Major League Baseball’s commissioner Rob Manfred said that the automated strike zone will be used in the minor leagues in some capacity during the 2020 season. This news comes following the testing of the technology in both the Atlantic League and Arizona Fall League this year. Most recently, the automated strike zone made news when an AFL player was ejected arguing one of it’s...
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Baseball Writers’ Association of America announced the finalists for Rookie of the Year, Manager of the Year, Cy Young, and MVP. American League MVP Alex Bregman (Astros) – 3B Mike Trout (Angels – OF Marcus Semien (A’s) – SS Trout is a two-time winner of the word and his lowest finish is fourth. National League MVP Cody Bellinger (Dodgers) – 1B/OF Christian Yelich...
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Mets GM Brodie Van Wagenen told reporters on Monday that the team will extend the qualifying offer to Zack Wheeler before the 5 p.m. ET deadline tonight. The qualifying offer actually went down to $17.8 this offseason. The former first round pick will then have until November 14 to decide whether to accept or decline the offer. Brodie also noted that the Mets have had conversations with Wheeler...
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MLB Network announced that they will televise the Mets’ introductory press conference of new manager, Carlos Beltran. The press conference starts at 11:00 a.m. ET. Andrew Marchand of the New York Post reported that SNY will not televise the presser because they are not allowed to stream it digitally on social media and broadcast it on SNY TV due to its cable carriage deals. SNY will stream...
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Baseball America published their updated Mets Top 10 prospects on Thursday with a few surprises in the group. Here’s their list: Ronny Mauricio – SS Francisco Alvarez – C Brett Baty – 3B Matthew Allan – RHP Andres Gimenez – SS Mark Vientos – 3B Thomas Szapucki – LHP Josh Wolf – RHP Kevin Smith – LHP David Peterson – LHP First thing that jumps out is 17-year-old Alvarez at No. 2 after only 42 pro...
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