Author: Michael Mayer

Matt Allan Making Sure 2020 Isn’t a Lost Season

Despite the loss of a minor league season, Mets prospect Matthew Allan continued to show promise on the mound for New York at the Mets’ alternate training site in Brooklyn. A right-hander, Allan’s fastball-curveball combo is looking as good as ever and has a much-improved changeup, a pitch Allan has rarely had to throw before, according to MLB.com. “It’s really developed a lot,” Mets executive...

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Mets Shutout Again: Fifth Straight Year Without Gold Glove Finalist

Rawlings announced their Gold Glove finalists on Thursday afternoon, and for the fifth straight year no Mets were on the list. That is the longest current streak in Major League Baseball. American League Pitcher Griffin Canning, Angels Kenta Maeda, Twins Zach Plesac, Indians Catcher  Yasmani Grandal, White Sox James McCann, White Sox Roberto Pérez, Indians First Base Yuli Gurriel, Astros Matt...

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Trevor Bauer Wins Players Choice Award For Best NL Pitcher

Reds ace and soon-to-be free agent Trevor Bauer, has been given the Players Choice Award for Best National League pitcher. He beat out fellow finalist Yu Darvish and Jacob deGrom. Bauer led the National League with a 1.73 ERA, 0.795 WHIP, and led all of baseball with his 5.1 H/9 in the 2020 shortened season. The voting is done by the players, this year it was done in mid-September. Here are the...

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Examining the Second Tier of Free Agents

With the Mets a few votes away from having the richest owner in baseball, fans have been talking about the possibilities of signing top free agents C J.T. Realmuto, RHP Trevor Bauer, CF George Springer, and/or RHP Liam Hendriks. While I believe that the Mets will dig around the market for all four of top tier guys, I don’t think it’s reasonable to expect all of them. With that in...

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World Series Game Thread: Rays vs Dodgers, 8:09 PM – Game 1

Tampa Bay Rays (40-20, 8-5) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (43-17, 9-3) RHP Tyler Glasnow (2-1, 4.66) vs. LHP Clayton Kershaw (2-1, 3.22) Tuesday, October 20, 2020 | 7:11 p.m. CT | Globe Life Field | Arlington, TX World Series – Game 1 TV: FOX | Radio: AM 570 (Eng.); 1020 AM (Span.), ESPN Radio, AM 1540 (Kor.) The Rays and Dodgers meet after both had the best record in their respective leagues...

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