To get to where they want to go, both the Mets and the Yankees will need better performances from some key players.

The appeal of the MLB All-Star Game, held in Atlanta this year, is self-evident, right there in the name: It’s about stars, the headline names, the best the sport has to offer — and to sell. And what they are selling, increasingly, is not the Yankees.

The New York Mets stole Juan Soto from the New York Yankees in the offseason. They could steal a top trade target from the Bronx Bombers this season, too.

A useful member of the New York Mets for two games is now lost to the New York Yankees who've stolen him on waivers.

On Sunday afternoon, the Yankees won. The Mets lost. The result, however, didn’t do much to change the tenor of the weekend for either team. It was a positive three days for the Mets and a concerning trip to Queens for the skidding Yankees.

Neither the Yankees nor the Mets are the surefire World Series contenders, needing just a little fine tuning at the trade deadline, they thought they were a month ago.

With 21 home runs so far in 2025, Pete Alonso will have the Mets franchise home run record in his sights during the second half of the season.