Mickey Callaway has made it pretty clear that he wants his best hitter hitting second. Many teams have been doing this. The Dodgers, Cubs, Blue Jays, Reds, and Yankees did this in 2017. You’ll probably point out the Astros were not on that list. When you have Jose Altuve, Carlos Correa, George Springer, and Alex Bregman, it does not matter what order you hit them in. The first reason that...
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Matt Ehalt of The Record reports that the Mets are not considering signing Adam Lind. He says the Mets also passed on the first baseman when he was still searching for a major-league deal. Original Post- 12:14 p.m. According to the team’s public relations department, the New York Yankees have released veteran utility player Adam Lind from his minor league contract, making him a free-agent...
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In this week’s version of the mailbag, the questions that mostly arose were the Mets decisions surrounding the right side of the infield. Generally speaking, the questions focused on what the Mets are doing against what the Mets should be doing with some of the more controversial players on this roster: @bigmetsfan1 asks . . . Had the Mets turned down the option on Asdrubal Cabrera, how...
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Steven Matz made his fourth start of the Spring today as he continues to battle for a spot in the rotation. After giving up two runs in the first, he was able to settle in nicely. Pitching 4 1/3 innings striking out five batters and walking three. While it’s still not the ideal start we’re hoping to see from Matz, it does give some hope that he’s trending in the right...
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The New York Mets were defeated by the Miami Marlins on Wednesday afternoon by a score of 5-1 at Roger Dean Stadium. Pitching Steven Matz started off bad in this game. He gave up two runs in a 33 pitch first inning. After that, Matz settled in and faced one over the minimum over the rest of his start and struck out four guys in that time. All told, he struck out five in 4.1 innings and had 77...
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