2020 mlb preview

David Stearns on leadership, team building and Mets' present and future

New Mets baseball president of David Stearns tosses around a Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby on the dawn of his first season in Queens:

Post experts make their picks for 2020 MLB season

The Post's baseball writers give their awards, division and World Series predictions for the 2020 MLB season. Asterisk denotes wild-card pick. Mike Puma NL East: Mets, Braves*, Nationals, Phillies, Marlins...

Best MLB 2020 prop bets ahead of Opening Day

Baseball returns on Thursday, and with it comes the opportunity to win some money on proposition bets for the 60-game season. Here are some selections, along with the market’s most...

How shortened season will impact MLB's few true aces

The 2020 baseball season, if it finishes, will go down as The Year of the Pandemic. The Year of the Sprint. The Year of the Unseemly Battle Over Finances. The...

Mets die-hard drove MTA bus through worst of coronavirus pandemic

A new father carrying on his dad’s love of the Yankees. A Pete Alonso-loving nurse. A cancer-surviving, Mets-obsessed grandma. A baseball-mad thoracic surgeon and vice president of NYU Langone Health....

Dodgers still loaded with talent in NL West

The Post's Dan Martin previews the NL West. 1. Los Angeles Dodgers O/U wins: 38 Key Player: Mookie Betts. This was not the season the Dodgers expected when they pulled...

Joe Maddon's Angels are contenders in the AL West

The Post's Ken Davidoff previews the AL West. 1. Oakland A’s O/U wins: 33 ¹/₂ Key player: RHP Mike Fiers. Remember when he was more famous than Dr. Anthony Fauci?...

MLB predictions 2020: Joel Sherman and Ken Davidoff break down every division

The Post's Joel Sherman and Ken Davidoff go division by division getting fans ready for the start of the 60-game MLB season in a special video series. Can the Rays...

MLB is back: A look at other unusual shortened seasons

Instead of baseball’s traditional marathon, its 2020 season will be a sprint to the finish. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, MLB has formulated a 60-game season that will be unlike...

Who will prevail in underwhelming NL Central?

The Post's Dan Martin previews the NL Central. 1. St. Louis Cardinals O/U wins: 32 ¹/₂ Key player: Jack Flaherty. He was superb in the second half of last season,...

Twins bulked up for AL Central repeat

The Post's Joel Sherman previews the AL Central. 1. Minnesota Twins O/U wins: 35 Key player: Homer Bailey. The Twins started Randy Dobnak in Game 2 of the Division Series...

NYU doctor thrilled for Yankees baseball after being in eye of coronavirus storm

A new father carrying on his dad’s love of the Yankees. A Pete Alonso-loving nurse. A cancer-surviving, Mets-obsessed grandma. A baseball-mad thoracic surgeon and vice president of NYU Langone Health....

Mets-obsessed grandma got cancer 'miracle' after viral Pete Alonso video

A new father carrying on his dad’s love of the Yankees. A Pete Alonso-loving nurse. A cancer-surviving, Mets-obsessed grandma. A baseball-mad thoracic surgeon and vice president of NYU Langone Health....

Bizarro 2020 MLB season storylines: Mookie Betts, Astros hate, awkward trade deadline

Face mask: What the catcher wears to protect his face. What all those who are not involved in the action will need to be wearing while on the field or...

Yankees have too much talent to be tripped up by weird season

When the coronavirus shut down spring training on March 12 the Yankees were the favorites to win the AL East despite not having Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, Aaron Hicks and...

MLB records that could be broken in bizarre season

With an abbreviated 60-game schedule on tap, there won’t be any single-season home run or strikeouts records set, but some rate or percentage numbers figure to be in jeopardy in...

Mets season preview: Shaky bullpen will make or break playoff chances

Rewind to early March, when life still seemed mostly normal and the countdown was underway to the Mets opening the 2020 season. At the time, the Mets didn’t resemble a...

New York native loves looking like an MLB superstar

They say that there is someone in the world who looks just like you, and it just so happens that Max Scherzer’s doppelgänger resides five miles from Nationals Park. “I...

This MLB season will be unrecognizable

When the 2020 season finally opens Thursday, baseball will look a lot different than when last season ended. Some of those changes were already set to be implemented, but the...

Nurse ready for Mets return after 'insane' coronavirus work experience

A new father carrying on his dad’s love of the Yankees. A Pete Alonso-loving nurse. A cancer-surviving, Mets-obsessed grandma. A baseball-mad thoracic surgeon and vice president of NYU Langone Health....