Spring training games start in less than 40 days. While that’s always welcome news for baseball fans, this year, exhibition games from Florida and Arizona will be a little different. For the first time, fans will see, on the major league level, pitch clocks, shift restrictions, and limits on the number of times a pitcher can attempt a pickoff. For context, the Major League Baseball...
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It’s about that time of the offseason when baseball fans get a little antsy. The winter meetings have been over for about a month, and player movement across Major League Baseball has slowed to a trickle. Spring training is still over a month away, so we (patiently?) wait for the crack of the bat and the pop of the glove in Arizona and Florida. To help pass the time, let’s take a...
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I have followed the Mets for a long time. For me (and many others), that means having a jaded perspective, thinking something would inevitably go wrong and the Mets were destined to end up on the short end of the deal. Having a positive outlook on the Mets, at least for me, is a rarity. In fact, the last time I can remember being this confident that good things were going to happen was the...
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On December 19, it was reported that Wayne Randazzo will not return to the Mets’ radio broadcast booth for the 2023 season. Reports are that Randazzo will be the next play-by-play announcer on TV for the Angels. His now former partner calling Mets games, Howie Rose, had this to say on Twitter: I’m not at liberty yet to comment on @WayneRandazzo’s next move, but it’s all good and I am...
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Recently we have seen some Major League Baseball contracts with longer-than-usual durations. Consider Trea Turner’s deal with the Philadelphia Phillies (11 years), Carlos Correa’s contract with the San Francisco Giants (13 years), and Xander Bogaerts’ contract with the San Diego Padres (11 years). Teams and players are free to negotiate mutually beneficial deals, but if...
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