The robot umps are coming. Major League Baseball’s competition committee Tuesday approved an automated balls and strikes challenge system for next season. The full ABS system (in which robot umps call every pitch) and the challenge system have both been tested over the past six years, first in the independent Atlantic League and then at all levels of the minor leagues. MLB players also...
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About two months post-draft, a handful of the Mets’ selections have already made their professional baseball debut. Not everyone plays—most pitchers and high school players don’t—but the Mets have had eight of their draft picks make their debuts. It is important to emphasize that these initial debuts don’t mean much, especially for an organization so skilled at developing...
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If the Mets are going to make the playoffs, they will likely need to fix the things that went wrong in the two losses over the weekend to Washington. (They will also, of course, need the Reds to lose at least once.) New York committed four errors in the defeats, went 4-for-21 with runners in scoring position and manager Carlos Mendoza didn’t show the urgency you’d expect in a tight...
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The Binghamton Rumble Ponies won their division series matchup against the Somerset Patriots, sweeping in two games to advance to the championship series against the Erie SeaWolves. Binghamton played the first game of the series on Monday and suffered a lopsided loss, so they need to win each of the next two games to claim the championship. One more loss will eliminate them. Triple-A The...
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Good morning, Mets fans! The Binghamton Rumble Ponies have announced that Jonah Tong has been named Baseball America’s Mets Minor League Player of the Year. Tong had a dominant season between Double-A and Triple-A. He posted a 10-5 record with a remarkable 1.43 ERA, leading the minor leagues in strikeouts with 179. NL Wild Card Standings Update Since there weren’t many games scheduled...
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