We have a new No. 30. For the fourth year in a row, we asked our readers a simple question — Are you optimistic about your favorite MLB team in 2025? — and sorted your answers into optimism ...

Which means it's perfect fodder for MLB fans to crack many jokes. Here are some of the best from the ground-breaking news out of the Bronx.

Now, it's unclear whether Harper's milk preference had anything to do with his absence on Monday, but MLB fans all went there with the report.

As we have been throughout the process, we remain open to new ways to serve MLB fans across our platforms beyond 2025.” MLB and ESPN have been television partners since 1990.