The first Subway Series of 2025 is upon us!

The battle for New York begins this weekend between the Mets and the Yankees at Yankee Stadium

Linda Surovich

May 16, 2025

What’s up with the Mets? 🚊

The Mets were off on Thursday - they open a three-game series with the Yankees in The Bronx tonight
This weekend will be the first time Juan Soto faces the Yankees as a Met and should the teams meet again in October it will add some additional intrigue to the Fall Classic (MLB.com)
Soto knows he’ll be facing a hostile crowd in the Bronx but he sees it as a welcome challenge (NY Post)
Former Met David Cone was not surprised when he found out Soto chose to sign with the Mets over the Yankees (NJ.com)
RHP Drew Smith took another step in his rehab process as he continues to work his way back from Tommy John Surgery (AMNY)

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Roster Moves 📰

Acquired LHP José Castillo from the Diamondbacks in exchange for cash considerations
Designation RHP Kevin Herget for assignment

Who’s Hot? 🔥

Over his last 35 games, Francisco Lindor is hitting .322/.387/.541 with five doubles, nine home runs, 23 RBI, 47 hits and 24 runs scored
Over his last 27 games, Mark Vientos is hitting .307/.349/.515 with four doubles, one triple, five home runs, 16 RBI, 31 hits and 17 runs scored

Down on the Farm 🌾

3B Ronny Mauricio (No. 9 prospect, Double-A Binghamton): 1-for-4, 2B, RBI
OF Eli Serrano III (No. 22 prospect, High-A Brooklyn): 2-for-5, 2 RBI
OF Carson Benge (No. 3 prospect, High-A Brooklyn): 2-for-5, 2K
INF Colin Houck (no. 30 prospect, Low-A St. Lucie): 1-for-3, Grand Slam, BB

BOX SCORES

Single-A STL | High-A BRK | Double-A BNG | Triple-A SYR

Today’s Game 🗓️

Match-up: Mets (28-16) vs. Yankees (25-18)

Where: Yankee Stadium — Bronx, NY

Starters: RHP Tylor Megill (3-3, 3.10 ERA) vs. LHP Carlos Rodón (4-3, 3.29 ERA)

When: 7:05 PM EDT

Where to Watch: WPIX, YES

Is the Subway Series worth the media circus that surrounds it? ✍️

When the Subway Series was introduced in 1999, it was a fun novelty to see the two New York teams square off against each other. Both teams were finally successful at the same time, which led to them facing off against each other in the 2000 World Series.

Unquestionably, it has produced some memorable moments over the years. The Dave Mlicki one-hit shutout, the Matt Franco walk-off, Shawn Estes’s home run off Rodger Clemens, David Wright’s walk-off against Mariano Rivera, the doubleheader that went from Shea Stadium to Yankee Stadium in the same day, and Carlos Delgado’s nine RBIs, Amed Rosario hitting a walk-off home run as a member of the Mets in Yankee Stadium, and who can forget Francisco Lindor’s three-home-run game in 2021? These were all fun moments that, in the grand scheme of things, were just another game on the schedule out of 162.

What is far more critical, where the schedule is concerned, is playing the Phillies, the Braves, and any other National League teams in the playoff race and who could potentially be Wild Card winners. The games have far more impact for the race to October, but instead, New York is treated to a media circus mid-season, which has far more vitriol now that Juan Soto is a New York Met. Spending just one season in the Bronx now makes him a traitor in the eyes of Yankee fans, which, of course, is being ratcheted up by sports “analysts” that do more screaming than analyzing.

The novelty has worn off after 26 years. Even the novelty of playing the American League now is gone since the National League has the DH, and the two leagues play each other regularly on the schedule.

In small doses, it is a fun taste of playoff baseball during the regular season, but it should be just that. A small dose. Both teams need more games against opponents that actually matter, which also fills the need for high-stress games before the playoffs begin.

Still, it seems the majority of New Yorkers like having it and the spectacle it brings, so until it changes, let the battle for New York begin once again.

Let’s Go Mets.

Around the League 🚩

Dodgers LHP Clayton Kershaw will make his season debut this weekend after undergoing shoulder surgery last season (ESPN)
Both Carlos Correa and Byron Buxton were placed in the concussion protocol after a scary collision in the Twins 4-0 win over the Orioles (ESPN)
Atlanta RHP Spencer Strider is expected to make his return from injury next week against the Nationals (ESPN)
Utilityman Tony Kemp announced his retirement from baseball after nine seasons in the majors (ESPN)