The early response around baseball to MLB’s initial COVID-19 intake testing results — positive results were generated from 1.2 percent out of 3,185 samples taken from players and staff around the league — was generally positive. Confirmed cases were an inevitability considering the high-powered, highly contagious nature of this virus. Now, as camps have officially been open for...
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This offseason, the New York Mets essentially replaced Zack Wheeler — departed in free agency to Philadelphia — in their starting rotation with veteran right-handers Michael Wacha and Rick Porcello. Both were inked to one-year deals, $10 million for Porcello, with Wacha’s $3 million contract laden with appearance-based incentives. In so many words, the fifth starter’s job...
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According to Sportico, Major League Baseball “has pre-approved seven groups as qualified bidders” for the New York Mets and the team’s “preference is to close a deal before the end of the year”. The identities of said bidders have not been revealed. Per Sportico’s report — via an anonymous source familiar with the proceedings — all groups...
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Jacob Resnick joined Tim for an MLB Summer Camp primer! Sixty-man rosters are being set, schedules are being hammered out, and everyone’s pretty darn excited for baseball. The Mets made some depth moves on Monday, and Brodie Van Wagenen addressed the media for the first time in months. Jacob and Tim break it all down in the latest episode of Simply Amazin’....
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Well, what do you know? The 2020 season is actually upon us. In an extremely Paul Rudd voice,”Hey, look at us…”. With players set to report to summer camp, er, Spring Training 2.0 at Citi Field next Wednesday, the New York Mets — along with the other 29 teams across MLB — at long last have their where and when. A quick browse of the team’s depth chart certainly...
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