The New York Mets owner, Steve Cohen, recently coined his quartet of Juan Soto, Pete Alonso, Brandon Nimmo and Francisco Lindor the "Fab Four." The group may not be together past this season, however.

Neither the Yankees nor the Mets are the surefire World Series contenders, needing just a little fine tuning at the trade deadline, they thought they were a month ago.

Both the New York Mets and New York Yankees would love to acquire a high-upside starting pitcher for the second

Yankees announcer Michael Kay took issue with a comment Juan Soto made this week after the new Mets outfielder was left off of the All-Star Game roster. Speaking to reporters after the news broke, Soto said “it happens,” and it’s “a part of baseball.” He was then asked a follow up question about whether he wanted to play in the game.

The @Mets - @Yankees rivalry getting hotter 3 Subway Series games from July 4-6 averaged 356,000 viewers on @SNYtv, +70% over what YES Network drew for series SNY was 154% better among adults 25-54, and 166% better among adults 18-34 Also best July 4 game ever on @MLBNetwork pic.twitter.com/g4ptUzOeT4

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.

Brian Cashman and David Stearns are on the clock. The lead baseball executives of the Yankees and Mets, respectively, have a lot of work to do as we inch closer to the July 31 trade deadline. Both men owe it to their teams and fan bases to go all-in in the weeks to come.

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.

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.

The Yankees are playing sloppy baseball, and the Mets already have slugged their way to a Subway Series victory before Sunday’s finale. The Mets thoroughly outplayed the Yankees again in a 12-6 dusting in front of 41,401 on a beautiful Saturday afternoon in which the sun appropriately shined longer on the home team’s dugout.

Whatever you believe about the 26-year-old who signed the largest contract the sport has ever seen in December, this much is true: The Mets are a better team with Soto.