As most of you know, Chicago Cubs outfielder Jason Heyward was benched for four straight postseason games by manager Joe Maddon, and was riding the bench for three of the five games in the World Series. Nobody could have predicted this last offseason when Heyward was signed by the Cubs to a colossal eight-year, $184 million deal. In the first season of his deal, Heyward produced a .230/.306/.320...
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Over the course of the past few months, there have been some debate as to what is causing the decline in NFL television ratings. There have been many different scenarios discussed from the presidential election to player’s protesting to the decline in the overall product on the field. One factor that hasn’t been discussed at length has been an renewed national interest in baseball....
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Did Sandy Alderson’s pre-2015 signing of John Mayberry Jr. excite you? What about when the Mets signed Chris Young before the 2014 season or Alejandro De Aza before the 2016 season? I don’t know about you, but I’ll never forget the 2012/13 offseason when the Mets signed Shaun Marcum and Brandon Lyon and traded for Collin Cowgill all in the span of a few months. What a whirlwind...
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Mets relief prospect Corey Taylor has been chosen to play in the Arizona Fall League All-Star game. He will be playing on Team East which includes top prospects like the Cubs Eloy Jimenez, the Indians Bradley Zimmer and the Brewers Brett Phillips. Taylor, 23, is 0-1 with a 2.16 ERA, 1.08 WHIP and has one save in six games for the Scottsdale Scorpions. He’s allowed two earned runs in 8.1 innings...
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Kristie Ackert of the New York Daily News, examines and ranks the potential suitors for free agent outfielder Yoenis Cespedes, who is expected to opt out of his contract with the Mets as soon as the World Series ends. She projects the San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Angels as the leading candidates to sign Cespedes, picks the Miami Marlins and Los Angeles Dodgers as the dark horses, and...
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