The eighth inning was madness. Francisco Álvarez delivered a two-run, bases-loaded single to give the Mets the lead and Zack Short smacked a grand slam as the Mets used a seven-run eighth to come from behind in a 10-5 victory over the Detroit Tigers in Lakeland, Fla., on Thursday. Brett Baty, looking to rebound after a disappointing 2023, added his third home run, a 406-foot, two-run blast to...
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Tylor Megill won the battle for New York’s final slot in the starting rotation, manager Carlos Mendoza told reporters. The Mets optioned his main competition, José Buttó, to Triple-A Syracuse. The spot opened when Kodai Senga went down with an injury. Mendoza also said that catcher Hayden Senger was reassigned to minor league camp. “We optioned Buttó today,” the rookie manager...
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David Stearns did a wide-ranging Q&A with Tyler Kepner of The Athletic, in which he talked about how special it is to run his favorite childhood team, taking riskier roster moves in years to come and what he sees as a common thread for winning organizations. Growing Up a Mets Fan Stearns, 39, was named the first president of baseball operations in franchise history last October. He grew up a...
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With free agency spending down significantly this off-season, a group of major and minor league players told MLB Players Association executive director Tony Clark they wanted to replace the union’s second-in-command on a zoom call yesterday, according to reports in ESPN and The Athletic. A majority of the dozens of players representatives on the Zoom pushed for the ousting of deputy...
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According to Jon Heyman of the New York Post, reigning NL Cy Young winner Blake Snell has agreed to a two-year, $62 million deal with the San Francisco Giants. The deal has an opt-out after 2024. The news comes after reports emerged Snell was in close talks with the Houston Astros on a deal, but the two couldn’t agree on a number. The 31-year-old lefty will join last year’s Cy Young...
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