The Mets announced Tuesday they place Carlos Carrasco on the 15-day injured list with right elbow inflammation. They recalled reliever Jeff Brigham to his roster spot. In an update, the New York Post’s Mike Puma reported that Carrasco has a bone chip in his right elbow, which was causing the discomfort and inflammation. The team is hoping the injection he received on Wednesday will allow...
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Questions still linger about how the shift ban will affect the total number of hits in baseball—and if banning the shift really does anything at all. (If you look at year-over-year heat maps of where players position themselves, there’s not really a huge change from 2022 to 2023.) But whether the Mets are shading their infield toward second or playing straight up, they are hitting all the...
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The last time Max Scherzer faced the San Diego Padres—in the 2022 NL Wild Card Round—he had one of the worst starts of his career. In the two games that followed—his first two this season—Scherzer fell apart in the sixth inning, allowing a total of six runs over those two frames. Monday, though, the veteran and leader of the Mets’ rotation seemed to get back on track. Though not perfect,...
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Updated Post, April 5, 2023, 11:38 a.m. The Mets announced on Wednesday that the MRI on Brett Baty’s right thumb revealed no structural damage and that the star prospect is considered day-to-day with inflammation. Baty was taken out of...
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The Cleveland Guardians and All-Star Andrés Giménez have agreed to a contract extension that will lock the second baseman to the Guardians through potentially the 2031 season, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The extension, which will start in 2024, is for seven years and $106.5 million. The Guardians have a club option for 2031, as well. As Passan points out, the deal will buy out...
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