Mets manager Luis Rojas joined a video call with SNY on Thursday morning, answering questions with the press and providing updates as camp begins. Rojas said that the Mets will officially begin camp tomorrow, but they will be staggering sessions among three separate groups so that too many players aren’t working out together at the same time. This is all in an effort to be...
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Good Morning, Mets fans! Latest MLB News Andrew Simon of MLB.com collaborated with a small team of writers on showing how all 15 National League teams’ DH options stack up. Ken Rosenthal and Evan Drellich of The Athletic addressed 12 questions about the upcoming return of baseball. JJ Cooper of Baseball America reported that the Frontier League has suspended its 2020 season. The Baseball...
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Baseball is coming back. Per Jeff Passan of ESPN, the MLBPA has agreed to a 60-game season in which players would report to training camps by July 1. The season would start on the weekend of July 24, along with the universal DH and likely modified extra-inning rules including beginning with a runner on second. The exact details have not been confirmed yet, but it is likely to be something...
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The Mets have made their first undrafted free agent signing with Brandon McIlwain, an outfielder out of the University of California, Berkeley. Interestingly, McIlwain played football for Cal and threw for two touchdowns while running for four in 2018, and was also drafted by the Marlins in the 26th round of the 2019 draft. Here’s some video of McIlwain playing football against BYU:...
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MLB wrapped up their unusual, drastically shortened draft on Thursday with rounds two through five. After picking high school outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong with the 19th pick in the first round on Wednesday, they had picks 52, 69, 91, 120, and 150. With the 69th overall pick in the second round, the Mets picked J.T. Ginn, a right-handed pitcher from Mississippi State University. Ginn was...
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