Joel Sherman

Joel Sherman

@joelsherman.bsky.social

New York Post baseball columnist. MLB Network Insider. Podcast: The Show with Joel Sherman and Jon Heyman. Webcast: Pinstripe Post. Documentary: Bronx Zoo '90: Crime, Chaos, and Baseball. Book: Birth of a Dynasty

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Clay Holmes talks here about the expectation of win or bust for Team USA. Also on "The Show," he talks Judge, McLean, 2d yr as a starter, his opt out after this season, more. Jon and I on Skubal, Benge, Dominguez, more.

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Why Bo Bichette is the key to the Mets pulling off this radically revamped defense The two big changes involve the infield corners. The key is how Bichette and Polanco perform, because their main attraction is as hitters.

nypost.com/2026/03/10/s... Five-time GG winner Matt Chapman on his pal, Bo Bichette's move to third base. CF transitions with the White Sox, Guardians, Diamondbacks and back to Trout with the Angels. Diaz, Tucker, Dodgers.

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Zack Littell and the Nationals are in agreement as @kileymcd and @JeffPassan 1st reported.it is a major league deal.

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Why standard for Hall of Fame pitchers must evolve or MLB risks extinction of elected aces At that point, you either are going to have to change your mind fully on what a Hall of Fame starting pitcher is, or see the genus that reaches Cooperstown go extinct.

nypost.com/2026/03/07/s... With the way starting pitching has evolved can both of these be true -- Jacob deGrom has 96 career wins ... and also a pathway to the Hall of Fame?

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Mike Trout’s fight to rejoin the elite comes with same old Angels battle It would be so great for him and the sport if he could actually rediscover his form.

nypost.com/2026/03/05/s... The WBC is going on with out Mike Trout this time, taking a historic player even more out of the baseball conversation. Can he find his way back?

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The daggers are out for brash Tony Vitello — it’s up to him to adapt and revitalize Giants Different and new really scares folks.

nypost.com/2026/03/04/s... Will Tony Vitello be a trailblazer for other college coaches to the manager’s office or make it one and done?

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Freddy Peralta’s Extension, Nolan McLean’s Team USA Moment + In Memory of Shannon Forde | The Show YouTube video by New York Post Sports

youtu.be/zHVAPBs3dRI 3 Things video: Peralta extension thoughts, McLean’s pathway to the WBC final and remembering the wonderful Shannon Forde.

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nypost.com/2016/03/04/sha… I have posted this column every year since Shannon’s passing to honor her memory and how great a person we lost. I can’t believe it has been a decade.

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Brandon Sproat and Jett Williams are the right components to Brewers’ secret sauce Both players are more likely to begin the season in the minors, but again that is not a defect in the Brewers plan.

nypost.com/2026/03/03/s... The Mets received a top-of-the-rotation SP in Peralta. Here’s what the Brewers think they are receiving in Sproat and Williams.

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Exclusive | Nolan McLean bestowed with potential massive Team USA honor Nolan McLean will play a large role for Team USA.

nypost.com/2026/03/03/s... Nolan McLean will start the WBC final if he is fully healthy and the U.S. gets there.

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Nolan McLean is not only trending to return to pitch March 10 after being sick, but Team USA manager Mark De Rosa told The Post that McLean would start the March 17 final if all was good and the Americans get there.

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Joel Sherman’s 3 Things I Think: How Team USA’s quest for WBC glory can only bolster Aaron Judge’s legacy Joel Sherman discusses Team USA ahead of the World Baseball Classic in his latest 3 Things video.

nypost.com/2026/03/03/s... 3 Things video: Team USA, Judge, McLean

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What Freddy Peralta’s track record could mean for a new contract with the Mets There are three potential avenues I see playing out.

nypost.com/2026/03/03/s... Thoughts on the many paths a Freddy Peralta extension with the Mets can (and still may not) go. Notes on Murakami, Acuna, Kelenic, Colt Emerson, more.

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This is Aaron Judge’s best chance to secure what’s missing from all-time resume This season stands out starkly for what boxes can still be checked in a distinguished career.

nypost.com/2026/03/02/s... Aaron Judge is the captain of two high-profile teams who give him two chances to spruce up a resume that nearly has it all.

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Nolan McLean’s Team USA debut on hold with Mets rookie feeling ill Nolan McLean was not with Team USA when workouts began Monday because he was feeling under the weather, according to a source.

nypost.com/2026/03/02/s... Why Nolan McLean was not at Team USA’s first workout.

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Hitting group: Judge, Bregman, Harper, Schwarber.

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Team USA on the field together for the first time in preparation for the WBC

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Joel Sherman’s 3 Things I Think: Sizing up the Dodgers This “unbeatable” Dodgers team has, in fact, shown that it can be beat.

nypost.com/2026/03/02/s... 3 Things video: On the Dodgers' dynasty and will it ever end, is it bad for baseball and more.

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Dodgers’ dynasty only helping baseball— but even Dave Roberts acknowledges the looming reality There’s no crying in baseball, so please, no tears about how the Dodgers are ruining the sport.

nypost.com/2026/03/01/s... I saw the last dynasty when many said it would never end and bemoaned what it was doing to the game. Rather than cry that the Dodgers are bad for baseball, step up and end their run.

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Ryan Yarbrough of the Yankees is joining Team USA’s 30-man roster to replace Minnesota’s Joe Ryan (back) for the WBC. Ryan goes to the designated pitcher pool, which means he is eligible after each round.

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Exclusive | Brandon Nimmo tells The Post he was ‘numbed’ by Mets divorce he didn’t see coming Brandon Nimmo’s cellphone rang on Nov. 20 and David Stearns’ name came up on the screen, and in that moment, Nimmo knew something important was afoot.

nypost.com/2026/02/28/s... Brandon Nimmo spoke to The Post for nearly an hour about his exit from the Mets - why he thinks it happened and why he waived his no-trade to allow it.

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Joel Sherman’s 3 Things I Think: With Randal Grichuk signing, who won’t make Yankees roster now? The Post’s MLB columnist digs into the Yankees’ roster construction and some decisions that need to be made before the season starts.

nypost.com/2026/02/27/s... 3 Things video: Everything you wanted to know about how the Yankees' 26-man roster might shake out, but were afraid to ask.

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The questions shaping the Yankees’ roster race – and how it’ll all shake out Aaron Boone is not unlike a fanbase. He too is taking inventory and shaping and reshaping what his 26-man roster will look like come March 25 against the Giants.

nypost.com/2026/02/26/s... With a month to Opening Day, trying to surmise what the Yankees' 26-man roster will look like and the key issues around constructing it.

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Randal Grichuk, who signed a minor league deal, will receive $2.5M if he makes the Yankees

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Joel Sherman’s 3 Things I Think: The Martian’s mentor Joel Sherman’s 3 Things I Think video for Thursday focuses on Yankees youngster Jasson Dominguez.

nypost.com/2026/02/26/s... 3 Things video on Jasson Dominguez, Amed Rosario and Randal Grichuk and what it all means for the Yankees.

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Once a ‘can’t-miss’ prospect, Amed Rosario could be key to salvaging Jasson Dominguez’s Yankees future The worst thing that ever happened to Jasson Domínguez was being nicknamed “The Martian.” The best might turn out being teammates with Amed Rosario.

nypost.com/2026/02/25/s... Jasson Dominguez lost a starting job late last season and gained someone in his Yankees life who knows this path well to help him through it.

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Joel Sherman’s 3 Things I Think: Can ‘Bully Ball’ Yankees fight through AL East and beyond? Joel Sherman sizes up the Yankees in the American League and the AL East in his latest 3 Things video.

nypost.com/2026/02/25/s... 3 Things video on Yankees' October issue and dealing with a heavyweight AL East.

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Any Yankees title hopes will have to go through baseball’s toughest division The Yankees are good every year. Usually very good. Eventually, though, they run up against a team in the playoffs that is no less than their equal and their season ends.

nypost.com/2026/02/24/s... When the Yankees have faced a playoff opponent at least as good as them, they have wilted in the Boone Era. Last year that was the Blue Jays. Now, if anything, the AL East is offering more obstacles than ever.

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Joel Sherman’s 3 Things I Think: Why Ben Rice’s ascension is so critical to Yankees Joel Sherman dives into Ben Rice’s outlook in his latest 3 Things video.

nypost.com/2026/02/24/s... 3 Things video on Ben Rice -- a comparison, his importance to the team and how he fits into a few key roster decisions.

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The questions the Yankees must answer to complete roster — with Ben Rice, Anthony Volpe wrinkles When it comes to the configuration of their positional group, the Yankees have many ways they could go and potentially many decisions to make.

nypost.com/2026/02/24/s... Trying to work through all the positional possibilities for the Yankees. And a thought on the Twins.

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