We hope Michael Kay is sitting down. And not just because it’s been a rough go lately. The voice of the New York Yankees, who just can’t help himself from getting into media spats and screeching about Juan Soto,

One clear trade candidate is Michael Soroka. The Athletic lists Soroka as a candidate to wind up with the Yankees, Mets or Tigers.

The Yankees built an early 5-0 lead, helped by a two-run homer by Aaron Judge (No. 33) and a homer and two RBIs by Austin Wells. Then they turned back the Mets’ comeback bids with a series of big pitches and big plays.

N EW YORK – The Queens edition of the Subway Series between the New York Mets and the New York Yankees included all the off-field gimmicks and silly jokes that were absent back in May when this matchup took place in the corporate setting of Yankee Stadium.

Michael Volpe, father of Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe, was caught on video in an expletive-laden confrontation with a Mets fan who was "bad-mouthing" his son.

On the latest episode of The Mets Pod presented by Tri-State Cadillac, Connor Rogers and Joe DeMayo review big series wins for the Mets over the Brewers and Yankees.

It was what the Yankees needed, not just to beat the Mets on Sunday, but also to snap their losing streak and lift them out of their haze.

Overall, the Yankees and Mets split their six head-to-head games this season, with the Yankees taking two of three during their series in the Bronx in May.

In the Mets’ 6-4 loss to the Yankees, who avoided a Subway Series sweep, after home plate umpire John Bacon rung up catcher Luis Torrens on a second consecutive bad strike call in the ninth inning, Mendoza decided it was time to air his displeasure.

NEW YORK — Without needing much coaxing from teammates, Pete Alonso stepped out of the New York Mets’ dugout for a curtain call. He had just delivered a seventh-inning knockout blow to the New York Yankees, with his second home run on Saturday providing the Mets a six-run lead. By then, the rhythmic chants of his name shifted to loud applause.

Pete Alonso homered twice and drove in five runs, Brandon Nimmo hit his second grand slam in four days and the New York Mets battered the reeling New York Yankees 12-6.

“The process is broken,” Nimmo said before the Mets played a doubleheader against the Orioles at Camden Yards. “I don’t think every team should get a person. It’s supposed to be All-Stars. It’s not supposed to be, ‘Who is the best player on every team?’ It’s supposed to be ‘Who are the best players in the major leagues?’”