A recent announcement from MLB Communications confirms that the Mets’ series against the Marlins from April 28-3o in San Juan, Puerto Rico has been canceled due to the ongoing worries over the coronavirus pandemic. An April 18-19 series set between the Padres and Diamondbacks in Mexico City, Mexico has also been canceled. Both matchups will be rescheduled in the home teams’...
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Shortstop is one of the more specialized positions in all of baseball, though there’s no shortage of clean hands, quick footwork, and moderate hitting ability in the NL East. Even at the bottom of the bin, there’s still potential to be realized, though there’s far more talent towards the top – in some cases, more than a general manager could ask for. The Mets are spoiled...
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Assuming the baseball season will start at some point, we can surely count on the NL East being one of the more tightly-contested divisions in the league. To get a better sense as to where the Mets’ roster stands, we will be offering positional breakdowns and rankings of each team in the division. Today, we’ll be taking a closer look at each team’s bullpen. As unpredictable as...
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Even if there aren’t any known signs that Michael Conforto’s oblique injury will keep him out of the lineup into the regular season, the prospect of the Mets beginning a crucial 2020 season without his bat should be addressed constructively. The innocuous tweak-turned full-blown physical shutdown is a spring training phenomenon fans know all too well, from Jed Lowrie’s knees...
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MLB Network insider Jon Heyman reports that the Mets have “checked in on” free agent catcher Russell Martin, as have the Oakland Athletics. Martin, who turned 37 on the 15th, has already turned down offers this winter, citing a family situation (first mentioned last week by the New York Post’s Joel Sherman). He appeared in 83 games with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2019, slashing...
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