Jim Henderson, the former Milwaukee Brewers closer, has made the New York Mets Opening Day roster. After missing nearly two seasons of baseball the Mets’ reliever put together a strong spring campaign, earning himself a spot in the bullpen. “It’s pretty exciting,” Henderson said. “The last two years were pretty grueling for me with the second shoulder surgery and...
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Rookie southpaw, Steven Matz threw five no-hit innings in the Mets’ 8-1 win over the Chicago Cubs, snapping their 14-game winless streak. In his final tune-up before the 2016 campaign, Matz struck out six, while walking two in what was the best outing of his spring. “Definitely a good way to go into the season and kind of hit the ground running here now,” Matz said. “I...
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The New York Mets and Chicago Cubs will meet each other in a special two game exhibition series beginning tonight in Las Vegas. Travis d’Arnaud, a player with strong ties to the Vegas area with his time spent on the Mets’ Triple-A affiliate, the 51s, is excited to be back and see some familiar faces. “It’s going to be a lot of fun to see where I started with this organization,”...
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Jayson Stark is most known for his work at the national level covering baseball for ESPN and as a senior writer for ESPN.com. He’s been around the game for four decades, writing columns, authoring three baseball books, and reporting on ESPN and MLB Network. I recently caught up with Jayson and he was kind enough to share some of his time and give me some of his insights and the...
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After the Nationals dropped the Mets spring training record to 7-16-5, it got me thinking. Do spring training records have any correlation to regular season and postseason success? In doing some research, I came across an article published in April of 2012 by ESPN senior writer, David Schoenfield. The article looks back at the teams with the best regular season record in each of the last 10...
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