Max Fried again pitched like the $218 million man that he is.

The right-hander, acquired from Cincinnati in the Jose Trevino trade this offseason, was overhauling his repertoire in his first days in pinstripes.

Rory McIlroy collapsed to his knees and then to the green. He cried. He had beaten everyone, perhaps most notably himself.

No, four suspect outings was not enough to shake Aaron Boone’s confidence in Devin Williams. “He’s our closer,” the Yankees manager said Friday. “He’s going to get through this.”

The waiting is almost over for DJ LeMahieu.

Stroman did not survive the first inning of a game that started late and ended early.

Griffin Canning has added a cutter to his arsenal and is playing with a sweeper he has not yet debuted. 

Since arriving in the majors, Pete Alonso has been solid on batted balls he can reach, but his lateral quickness has been a weakness that was not improving. 

Twenty-nine other teams could have claimed him, and no one did.

The start itself reminded of the type of pitcher Tylor Megill has often been in his Mets career: difficult to hit and sometimes difficult to carry on a roster for a lengthy amount of time.

The Mets have been without two of their key lineup threats for the first weeks of the season, but that could change in the coming weeks.

The theory behind lineup protection suggests Pete Alonso’s looming presence behind Juan Soto should help Soto see more strikes, opposing pitchers striving to avoid facing Alonso with a runner on base.

The Mets lugged baseball’s best ERA into play and smothered it even further with a 2-0 shutout of the Marlins in front of 28,630 shivering fans at Citi Field on Monday for a fifth straight win

It is hard to think about the New York Mets without thinking of Alonso, who rose through the system, debuted in 2019 and played his first six, largely remarkable seasons in Queens.

What the Mets and some teams around the league are doing is dusting off a pitch that had attracted cobwebs.

The Mets have covered the injuries and the innings because their bullpen, particularly their multi-inning options, has been excellent. 

A 15-year marriage between Juan Soto and a team that won him for $765 million this winter will commence with its newlywed stage on Friday afternoon.

After an offseason in which the Mets spent over a billion dollars, their best player early on might be their $1.5 million ostensible backup catcher.

With an off-day Thursday and knowing he had a nearly full stable of arms who could be used, manager Carlos Mendoza seemed determined to use that full stable.

The shortstop will field, too, though Tuesday provided a rare example of his glove also not looking its best out of the gate.