Since mid-July Mets pitching prospect Jonah Tong has put up impressive results, and in his most recent start carried a no hitter into the seventh inning. As that was part of a Triple-A double header, those seven scoreless innings Tong pitched amounted to the entire game. Across eight starts beginning July 18, Tong has a 2.20 ERA and 1.15 WHIP with a 26% strikeout rate and 11.8% walk rate across...
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Per Chelsea Janes of SNY, the Baltimore Orioles are claiming Luis Robert Jr. off waivers from the New York Mets. This clears a logjam in the outfield for the Mets with the return of Juan Soto while also taking the Mets off the hook for Robert Jr.’s buyout if they declined his option. Baltimore will also be taking on Robert’s salary for the remainder of the 2026 season, which is a little under $5...
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Former top-100 prospect Ryan Clifford, who the New York Mets acquired from the Houston Astros as part of the Justin Verlander trade in 2023 was placed on the development list on August 19. It is easy to sound the alarms, but this is not necessarily a full reason to panic. Obviously, if everything was going well Clifford would not have been put on this list. On the season Clifford is slashing...
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Major League Baseball has proposed more changes to the Major League Baseball Players Association as part of the ongoing ramp-up to the expiration of the collective bargaining agreement. Offseason Changes Per Jeff Passan of ESPN, Major League Baseball has proposed to make “drastic changes” to the MLB offseason. The main change would limit the window in which free agents can sign. In the current...
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In his most recent press conference president of baseball operations David Stearns was asked if Andy Green will return to his player development role and stated he will return to the “front office”, but did not confirm it would be the same player development role. Steve Cohen used identical language a few days later when asked the same question. This could be overanalysis, but it does seem the...
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