Matt Pobereyko began the 2017 baseball season the same way he started the 2016 season, pitching for the Florence Freedom in the Frontier League. For the second straight season, the right-hander dominated the independent league and was signed by a major league affiliate. This time by the New York Mets in June and assigned him to the A-Ball Columbia Fireflies. Pobereyko, 25, pitched only 34.1...
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The New York Mets began this offseason with a huge need in the pitching department and they believe Dave Eiland is part of the answer to turning it around. Eiland has won two World Series rings as a pitching coach, with the New York Yankees in 2009 and the Kansas City Royals in 2015. During his tenure with the Royals they had a 3.90 ERA, ranking fifth in the American League from 2012-2017. The...
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The Miami Marlins are rumored to be looking for roughly $250 million from additional investors according to Jon Heyman of Fan Rag Sports. Fan Rags was able to get their hands on a private email titled ”Project Citrus” that outlines ways to improve the franchise including non-baseball event revenue opportunities, pursue and execute on a new local TV deal, and player payroll...
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New York Mets assistant general manager John Ricco was on SNY talking the state of the team Thursday night and one thing that was discussed in-depth was the teams awful defense in 2018. Ricco on the topic, “We have had several decent players, but as a group I don’t think we valued it as much as we need to.” The Mets as a team in 2017 had a major league worst -73 defensive runs...
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The New York Mets announced they have signed left-handed pitcher Matt Purke to a minor league deal with an invite to major league Spring Training. Purke, 27, had a 3.84 ERA, 1.36 WHIP and 11.0 K.9 during the 2017 season pitching for the Triple-A Charlotte Knights of the Chicago White Sox organization. In 65.2 innings he allowed 61 hits, walked 28, struck 80 and only allowed four home runs. The...
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