According to the New York Post’s Mike Puma, the New York Mets will open their 2020 season in much the same way they ended their 2019 campaign—against the defending NL East Champion Atlanta Braves. The game will take place on July 24 and will be played at Citi Field. It is the sixth time in franchise history the Mets will face the Braves on Opening Day with New York winning four of...
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For the first time since 1945, the Major League Baseball All-Star Game has been cancelled. In yet another casualty of the COVID-19 virus, the July 14th original date for the Midsummer Classic will now be used instead for spring training 2.0 or summer camp. The city of Los Angeles was scheduled to host the game and all the ancillary events surrounding it including the Home Run Derby and the...
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In an effort to further bolster their bullpen, the New York Mets signed free agent reliever Jared Hughes. Hughes will be added to the Mets’ 60 man player-pool, which now stands at 51, after Tuesday’s signing. Hughes, who will turn 35 on July 4, has spent nine years in the majors. The tall, right-hander has pitched for Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Cincinnati and Philadelphia and owns a...
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In what might be the first wave of several to come, three major league players on Monday decided to opt out of the 2020 season and not play. The three are Ryan Zimmerman and Joe Ross of the Washington Nationals and the Arizona Diamondbacks’ Mike Leake. Zimmerman was the most vocal of the trio, writing a piece for the Associated Press detailing his decision not to play. “After a great...
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Don’t get me wrong. I’m as happy as any sports fan in America that baseball will be back in a month. Since I was eight years old, watching Tom Seaver and the Mets stun the Orioles in the World Series, baseball has had, and always will have a special place in my heart. Call me a purist, but baseball has me hooked, especially to the team whose guys wear the blue and orange uniforms....
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