Before the Mets gave up 12 runs to the Cardinals on Monday, David Peterson made a statement at the start of the game. Facing a Cardinals lineup that featured many of their regular season starters, Peterson struck out three batters, walked one, and didn’t allow a hit over two innings of work. Peterson’s slider looked particularly good in his Grapefruit league debut. In 2022, batters...
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Phil Regan has filed a lawsuit against claiming age discrimination the New York Mets, according to TMZ. Regan was the interim pitching coach for the Mets in 2019, taking over for the fired Dave Eiland on June 20, 2019. Under Regan, the Mets’ pitching staff blossomed, improving their team ERA to 3.48 after recording a 4.88 ERA in the first half. Jacob deGrom won the Cy Young Award that...
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America’s pastime has had some serious revisions during the 2022-2023 offseason. According to Jesse Rogers of ESPN, MLB’s Joint Competition Committee has voted unanimously to make the extra inning rule permanent for all regular season games for 2023 and beyond, with post-season games remaining unaffected. The “ghost-runner” rule was added to MLB during the COVID-shortened...
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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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