A closer can make or break a team, and heading into 2023, the NL East is loaded with talent. The Phillies spent their offseason retooling their bullpen, adding two legit arms with closing experience, the Braves will call upon a new face with the departure of Kenley Jansen, and the Mets will call upon Edwin Díaz to replicate his dominant 2022 season. The division will be tight, and the...
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MLB Network continued their series of Top Ten Right Now on Wednesday night by ranking the top ten best-starting pitchers in MLB. On the list were Mets of the past and present, filling four total spots. Jacob deGrom was ranked ninth on the list despite starting 26 games in the last two seasons and posting a 3.08 ERA in 2022. Zack Wheeler was ranked after deGrom as the eighth-best starting pitcher...
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Steve Cohen has spent a copious amount of money throughout the offseason to improve the team for 2023. However, one position the Mets didn’t seem improve on was DH. On Tuesday, Pat Ragazzao of Sports Illustrated spoke with Billy Eppler about how the DH will be utilized during the 2023 season. “I would say the DH position is undefined,” Eppler told Inside the Mets by phone....
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Welcome back to the NL East, Trea Turner. The shortstop position in the NL East went through some major changes during the 2022-2023 offseason. The Phillies signed Turner to a massive 11-year, $300 million contract after winning the pennant. Meanwhile, the Braves lost Dansby Swanson to the Cubs after the Atlanta native won the 2022 Gold Glove at shortstop. With familiar faces returning and young...
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The NL East was loaded with first-base talent during the 2022 MLB season. New faces emerged at the position for the Nationals and Braves, and even with the departure of Freddie Freeman, two players represented the NL East at first base in the all-star game. Taking last season’s stats into account, MMO has ranked the NL East first basemen heading into the 2023 season. No. 5 – Garrett...
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