The Mets were denied access by the Milwaukee Brewers to interview David Stearns, their president of baseball operations, for a front office role, according to a report from the New York Post’s Joel Sherman. This was generally expected, as Stearns was denied access by owner Mark Attanasio last year to interview for a similar position with the Mets. Stearns also spoke with the Milwaukee...
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In a massive shift in policy and treatment of minor leaguers, Major League Baseball will require every team to pay for its minor league players’ housing in full starting in 2022, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Passan reported that there isn’t an exact plan set in place (though he said that all 30 owners unanimously agreed to a plan, whatever it may be, to pay for housing back...
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Los Angeles Dodgers (0-1) at Atlanta Braves (1-0) RHP Max Scherzer (8-4, 2.76 ERA) vs. RHP Ian Anderson (9-5, 3.58 ERA) Game #2 7:38 p.m. ET – Truist Park – TBS The National League Championship rolls on Sunday night as the Dodgers and Braves play the second game of the best-of-seven series. Atlanta took Game 1 3-2 on a walk-off single by Austin Riley, who also homered earlier in the...
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The second week of the Mets’ offseason is in the books, and it was certainly the least eventful of the two so far. In fact, most of what occurred during this week with regards to the Mets stems from what happened to other teams in the playoffs when the Milwaukee Brewers, Tampa Bay Rays and San Francisco Giants were eliminated. Even though it was less eventful than the first, let’s...
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The St. Louis Cardinals have fired Mike Shildt, their manager of the last three-and-a-half seasons, as reported first by Rob Rains and later by ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak confirmed the decision to let go of Shildt, saying the front office and their now-former manager had “philosophical difference in the direction that our Major League club is...
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