— From 2027-30, Pete Alonso will be making $33.5M/year from the Orioles; he goes to the post every day. Games he’s played/home runs he’s hit in since 2021:
2021- 152…….37
2022- 160……40
2023- 154……46
2024- 162……34
2025- 162……38
2026- 154……37
Durable, productive, a good combination.
My question is this; if the Mets had to do all over again, would they have re-signed him last winter, or do they not regret letting him walk?
Decisions like that are why baseball needs a Hard Knocks-type show, so discussions like this one can be heard. Would be fascinating what they were talking about.
— Rangers 7, Blue Jays 1
Wyatt Langford got on base five times, scored twice.
Texas scored four runs in the second inning.
Toronto pitchers walked 10 Ranger hitters.
— Braves 6, Astros 2
Harris, Acuna, Olson all hit two-run homers.
Braves clinched a playoff berth, their 8th in nine years.
Astros slipped to 77-77; they’re tied with Texas atop AL West.
— AL West standings:
77-77 Astros
77-77 Rangers
72-82 Mariners
61-93 A’s
59-95 Angels
— Brewers 6, Orioles 5 (10)
Jackson Chourio hit a three-run homer.
Milwaukee has won eight of its last ten games.
Brewers are 96-58, are right now the NL’s #1-seed.
— Red Sox 4, Rays 2
Roman Anthony homered, had three RBI.
Ranger Suarez got 17 outs, allowed 3 hits, only one run.
Boston’s magic number to clinch a playoff spot is 2.
— Mets 6, Phillies 3
Juan Soto had three hits, belted a three-run homer.
Win snapped the Mets’ five-game losing skid.
Phillies/Cubs are tied for the NL’s #1 Wild Card spot.
— Famous birthdays, September 19th:
Nat Moore, 75
Dan Hampton, 69
Phil Stephenson, 66
Randy Myers, 64
Jim Abbott, 59
Sanaa Lathan, 55
Jimmy Fallon, 52
John Jaso, 43
Ryan Succop, 40
George Springer, 37
CJ McCollum, 35
Luke Raley, 32
Dejounte Murray, 30
DL Hall, 28
— Miami 33, Wake Forest 20
Miami QB Mensah completed his first 24 passes.
Hurricanes led 24-7 at halftime.
Wake had 13 penalties for 122 yards.
— Texas Tech 28, Houston 26
Houston led 17-14 at halftime.
Cougars scored TD with 0:49 left; 2-point try failed.
Tech QB Hammond waas 17-27/257 passing, with a TD pass.
— Guardians 5, A’s 3
Ramirez, Rocchio both drove in two runs.
Cantillo threw six scoreless iP as a bulk reliever.
Cleveland leads AL Central by a game over Chicago.
— Tigers 11, White Sox 8
Chicago led 8-2 after the fourth inning.
Detroit scored five runs in the 8th inning.
White Sox have a one-game led for the last AL Wild Card spot.
— Nationals 9, Cardinals 1
CJ Abrams became the 52nd player to join the 30/30 club.
Washington led 7-0 in the third inning.
Cade Cavalli gave up four hits in five shutout IP.
— Pirates 8, Royals 5
Pirates are 77-77; their last winning season was in 2018.
Konnor Griffin had four hits, drove in two runs.
Brandon Lowe hit his 32nd home run of the season.
— If the baseball playoffs started today (they do not):
AL: Rays, White Sox, Astros. Wild Cards: New York, Red Sox, Guardians
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Cubs, Phillies, Padres
