BullpenLife

The Mets enter tonight’s Subway Series opener having gone 18–12 against the Yankees from 2020 through 2025 — a stretch that flipped the recent narrative of this rivalry decisively toward Queens. The most emphatic statement came in 2024, when the Mets swept all four games and outscored New York 36–14, including a 12–2 result that matched the largest margin of victory in series history. The pitching edge still belongs to the Yankees — a 3.74 series ERA versus 4.00 for the Mets — but the Mets have more than compensated at the plate, batting .270 to the Yankees’ .224 across that same window.

The 2026 installment starts tonight.

The White Sox were 6-12 on April 15th — a team that finished 60-102 last season. Over the next 30 days they went 16-9, posting a 124 wRC+ that ranks second in baseball behind only the Yankees. That kind of offensive output across a 25-game stretch isn’t noise — it’s a lineup genuinely producing. They’ve climbed from fifth place, 4.5 games back, to second, just one game out. Kalshi’s current win total sits at 73.8, suggesting the market may be slowly buying into this team.