2025 MLB Sunday Night Baseball Lines - Mets at Yankees

2025 Sunday Night Baseball Betting

With both teams in first place in their respective divisions heading into their weekend set, baseball fans in New York have visions of a Subway Series World Series. For now they’ll have to settle for the regular season version when the Yankees host the Mets on ESPN Sunday Night Baseball from Yankee Stadium on May 18. First pitch is scheduled for 7:10 p.m. ET. It’s been 25 years since the teams last met in the Fall Classic with the Yankees capturing the World Series title in five games. With Tuesday’s 2-1 win over Pittsburgh the Mets took over as the best team in MLB improving to 28-15. It was also their sixth win in eight games. The Mets boast the best staff ERA in baseball which has helped them avoid prolonged losing streaks. They haven’t lost more than two games in a row all season. The Yankees continue to lead the AL East even though they’ve struggled to put wins together. They are just 7-7 over their last 14 games following Tuesday’s 2-1 loss to Seattle where they wasted another solid outing from Max Fried. Prior to that setback the Yankees had plated 40 runs in their previous four games.

The matchup should be an interesting one with the Mets pitching staff against the Yankees explosive offense. Paced by Aaron Judge, the Yankees lead MLB averaging nearly six runs per game and clubbing 74 home runs. The Mets’ 2.81 ERA is easily the best in baseball. Scheduled starter David Peterson is 2-2 with a 3.05 ERA and has allowed two earned runs or fewer in seven of his eight starts. The Mets are 6-2 in games he started. Yankees probable Clarke Schmidt has been buoyed by strong run support with his mates scoring an average of more than seven runs in his five starts. Schmidt is 1-1 with a 4.73 ERA control has been an issue with 12 walks issued in 26.2 innings for a 1.28 WHIP. Though they trail the all-time series the Mets have been the dominant team recently taking all four games last year and six of the last seven prior to this series.

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Sunday, May 18

New York Mets at New York Yankees, 7:10 PM ET (ESPN)

The Mets have been one of if not the most consistent team all season with strong pitching and good hitting preventing them from a string of losses. The pitching staff gets a lot of the credit for their hot start and deservedly so. The staff leads the majors in ERA with the fourth-most strikeouts per game. Peterson has been a pleasant surprise coming into his own last year when he went 10-3 with a 2.90 ERA. Plagued by the long ball in previous years, he’s surrendered just 12 dingers in 165.1 frames since the start of 2024. The signing of Juan Soto was expected to bring a jolt to the offense. While Soto’s numbers haven’t matched his paycheck, the offense collectively has been strong. Soto gets a crack at his former team taking a .255 average and eight homers into the series. The top of the lineup has been deadly with the usual first four hitters – Francisco Lindor, Soto, Pete Alonso and Brandon Nimmo – all smacking at least eight home runs. Alonso has been especially deadly with a .310 average, nine homers and a 1.012 OPS.

The Yankees would like to forge ahead and stay there since they haven’t been good in close games. They are just 4-9 in one-run games and 1-3 in extra inning encounters. They had been scorching hot at the dish before getting silenced in Seattle on Tuesday. They scored a total of 23 runs in consecutive wins over the Athletics and Seattle and they boast the highest scoring outfit in baseball averaging 5.9 runs. Paul Goldschmidt has resurrected his career in the Bronx with a .344 average and four homers. The biggest surprise has been Trent Grisham hitting .294 with 12 homers. He finished each of the past three seasons with an average below .200.

2025 Sunday Night Baseball Betting Schedule

ESPN will be showing 25 games for their 2025 Sunday Night Baseball schedule. ESPN released the early part of their schedule with 14 games announced from March 30 to August 17. The other 11 Sunday Night Baseball games will be announced at a later date.

*Little League Classic

ESPN will be showing a total of 25 Sunday Night Baseball games in 2025. Their broadcasts began with a game in late March and continue throughout the regular season, concluding with a game in late September.  Many of the game’s top stars will be featured on Sunday Night Baseball including Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge, Juan Soto, Mookie Betts, Ronald Acuña Jr. and Bryce Harper, among others. The Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets will have the most appearances with four each, while the Philadelphia Phillies and San Diego Padres will have three appearances each. Some of the highlights of the 2025 Sunday Night Baseball schedule are a World Series rematch, as the Yankees visit the Dodgers on June 1, the Subway Series with the Mets visiting the Yankees during MLB Rivalry Week on May 18, a National League Championship Series rematch with the Los Angeles Dodgers visiting the New York Mets on May 25, a special Fourth of July weekend doubleheader on July 6 that includes the Rangers at the Padres and the 2025 MLB Little League Classic with the Seattle Mariners taking on the New York Mets on August 17.

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