The Washington Nationals have announced minor-league deals with right-handed relief pitchers Joe Nathan and Matt Albers. Albers, 34, pitched in 58 games for the White Sox last year, and posted a 6.31 ERA and 1.675 WHIP. The sinker-ball pitcher saw his MLB career tank last season and is looking to bounce-back. He was linked to the Mets more than a few times last offseason, but luckily nothing...
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Those no-good, downright mean-spirited, fake news spouting folks at FanGraphs currently project the New York Mets to win just 83 games in 2017 and lose the NL East by seven games while missing the postseason and Wild Card by one game. Just kidding about the intro folks, FanGraphs does a fine job. Just like any set of projections, they are only as good as the input data which can sometimes be...
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$10,750. That’s the minimum salary paid to a Triple-A baseball player. With players playing from February until October that amounts to $1,343.75 per month. Now, major league baseball teams will tell you they’re paying the players a more manageable $2,150.00 per month. They say this because teams begin paying their minor leaguers once the minor league season begins in April, and...
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We are living in a turbulent moment in history with a country that is indignantly divided at times and tearing at each other’s throats. Sadly, that’s probably the one thing all of us can unanimously agree on these days. Writing about the the New York Mets has become my retreat from the acrimonious barrage of negativity that engulfs us day by day. It has become my place of solace and...
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It was hard to imagine a headline like this one year ago at this time. Michael Conforto had just come off of a 2015 season where he batted .270/.335/.506 in 56 games with an OPS+ of 130. He also became just the second player in Mets history to homer twice in one World Series game, and the first rookie to do that in 19 years. It looked like left field would be Conforto’s for a very, very...
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