Per Mike Puma of the New York Post, Mets ace and presumptive 2018 NL Cy Young winner Jacob deGrom is projected to earn $12.9 million in 2019 by MLB Trade Rumors. He more than earned his $7.4 million salary in 2018. The 30-year-old had one of the greatest seasons ever for a starting pitcher, despite a 10-9 record. Across 32 starts, deGrom pitched 217 innings, striking out 269 batters as compared...
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The best free agent catcher on the free agent market this offseason is Yasmani Grandal — But he is not the best catcher available. Marlins All-Star catcher J.T. Realmuto has been expected to be traded since Derek Jeter started his tag sale last offseason, but he is still in Miami. According to his agent Jeff Berry, though, he will most likely not play another game in a Marlins uniform....
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Game one of the 2018 World Series featured a marquis matchup of two Hall of Fame-bound lefties when Chris Sale and the Red Sox beat Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers by a score of 8-4. Tonight, two more lefties took the mound as David Price started for Boston and Hyun-Jin Ryu took the ball for the visiting Dodgers. The first run of the game came with two outs in the bottom of the second inning...
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The New York Mets (66-78) shellacked the Miami Marlins (57-87) by a score of 13-0 at Citi Field late Wednesday night. Pitching Zack Wheeler was absolutely dominant, allowing just one hit and throwing only 57 pitches through the first six innings. After the Mets’ 7-run inning, Starlin Castro led off the 7th with a single, ending Wheeler’s streak of setting down 12 batters in a row....
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On a night where Jacob deGrom was pitching on extra rest, people weren’t sure what to expect. A pitcher out of his routine, even a Cy Young candidate, is prone to make mistakes. After walking the first batter to face him, deGrom put any worries to bed by striking out the next three batters with perfectly placed fastballs, one at 99 mph. In fact, other than the fourth inning, no Marlins...
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