Updated August 26th, 7:20 p.m. The Seattle Mariners and San Diego Padres agreed to postpone their game on Wednesday night, joining the Brewers and Reds in not playing after the NBA player’s boycott. Original Post: The Milwaukee Bucks were set to tip off against the Orlando Magic at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, but the players never made it out to the court. Instead the Bucks decided to...
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The New York Mets returned to action last night after a five-day layoff which began when two members of their traveling party tested positive for COVID-19 last week. Looking around the league nearly every team has had their schedule impacted by the Coronavirus in some capacity, as positive tests continue to pop up. In hopes of avoided those types of scheduling and competitive complications...
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Rick Porcello started the month of August on such a high note, yielding just one run across seven innings pitched against the Washington Nationals. After another quality start his next time out, it appeared Porcello had turned the corner. Unfortunately maybe that was not the case after all. Porcello closed out the month of August with two lackluster performances, as all the hits he has given up...
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When Brodie Van Wagenen spoke with the media on Monday, he alluded to a quiet trade deadline for the Mets this year. BVW pointed to the uncertainty due to COVID, the expanded playoff field and the shortened season as reasons why most teams (including the Mets) would be hesitant to make a move at the August 31st deadline. Yet according to a recent article by the Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal,...
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The sale of the New York Mets has been a wild ride, but one that is nearing its finish line as we are less than two weeks away from the final bids being submitted at month’s end. All reports paint this auction to be a two-man race between hedge-fund billionaire Steve Cohen and former player Alex Rodriguez, but no one can agree on who the favorite really is between the two. Due to his...
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