On-Base Perception

1. TRAVIS D’ARNAUD, C, Las Vegas 51s (AAA)

.250 BA, .429 OBP, .472 SLG, 1 HR, 8 RBIs

Recovering from a fracture in left foot.

2. NOAH SYNDERGAARD, RHP, Binghamton Mets (Class AA)

5-3 (16 starts), 2.69 ERA, 90 K, 20 BB

2-0 with a 1.35 ERA in four starts since being promoted to AA.

3. RAFAEL MONTERO, RHP, Las Vegas 51s

8-5, 3.07 ERA,...

Stats are a better indicator of talent than the "eye test," but they have their flaws. Especially when it comes to pitching numbers.

Case in point: Matt Harvey has consistently pitched brilliantly, yet he takes a 7-2 record into the All-Star break. The seven wins ties him for 31st in MLB among qualified pitchers.

Wins have long been used to measure a starter, dating to when...

If you thought you saw Anna Benson at her craziest when then-husband Kris was with the Mets, you might want to sit down.

Benson has been arrested for “allegedly raiding Kris’ apartment with a gun and a metal baton, all while wearing a bulletproof vest,” according to TMZ.

Anna allegedly showed up at her ex-husband’s residence, whipped out an expandable baton and threatened to hit him....

The debate about whether Matt Harvey should start the All-Star Game is moot. At least to Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw, the pitcher most frequently mentioned as an alternative to Harvey.

“He should,” Kershaw told FOXSports.com. “There’s no reason, especially if it’s in New York, that he shouldn’t start. That’s what the fans will want. I’ve got no problem with that.”

By traditional measures,...

1. GARY SANCHEZ, C, Tampa Yankees (Class A)

.272 BA, .333 OBP, .478 SLG, 12 HR, 55 RBIs

Four of last 10 hits were for extra bases.

2. J.R. MURPHY, C, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (AAA)

276 BA, .361 OBP, .444 SLG, 9 HR, 36 RBIs

Picked up his game since promotion to Triple-A, batting .299 with .385 OBP and 3 HR.

3. RAFAEL DE PAULA,...

Yasiel Puig walked, doubled and scored a run Friday night in the Dodgers' 10-2 victory over the Giants.

That's what fans of the rock-star rookie would call a bad day.

Through the first 30 games of his career, Puig has hit .420 with eight home runs and 19 RBIs. He has 15 multihit games and gone hitless only three times. That production, combined with infectious energy and a propensity...

Retired Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui is going back to the minor leagues. To pitch batting practice.

Matsui will toss BP to Yankees minor leaguers playing for the Staten Island Yankees. He's scheduled to throw batting practice Saturday, Monday and Tuesday at Richmond County Bank Ballpark.

Batting practice begins around 4 p.m. on Saturday, but gates are only open to fans at 6 p.m., so...

Forget the fact that Citi Field is Matt Harvey’s stadium.

Forget that the Mets’ phenom has taken the baseball landscape by storm.

Focus simply on this: Harvey should start the All-Star Game because he’s the best pitcher in the National League so far this season.

Of course, there are several legitimate candidates in the conversation. Pittsburgh’s Jeff Locke has a 2.06 ERA. Arizona’s...

All-Star voting ends Thursday, and it’s likely to end without Yasiel Puig being named a starter – unless a flood of write-in votes changes things.

But that doesn’t mean that the Cuban-born Dodgers phenom won’t play in the midsummer classic.

First the facts: Puig strolled on to the MLB stage on June 3, like a lightning bolt sent to save the Dodgers’ season and Don Mattingly’s job as manager....

MARCUS STROMAN, Patchogue-Medford

RHP | New Hampshire (Blue Jays, AA)

4-1, 3.25 ERA, 37 K, 11 BB in eight starts

Has succeeded since Jays moved him out of the bullpen and into the rotation.

STEVEN MATZ, Ward Melville

LHP | Savannah Sand Gnats (Mets, Class A)

2-3, 2.57 ERA, 65 K, 19 BB in 12 starts

A big-time arm.

SEAN NOLIN, Seaford

LHP | New...