When I spoke with hall of fame broadcaster for the Miami Marlins, Dave Van Horne, he commented, “Some of the more exceptional hitters like the Marlins own Giancarlo Stanton can make any park look small.” Mr. Van Horne was referencing his team’s home of Marlins Park, which, by MLB’s standards, is as pitcher friendly as they come; even more so than Citi Field. Still, the...
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The owners of the Binghamton Mets were sued in U.S. District Court. The group that sued the Mets minor league team (Main Street Baseball), claimed it had an agreement to purchase the Double-A club for $8.5 million to move it to Wilmington, Delaware. On Friday, the two sides agreed to settle their lawsuit according to Adam Rubin of ESPN New York. However, the B-Mets declined to say whether the...
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Update, May 29 Travis d’Arnaud now reportedly has a bone bruise in his right wrist, which will delay his return to the Mets. d’Arnaud recently felt discomfort while swinging. He saw a hand specialist in Florida and will stay in St. Lucie for the time being. May 26 Big step forward for Travis d’Arnaud who played and caught five innings in an extended spring training game this...
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For the last year and a half Met fans have been speculating about the future of the shortstop position ever since the failed Ruben Tejada experiment. Mets GM Sandy Alderson has been able to stay level headed throughout the process and stick with what he feels will be best for the team and its future despite the heavy critisicm. That plan was to stay home grown and give Wilmer Flores a crack at...
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Stat Line: 7.1 IP, 0 R, 6 K’s, 0 BB Living Low Noah Syndergaard continues to show great command of his fastball and curveball, throwing nearly all of his pitches below the hitter’s belt. In yesterday afternoons start, Syndergaard threw only seven of his 101 pitches above the belt with one of those pitches coming intentionally during Ryan Howard’s first inning at-bat in an attempt to induce a...
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