2027 AUGUST 1st - AUGUST 15th

[8.1.27] Mets 6, Astros 2 – Marquez (9-2) 7ip 4h 1er 1bb 4k 1hr gets the win and hits his fourth double of the year.  Finley (21) drives in 5 and goes back-to-back with Caraballo (16) in the 7^th. Smith has three more hits and is now a single percentage point behind the batting leader. He is second in average, he leads in homers and RBIs as he tries to win a third Triple Crown.

Ducky Medwick - 31hr 154rbi 371ave - 1937 Triple Crown
awesome nickname

Ralph Smith became the 15th man in major league history to win the Triple Crown in 2020 when he hit 356/434/659 50hr 133rbi. He was the first player since Carl Yastrzemski in 53 years to win the Triple Crown and first in 83 years to win it in the NL. Ducky Medwick was the last NL player to win it in 1937.
Three years later he became only the third man to win it twice. Some guys named Rogers Hornsby and Ted Williams also won it twice (never heard of 'em). when he went 347/445/651 50hr 128rbi in 2023.
He was the first Chicago Cubs player ever to win the Triple Crown.



[8.2.27] Astros 12, Mets 2 – Nothing goes right for Valdes (6-6) 4.2ip 9h 7er 3bb 4k 1hr, he and the bullpen absorb a drubbing. Short (12) drives in both with his home run, the only mar against Luis Torrez (7-8). He struck out 10 Mets, including Scalfaro twice. The Mets catcher has now gone 1-19 dipping his avg 315.
The Mets (68-46) are 9 games up on the Braves and 10 on the Phillies. They have the best record in the NL and are tied with the Puerto Rico Eagle for best overall.


San Francisco Giants rookie Rich Jenkinson had the best debut game ever. Technically, this was his second game, but he appeared the night before as a defensive replacement for an inning and did not get an at bat. He went 5 2 5 6 with two home runs and six driven in.


In the AL two men are hitting over 390. Vancouver A's 34yo catcher Kenzo Eida has turned hitting into a science, blessed with a great eye and quick hands. He's got 84 walks to 14 ks this year and he's hitting 391/496/614 on the season.
The other is Ed Summers, the Dominican Republic Stars 26yo first baseman. He's a swing-at-anything-kind of guy, but he doesn't miss much, only 49 k in 451ab and 39 walks. He's 399/448/621 and was above 400 as recently as the 29^th of July.
How hard is it to hit 400? Summers is on a 13-game hitting streak and his average has gone down! From 400 to 399. Both players are having stellar seasons, far beyond anything they've done. Summers is in just his second season and only hit 315 last year. Eida, has never hit above 338 in 12 seasons in the pros and never finished higher than 5^th in a batting race.


Boston Red Sox second baseman Augusto Cabral pulled off the amazing feat of scoring his 1000^th run and driving in his 1000^th RBI on the same pitch. He picked up the run and RBI on his 21^st home run of the season. A solo shot in the third.

I have no proof of this fact, but I am going to guess that this is a Major League first. That any player collected his 1000th run and rbi on the same home run. This would surely be an answer to a baseball trivia question that I would know, that's why I don't think this has ever happened.



[8.3.27] Mets 11, Brewers 9 (11 innings) – In a meeting of the two best NL teams (Mets 68-46, Brewers 66-48) all bets were off. There are four lead changes, two ties and watch the Brewers break a team record.
The Brewers starter was Alfredo Reyes and Fulton starts for the Mets. Reyes retires the Mets in order in the first and then Fulton walks the first two hitters, strikes out the next two and then walks the bases loaded. He gets out of it on an easy come backer.
Fulton allows a solo shot in the second and walks two more batters, but gets a 1-6-3 dp to escape the inning.
In the 4^th  Smith (36) and Scalfaro (31) go back-to-back to put the Mets up 2-1. In the bottom of the inning the Brewers leave two more men in scoring position, one via the walk. They tie it in the 5^th when ex-Met Jeff Hansen doubles home a run and go ahead when the next batter triples.
In the 6^th Finley (22) hits a 3-run shot to put the Mets back up 5-4 and it chases Reyes from the game. Fulton doesn't make it out of the 6^th either and is yanked after allowing a game tying solo home run. Sheppard comes in and lets up a double and a walk, which brings Hansen to the plate. He smokes a drive into the right field gap that Gonzalez is able to chase down on what would normally be the center fielders' ball, but because Sheppard (who tops out at 99) was facing the 41-year old lefty Hansen, the Mets were shaded to left.
In the 8^th Scalfaro (32) and Finley (23) go back-to-back and put the Mets up 8-5. Monje comes in to close it in the 9^th and walks two guys with two outs, then allows a single, driving in a run. After a double plates another run, Benes summons Spence to pitch.  The rookie throws a 58-foot curveball that skips past Scalfaro, allowing the tying run to score. He walks the next two hitters (the Brewers 11^th and 12^th walks of the game) before striking out the ninth Brewer to bat in the inning. They left the bases loaded again.
Okazaki starts the 10^th and allows a hit and two walks before getting an easy grounder to short to end the inning.
With two outs in the 11th Smith doubles and Scalfaro walks, for the third time in the game. Finley singles home Smith who turned on the jets (up from slothlike to segway) and beats the throw home, allowing the runners to move up a base. That sends rookie reliever Okazaki to the plate -Benes had used the entire bench- for his first career at bat. On a 2-1 fast ball, he cues it off the end of the bat and it bounces over the bag at third allowing both runners to score.
In the bottom of the inning the Brewers get their 15^th walk of the game and a pair of singles, a run-scoring one by Hansen to cut the lead to 11-9. A sac puts runners at second and third with two outs, but Gonzalez chases a ball drifting away from him into foul ground to end the game.
Some crazy stats in the game. The Brewers leave 20 men on base and get 15 walks.
Smith 5 4 3 1 , Scalfaro 3 4 2 3 , Finley 6 3 3 5 . [Written like this its ab/r/h/rbi.]
The three of them scored all 11 runs, were responsible for 9 driven in and received four walks, they left a combined 1 man on base and reached base in 12 of 18 at bats. The other two rbis came on reliever Okazaki first major league hit.



[8.4.27] Mets 5, Brewers 3 – Williamson (8-5) 8ip 7h 3er 3bb 7k pitches well and saves his spot in the rotation. After his last start Benes floated the idea that there may be a change and there was talk that Fisher was going to make his way back from exile in the pen. Monje (8) gets the save. The Mets go back-to-back again, this time Finley (24) and Caraballo (17) in the fourth. They are the first team to 70 wins.



[8.5.27] Brewers 8, Mets 3 – The Jeff Hansen Show takes over Miller Park, he hits two home runs including a first inning grand slam, walks twice, scores three times and even steals a base. Gardner (12-8) 1ip 3h 4er 1bb 2k 1hr gives way to Fisher who gives the Mets four innings, but allows a pair of runs. Gonzalez (8) homers in the loss.
The Mets are 70-47 and 10 games in front of the Braves and Phillies in the NL East, who are tied for the final wild card spot.


Angels 4, Red Sox 1 – Former Mets starter Shawn MacGilledon (12-9) has a perfect game for 8.1 innings before Angel Ortiz -hitting 190 on the season- lines a solid single into left field. MacGilledon would end up facing one batter over the minimum, while striking out 9 in his complete game 1-hitter.


San Diego Padres 25yo third baseman Jason Nicholes hits three home runs and drives in 8. He hits a pair of 3-run homers and a 2-run shot.



[8.6.27] Dodgers 5, Mets 4 – Marquez (9-3) 8ip 9h 5er 2bb 7k 2hr allows a 3-run home run in the 8th to give the Dodgers a 5-1 lead. Scalfaro (33) hits a 3-run shot in the bottom of the inning cutting the lead to 5-4, but the Mets go meekly against Jose 'Spunk' Cadiz in the 9^th. The Dodgers have what looks like an emerging dominant closer in Cadiz.



[8.7.27] Mets 5, Dodgers 1 – Valdez (7-6) 9ip 6h 1er 1bb 3k gives the bullpen a rest and Finley (25) drives in three. The Mets left fielder has 6 multi-hit games over his last 7 starts (15-23). Pruitt (13) hit his second lead off homer of the season, joining HOFer Rickey Henderson as the only players over 40 with multiple lead off home runs.

Again, not sure if that's true. There may be more players that have done that, and I'm not even sure Rickey Henderson actually did this, but if I had to bet on it, I think Rickey did this. And I bet he talked about himself in the first person while doing it.



[8.8.27] Mets 5, Dodgers 4 (13 innings) – 19 hits in the game and just 2 for extra bases (each team had a double) and the winning run scored on a sac fly, by Scalfaro. Fulton allowed 3 unearned runs in 7 innings and Dyer (2-0), fresh off the DL, got the win with 2 innings of 1 hit ball.
The Mets are (72-48) and have a 10 game lead on the Phillies and 11 on the Braves. Best record in NL by 4 games, and in MLB by 1 game.


Gotham Yankees 31yo first baseman Andy Fritz hits his 300^th career home run. The 3-time All Star (2021,24,26) has a WS ring (2021 Anaheim) and 8 Player of the Week awards. He's lead the AL in HR once and finished in the top 6 five other times.



[8.9.27] Mets 7, Reds 4 – Williamson (9-5) 6ip 8h 4er 2bb 6k 2hr pitches well enough to win and Scalfaro (34) and drives in five. He is the second NL player over 100 on the season, behind the guy who bats in front of him in the order, Smith. Finley has two more hits, Monje (9) gets the save and three Mets steal bases, Dickerson (13), Palacios (14) and Hayes (17).


Bailey Finley wins Player of the Week 13-22 5hr 14rbi 591/591/1272. It is the first Player of the Week selection in his career.


Detriot Tigers 33yo left fielder Evan Dayett drove in his 1000^th career run. The 6-time All Star (2019,20,23-26), has 7 career 100 rbi seasons and a career average of 309. Earlier in the season he hit his 300^th career home run on July 12^th.



[8.10.27] Reds 6, Mets 4 – Gardner (12-9) allows 7 hits in four innings and the Mets never get out of the 4-1 hole they dig for themselves after three innings. Finley gets two more hits.



[8.11.27] Mets 11, Reds 1 – Marquez (10-3) 7ip 5h 1er 9k 1hr picks up win number 10. The Mets get 11 runs on 11 hits and 12 walks, they leave 11 on base. Smith (37,38) drives in four and walks three times and Gonzalez (9) drives in four and probably saved his job for the season.
During the game, Dickerson went down and will be out for 2 weeks and speculation was the Mets might bring up Burton Holsinger, a right fielder with an above average bat 300/364/444 at Triple A at the age of 22. But the Mets decided to go with an actual center fielder for defensive purposes, so they brought up Nicolas Thul, the only Swiss born player has spent the parts of 6 seasons in Triple A. He fared quite well during his last cup of coffee in 2026. 2-3 3b 4bi.

dude, baseball is a business, that's why you didn't start the
season in the majors. and fuck scott boras.
you'll get your money... eventually

I also wanted to keep him in the minors so I didn't start his free agency clock. I have every intention of making room for him to start in the outfield next season, wanted to get an extra year out of him, ie. Kris Bryant.
The Mets (74-49) are 9 games ahead of the Phillies and 11 of the Braves.



[8.13.27] Mets 12, Padres 4 – Valdes (8-6) gets the win as the offense goes wild again. Scalfaro (35) and Finley each have three hits, Caraballo (19) hits a grand slam in the 7^th and even Thul chips with with two hits.


Puerto Rico Eagle Jose Castro strikes out 18 Chicago White Sox. The 30yo righty has nine straight 200 strikeout seasons, but this is the first time he's struck out over 15 guys in a game. The 3-time All Star has won two WS (2019,20 with Braves) and a Walter Johnson award in 2021 when he went 20-8 2.47era 215ip 212k 1.00whip.
He is 5 wins away from 150 before his 30^th birthday and hasn't missed a start in 9 seasons.



[8.14.27] Mets 7, Padres 4 – This time its Finley (26) with the grand slam to propel the offense. After Fulton (12-4) allows a first inning home run to put the Mets in a 2-0 hole, Pruitt leads off with a single. Short doubles and then Smith and Scalfaro walk, bringing home a run. Finley drives it off the batters eye in center to put the Mets up 5-2. Fulton settles down and Monje (10) gets the save.



[8.15.27] Mets 9, Padres 4 – Gardner (13-9) is the beneficiary this time as the offense again strikes early. A run in the bottom of the first to tie the game at 1 and then they send 11 men to the plate in the bottom of the third, scoring 6 times on five hits, three walks, a balk and a wild pitch.
The Mets (77-49) have a 10 game lead on the Phillies and 12 on the Braves. They are the NL's best team by 4 game over the Diamondbacks and one game over the PR Eagle for best in baseball.


Some other milestones to mention that are obtainable this year.
Diego Franco, 37yo Monterrey Suns pitcher has 281k through 27 starts and should get 8 more, putting him up around 350. It would be his third 300k season in the past four seasons.


Kevin 'Suppers Ready' Leighton, the 27yo Venezuela Lobos center fielder has 86 stolen bases so far and is on pace for 110. He would be the first player in 40 years to steal 100. Vince Coleman did it last for the St Louis Cardinals in 1987 when he stole 109.
I will explain this nickname. I gave it to him after I noticed that his hometown is Magog, Quebec. I didn't know there was a Magog Quebec, the only Magog I knew was in the Genesis song "Suppers Ready".
It sounded cool, that's why I kept it. I don't really have a good story for the nickname yet, but it's easily tieable to his prowess as a speedster. If you have an idea, let me know.

2027 JULY 17th - JULY 31st

[7.18.27] – Mets 3, Cubs 1 – Fulton (11-4) only allows two hits in 6.2 innings, but walks 8 and strikes out 9 and the Cubs strand 7 runners in the first four innings. Scalfaro drives in two with a double and a sac fly and Rushton (28) gets the save with 2k in the 9^th .



[7.19.27] – Mets 5, Cubs 0 – Valdes (4-5) in his second game back from the DL throws a complete game shutout, allowing four hits, four walks and strikes out five. Scalfaro (27) hits a 3-run shot in the 8^th and has four total RBIs. Short (11) has three hits and scores three times.



[7.20.27] – Mets 9, Cubs 5 – The Mets complete the sweep and Gardner loses a chance at 11 wins by allowing the Cubs to put five on the board in the top of the 7^th and take a 5-4 lead. The Mets had built that lead by hitting solo home runs in the 3^rd 4^th and 5^th innings from Smith (31), Finley (18) & Pruitt (9), in that order.
In the bottom of the 7^th the Mets hit two more solo home runs, Caraballo (15) and Gonzalez (7), who is still trying to get back to the Mendoza line. He's been across it four times this season, each time sliding back under. The Mets add three more in the bottom of the 8^th and LeBlanc (6-1) scoops up another cheap win by throwing four pitches. Monje (4) gets a two inning save, striking out three.
The Mets (60-42) have won 10 of 11 and extend their lead in the NL East to six games over the Braves (who are 2-10 in last 12 and just lost their number two starter for 13 months) and 7 over the Phillies (who are 3-12 in their last 15).



[7.21.27] – Mets 9, Giants 4 – Williamson (7-4) picks up win 205 for his career and Benes flips Pruitt and Short in the lineup. Yes, the Mets now have a 42-year old short stop leading off who has stolen a total of three bases in five years.
Smith (32) gets four hits, scores three times and drives in two with his homer. Finley (19) also homers and drives in a pair. Every Mets starter had a hit and six different guys had RBIs. The winning streak reaches five games.

a random picture of the Pyramids

Mike 'Egyptian' Mahoney announces his retirement from baseball at the age of 25. The 2-time All Star and 2025 Walter Johnson winner suffered what he thought was just a rotator cuff injury on the second day of spring training this season.
After successful surgery in March he was just beginning his rehab assignment when he realized there was still pain. More tests revealed a rare degenerate muscle disease and he will no longer be able to pitch.
The youngster looked like he was going to be the next big pitching star in the NL. He had excellent stuff, movement and great control. [Stuff, Movement and Control are the three major stats for all pitchers on a scale of 1-100. When he suffered his injury Mahoney was 100/86/98.]
He was first drafted in the second round by the Pirates in 2019 in June and then in the 9^th round later during the 2019 Expansion Draft by the Venezuela Lobos.

Mike 'Egyptian' Mahoney stats

With 69 wins at the age of 24, he was surely going to end up on this list.




[7.22.27] – Giants 4, Mets 3 (18 innings) – The winning streak comes to an end in the bottom of the 18^th inning after one of the most remarkable relief pitching performances ever.
Marquez 8ip 7h 3er 3bb 8k 1hr left on the losing side only to see the Mets tie it in the top of the 9^th on a long sac fly from Gonzalez.
In extras, the Mets had their chances, first and third with one out and Scalfaro at bat in the 10^th, bases-loaded and two outs for Wyatt in the 13^th and single runners in three other innings, they would strand 17 in the game.
The Giants wished for runners in extras, after a single to open the 11^th, the Giants wouldn't get another runner until the 17^th inning. Monje 7.2ip 2h 8k was unreal. After allowing a single to open the 11^th, he struck out the next batter, then induced an inning ending double play. He set down the next 17 Giants in order. The hit in the 18^th was from the guy who grounded into the double play, he had gone through the line up twice. He then got the first out of the 18^th and left to a standing ovation from the Giants crowd, well the ones remaining. Six pitches later the Giants gave another ovation, this time to Soshu 'Mosquito' Fujii as he circled the bases after a home run off Spence (3-1) who really shit the bed on this one. Fujii, a third baseman, was the number 1 prospect of this season and would be odds on favorite to win Rookie of the Year if the Giants hadn't given him 70 abs the season before. It's his 22hr of the season.
Smith goes 0-7 in a game for the first time in his career, Caraballo has four hits and Scalfaro (28) homered way back in the second.


Atlanta Braves 2b Jack West scores his 1000^th run. The 32yo won the MVP in 2021, has made three All-Star trips, won a GG and two WS rings (2019,20) all in Atlanta. He was drafted as the 23^rd pick in the 2013 draft. Oft injured, he hasn't played more than 145 games in a season since 2021. Those injuries might keep him from 3000 hits. The 331 lifetime hitter only has 1760 hits in his first 11 seasons, but has missed almost 3 full seasons worth of games due to injuries. He has won two batting titles, 365 in 2018 and 358 in 2021, his MVP season.
Two weeks from now he tears a back muscle and won't be ready until the start of next season, missing the preseason.



[7.23.27] – Mets 8, Giants 2 – Valdes (5-5) goes 6.2 for the win and also drives in a pair with a double in the fourth. Smith (33) and Scalfaro (29) go back-to-back in the first and the Mets are up 3-0 before the Giants bat. Short gets five hits and scores three times.
The Mets (62-43) and have a 7 game lead on the Braves and 8 on the Phillies. Over the past 15 games the Mets have gone 12-3, while the Braves have gone 3-12 and the Phillies 4-11.



[7.24.27] – Phillies 10, Mets 5 – The fourth  inning rain delay disrupted Fulton and he got wild when he returned in the fifth, an inning he failed to get through, although he didn't allow a run. The Mets add three in the bottom of the 6^th to go up 4-0. After LeBlanc threw 1.2 hitless innings, Sheppard (2-2) and fails to get any of the five hitter he faces out. Alvarez faces two batters and both of them score on a home run. Fisher comes in and loads the bases with a walk, then walks home a run. He is able to get the final two outs, but the Phillies now lead 8-4.



[7.25.27] – Mets 10, Phillies 5 – Gardner (11-7) doesn't pitch great, but the offense picks it up and scores 10 in the first four innings. Four each in the first and fourth and two in the third. Smith (34) has three hits and scores three times, Finley (20) drives home four. Every starter gets a hit and seven of them score.



[7.26.27] – Phillies 5, Mets 4 – Williamson (7-5) lets a 4-0 lead slip away by letting Mark Schmidt hit a bases clearing double to put the Phillies up 5-4. Some wonder why Benes would have let him pitch to Schmidt in the first place. Pruitt (10) led off the game with a home run.
The Mets (64-45) still lead the Braves by 6 games and Phillies by 7.


The Pittsburgh Pirates defeat the Chicago Cubs 21-8. They put up 10 before Cubs get a chance to bat and hit three first inning home runs. Pirates star Edgar 'Preacher' Lopez hits a pair of 3-run home runs to drive in six.



[7.27.27] – Mets 3, Lobos 2 (10 innings) – Pinch hitter Mario Palacios creates the winning run himself. He walks to open the 10^th, advances to second on sac fly to shallow left, steals third and then scores on a single through a drawn in infield. Rushton (1-5) got the win by pitching the 9^th and 10^th. With a ground out in the first Smith became the first person in either league to 100 RBI on the season, he also leads the NL in home runs (34) and is 4^th in the batting chase at 351, 14 points behind the leader.


Pittsburgh Pirates 1b Antonio Feliciano drives in his 1000^th run. The 2019 AL ROY he was traded from Cleveland to Pittsburgh in 2021 and has had the misfortune of being in the NL since that time. First base is the deepest position in the NL, starting with NY Mets Ralph Smith (the best player in the game), and he hasn't made the All Star team once since moving to the NL, but was an All-Star twice in his two full seasons in the AL.

Antonio Feliciano stats

[7.28.27] – Mets 9, Lobos 6 – Valdes (6-5) pitches well enough for the win and the Mets offense again strikes early. Up 8-2 after four innings, Dickerson (2) has three hits and Scalfaro (30) drives in three.
The Mets get a scare in the bottom of the ninth when Rushton is forced to leave the game with arm issues. Monje (5) comes in for the save and will be the closer while Rushton is on the shelf. Early word says its dead arm syndrome and he'll be out about 3 weeks.



[7.29.27] – Mets 5, Lobos 4 – Fulton pitches 7 good innings, but Sheppard (3-2) blows the save. He is rewarded with the win when Pruitt (11,12) hits his second home run of the day, a solo shot in the 9^th inning. Monje (6) strikes out two for the save.
The Mets (66-45) have an 8 game lead on the Braves and 9 on the Phillies, they have the best NL record by 2 games over the Brewers and one game over the AL leader, the Puerto Rico Eagle.



[7.30.27] – The Mets trade 26 year old right fielder Yukinaga Yamada (AAA) who had two cups of coffee with the Mets in 2024 & 2025 to the Houston Astros. An outstanding bunter, baserunner and an above average right fielder with very good speed. And a 19yo catching prospect Chan-seok Kim (A), a brilliant defensive catcher, but there are concerns about his bat at the major league level.
In return, the Mets get sp Choong-suk Ham (AAA), at 25 years old he's 13-4 2.60era 131.2ip in Round Rock AAA this season.



[7.31.27] Mets 3, Astros 2 – Gardner (12-7) goes 8 innings for the win and Monje (7) gets the save. Smith (35) has three hits including a home run. Former Mets second baseman Romeu Foreiro (21) got a standing ovation when he circled the bases on his home run. The 32yo Brazilian was the starter on the 2022 WS team and is still loved in NY.
He is having a career season and is all ready at career high in homers, 21, and his 75 RBIs ties his career high back in 2023 in NY and there's still 2 months in the season. He also made his first All-Star team this year.

Romeu Foreiro stats - oddly, my second Brazilian second baseman

As the month came to a close, no team was hotter than the Mets, 17-4 in the last 21. They began the month tied with the Braves in first and the Phillies a game back. They end the month 8 in front of the Braves and 10 in front of the Phillies, who seem to be fading.