Good morning, Mets fans! One of the league’s most dominant closers is nearing his return. After throwing a perfect inning in a minor league intrasquad scrimmage, Edwin Díaz said he could appear in a Grapefruit League scrimmage game next week, according to Tim Healey of Newsday. Díaz was pleased with the minor league intrasquad scrimmage, Healey said on X. His fastball sat between 96-98 miles...
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Good morning, Mets fans! Edwin Díaz took a positive step towards his return on Tuesday. The Mets’ closer throwing to bases and fielding his position for the first time since his ACL surgery, according to Anthony DiComo of MLB.com. 📸 Edwin Díaz checked another box today, throwing to bases while fielding his position for the first time since surgery. Díaz also threw live BP and expects to...
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Good morning Mets fans! A beloved face made an appearance for the preseason, with David Wright making the trip down to Port St. Lucie, Florida, for spring training. Wright revealed to the media that president of baseball operations David Stearns made the call to ask if Wright was interested in working for the team part-time. The captain made it clear his priorities are elsewhere. “I said,...
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Good morning Mets fans! Rintaro Sasaki, a Japanese high school phenom and the potential No. 1 pick in the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) Draft, officially decided to forego the NPB on Tuesday, signing a national letter of intent to play college baseball with Stanford, the university announced. Sasaki will graduate from Hanmaki-Higashi High School, the same school Shohei Ohtani attended, in...
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Good morning Mets fans! In an interview with the digital baseball show Foul Territory, former Mets manager Buck Showalter passionately discussed load management. “We had a guy hit a triple and two doubles, and they said he probably needs a day off because he ran too much around the bases,” Showalter said during the interview. “I said ‘What do you want me to tell him? Don’t get anymore hits so...
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