Late on Thursday night, the San Diego Padres shocked the baseball world when they were able to snag manager Bob Melvin from the Oakland Athletics. The well-regarded Melvin had his 2022 option picked up by the A’s earlier this offseason, but Oakland decided they would let him pursue other opportunities. Two things have been pretty commonly known in baseball circles: one is that...
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HOUSTON ASTROS (1-1) VS. ATLANTA BRAVES (1-1) WORLD SERIES, GAME 3: RHP LUIS GARCIA (1-1, 9.64) VS. RHP IAN ANDERSON (1-0, 2.25) Friday, Oct. 29, 2021 • Truist Park • Atlanta, GA • 8:09 p.m. ET • FOX The Astros jumped all over Braves starter Max Fried early in Game 2 with one run in the first and four runs in the second inning of their 7-2 win on Wednesday in Houston. Jose Altuve had two hits...
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Andy Martino of SNY is reporting that the Mets have sent request to interview the Twins assistant GM Daniel Adler and Red Sox executive Raquel Ferreira for the Mets front office. Martino also notes that the Mets requested to talk to Dodgers executive Jeff Kingston, but were denied permission by LA. Adler, 34, has been in the Twins organization since 2017. He was the director of baseball...
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Shortstop Francisco Lindor is a finalist for the Gold Glove Award in the National League. He breaks the Mets five-year streak of having no finalist at any position. Despite fine defensive seasons from Mets pitchers Marcus Stroman and Taijuan Walker (led NL with seven defensive runs saved), neither of them were a finalist. Walker fell just a few innings short (pitched 138 2/3 innings at game 142,...
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The Dominican Winter League went off with a bang for Mets prospect Ronny Mauricio as he homered in his first at-bat of the season for the Tigres del Licey. Mauricio, coming off a career-high 20 home runs in the regulars season, played shortstop and batted seventh for the Tigres del Licey. His home run came in the second inning with one runner on to give them a 2-0 lead they would never...
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