. He spoke last offseason about the New York Mets, criticizing ex-manager Carlos Mendoza for pi

Teams Scouting Cespedes' Son 🤯17-year-old Yoenis Cespedes Jr. has MLB fans feeling old. Video here from Beisbol FR 📲

Kansas City Royals news: Last stand starts with a whimperWith nothing to lose, the Kansas City Royals are in a powerful playoff position to end 2026.

Mets Morning News: Grass is GreenerYour Wednesday morning dose of Mets and Major League Baseball news, notes, and links.

Former NY Mets GM wonders if the sudden Andy Green hire blew an opportunityIt still seemed iffy the New York Mets would have a chance to keep Andy Green as the manager. From the moment he signed on, the expectation was always a return

NY Mets rumors: How much the Andy Green hire should actually matter to Bo BichetteSNY’s Chelsea Jane had a lot of great things to say about the New York Mets extending Andy Green. Players were complimentary of the interim skipper, and why wou

Mets get win against Rangers thanks to runs from Alvarez, BengeMets hitters took advantage of the Rangers’ defensive gaps

Inspired Royals offense not enough to overcome uninspired Royals pitchingThe emptiest 11 runs you ever did meet

Mets vs. Rangers (09/22/2026)

Full highlights from New York Mets' 6-3 win vs. Texas Rangers 🎥

White Sox vs. Royals (09/22/2026)

Full highlights from Chicago White Sox' 14-11 win vs. Kansas City Royals 🎥

Ranking the NY Met rookies after semi-silent emergence of impressive classThe 2026 season was a nightmare for the New York Mets, but there were actually some bright spots thanks to their impressive rookie class. The Mets entered the y

Mets News: Mets name Andy Green their full-time managerI guess he doesn’t like his family THAT much.

Mets place Christian Scott on IL, activate Devin WilliamsThe 27-year-old starter’s season comes to a close.

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Carson Roccaforte's breakout season gives Royals an easy offseason decisionKansas City Royals prospect Carson Roccaforte made a strong case this season to be included in the team's long-term plans.

NY Mets hiring Andy Green full-time gives them the steadiness they desperately neededA change of heart benefits all.

🚨 Mets Make Interim PermanentAndy Green agrees to 3-yr deal as full-time manager

White Sox series preview: How the tables have turnedHow the turntables.

NY Mets are one player away from setting a franchise recordIn 2025, the New York Mets set an MLB record with the most pitchers used in a single season. They called up 46 different players to throw a ball from the mound

Everything at Stake in Final Week 🌡️Biggest storylines that will decide how the playoff field shakes out 📲

Mets Minor League Players of the Week: Week Twenty-SixWhat minor league players put up the best numbers this past week, September 15th to September 20th?

Top NY Mets prospect is making a case to get the Carson Benge treatmentCould a fiery finish in Triple-A lead to an Opening Day spot in 2027?

This Week in the Minors: Quad Cities wins it all, Omaha’s season endsMinor league baseball is over for 2026, but congrats to the River Bandits!

The Mets travel deep in the heart of Texas for a series with Brandon Nimmo and the RangersThe end is nigh.

Mets Morning News: Hit the Road JackYour Friday morning dose of New York Mets and MLB news, notes, and links.

Dream Teams Gone Wrong 😱The '92 Mets and other would-be dream teams that turned into nightmares 📲

The Worst Player on Every Team of 2026 Season 😞Breaking down who has been the biggest letdown for the Royals ➡️

Kansas City Royals News: Brett Squires named hitter of yearPlus stadium opposition moves to the next step to get to a public vote.

A NY Mets debate we never thought we’d have is already overBaseball is all about making adjustments. Since it's a game of inches, small changes can make a big difference. For pitchers, these alterations are typically me

3 NY Mets players earning back some optimism in the final days of the 2026 seasonOnly 6 games left to go, the 2026 New York Mets season winds down in less than a week. A lot has been settled. Several fringe major league players who haven’t e

Monday Stat Party: Put him in the booksThe Polar Bear returns, but Benge melts one of his Mets records.

A piece of advice we want the next NY Mets voices to give David StearnsNew York Mets owner Steve Cohen made it clear to the team's broadcast booth in a recent interview that the organization intends on bringing in some new voices t