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Mark Simon and Jayson Stark joined forces for Friday's Baseball Today podcast . 1. The Indians continue to win. Is Jayson more shocked by Cleveland's good record or Detroit's early struggles? 2. Aroldis Chapman is on his way to one of the great...

U.S. PresswireAlex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter have had their issues in turning balls into outs, but Mark Teixeira has been his usual steady self for the Yankees this season."Our defense has been OK. We have had some guys who have been out of position....

US Presswire/Brad Bar; Photo Illustration by Trevor Ebaugh, ESPN Stats & InformationDavid Wright has a high batting average in just about every area of the strike zone.Through 40 games, David Wright is hitting .399 with four home runs, 26 RBIs and a...

R.A. Dickey struck out a career-high 11, all with the knuckleball, in Monday's win. The Mets won two of three from the Pirates to finish a 3-3 road trip. With the help of Baseball-Reference.com and some of our other research tools, let's look at som...

Andy Pettitte Stats To Watch Pettitte hasn't lost to the Royals since 1999. His eight straight wins against the Royals mark the longest regular-season winning streak by a Yankees pitcher against the Royals. Similar to his last start, Pettitte wil...

Phil Hughes Stat To Watch One of the reasons Hughes has pitched at least a little bit better of late has been his ability to wiggle out of trouble. Opponents are 2-for-16 against Hughes with runners in scoring position over his last three starts. ...

The Dodgers have two megastars who dominate the NL leaderboards across multiple categories in Matt Kemp and Clayton Kershaw. But there is another Dodgers player who finds himself in some interesting leaderboard company -- catcher A.J. Ellis. Ellis...

Eric Karabell and Mark Simon gathered for Monday's Baseball Today podcast. Here's what went down: 1. Justin Verlander's near no-no and Max Scherzer's 15-strikeout game topped the weekend's pitching performances. Who else had great games? 2. Aro...

ESPN senior baseball editor Matt Meyers and ESPNNY.com blogger Mark Simon team up to offer their thoughts on a few issues relevant to the upcoming week for the Mets. What should the Mets do about the logjam that will come with Jason Bay's return? ...

David Wright is 20-for-40 in his last 11 games. Above is a look at his performance by pitch location. A snapshot review of the Mets-Blue Jays series, with the help of Baseball-Reference.com Stat of the Series David Wright passed Jose Reyes to mo...

We closed another week of excellent Baseball Today podcasts with Friday's edition , as Mark Simon and I reflected on positives in the baseball world, and looked ahead to a fun interleague weekend! 1. Kerry Wood decides to call an end to his career...

Andy Pettitte Matchup to Watch: Right-Handed Hitters Pettitte will likely have to deal with a lineup in which seven of the nine hitters are right-handed batters, and the respites are going to be two of the Reds' best hitters: lefties Joey Votto an...

US Presswire/Steve MitchellThe rest of the NL can only look on in envy at David Wright's performance this season.A look back at the Mets, with help from resources such as Baseball-Reference.com Stat of the Week David Wright and Jose Reyes each ha...

Tuesday night was an angry one for quite a few players, managers and umpires, but Mark Simon and I were in good moods to chronicle it all for Wednesday's Baseball Today podcast! 1. Washington Nationals ace Stephen Strasburg had a miserable outing ...

Hiroki Kuroda Matchup To Watch Kuroda and Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista have faced each other three times, all in 2008. Bautista homered the first time, than flied out to deep left field the other two. Bautista has not looked like the player of...

Plays like this tag out by R.A. Dickey earlier this season are why he's among the best Mets defenders. We're 35 games into the season and there are all sorts of ways by which we could evaluate how the Mets offense and pitching are faring. But wh...