MLB commissioner Rob Manfred spoke at the Winter Meetings on Wednesday and told reporters that all 30 teams are set to have extended netting in 2020 well past the dugouts. Some teams will even extend it to each foul pole. Some teams had already started instituting this as a means for a safer fan experience and many had been calling for all 30 teams to do this, which they are now going to in...
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Ken Rosenthal and Evan Drellich of the Athletic are reporting that MLB’s investigation of the Astros’ cheating scandal won’t be completed until the start of 2020. The scandal is based on efforts by the Astros to use technology to steal signs during the 2017 season. Of note to the Mets, manager Carlos Beltran and J.D. Davis were both on that year’s Astros team that won the...
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Metsmerized’s own Michael Mayer is reporting that the Mets are unlikely to acquire Starling Marte or anyone with a notable salary in a trade without shedding salary. That would mean, as pointed out by Mayer, that the team would likely have to shed one of Jed Lowrie’s or Jeurys Familia’s contracts first or in the same deal to bring someone like Marte aboard. Marte, 31, is set to...
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MLB had a committee made up of professors conduct a study on the league’s baseballs used in 2019 and they determined that uptick in home runs this past season was not due to juiced balls as detailed by Jeff Passan of ESPN. Instead, “carry contributed to 60% of the home run increase and launch conditions to 40%,” Passan said. “Seam height accounts for about 35% of a...
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Astros Mulling Correa Trade Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic reports that the Houston Astros are considering the idea of trading Carlos Correa this offseason with money issues looming. Correa, 25, is coming off an injury-plagued season in which he only appeared in 75 games due to a fractured rib and back discomfort. The shortstop hit .279/.358/.568 with 21 homers and 59 RBI to give himself a 137...
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