Jeff McNeil

The Mets overhauled their offense this past winter, and most of the players they shipped out have been swapped out for new faces. They weren’t traded for one another, but Marcus Semien is taking Jeff McNeil‘s spot at second base. Pete Alonso is an Oriole, and Jorge Polanco will take up plenty of the first base […]

McNeil lifted a Bo Takahashi pitched 401 feet out to right field. He was hitting second in the exhibition today, but it doesn't seem likely that he'll bat any higher than sixth at the beginning of the regular season. He still could offer value in deeper mixed leagues while getting a boost from the switch from Citi Field to Sutter Health Park.

The Mets overhauled their offense this past winter, and most of the players they shipped out have been swapped out for new faces. They weren’t traded for one another, but Marcus Semien is taking Jeff McNeil‘s spot at second base. Pete Alonso is an Oriole, and Jorge Polanco will take up plenty of the first base […]

Woof. Quantrill struck out one and did not walk a batter in the ballgame. The A's jumped on him for a pair of runs in the opening inning on run-scoring knocks from Brent Rooker and Jeff McNeil. They then piled on with four more in the second with a two-run single from Tyler Soderstrom and a two-run blast off the bat of Brent Rooker. While he has never been one to rely on velocity, Quantrill's fastball averaged just 92.3 mph in this outing, that's a dip of 1.4 mph from his average during the 2025 season. He's going to need to turn things around quickly if he has any chance of cracking the Rangers' Opening Day roster.

McNeil laced a one-out double into the right field corner off of Cal Quantrill in the opening inning that extended the A's early advantage to 2-0. He also drew a walk and lined out to second base in the ballgame, finishing the afternoon 1-for-2. McNeil batted fifth once again for the A's in this one and that could be the regular spot that he's featured in to start the season, increasing his upside for counting stats.