In August of 2018, then-rookie phenom Ronald Acuña Jr. homered in five consecutive games, including leadoff homers in the final three games of that stretch. He was 20 years old and lighting the baseball world on fire with mile-long taters and equally dynamic bat flips. In the sixth game, Miami Marlins starter Jose Ureña fired a 97 mile per hour fastball directly at Acuña. It hit him in the elbow...
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David Peterson was given a vote of confidence by his manager after securing his first career win in his big league debut last week in Boston. The 2017 first rounder made good for Luis Rojas in his second start, tossing a quality start in the Mets’ 4-0 loss on Sunday. Peterson tossed 87 pitches over six solid innings, giving up three runs on just five hits. The left-hander struck out eight...
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On Thursday, the Mets announced the 30-man roster they will begin the season with. The team has yet to announce the three-player taxi squad. The roster seems to indicate that RHP Corey Oswalt will take Marcus Stroman’s spot in the starting rotation after Stroman was placed on the injured list yesterday. Oswalt gets the nod over journeyman RHP Erasmo Ramirez and young LHP David Peterson,...
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The first 37 picks of the shortened 2020 amateur draft have come and gone, and this draft will be remembered for a long time. The draft will not only be historic because of circumstances; the class of talent is exceptional and the first round was met with some surprising shake ups early on. The Tigers shocked absolutely no one by taking ASU slugger Spencer Torkelson. However, they did turn quite...
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The 2020 MLB draft is just a week away and final projections and rankings are starting to take shape. ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel updated his top 150 players ranking while the Athletic’s Keith Law released a new mock draft detailing how he feels the first 29 picks will go. McDaniel’s top 150 is an update from a top 100 ranking he gave back on April 8th. The new ranking sees Texas...
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