Tag: Chris Sale

Morning Briefing: Braves Deal Vaughn Grissom For Chris Sale

Good morning, Mets fans and welcome to the last day of 2023. We here at MMO wish everyone an early happy New Year! Per ESPN’s Jeff Passan, the Atlanta Braves acquired Chris Sale in a trade with the Boston Red Sox, along with money. In exchange for Sale, infield prospect, Vaughn Grissom, will be heading to Boston. Sale waved his no-trade clause to join Atlanta. According to Alex Speier of...

Braves Acquire Chris Sale From Red Sox

Chris Sale has been traded to the Atlanta Braves, according to Jeff Passan of ESPN.com. The Red Sox are receiving Vaughn Grissom in return. For the trade to go through, the Red Sox sent $17 million to the Braves as financial relief. The Braves will pay the remaining $10.5 million to Sale for 2024 and then hold a $20 million club option on Sale for 2025. In return, the Red Sox will receive...

Morning Briefing: Mets Set To Return With Doubleheader

Good morning, Mets fans! Finally, after two straight days of rain outs the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies are set to finish out their shortened series today in Philadelphia. Game one will start at 12:35 PM ET and game two shortly after game one’s conclusion given it is a single-admission doubleheader. It is expected Mets fans will get to see both Max Scherzer and Chris Bassitt...

Morning Briefing: Opening Day Just One Week Away

Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets fell to the St. Louis Cardinals by a score of 3-0 on Wednesday and now have a rare day off before getting back in action against the Washington Nationals on Friday night. And exactly a week from today, we will all be enjoying regular season baseball games again, on time, which should resemble some form of normalcy (hallelujah). Let’s check out what went...

MLB News: Chris Sale To Have Tommy John Surgery

The Boston Red Sox announced that LHP Chris Sale will undergo Tommy John surgery on his left elbow. Sale, 30, experienced pain in his throwing elbow and underwent an MRI at the beginning of March. On Mar. 5 the team announced that Sale had a flexor strain in his left elbow. Surgery was not deemed necessary at the time and instead he was instructed to rest for a few weeks before beginning to...

Source: Mets Had Recent “Positive Talks” With DeGrom

According to a source I talked to on Monday night, the Mets and Jacob deGrom had recent contract extension dialogue that’s been described as “positive” and “moving in the right direction.” The Mets are under the gun with Opening Day quickly approaching on Thursday. Very early in Spring Training, it was reported that the Mets and deGrom agreed on Opening Day as a...

MLB News: Yankees Extend Luis Severino

Jeff Passan of ESPN reports that the New York Yankees and right-handed ace Luis Severino are in agreement on a four-year, $40MM extension with a club option for 2023. Joel Sherman of the New York Post had reported the two sides nearing a multi-year agreement (pending a physical) to avoid arbitration earlier in the day. Just five days from 25 years of age, Severino made just under $605K last year...

MMO Game Thread: Mets vs. Red Sox, 1:10 PM

Sunday, September 16, 2018 • 1:05 p.m. Fenway Park • Boston, MA RHP Jacob deGrom (8-9, 1.71) vs. LHP Chris Sale (12-4, 1.96) SNY • WOR 710 AM • 104.3 WAXQ-FM HD 2 • ESPN 1050 AM The Mets close out their series with the Red Sox today with a marquee matchup. Jacob deGrom vs Chris Sale. Jacob deGrom is still trying to prove people who believe in wins as a stat that he should be the Cy Young. Chris...

All Star Game Recap: American League Wins Thriller 8-6 in Ten Innings

The American League All-Stars defeated the National League All-Stars 8-6 in the 89th Major League Baseball All-Star Game on Tuesday night at Nationals Park. Pitching National League Max Scherzer was dialed in in the first, striking out both Mookie Betts and Jose Altuve, and stranding runners on the corners. He allowed a solo shot leading off the second, but was able to settle down and end his...

Scherzer to Start ASG, DeGrom to Follow

For the second straight year, Max Scherzer and Chris Sale will start the MLB All-Star Game on Tuesday night at Nationals Park. This is the first time since 1940 that both starters have faced off against each other in back-to-back years. Scherzer is starting for the third time in his career, and is the first reigning Cy Young winner to start an All-Star game in his home park. Scherzer is 12-5...

David Peterson, Andres Gimenez Among Top 100 Prospects In Baseball

Both Keith Law of ESPN and Baseball America released their preseason lists of the Top 100 prospects in baseball. While Baseball America published their entire list, Law only published the bottom half (51 -100) of his own.  As is usual, the two talent evalutors had very different views of the prospects in the Mets farm system: LHP David Peterson 2017 Level: Brooklyn 2017 Stats: 0-0, 2.45 ERA, 3...

Astros Advance to ALCS After Feisty Game 4 at Fenway

The Houston Astros advance to their first ever ALCS, as starting pitchers were the new relievers in the playoffs at Fenway Park Monday afternoon. It was a heartbreaking 5-4 loss for a Boston team all too familiar with a big comeback when on the brink of elimination. A day after David Price saved the Red Sox season with four scoreless innings, Chris Sale looked to mimic his pitching pal until...

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