— Hall of Fame manager Bobby Cox passed away this week, at age 84.
Cox was 2,571-2,070 as a major league manager, 67-69 in playoff games. He won 15 division titles, five league titles and the 1995 World Series.
RIP, sir.
— Diamondbacks 2, Mets 1
David Stearns is president of baseball operations for the New York Mets; he makes $10M a year.
This year, Mets have a payroll of $369,246,418, second only to the Dodgers.
Right now, the Mets are 15-24, worst record in the National League; they’re paying Bo Bichette $42M/year thru 2028. Right now, he is hitting .226, with a .565 OPS.
Not good.
— Rangers 6, Cubs 0
Loss ends Chicago’s 10-game winning streak.
Cubs are the first team since the 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers to have to have two winning streaks of 10+ games in the first 40 games of their season.
Texas SS Corey Seager is hitting .197; he is 6 for his last 47, with 18 strikeouts. He is making $32.5M this year.
— A’s 6, Orioles 2
Brent Rooker hit a three-run homer for the first place A’s.
Aaron Civale stranded nine baserunners in his five shutout IP.
Orioles have lost eight of their last ten games.
— Marlins 8, Nationals 7
Washington led 4-0 in the fourth inning.
Jacob Marsee put the Marlins ahead for good with an 8th inning homer.
Marlins’ SS Otto Lopez leads the NL with a .353 batting average.
— Reds 3, Astros 1
Chase Burns allowed one run, improved to 4-1, 2.11.
Cincinnati snapped its eight-game losing skid.
Astros are 16-24, 7-14 on the road.
— Brewers 4, Bronx 3 (10)
New York led 2-0 in the 7th inning.
William Contreras tied the game in the 8th, won it in the 10th.
Milwaukee reliever Andy Ashby got the win, improved to 7-0 this year.
— Braves 7, Dodgers 2
Spencer Strider allowed one hit in his six shutout IP.
Blake Snell’s first 2026 start: 3 IP, 77 PT, 6 hits, 2 walks, 5 runs allowed.
Shohei Ohtani batting in May: 4-27, no walks, no runs, one RBI
— Famous birthdays, May 10th:
David Clennon, 83
Meg Foster, 78
Jim Zorn, 73
Robby Thompson, 64
Rony Seikaly, 61
Greg McElroy, 38
Salvador Perez, 36
Nolan Gorman, 26
— Friday night, Diamondbacks’ catcher challenged a called ball on the first pitch of the game, which wouldn’t have been so bad, except he lost the challenge.
So after one freakin’ pitch, Arizona was down to one challenge for the rest of the game, which the Mets won in extra innings.
Do teams set up rules for when players can/cannot challenge? They should.
— San Francisco Giants traded C Patrick Bailey to Cleveland, n exchange for P Matt Wilkinson and the 29th overall pick in the 2026 Draft.
— Cavaliers 116, Pistons 109
Donovan Mitchell scored 35 points for Cleveland.
There were 11 lead changes, last one coming with 2:28 left.
Detroit still leads series, 2-1
— Thunder 131, Lakers 108
Ajay Mitchell scored 24 points, had 10 assists.
Lakers led this game 59-57 at halftime.
Oklahoma City is 7-0 in the playoffs so far this year.
— Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr signed on for two more years with the club; Kerr made $17.5M this past season. He is 708-401 as Golden State’s coach, winning four NBA titles in his 12 years.
— Jets rookie QB Cade Klubnik signed a four-year deal with the Jets, which will pay him $5.5M. By way of comparison, Trinidad Chambliss, the QB at Ole Miss, is expected to make $6M or so, for playing college/minor league football this fall.
No wonder kids want to stay in college, instead of going pro.
— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Cubs, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Cardinals-Padres-Brewers
AL; Rays, Guardians, A’s. Wild Cards: Bronx-Royals-Mariners
