According to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, the Toronto Blue Jays have acquired right-handed pitcher Taijuan Walker from the Seattle Mariners. Walker, 28, is 2-2 with a 4.00 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, and 3.13 K/BB in five starts covering 27 innings for the Mariners this season. Walker signed a one-year, $2 million deal in February to return to the Mariners organization. The Blue Jays will send a player to...
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Jacob deGrom has now made 177 starts in his Major League career and allowed one or no runs in a record 83 of them. In those 83 games, deGrom has a 0.65 ERA and 32 no-decisons. Yes, you read that right, 32 no-decisions. And only 49 wins. For some reference, there’s 12 other pitchers with 83 games of one or no runs allowed in a start and the lowest win total among them is Jose Rijo with 55....
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Mets right-hander Seth Lugo made and his first start since 2018 on Tuesday night against the Marlins, and he was perfect. Lugo, starting for the first time since June 25, 2018, needed only 39 pitches to navigate three perfect innings with five strikeouts. Manager Luis Rojas said before the game Lugo could go 50-60 pitches, but he went to the bullpen a little earlier and they failed him in the...
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As the Mets get ready to return to action on Tuesday with a doubleheader against the Marlins, Brodie Van Wagenen talked to reporters extensively on a variety of different topics. In-House Deadline Acquisitions When asked about how Brodie would treat the trade deadline this season, he noted that getting pitchers David Peterson and Michael Wacha and outfielder Jake Marisnick back from the injured...
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A few hours after Major League Baseball officially announced that the Mets and Yankees would not play at all this weekend, the Mets released the following statement: #Mets Official Statement: pic.twitter.com/GKsRIMu4f7 — New York Mets (@Mets) August 21, 2020 It was reported on Thursday that the Mets had a player and staff member test positive for Covid-19. Initially, their finale against...
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