Month: March 2014

AL Central Preview: AKA Tiger Town?

The AL Central is a division that has been owned by the Detroit Tigers since 2011, and it won’t be easy to take that crown away from them in 2014. 5th Place: Chicago White Sox In 2012, Robin Ventura’s White Sox looked like they might actually be more of a force in the near future than perhaps many of us thought. Then last year, the White Sox showed their true colors. A huge factor in whether...

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Mets Thoughts: Duda In Outfield, Smith In Savannah, D’Arnaud’s Warming Up

Let me first say how much fun I had participating in my first MMO game thread from the first pitch until the bitter end. There were only 2-3 recognizable fans to me among the 60 or so who participated, but it was so cool getting to know a lot of you new people to MMO. I had only known most of you from your comments on our articles, but last night I felt like I was at the ballpark with all of...

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Chris Young Was Our Top Performer This Spring

With Spring Training now at an end, I wondered which player delivered the best performance… and separated himself from the rest of the pack… We had plenty of players that stood out and turned in a solid spring campaign, but which one was this year’s top Mets player in Grapefruit League play? I posed this question to our writers and we got back some great responses. Here are...

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MMO Game Recap: Blue Jays 5, Mets 4

The Mets lost 5-4 to the Blue Jays, who got the win in walk-off fashion Friday night in Montreal. Jenrry Mejia got the start for the Mets and was solid, giving up only 1 run in 4 innings. However, Mejia had to leave the game early with an injury after being struck by a ball. Carlos Torres pitched well after coming in for Mejia, tossing 2 innings and giving up just 1 run on a sacrifice fly....

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Mejia Leaves Game With Forearm Bruise, Going For X-Rays

10:00 PM Jenrry Mejia was cruising on Friday night at Olympic Stadium until he was struck by a liner off the bat of Toronto Blue Jays second baseman Ryan Goins in the bottom of the fifth. The ball struck Mejia in the right forearm and after a visit from Terry Collins and trainer Ray Ramirez, he was pulled from the game. The team called it a bruise but said Mejia would get X-rays after the...

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