Tag: Chase Utley

Morning Briefing: Mets Keeping an Eye on Pitching Market

Good morning, Mets fans! Happy Leap Day! After Kodai Senga’s injury, which will have him on the IL through at least opening day, there was a lot of chatter on whether the Mets would be looking to add to their rotation. President of baseball operations David Stearns seemed to dismiss the idea right away, as he told the media, “I don’t think so” when asked if they were...

MMO Roundtable: What Would Your Hall Of Fame Ballot Be?

Let’s say you had a vote. What would your Hall of Fame Ballot look like? As we are just days away from finding out which greats will be part of the 2024 Baseball Hall of Fame class, here’s who our writers would’ve voted for if they had the ability to. Chris Bello My ballot would be: Carlos Beltrán, Adrián Beltré, Todd Helton, Andruw Jones, Joe Mauer, Francisco Rodríguez, Billy...

Preview of the 2024 Hall of Fame Candidates

The newest members of baseball’s hall of fame are Scott Rolen and Fred McGriff. They will be enshrined in Cooperstown this summer. A preview of the 2024 hall of fame candidates shows a few former Mets on the ballot, as well as one former star who seems to be a lock to be elected in his first year of eligibility. Adrián Beltré Let’s start with Adrián Beltré, the former Dodger,...

Forever Linked, Mets and Dodgers Have Their Classics

The departure of the Brooklyn Dodgers was a contributing factor towards the birth of the Mets (and the blue in their uniforms). But the connections don’t end there. Gil Hodges, whose number will be retired by the Dodgers this weekend, played in Brooklyn and Los Angeles before finishing his playing career with the Mets and later performing miracles as manager. Steve Cohen even put in a bid...

Chase Utley Plans to Retire at End of Season

According to Joel Sherman of the New York Post, longtime Philadephia Phillies and current Los Angeles Dodgers second baseman Chase Utley plans to retire at the end of the season. Utley, 39, has collected 1,880 hits over his seventeen-year career with 259 home runs, 1,025 runs batted in, and a .276/.358/.466 slash line. Infamous for his years of Mets-killing with Philadelphia and for breaking...

Three Best Trade Options For Second Base

The Mets have targeted the keystone as a point of interest to improve upon this offseason. However, the free agent market for the position doesn’t yield any sexy names. New York could potentially reunite with Neil Walker, but that ship seems to have sailed. Eduardo Nunez has played second in the past, but figures to spend more time at the hot corner going forward. Beyond that, the only...

Astros Secure First World Series Title In Franchise History

When Justin Turner walloped a walk-off home run in the National League Divisional Series 29 years to the day of Kirk Gibson’s famous dinger it felt like a sign that the Dodgers were the team fated to hoist the Fall Classic Trophy. But Los Angeles was competing against a team from Houston whose destiny was etched in metal the moment their city was leveled by a devastating storm. Wednesday night,...

Dodgers Even Series For Final Fall Classic Showdown

In a dire Game 6 of the World Series, what a difference a day of rest did for the Dodgers bullpen. Dave Roberts made the unpopular decision to pull his starter Rich Hill after 58 pitches, but this time it paid dividends as Los Angeles evened the series with a 3-1 victory over Houston for a winner take all seventh game. On a misty Halloween night with the heartbreaking extra inning loss hovering...

Houston Dominates Yu Darvish in Game 3 World Series Win

Houston starting pitchers are paying it forward this postseason with clutch multiple inning saves for their teammates who toed the rubber before them. Brad Peacock did it for Lance McCullers Friday night, and McCullers for his pal Charlie Morton in Game 7 of the ALCS. “The ovation I got when I was in the bullpen — I got chills,” McCullers said. “I’ll probably never...

Rapid Reaction: Mets Dominated By Darvish in 6-0 Loss to Dodgers

The New York Mets (49-58) were defeated by the Los Angeles Dodgers (77-32) 6-0 on Friday night at Citi Field. The Mets have now lost seven of their last nine games. Pitching Jacob deGrom (12-4, 3.29 ERA) was on the mound for the Mets after his eight-game winning streak was snapped in his last start. He did not have his best stuff, giving up five hits, three runs, and three walks while striking...

Chase Utley Gets Last Laugh, Burns Mets With Two Homer, Five RBI Night

Retaliation for a player who is no longer on their roster took an ugly turn on Saturday when the targeted Chase Utley tagged the Mets relief pitchers for five RBI’s. On his first trip back to Citi Field since his vicious slide broke the leg of Ruben Tejada, Utley has been a marked man who has eluded the fate of a much-anticipated payback. Friday night, when Jacob deGrom stayed clear of a...

Syndergaard, Collins Ejected For Throwing Behind Utley (Updated)

Noah Syndergaard was ejected in the 3rd inning against the Dodgers for throwing a 1-0 pitch behind the back of Chase Utley. An infuriated Terry Collins was also ejected. The pitch did not hit him. Before leaving the game, Syndergaard had thrown just 34 pitches in 2.1 innings, allowing two hits and striking out three, consistently hitting triple digits with his fastball. The umpire presumably...

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