The Mets were one of the most consistent teams last season when it came to release points from their pitchers. Zach Crizer of Baseball Prospectus wrote an article on this. Since the article is locked to subscribers only and I am very cheap, I decided to go on Baseball Savant myself to find the data. The Mets average vertical release point on fastballs, sliders, curveballs, and changeups were...
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Major League Baseball will be implementing a pitch clock this spring. Mark Feinsand of MLB.com shared on how it will be implemented. It will be phased in the following way: initially it won’t be enforced so that players can get used to the clock, then players will be issued reminders when they violate the clock, and finally ball-strike violations will be enforced to hitters and pitchers...
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Shervyen Newton Position: SS B/T: S/R Age: April 24, 1999 (19) Acquired: Signed from International Free Agency in 2015 Stats (Kingsport): 266 PA, .280/.408/.449 (BA/OBP/SLG), 16 2B, 2 3B, 5 HR, 4/4 SB, .394 wOBA, 127 wRC+. Want a guy who is freakishly athletic and has a huge ceiling? Meet Shervyen Newton. Newton might very well be the biggest boom-or-bust prospect in the entire...
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Good morning, folks! Latest Mets News The Athletics signed Logan Verret to a minor league deal. Devin Mesoraco will get $1.75 million with the Mets with $250K in incentives and the contract has multiple outs per Jon Heyman. Lucas Duda signed a minor league deal with the Twins. Mike Puma of the NY Post spoke with NL executives about the Mets offseason. The general consensus seems to be: not...
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Freddy Valdez Pos: OF B/T: R/R Age: 12/6/2001 (17) Acquired: International Free Agent from Dominican Republic on July 2, 2018 2018 Stats: Hasn’t played yet The Mets went big in this last free agent class as they have in the last few international free agency periods. Catcher Fransisco Alaverez got the big bonus (Mets record $2.7 million), but Freddy Valdez got himself $1.45 million...
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