With whom Mets manager Carlos Mendoza recently called “one of the best right-handed hitters in the history of the game,” Yankees slugger Aaron Judge up to bat and the Mets up 2-1 with two outs and no one on base, Díaz knew he “wasn’t going to give up a bomb.”

Aaron Judge is at it again. A season after running away with AL MVP honors, the New York Yankees superstar is off to the best start of his career, batting .412 and already producing 4.0 WAR a quarter of the way into the 2025 season.

The St. Louis Cardinals have a budding superstar on their hands in catcher Iván Herrera. Herrera has gotten his first, real taste of a consistent opportunity this season and he has made the most of it to this point.