Carlos Carrasco endured a tough day on the mound on Thursday. Attempting to ramp up with spring training now in full swing, Carrasco pitched in an intrasquad game on Thursday afternoon but struggled right out of the gate. As has become a consistent issue as of late, the 35-year-old continued struggled once again in the first inning, giving up a three-run homer to Jose Peroza. Carrasco was also...
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Buck Showalter has already proven that he’s determined to do things differently with the Mets, as Keith Hernandez can attest. Among the many sights and sounds to have emerged from spring training so far, there was a notable image doing the rounds on social media last week of Showalter engaged in deep conversation with Hernandez at the batting cages. Now, to an outsider, that may not seem a...
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There was Mets royalty at spring training today with all-time great Mike Piazza in camp as a guest instructor for the team. As is tradition, the Mets have a number of guest instructors with them throughout spring training each year, and today saw the Hall of Fame catcher working alongside manager Buck Showalter. After lending his expertise and using his wealth of experience to help today’s...
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There’s good news and bad news from the baseball world today. Per Joel Sherman of The New York Post, MLB and the Players Association have reached a tentative agreement on a deal that will introduce some changes to the game in 2022. Firstly, and perhaps most importantly, rosters will be expanded from 26 to 28 through May 1 in order to compensate for the shortened spring training due to the...
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It was the worst of times for David Peterson, it was the best of times for Tylor Megill. Thanks to the additions of Max Scherzer and Chris Bassitt this offseason, the Mets now boast a pretty scary and stacked starting rotation heading into 2022. As a result, it has left both Peterson and Megill on the outside looking in, with both pitchers effectively having to slug it out for the sixth rotation...
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