Michael Conforto continued his hot start to the Grapefruit League season as the New York Mets defeated the Detroit Tigers by a score of 5-2 on Sunday afternoon at First Data Field. Conforto, 23, hit his second home run of the Spring going 2-for-3 on the day with a couple of runs scored. He raised his average to .714 through his first three games as he fights for a spot on the Opening Day roster...
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New York Mets vs Detroit Tigers First Data Field, 1:10 PM (PIX, MLB, WOR) RHP Chris Flexen vs LHP Matthew Boyd Yesterday’s Game – Yoenis Cespedes went 1-2 with a double, but the Mets fell to the Nationals at home, 8-6 on Saturday despite a late innings comeback attempt. Michael Conforto picked up a hit and drove in a run in his only at-bat, while Gavin Cecchini delivered a hit and...
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The New York Mets flagship radio station, 710 WOR-AM, announced their 2017 Spring Training broadcast schedule this week. They will broadcast 15 games beginning on Friday, February 24th when the Mets take on the Boston Red Sox. Howie Rose and Josh Lewin will call the action as they return to the booth in the fourth year of WOR’s partnership with the Mets. WOR Radio Broadcast Schedule Friday, Feb....
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When the New York Mets signed left-handed pitcher Tom Gorzelanny to a minor league deal and invited him to big league camp, it created hardly a ripple and was widely overshadowed by the bigger signings of that day, those of Jerry Blevins and Fernando Salas. The decision to sign Gorzelanny could pay some dividends for the Mets and they not only got themselves a lefty to provide some depth behind...
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Bad news for all you dyed in the wool baseball purists out there, according to what sources are telling Howard Bryant of ESPN the Magazine, effective for the 2017 season, Major League Baseball will switch to an electronic dugout signal for Intentional Walks rather than the traditional four ball pitchout. The change in the intentional-walk rule was proposed by MLB to the Players Association...
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