The New York Mets and Chicago Cubs will meet each other in a special two game exhibition series beginning tonight in Las Vegas. Travis d’Arnaud, a player with strong ties to the Vegas area with his time spent on the Mets’ Triple-A affiliate, the 51s, is excited to be back and see some familiar faces. “It’s going to be a lot of fun to see where I started with this organization,”...
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Jayson Stark is most known for his work at the national level covering baseball for ESPN and as a senior writer for ESPN.com. He’s been around the game for four decades, writing columns, authoring three baseball books, and reporting on ESPN and MLB Network. I recently caught up with Jayson and he was kind enough to share some of his time and give me some of his insights and the...
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After the Nationals dropped the Mets spring training record to 7-16-5, it got me thinking. Do spring training records have any correlation to regular season and postseason success? In doing some research, I came across an article published in April of 2012 by ESPN senior writer, David Schoenfield. The article looks back at the teams with the best regular season record in each of the last 10...
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Throughout spring training, Terry Collins has tinkered with the idea of having Yoenis Cespedes spend all of his playing time in Center Field. And even when Juan Lagares was in the lineup, he would be set in left field. That was put to an end on Tuesday. “The manager spoke with me this morning and said the best option for the team is to play both positions, and I have no problems with it,”...
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ESPN New York’s Adam Rubin is well known for his intensive coverage of the Mets, live tweeting games, interviewing players, and breaking stories as they happen. I recently had the chance to talk with Adam and hear his take on the young aces, David Wright, and his expectations of the team this season. Noah: Coming off an unexpected run of success in 2015, what has been the atmosphere...
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