Jon Heyman
Baseball Writer/Insider
- Live chat 3pm Eastern today on Bleacher Report MLB Rumors page: ⁃ Devers & Red Sox ⁃ Manager Firings (any next?) ⁃ Luis Robert ⁃ Concerns for Slow Starts (Orioles, Red Sox, Blue Jays, Braves, Rangers) - Potential Deals in July JOIN US!
- Pete Rose deserves shot at Hall of Fame vote he’ll never get: never-get/
- Rich Hill signs with Royals, team announces. Minors deal. Hill, 45, will begin in AAA Omaha.
- Quietly, Francisco Lindor is an early MVP candidate again, even if Juan Soto and Pete Alonso are garnering most of the spring headlines. My full Lindor-appreciation column in Monday’s NY Post.
- The Tigers look like the AL’s best (sorry Yankees) but Bregman ultimately saw Boston and Fenway as his best fit. He was right about that.
- The Yankees may have a great one in George Lombard Jr. He could be the future third baseman, but at 19, it’s probably not this year. …
- Hey everyone here’s a gift link from me. Dave Waldstein with a great story about the Pope’s love of the White Sox UNLOCKED HERE: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/u...
- AL Central is suddenly a very serious division. 3 teams have a .600-plus winning percentage, another has the Pope’s blessing
- From my Post Sports+ column: The pitching injuries are getting crazy but aren’t evenly divided….. Cardinals: only one pitcher on the IL. Meantime, Orioles have nine (Zach Eflin could be back this weekend), and the Dodgers had as many as 12.
- In my Post Sports+ column this week: The Yankees may have a great one in George Lombard Jr. He could be the future third baseman, but at 19, it’s probably not this year…
