With Opening Day this Thursday, the Binghamton Rumble Ponies have released their 2018 Opening Day roster: Coaching Staff Manager: Luis Rojas Hitting Coach: Val Pascucci Pitching Coach: Frank Viola Bench Coach: Luis Rivera Athletic Trainer: Bob Grimes Strength Coach: Kory Wan Pitchers Tyler Bashlor (MMN Rank: 14) – Bashlor has tremendous stuff, and he made strides last year to harness it....
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3 UP 1. Aces High If you dig deeper into the numbers, the Mets most likely path to the postseason will be through Noah Syndergaard and Jacob deGrom winning 60 percent or more of their games while the rest of the staff treads water. If the Mets can accomplish that, this is a team that can win near 90 games and make the postseason. Given those parameters, this season could not have gotten off to...
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Mike Puma of the New York Post reports the New York Mets have “dismissed’ long-time Public Address Announcer Alex Anthony. For the first time in Citi Field’s now 10 year history, Anthony was not the public address announcer introducing the Mets on Opening Day. For Opening Day, Rob Rush took over the public address duties. He will serve in that role on an interim basis,...
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On the eve of Opening Day, the New York Mets made a number of important decisions regarding their starting pitchers. The biggest among them was sending Zack Wheeler down to Triple-A, which had the ripple effect of Seth Lugo claiming the fifth starter spot in place of the injured Jason Vargas. Where the Mets go from here is anyone’s guess, which is probably MMO received questions on this...
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3 UP 1. CONFORTO! Because Mets fans have become accustomed to expecting the absolute worst when a player suffers an injury, we all questioned if Michael Conforto would ever truly be able to be Michael Conforto ever again. Moreover, we all questioned whether Conforto would ever really be able to play in the first half of the upcoming season. Well, it turns out Conforto is a much faster healer...
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