World Series MLBbros Creating Legacies and Shaping History: From Judge’s Slump To Giancarlo’s HOF Run, Dave Roberts and Mookie’s Ring Chase

World Series MLBbros Creating Legacies and Shaping History: From Judge’s Slump To Giancarlo’s HOF Run, Dave Roberts and Mookie’s Ring Chase

Yankee Stadium, NY — From a pure fan perspective, this World Series has been a dud. Game 1 in Los Angeles was a classic, but Freddie Freeman’s walk-off grand slam crushed the hearts of Yankees fans and stole the thunder from the vaunted Bronx Bombers bats.

World Series Brings Highest Viewership Since 2017 

 

Two games later and the LA Dodgers, MLBbro manager Dave Roberts and star player Mookie Betts are on the verge of winning the franchise’s second World Series since 2020. It’s the matchup everyone wanted and despite the one-sided results, the series is averaging 14.55 million viewers, the best numbers since 2017.

As far as the MLBbros are concerned, it was a win-win situation. There’s a combined seven MLBbros on World Series rosters this season. The Yankees have five with Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, Jazz Chisholm, Trent Grisham and Stro Show. The LA Dodgers have Mookie Betts, ace Black Jack Flaherty and Roberts is leading the way. It’s been years since we have had that kind of melanated representation.

Giancarlo Stanton has six homers in 12 games this postseason as Aaron Judge has suffered through a treacherous stretch that laid waste to his dreams of leading the Yankees to the promised land this season. But Playoff Stanton’s been front and center. According to former WFAN radio legend and avid Yankees fan Mike Francesca, appearing on Mad Dog Russo’s radio show, Stanton has already solidified his Hall of Fame status with 429 career homers and 17 more in the postseason.

 

 

Jazz Chisholm is batting .167 in these playoffs, but he is getting his first taste of NY Yankees playoff life. If he sticks around, he will be competing for something every season and will get his chance to shine on the big stage.

 

Dave Roberts & Mookie Betts Building MLBbro Hall of Fame Legacies

 

Dave Roberts and Mookie Betts’ legacies will benefit most by closing out the NY Yankees sooner rather than later.

 

Roberts will become the second Black manager in history to win two World Series titles, joining Cito Gaston. Mookie Betts will win his third World Series title and second since Boston discarded him after he won an MVP and brought them a championship.

 

 

Mookie is batting .291 with four homers and 14 RBI in these playoffs. He’s been typically sensational with the glove and could win World Series MVP. He surely would deserve team MVP for the way he held down the shortstop position, graciously accepted Shohei Ohtani into the fold, even if his own popularity suffered, returned from his wrist injury and proceeded to be the MVP caliber leader he’s always been.

 

 

Boston hasn’t come close to a World Series since Mookie was shipped out after the 2019 season. The LA Dodgers have been perennial contenders, and it appears as if they are going to breakthrough with another title. Now we can stop all of the discussion about whether or not Dave Roberts is the guy to lead the Dodgers. All he does is win.

 

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Everyone knows the LA Dodgers would rather close out the World Series back home in Game 6 in front of the fans. Major League Baseball probably wants that scenario as well. The entire Yankees organization wants to avoid a sweep at this point and Aaron Judge probably wants to extend the series as long as he can to get more chances to redeem himself.

MLBbros Will Make More Noise Before World Series Ends

 

There’s still much at stake for all the MLBbros. Will Marcus Stroman get a chance to make an appearance? The usually raucous Yankee Stadium crowd didn’t have much to get excited about before Alex Verdugo hit a two-run blast late that gave the pinstripes some hope to avoid a sweep in Game 4.

 

Regardless of how this shakes out, the MLBbros are continuing to edge their names in the history of baseball, among the elite to ever do it at their position. Shohei Ohtani’s presence on the LA Dodgers and his impact on MLB and his 54-59 season definitely helped elevate the media hype surrounding the team. He will walk away with his third MVP award this year (won in 2021 and 2023 with LA Angles) and join the legendary MLBbro Frank Robinson as the only players to win MVP in both leagues.

These Five MLBbros Started For Postseason Teams In Game 1 Of Wild Card Series

These Five MLBbros Started For Postseason Teams In Game 1 Of Wild Card Series

The MLBbros were impactful and present in the various opening games of the 2024 MLB Wild Card series.

 

Justyn-Henry Malloy: Detroit Tigers

 

Justyn-Henry Malloy hit second for the surging Detroit Tigers in Game 1 of the franchise’s first postseason appearance in 14 years.

Malloy went 1-for-2 with a walk in a 3-1 win over the Houston Astros. It’s all coming together at the right time for AJ Hinch’s Detroit crew, which recovered from a sub .500 first half to snatch a Wild Card slot in the American League. The franchise survived the growing pains of All-Star Riley Green, rookie JHM and the injury to Kerry Carpenter and other key figures and now they are a team nobody wants to face.

 

 

By his second time up he was striking out to end a three-run explosion in the second inning by the Tigers. It was all they needed.

 

When you can trot out a Cy Young ace such as 18-win wonder Tarik Skubal, a triple crown pitcher, you always have a chance. His fastball and change ups were dominant as usual and he exited after six innings of no-run ball.

 

Malloy was up and down in his rookie season, showing some pop with 8 bro bombs in 202 at-bats. He has the potential to explode in a game and for AJ Hinch to give him the start in the opening Wild Card game is a huge indication that he believes the young outfielder is a part of the Tigers’ future.

Tommy Pham: Kansas City Royals

 

There’s that man again. Playoff Tommy Pham, who always plays his best when the stakes are high. He’s been a consistent catalyst for teams looking to either get out of the doldrums or seeking a veteran spark who can bring, energy, a loud bat and a competitive, winning spirit to a possible contender.

 

Adding Pham to a Royals team that is built around Bobby Witt and veteran catcher Salvador Perez was a genius move. Pham helped the Arizona Diamondback make a fairy tale run to the World Series last season. Pham is a .313 career playoff hitter with 36 hits and 6 homers and 10 RBI in 115 postseason at-bats.

 

 

Pham was 0-for-3 in his first playoff game on Tuesday with the Royals, but they managed to win a 1-0 pitcher’s duel over the Baltimore Orioles in Game 1 of the Wild Card series.

 

Pham played just 23 games with the Royals in the regular season after stops in Cry-town and St. Louis. He impacted the team’s late season run to the Wild Card and will be counted on heavily as he batted seventh and played right field in Game 1.

Cedric “CM Storm” Mullins: Baltimore Orioles

 

Cedric Mullins has been here before with the Birds. He’s no longer the catalyst of the offense, the 30-30 leadoff guy that he was in 2021, but he’s still a leader on this team and a very productive player with the glove and at the plate.

 

Mullins led the Orioles with two hits in the franchise’s Game 1, 1-0 loss to the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday. During the season, CM Storm hit 18 homers and stole 32 bases. He’s a weapon in the eighth spot for the O’s, who probably should have the veteran hitting higher in the order during the playoffs.

 

 

Tyrone Taylor: Mets 

 

Tyrone Taylor has found a home with the NY Mets after spending the first six years of his career with the Milwaukee Brewers who drafted him in the second round in 2012.

 

Taylor got over 300 at-bats for just the second time in his career and the 30-year-old only hit 7 bro bombs but he provided a combination of durability (130 games played), speed (11 steals) and solid defense for the Mets, who creeped into the postseason with a 360 degree turn in the second half behind shortstop Francisco Lindor and a host of steady role players like Taylor, who started and batted eighth for the Miracle Mets in Game 1 of their Wild Card Series against the Milwaukee Brewers.

 

 

In that game, Taylor went 1-for-4 with a run scored to help lift the Mets to an 8-4 win in Game 1.  In the last 15 games of the season with the Mets fighting tooth and nail for an NL Wild Card, Taylor hit .298 and slugged. 447.

 

Michael Harris II: Atlanta Braves 

 

Entering Game 1 of the Wild Card series against San Diego Padres, Michael Harris II was 1-for-27 over eight games in two postseasons for the Atlanta Braves. He enters these playoffs on fire, coming off a streak of five homers in seven games to end the regular season. Harris was able to collect two of his team’s seven hits in a 4-0, Game 1 loss to the Padres, continuing his torrid hitting.

After batting over .290 in his first two seasons, including his 2022 NL Rookie of the Year campaign, Harris struggled mightily throughout most of this season, but was able to find his groove in the last two months of the season and salvage a respectable .264 batting average with 16 homers.

 

 

Now, he’s firmly cemented as the Braves’ leadoff hitter and he looks poised to finally have his breakout playoffs, which would make the growing pains he experiences this season worthwhile.

 

He’s sure to produce a web gem or two as he is among the best centerfielders in the past 20 years, and we are yet to see the best of him at the plate…that’s a scary thought.

 

Darren Baker Wastes No Time With Hit In First MLB Plate Appearance: Dusty Finally Gets To Enjoy His Son’s Journey

Darren Baker Wastes No Time With Hit In First MLB Plate Appearance: Dusty Finally Gets To Enjoy His Son’s Journey

Dusty Baker’s son, Darren, made his major league debut and didn’t waste any time closing in on pop’s stats, as Baker hit the first pitch of his career up the middle for a base hit.

 

The 25-year-old infielder got the call up on Sunday and joined the team once rosters expanded to 40 players.

 

 

His pops Dusty is a legend with over 2,000 managerial wins and a World Series championship, he won with the Houston Astros in 2022. He’s always been very supportive of Darren’s career and has to be overjoyed that his boy, who has been at several Spring Training camps throughout his career, is finally getting the official call-up.

 

“I didn’t need an alarm today,” said Darren Baker, who learned of his callup Saturday.

 

Baker made his big league debut as a pinch hitter for the Nationals in the ninth inning of a 14-1 loss to the Chicago Cubs.

 

“That’s something he doesn’t even remember,” Dusty Baker said. “He’s reminded of it constantly, but he doesn’t remember. That’s quite a story. At the time, it seemed kind of funny or embarrassing or whatever, but in the full circle of life, maybe it was supposed to happen.”

 

When he got the word, Baker’s first two calls were to his parents, who arrived in Washington from the West Coast early Sunday morning and arrived in time for the Nationals’ series finale against the Chicago Cubs. The 25-year-old, Washington’s 10th-round pick in 2021, hit .285 with 49 RBIs and 38 stolen bases at Rochester, could play some outfield in addition during his time in Washington.

 

Darren Baker Has Long Been A Part Of World Series History As Bat Boy

 

Longtime baseball fans will remember Darren for an incident in the 2002 World Series, when he was serving as a batboy for his father’s San Francisco Giants. Baker infamously had to be pulled out of the way of an oncoming baserunner by Giants first baseman JT Snow during Game 5, moments before the 3-year-old nearly got run over.

 

The unforgettable incident led MLB to institute a new rule mandating that all bat boys are at least 14 years old.

 

 

The genes have got to count for something as well. Dusty was a feared batter who was also played in two All-Star games, won two World Series, a Gold Glove, a Silver Slugger and hit 242 career bro bombs.

 

Washington Nationals Continue To Produce MLBbros 

Baker is another MLBbro to come through the Nationals system. Mike Rizzo and his staff have not been afraid to Draft Black players and their resurgence as a franchise is built around Bros such as shortstop CJ Abrams, pitcher Josiah Gray, slugger James Wood and minor league talents such as Baker and Elijah Green.

 

St. Louis Cardinals MLBbro Big Three Back Together: Sky Walker, Masyn Winn and VS2 Reunite For Wild Card Run

St. Louis Cardinals MLBbro Big Three Back Together: Sky Walker, Masyn Winn and VS2 Reunite For Wild Card Run

The Three Amigos, The MLBbro Big Three, The St. Louis Soul Patrol – whatever you want to call them. Masyn Winn, Jordan Walker and Victor Scott II are back in the bigs together, hoping to push St. Louis to a NL Wild Card berth. 

 

Jordan “Sky” Waker Called Up

 

MLBbro Jordan “Sky” Walker was recently recalled by Da Lou with infielder Matt Carpenter being placed on the 10-day injured list with a lower-back strain. 

 

When Walker began his St. Louis Cardinals career in 2023, he did it emphatically by matching the longest hit streak to begin an MLB career. Walker’s 12-game hitting streak tied a record held by Eddie Murphy, a player who began his career in 1912 with the Philadelphia Athletics. 

 

Walker, just 22 years of age, had an exciting rookie season, batting .276 with 15 homers and 51 RBI, 113 OPS+ in 117 games). The phenom also added seven bases and slugged .445. His numbers would have been more impressive, and he could have given Corbin Carroll some better run for NL rookie of the Year award if the Cardinals didn’t send him down the first time, shortly after his rookie hit streak.

 

Masyn Winn, Jordan Walker and Victor Scott II Are Back Together In Bigs

 

The St. Louis Cardinals were a must-see on Opening Day as they started three young and rising MLBbros in Victor Scott, Jordan Walker and shortstop Masyn Winn started in the lineup.

Scott didn’t last long and was sent down to the minors in April. Walker got off to an horrendous start with 9 hits in 58 at-bats (.155) and 0 homers and he was sent down after 20 games.

 

That was undoubtedly a shocker to most, including his longtime friend Masyn Winn, who looked forward to road trips and sharing the MLB experience with Walker. While Walker had to humble himself and re-tool in the minors, Winn has ascended to one of the rising stars of the game.

 

The 22-year-old shortstop is batting .279 with 9 homers and 41 RBI and 10 steals. He’s also playing a dynamic shortstop and giving Cardinals fans great hope for the future. He’s living Walker’s 2023 season, without the organizational pressures of a position change and expectations of power.

 

Jordan Walker Makes Adjustments At The Plate 

 

Walker wasn’t showing the “progression” the Cardinals were looking for so he remained in the minor leagues longer than we all hoped or expected.

 

According to reports, Walker is now starting out with a more open stance at the plate, a tweak that not only affords better vision and pitch-tracking, at least theoretically, but also forces Walker to “coil” more during his load phase and better tap into his substantial physical strength. While the sample size is quite small, the results coinciding with those changes have been impressive.

 

Walker is a great talent and his recent assault on minor league pitching in Memphis was enough for the Cardinals – who are 1.5 games behind the Atlanta Braves for a Wild Card slot and in the bottom of the league in homers and RBI –to call Walker up for the stretch run.

 

Cardinals Want Jordan Walker To Hit More Homers

 

Hitting the major leagues at age 21 isn’t easy and Walker looked pretty good at it despite lacking some mechanics that would eliminate his groundballs and increase elevation.

 

To put it simply, the Cardinals want him to hit more bro bombs and understandably so. He’s 6-foot-5 and has the potential to be a prolific slugger. He’s shown enough of that lately for Cardinals’ brass to bring Jordan “Sky” Walker back home to St. Louis, where he belongs.

 

Now the real fun can begin.

 

Victor Scott Showing A Liver Bat This Time Around

 

VS2 was recently called back up and he’s not wasting his opportunity, hitting his first career homer – a game-tying, two-run shot – and in another game, drilling a line-drive double down the right field line that gave the Cardinals a 6-5 lead in the 8th inning of a huge game against Kansas City.

 

 

As the Cardinals try to steal a Wild Card slot from the Braves and NY Mets, St. Louis’ MLBbro Big Three is back together again and might turn lemons to lemonade together in 2024. Who would of thunk it?

Trust The Process: Jazz Chisholm Joins 20-20 Club For First Time In His Career

Trust The Process: Jazz Chisholm Joins 20-20 Club For First Time In His Career

Jazz Chisholm has finally made his journey from the Nassau Bahamas to his true home in the Bronx, New York, playing for the New York Yankees. 

 

With one trade, Brian Cashman and The Steinbrenner Boys may have saved the Yankees legacy and ensured more playoff success as we power into the 2020’s with the brand still strong, but at a crossroads when it comes to elite standards of winning. 

 

Jazz Chisholm’s Arrival In Bronx Much Needed For Yankees Brass

 

Chisholm is a player that was highly criticized because of his bravado, honesty and inevitable consistencies at the plate. Some recognized it as a lack of proper development by the Miami Marlins’ organization, especially after Jeter left.

 

Others felt Jazz wasn’t the goods. Had no reason to be talking like a 10-time All-Star or criticizing veterans. Overrated. 

 

Several Bros Listed Among Baseball’s “Most Overrated” | Looks Like We Are Doing Our Job

 

In fact, in a poll of over 100 MLB players earlier in the season voted Jazz “The Most Overrated Player In MLB”

 

That lets you know a lot about how jealous many players are of the captivating personality Jazz has, complete with his colorful cleats, hair and ensemble of home run celebrations that connect with Gen Z fans. 

 

He’s letting all of the anonymous trash-talkers know that he is going to consistently make a fool out of them while wearing pinstripes. 

 

“What was it, like 11 players? I definitely knew who they were talking to, too. It wasn’t hard to find out who the players were,” Chisholm said, per Fox Sports’ Deesha Thosar. “I didn’t really care. Who cares what somebody else has to say about me? If he really voted that I’m overrated, that means you got something in your psyche, brother.”

 

 

The Athletic conducted a poll of over 100 players in June, with Chisholm receiving 20.3 percent of the votes to earn the unfortunate title.

“Like me, I’m not going out and voting who’s an overrated player because I don’t even know who an overrated player is,” he said. “I don’t look at people that hard. I only look at people who are good, I’m sorry. So you call me overrated, I gotta be good. That’s how I look at it.”

 

Jazz Chisholm Jr. Is Built For Pressure Of The Big City 

 

From his captivating and flamboyant nature to his relationship with Derek Jeter, who drafted “The Bahamian Blur”, everything about the 26-year-old’s game screams the bright light of the big city. He’s playing the best baseball of his career and blossoming in a franchise that will inspire growth and force him to lock into team winning, while bringing all of the excitement, versatility, talent and intangible energy that he delivers every game. 

 

After launching his seventh homer as a Yankee, Jazz moved into the 20-20 club, for the first time in his career. The exciting third baseman now has 20 bro bombs and 26 steals on the season. He’s come close in the past, but this is his first season since breaking into the league as a rookie shortstop in 2021 that he has exceeded the 20-homer mark. 

 

The Bahamian Blur is one of five MLB players to record at least 20 homers and 25 steals this season (h/t Thosar). The Yankees not only have a young, dynamic player, but one that is blossoming as we speak. 

Let’s keep it real. 

 

In the last five games, Jazz is hitting .350 (7-for-20) with three homers. 

 

 

In 13 total games with the Yankees, entering Monday night’s game against the Chicago White Sox, Jazz was hitting .296 with a 1.049 OBP, a slugging percentage over .700, seven homers and 11 RBI. 

 

The Yankees were 6-4 in the last 10 games entering Monday night. 

 

The impact of Jazz Chisholm is undeniable and he’s putting the 59 players who voted him most overrated (twice as much as Anthony Rendon who came in second) on notice as he continues to help propel the Yankees offense to AL East supremacy.