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Not to denigrate Alonso's accomplishment in any way, but I was surprised that 252 homers was the most hit by any Met, a team now in its 64th season of existence. That led me to find the leading home run hitter for each team. Turns out two teams' all-time HR leader has less than Alonso -- the Diamondbacks (Luis Gonzalez with 224) and the Padres (Manny Machado with 167).Darryl Strawberry has company atop the Mets’ all-time home run list.
Pete Alonso blasted career homer No. 252 in the second inning on Saturday to tie Strawberry as the franchise’s all-time leader.
Pete Alonso ties Darryl Strawberry’s Mets all-time home run record
Darryl Strawberry has company atop the Mets’ all-time home run list.nypost.com
Nineteen teams' all-time slugger is White:
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He also has 100 rbi's which is 2nd to Kyle Schwarber with 101.
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https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/45994246/orioles-touted-prospect-dylan-beavers-make-mlb-debut
The O’s calling up another young White prospect.
The O’s calling up another young White prospect.
Absolutely. Unfortunately, Wheeler and Nola are injured. But their position players are top notch.
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The Cubs also won today starting 8/9 and Seiya Suzuki (Japanese). It is pretty cool that we have two really good NL teams to root for... if only the Orioles were a little better in the AL.
Speaking of Japanese players, I find it crazy that no one here has ever discussed how Japanese players were allowed back into MLB in the 1990's. Before the 1990's, there was an agreement that MLB teams would not sign Japanese players. However, pitcher Hideo Nomo and his agent, Don Nomura, controversially exploited a loophole in Nomo's Japan contract in order to play in MLB (Nomo "retired" in order to be eligible for international free agency). At first glance, it seems pretty standard that a Japanese agent would help one of his players make it to MLB. However, upon closer inspection, Don Nomura was actually born named Donald Engel. What are the odds that "one of our greatest allies" would "just so happen" to pull a shady move to get a non-white player into MLB in Japan of all places? In all honesty, I don't have anything against Japanese players in MLB as they are in small numbers, and they are generally high level players, but I figured you guys would find this info worthwhile.
Speaking of Japanese players, I find it crazy that no one here has ever discussed how Japanese players were allowed back into MLB in the 1990's. Before the 1990's, there was an agreement that MLB teams would not sign Japanese players. However, pitcher Hideo Nomo and his agent, Don Nomura, controversially exploited a loophole in Nomo's Japan contract in order to play in MLB (Nomo "retired" in order to be eligible for international free agency). At first glance, it seems pretty standard that a Japanese agent would help one of his players make it to MLB. However, upon closer inspection, Don Nomura was actually born named Donald Engel. What are the odds that "one of our greatest allies" would "just so happen" to pull a shady move to get a non-white player into MLB in Japan of all places? In all honesty, I don't have anything against Japanese players in MLB as they are in small numbers, and they are generally high level players, but I figured you guys would find this info worthwhile.
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Leo, Beavers hit his first HR today and it was a long one. Baltimore has done a great job building through the draft in recent years. That's led to their sudden resurgence, after a decades of fielding bad and mediocre, predominately Latin teams. Things, unexpectedly, went South this year, unfortunately, due to their pitching staff being absolutely decimated by injuries. Also, injuries have affected a lot of their other white, upcoming position stars. Baltimore has had so much white (position) talent in recent years, they can't even get touted prospects at bats.
Because of this, they've even helped stock Miami (via 2024 trades) with some talented whites: Marlins MVP Kyle Stowers and gifted infielder Connor Norby, who can't shake the injury bug. Last August, Miami was basically all black and Latin -- only 1 white position player out of 13.
Now they'd be pretty white friendly, if not for injuries. Upper mid-level prospect Jakob Marsee (OF) has come up and been great, albeit small sample. Older prospect, Griffin Conine was establishing himself early, until he went down for the season. Miami has historically gone after high school players with "high upside" in the draft. This year they went after college stars and reeled in 5 (white) college World Series stars/All-American types in the draft's first 4 rounds*. Seen all play several times. Great haul, potentially?
With some help from the Orioles, Miami might be a team to watch, going forward. They also had a nice stash of white prospects prior to the draft**. Must have been a front office or scouting change, or whatever? Because this has been one of the darkest teams in baseball, going back to their early days.
Speaking of MLB in Florida, Tampa has promoted 22 year old, top prospect Carson Williams from AAA Durham. Williams, prior to the season, was rated among the top 10 prospects in baseball. But despite hitting for serious power this year, he was batting only .213 in AAA. Par for the course, as BA's have plummeted at all levels of baseball in the last 10 to 15 years, even among the "elite" prospects
Rays, also, recently brought up an older (26), not so highly heralded prospect named Bob Seymour ^. Seymour, who is bigger than Polor-Bear Pete Alonso, has a ton of power. Hit 49 HR' s in AAA his last 162 games (2024 and 2025). Media (ESPN, ect.) is absolutely having a field day/laugh at his name "Bob". Once commonplace in sports, "Bob" has suddenly disappeared. Seymour hit his first career HR last night. Apparently, the last "Bob" to hit a HR in MLB was a mulatto named Bob Smith^^, who broke in with the expansion Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 1998.
https://www.mlb.com/draft/tracker/2025/all/team/marlins *
https://www.mlb.com/milb/prospects/marlins/ **
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=seymou000bob ^
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/smithbo06.shtml ^^
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Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Bubba Chandler shined in his Major League Baseball debut on Friday against the Colorado Rockies.
The 22-year-old pitcher made his debut in the top of the sixth inning of the game at PNC Park. He replaced starting pitcher Braxton Ashcraft, who allowed one hit and struck out six over five innings.
Chandler returned for the seventh and eighth innings, allowing no hits and striking out one. The Pirates then sent Chandler out to finish the game and secure the four-inning save. The Pirates won 9-0.
Over four innings, Chandler struck out three, allowed two hits and had one hit by pitch. He threw 40 pitches.
www.cbsnews.com
The 22-year-old pitcher made his debut in the top of the sixth inning of the game at PNC Park. He replaced starting pitcher Braxton Ashcraft, who allowed one hit and struck out six over five innings.
Chandler returned for the seventh and eighth innings, allowing no hits and striking out one. The Pirates then sent Chandler out to finish the game and secure the four-inning save. The Pirates won 9-0.
Over four innings, Chandler struck out three, allowed two hits and had one hit by pitch. He threw 40 pitches.
Bubba Chandler, Pirates' top pitching prospect, shines in debut against Rockies
Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Bubba Chandler shined in his Major League Baseball debut on Friday against the Colorado Rockies.
www.cbsnews.com
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BUBBA CHANDLER 100.4 MPH. 2ND CAREER STRIKEOUT.
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Very cool - great to see Chandler finally debut. I believe he was the number one prospect in baseball earlier this year although he has fallen slightly. He is still the top pitching prospect. Wasn't Chandler originally going to go to Clemson and play QB? Clearly things ended up working out for him. Interestingly, the top prospect in baseball now (according to MLB pipeline) is Pirates 19 year-old SS Konnor Griffin who is already in Double A. If the Pirates had some better ownership I would be pretty excited about all of this young talent, but the current ownership makes it tough to expect much.
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Carson Williams went 2 for 4 with a homer and 3 RBI in his first MLB game. Excellent debut!
