Giancarlo Stanton keeps on climbing. The New York Yankees' slugger has moved up another spot on the MLB all-time home run leaderboard. When he hit his second homer of the night Tuesday, Stanton passed Dave Kingman to move into 43rd place in major league history.

If Major League Baseball undergoes radical realignment and puts the Yankees and Mets in the same division down the road, their fans will have to “relearn who to love and who to hate” in terms of opposing teams.

In Queens, the Mets are in a drastic tailspin. After starting 21-9 and leading the National League East by 5.5 games on June 12 with a 45-24 record, the Mets have lost 12 of their last 14 and are now five games behind the Philadelphia Phillies in the division.

As they try to scrap their way back to the top of the AL East, the Yankees have enough to worry about these days.

Despite him having a very solid season by an average MLB player's metrics, there's no way to justify New York Mets slugger Juan Soto's season when considering t

And at age 30, the versatile outfielder will likely opt out and test the market this offseason for a long-term deal. According to Jon Heyman of the New York Post, the Mets are said to “like” the outfielder. Bellinger is hitting .270 with a .816 OPS, 22 home runs and 69 RBI.

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The Yankees and Mets already have one of the better rivalries in MLB due to having a pair of ravenous fan bases loyal to their clubs. And that is just from a couple of series per year. However, playing each other 13 times a year if they were in the same division might make Yankees vs. Mets even bigger than Yankees vs. Red Sox and Mets vs. Braves.

The New York Mets had great expectations for Frankie Montas when they signed the right-hander in December to a two-year, $34 million contract. Those expectation

Mets' Carlos Mendoza and Nationals' Miguel Cairo share in a special moment before Tuesday night's divisional matchup

David Cone optimistic about the Yankees' playoff chances, highlighting improved pitching rotation and return of key players, Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton.