Just when you think Jacob deGrom can’t find another gear on the mound, he does. OK, well, we don’t know exactly what kind of next level we’ll see from the two-time National League Cy Young Award winner yet. If his performance during spring training indicates anything, though, 2021 is just going to keep adding to his lore. His most recent appearance against the Houston Astros in West Palm...
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It’s been nearly two full calendar years since Arodys Vizcaino took the mound in a big-league uniform. So, one can imagine he likely felt some butterflies when his name was called to pitch the sixth inning on Sunday against the St. Louis Cardinals in Port St. Lucie. Once he got on the mound, though, it didn’t seem like the nerves got to him very much. It helps when you get a...
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As the New York Mets continue playing more of their Grapefruit League schedule in advance of Opening Day, we’re getting a better idea of who exactly will be on the big-league roster come April 1st in Washington, D.C. After the team made its first round of cuts on Tuesday, there are now only 53 players left in major league camp. An area of the roster that’ll be interesting to continue...
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Even though the New York Mets didn’t have a spring training game to play on Wednesday, they still won. Well, kind of — they were imagining it. Deesha Thosar of the NY Daily News shared a video from Port St. Lucie where the Mets were pretending they secured the final out to win Game 7 of the World Series, with the appropriate celebration following that play. Sure, it’s all...
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There are just a few guarantees in life: death, taxes, and discussing how spring training stats are meaningless. It’s something that’s talked about every spring from all corners of the internet (I’m guilty of it, too). While the standings and stats ultimately mean nothing, it means everything to certain players. Established veterans use it as an opportunity to appropriately ramp up for the...
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