The Latest Breaking News from Mookie Betts

He makes the Mets a dangerous playoff team, but his supremacy comes with a trade-off.

"Can I use your eyes?"

NEW YORK — The only person who could get to Jacob deGrom on Wednesday was arguably the best player in the National League. The play of the night, though, came from one of the senior circuit’s most underrated players.

Of course the Red Sox weren’t going to fire Chaim Bloom or Alex Cora.

He is part of the team, but he is not part of the team.

MIAMI — Getting started that early on a Sunday morning in South Florida should only involve mojitos and an omelet station.

MIAMI — A very patchwork pitching plan, and some very shaky defense in critical moments, almost cost the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night.

MIAMI — The thought of having to use a bullpen day on Friday, the Miami Marlins’ first game of a four-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, did not necessarily excite Don Mattingly on Friday. There’s an inherit risk with the approach. A bad outing by even one or two…

LOS ANGELES — Freddie Freeman, working stiff? The moniker would hardly seem to apply to a guy who makes $27 million a year, flies charter, stays in five-star hotels and receives $100 per diem on the road while playing baseball for a living.