Ichiro Suzuki has officially decided to retire from Major League Baseball. The 45-year-old went 0-for-4 on Thursday morning for the Mariners vs the Athletics in Tokyo, Japan. Ichiro came out in the bottom of the eighth inning to a roaring ovation at the Tokyo Dome. https://twitter.com/Mariners/status/1108724506992898049 The future Hall of Famer will end his MLB career with 3,089 hits (23rd...
Read More
After being scratched from his start on Sunday because he was sick, Jacob deGrom pitched 6.1 innings and threw 96 pitches. He struck out 12, walked nobody, and allowed one earned run on seven hits. DeGrom was pitching in the back fields against minor leagues to keep him from facing the Washington Nationals as Opening Day gets closer. Slo-mo side view of Noah Syndergaard @PitchingNinja...
Read More
Veteran outfielder Carlos Gomez played in a minor league game on Sunday afternoon after being cleared for minors action. I was able to stick around to watch his first at-bat in the back fields at First Data Field before heading over to West Palm Beach. He singled up the middle and eventually came around to score on a Wilson Ramos double. Gomez was playing center field. Travis d’Arnaud was...
Read More
Once the Mets courted and signed veteran infielder Adeiny Hechavarria in February, the chances of Luis Guillorme making the team took a huge hit. Guillorme, 24, came into camp 12 pounds lighter and has hit all spring. He’s hitting .393/.500/.607 with three doubles, one homer, and four walks compared to three strikeouts in 35 plate appearances. On Friday, he went 1-for-4 and made a few fine...
Read More
Our own Jacob Resnick was in Port St. Lucie on Friday reporting from Mets camp, when he noticed that NFL player Bradley Marquez was in uniform. Marquez, 26, was the Mets 16th round pick in the 2011 draft from Odessa High School in Texas. He played in parts of two seasons with the Mets rookie level Kingsport Mets in 2012 and 2013. He hit .254/.293/.351 in 36 games while playing left field and...
Read More
