Author: Rob Piersall

Mets Have Reached Out To Ausmus, Not McEwing or Alomar Jr.

With Terry Collins resigning as Mets manager after seven years with the team at the conclusion of the season, many names have swirled around as potential replacements for the long time skipper. Some clarity has been made on a few of them to this point. Jon Heyman of Fan Rag reports that the Mets have had conversation with former Detroit Tigers skipper Brad Ausmus about potentially replacing...

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Division Series Game Thread: Monday, Oct. 9

BOSTON RED SOX (1-2) vs. HOUSTON ASTROS (2-1) Monday, October 9, 2017 • 1:08 p.m. ET • Fenway Park • Boston, MA RHP Rick Porcello (11-17, 4.65) vs. RHP Charlie Morton (14-7, 3.62) ALDS Game 4 • TV: FS1 • Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM, ESPN Radio, WCEC 1490 AM (Spanish) The Red Sox will look to keep their season alive this afternoon after pulling out an exciting 10-3 victory Sunday at Fenway. Boston will...

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MMO Roundtable: Bellinger Is Our Unanimous NL Rookie of the Year

The National League had a few promising young rookies make their names known this season. Rhys Hoskins burst on the scene for the rival Philadelphia Phillies, clubbing 18 homers and driving in 48 runs in just 170 at-bats. Kyle Freeland registered 11 wins for the Colorado Rockies while being good for 3.4 WAR and nearly threw a no-hitter in July against the White Sox. Ian Happ had a solid rookie...

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Boras Will Work To Get Harvey On Track This Winter

Whether Matt Harvey comes even relatively close to the starter he was in 2015 or is a carbon copy of who he was this past season remains to be seen, but his agent Scott Boras is going to try everything to make sure it’s the former. Joel Sherman of the New York Post reported Friday that Boras will have a “substantial” throwing program for the right-hander this winter in the...

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NLDS Game Thread: Nationals vs. Cubs, Dodgers vs. D’Backs

Game 2 Chicago Cubs vs. Washington Nationals 5:38 p.m. Jon Lester vs. Gio Gonzalez  The Nationals will look to play a game of catch up tonight versus the Cubs. On Friday, Kyle Hendricks was able to outduel Stephen Strasburg to give Chicago the early series edge.   Game 2 Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Arizona Diamondbacks, 9:08 p.m. Robbie Ray vs. Rich Hill On Friday, Clayton Kershaw yielded four...

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