First it was Seth Lugo with a (minor) injury. Now, it’s J.D. Davis. And we are only a few days into Spring Training. During Tuesday’s game against the Tigers in Lakeland, Davis injured himself while diving for a ground ball single off the bat off Cameron Maybin while at third base. He stayed down on the ground for a few minutes and trainers came out to look at him. Davis did get back...
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Yoenis Cespedes’s media silence did not last long. On Sunday morning, he spoke to the media and addressed several topics. Off the bat, Cespedes said that he did not want to speak about the past during this interview. He acknowledge that he made a mistake and paid for it, and left it at that. He then touched upon what is the biggest question: will he be ready for Opening Day? Cespedes...
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Clover Park has some new artwork adorning it’s walls, and it’s like nothing you have ever seen before. Well, maybe you have already seen it, because while I was working on the story about the artwork, my friend Tim Healey of Newsday tweeted out some sneak peek pictures: Some of the decoration on the new concourse at Clover Park blends Mets eras in a cool, kinda trippy way....
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Jacob deGrom isn’t done winning just yet. We already know he wants to win the Cy Young for a third time in a row, but that’s not all he wants to win. He’s ready for his team to take it all. While speaking with SNY’s Gary Apple, deGrom told him that the Mets are at the top. They have the rotation, they have the depth, they have the position players. “Our plan is to win the east and win the World...
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On the Simply Amazin’ podcast last week, I spoke with my fellow MMOers Mike Mayer and Tim Ryder. We each shared who we think our 2020 breakout player will be. Michael Conforto’s name came up… but I had to disagree. Conforto does not need to have a breakout season. He has already broken out and shown us what he is capable of. What he needs is a consistent season to silence all...
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