Author: Josh Finkelstein

World Series Game Thread: Red Sox vs. Dodgers, 8:15 PM

BOSTON RED SOX (3-1) vs. LOS ANGELES DODGERS (1-3) Sunday, October 28, 2018 • 8:15 p.m. ET • Dodger Stadium • Los Angeles, CA LHP David Price (2-1, 4.26 ERA) vs. LHP Clayton Kershaw (2-2, 3.91 ERA) World Series Game 3 • TV: FOX • Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM, ESPN Radio, WCCM 1490 AM (Spanish) The Boston Red Sox will look to win the World Series last night as they lead the series 3-1 after coming back...

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Dave Eiland Deserves Credit For Starting Pitching Revival

The Mets pitching staff has been feared by many teams in the past as they have always had the ability to be as strong as anyone’s, but have struggled to put it all together over the years, outside of 2015. However, 2018 was a different story in that regard as, arguably the most crucial offseason addition, Dave Eiland, helped bring his pitching staff to new heights. We all knew Jacob deGrom...

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World Series Game Thread: Dodgers vs. Red Sox, 8:09 PM

BOSTON RED SOX (1-0) vs. LOS ANGELES DODGERS (0-1) Tuesday, October 23, 2018 • 8:09 p.m. ET • Fenway Park • Boston, MA LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu (1-0, 4.40 ERA) vs. LHP David Price (1-1, 5.51)  World Series Game 1 • TV: FOX • Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM, ESPN Radio, WCCM 1490 AM (Spanish) After last night’s 8-4 win, the Red Sox will look to take the second game of the World Series at home against the...

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Melvin Understands Need To Incorporate Analytics

As the Mets GM search continues on, Doug Melvin, who remains a favorite in the running, spoke to Jon Heyman of Fancred about his thoughts on analytics in baseball. Melvin, 66, has a scouting background, which makes his willingness to incorporate analytics as a GM a very legitimate question. Nonetheless, he actually exhibited a strong understanding of the fact that the game largely requires him...

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Dave Littlefield Interviewed For Mets GM Job

Marc Carig of the Athletic reports that the Mets have interviewed Detroit Tigers’ VP of player development, Dave Littlefield, for their vacant GM position. Littlefield, 58, is a former league executive as well as the former Senior VP of the Pittsburgh Pirates, which he worked for from 2001 until September 7 of the 2007 season. He was temporarily the team’s GM in that final season,...

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