On Saturday night’s broadcast, New York Mets color analyst and 1986 World Series champion Ron Darling announced that he would be taking a leave of absence to address some recently diagnosed health concerns. Darling, 58, told viewers of the news during the fifth inning versus the Braves in Atlanta. “A series of tests revealed a large mass in my chest which will require surgery next...
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New York Mets outfielder Brandon Nimmo came into Friday night’s game in Atlanta sporting a .150/.306/.275 slash line with a nightmarish 46% strikeout rate (23 in 50 plate appearances). Not ideal, by any means. Nimmo’s first at-bat against Atlanta right-hander Kyle Wright resulted in a 105.1 mph rocket that landed in the Braves’ bullpen for his second home run of the season,...
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Pete Alonso and Dominic Smith entered spring workouts with honest, viable shots to win the starting job at first base for the New York Mets this season. Both had fine Grapefruit League seasons, and both made the Opening Day roster. While Alonso, 24, has taken the job — and the city, and the baseball world — and ran with it early on, Dom Smith, 23, has been relegated to a supporting...
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On Monday afternoon, Jeff Passan of ESPN released an excerpt of the United States Treasury Department’s letter to Major League Baseball in which they deemed the agreement between MLB and the Cuban Baseball Federation as “unauthorized”. The Trump Administration’s decision is based on Section 515.571 (e) of the Cuban Assets Control Regulations, which “authorizes...
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The New York Mets found themselves in quite the hole on Sunday afternoon, down 12-1 at the turn of the seventh inning to their fellow National League East brethren, the Washington Nationals. Zack Wheeler’s seven earned-run, seven-walk outing, along with Tim Peterson’s five bases-on-balls and Luis Avilan’s three earned runs transformed a good, old-fashioned rubber game into a...
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