Jon Heyman

Jon Heyman

About the Columnist

Jon Heyman, who came to The New York Post this year as a baseball columnist, has been covering the sport for 35 years. At The Post, he is half of “The Show,” a baseball podcast with Joel Sherman, and does Inside Baseball notes that appear Fridays. He has worked as an insider at MLB Network since its inception in 2009 and is an Audacy baseball expert after more than a decade at WFAN, where he appeared on Mike and the Mad Dog and the Joe and Evan shows. Heyman worked at Newsday for 16 years, first as Yankees beat writer, then baseball columnist and finally as general sports columnist before going to Sports Illustrated, CBSSports.com and the startup FanRag. After graduating Northwestern University’s Medill School in 1983, he started at the Moline (Ill.) Daily Dispatch. Shortly thereafter, he moved to California, where he covered the Los Angeles Raiders before transferring to the California Angels, one team that moved twice and another that pretended to move once (they are still in Anaheim). Heyman went to Lawrence High School in the 5 Towns of Long Island.

The Archive

Mashing Mets making case as toast of the town after Subway Series triumph

The Yankees looked like the best team in baseball for a long while, and they still own the most wins (tied with the Phillies). Meantime, the Mets couldn’t beat the...

Subway Series could foreshadow Juan Soto offseason battle

By rule, the Mets couldn’t offer a tour of beautiful Citi Field and its not-as-lovely immediate environs to Yankees superstar Juan Soto on the occasion of his first visit there...

Top-heavy Yankees lineup worryingly thin after Giancarlo Stanton injury

Say what you want about Stanton — and even his own GM obviously did! — his absence with hamstring trouble hurts them as much as it does him.

A White Sox sell-off could plunge franchise into historic futility

The White Sox are the latest awful team to challenge the 1962 Mets’ modern record for futility and their infamously all-time bad 40-120 record.

Yankees' rivals don't like their Juan Soto chances

The Yankees believe they have a decent chance to keep Juan Soto as long as the bidding is very close.

Corbin Burnes isn't scared by a big market challenge

Corbin Burnes is about to be the biggest pitching free agent and a big market may just fit his big personality.

Yankees still need help for dynamic duo with cracks starting to show

Both Judge and Juan Soto are performing beyond even enormous expectations. But ultimately, they will still need help. We know that, and they do, too.

Pair of Yankees stars are clear frontrunners in AL MVP race

It’s close enough that the vast majority of about a dozen Yankees personnel canvassed Sunday called it a draw or declined to choose.

Yankees about to get even better when ace in hole returns

Gerrit Cole jetted back from his 10-strikeout Rochester tune-up and excitedly told us he’ll “definitely” be back pitching in the big leagues soon.

Yankees' trade for Alex Verdugo already looks like a Brian Cashman win

The latest significant move between history’s greatest sporting foes looks very much today like yet another unqualified winner for the Yankees.

Yankees-Red Sox rivalry missing the same fire that used to define it

There’s no debating the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry is down now, and here are three reasons why.

White Sox will be MLB trade deadline gold mine for buyers

The worst team could have the best sale.

Where Yankees are turning their focus with trade deadline looming

The closer market isn’t bad with five viable options possibly hitting the block: Tanner Scott, Kenley Jansen, Mason Miller, Carlos Estevez and Michael Kopech.

Where MLB's top trade targets may end up at the deadline

Don’t try this at home. It’s nearly impossible to predict who’s going where in trades, especially with six weeks to go to the deadline.

Unexpected heroics don't change state of Yankees without Juan Soto

Even as Trent Grisham did his best Juan Soto impression Sunday, the Yankees saw this weekend how they need a second superstar in their lineup.

AL-best Yankees find another way to win — even on day they lose

Unofficially, the day was yet another winner for the Yankees, despite the loss.

Yankees, Juan Soto need to figure out way to make long-term deal happen

Which brings us to the real issue here, and that is the Yankees and Soto have to figure a way to make this marriage a more permanent one.

MLB GMs have eyes on Mets if they become MLB deadline sellers

GMs are said to be especially interested in what the Mets do, since they may have more tradeable players than anyone.

A breakdown of Tucupita Marcano's reckless betting habits

The banned Tucupita Marcano’s baseball betting was so reckless he even bet against his Pirates team, so maybe a temporary insanity defense is his best hope when he applies for...

Examining 10 MLB stars' chances of being dealt before MLB trade deadline

A major sellers’ market is predicted with all but a few bottom-dwellers having a case for contention, The Post's Jon Heyman writes.