World Series Game 2 – Progressive Field – 7:00 PM RHP Jake Arrieta (0-1, 4.91) vs. RHP Trevor Bauer (0-0, 5.06) As long as the weather holds up in Cleveland, the Indians and Cubs will play Game 2 of the World Series at Progressive Field on Wednesday night. The start time has been moved up to 7 p.m. ET in an effort to avoid the rain. Here are your starting lineups: Chicago Cubs...
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Shots fired… Was searching for some Mets news late last night and while this certainly doesn’t qualify as news I came across the following while skimming through articles on Fox Sports. This article says that the New York Mets have popped up in some recent rumors regarding left-handed starter Drew Smyly of the Tampa Bay Rays. President of Baseball Operations Matt Silverman is...
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World Series Game One – Progressive Field LHP Jon Lester (2‐0, 0.86) vs. RHP Corey Kluber (2‐1, 0.98) The Chicago Cubs tonight play the Cleveland Indians in the opening game of the 112th World Series after Chicago defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Championship Series, four‐games‐to‐ two, to capture its first N.L. Pennant since 1945 One of the two longest droughts in...
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The Scottsdale Scorpions were off on Sunday, but shortstop Gavin Cecchini had himself a fantastic showing at the plate on Saturday. The former first rounder went 3-for-5 and hit his first AFL home run. Cecchini is now batting .350 with a .423 OBP in 20 at-bats for Scottsdale, with five RB, four walks and a 1.023 OPS. That’s the good news, the bad news is that Cecchini also committed his...
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While it appears the Mets will be in no rush to re-sign Yoenis Cespedes as reported by Buster Olney, there will be a lot of housekeeping decisions the front office will make as they get ready for a new hot stove season. The Mets started their march to 2017 by exercising their option on Jose Reyes – a no-brainer for a player who provided some modest production and put a positive charge into...
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