Update: It’s a torn ACL for Wilson Ramos. He’s done for at least 6 months. Over the past two weeks, the Washington Nationals have suffered a number of injuries to some of their core players, capped off by the potential loss of all-star catcher Wilson Ramos, who appeared to injure his right knee badly on Monday night. The Nats await the results of an MRI but fear this could be a...
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Clark Spenser of the Miami Herald reports that the Miami Marlins and third baseman Martin Prado have reached agreement on a three-year contract extension, according to several of his sources. The deal will reportedly pay Prado $40 million through 2019. Prado, 32, is hitting .305/.360/.415 this season with 37 doubles, seven homers, 73 RBI and 68 runs scored. He has a 3.6 WAR and 112 OPS+ and set...
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Despite displaying some tremendous heart after falling behind 10-0 to the Phillies early, the Mets tacked on eighth runs but it wasn’t enough as they lost 10-8 tonight at Citi Field. Pitching Sean Gilmartin got the start for the Mets and had himself a nightmarish first inning, letting up five earned runs on four hits and four walks and only able to get two outs before Rafael Montero...
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Terry Collins told reporters on Saturday that Wilmer Flores could miss the rest of the regular season due to his ailing wrist injury. Flores told reporters that he plans on trying to take swings on Sunday and will try to see how he feels after that, but he remains worried about the bone bruise in his wrist. He received a second cortisone injection on Monday to try and alleviate the pain and...
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Alex asks… While every day we see articles about how awful Jay Bruce is doing since joining the Mets, I have yet to see one article about the MVP caliber second half Jonathan Lucroy is having with the Texas Rangers. Why is this news being buried? All the reports I read at the trade deadline were that Lucroy was the Mets’ primary target and that Bruce was fallback option that wasn’t even the...
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