According to Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports, Major League Baseball is planning on testing out a rule change, first being implemented in Rookie Ball. The rule puts forward that a runner would automatically be placed on second base at the start of extra innings. This rule has been used before, as it has been used in international baseball for nearly a decade. It will also be implemented this spring...
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Seth Lugo came out of nowhere and produced for the Mets last season. Matt Harvey went down, Steven Matz was banged up, Jacob deGrom wasn’t perfectly healthy, and Zack Wheeler never made his much anticipated return. With spots open in the rotation, enter #67 Seth Lugo. Lugo was not one of the Mets top pitching prospects, and pitched much better than anticipated. He started the season in the...
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The Mets have a logjam in their outfield at this point in the offseason. With Spring Training very quickly approaching, it could be wise for Sandy Alderson and company to pull off a late trade to open up a spot in the outfield for developing youngster Michael Conforto. All the trade talk around the Mets has been focused around right fielder Jay Bruce, however talks have gone no where and Bruce...
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Steven Matz has been throwing for a couple of weeks now without any pain in his elbow, after having surgery in October to remove a bone spur that caused him trouble last season. Matz is convinced that he will pitcher better in 2017, as he has learned how to pitch through pain and to pitch at less than max effort all the time. Matz told John Harper of the New York Daily News, “I really feel like...
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Keith Law of ESPN has been releasing his Top 100 Major League Prospects this week. Monday he released his first twenty which included Mets right-hander Justin Dunn who ranked at #84. Yesterday fellow right-hander Robert Gsellman made the list at #76. Today Law released #60-41, and on that list at #60 was Mets left-handed prospect Thomas Szapucki. Law said this of Szapucki, “Szapucki was the Mets...
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