It’s not easy to come away dissatisfied after a 97-win season, but the 2019 Atlanta Braves managed to pull it off. Following a heartbreaking Game 5, series-ending loss to the St.Louis Cardinals in the NLDS — complete with a deflating 10-run top of the first for the Cards — Brian Snitker’s group has regrouped, reloaded with talent, and has plenty of reason to be optimistic...
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After a brutal 2019 season — and with $22 million still owed to the right-hander over the next two seasons — New York Mets reliever Jeurys Familia made a conscious effort to come into Spring Training healthy and prepared to compete. As told to MetsMerized’s Pat Ragazzo earlier in the month, the 30-year-old Dominican product shed 30 pounds this offseason, which Familia linked to...
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In the latest episode of Simply Amazin’, dear friend of the pod Stephen Josiah joined Tim to discuss the Mets’ bullpen and two of our favorite Metsies, Dominic Smith and Amed Rosario. They took a little detour getting there — the Mets’ current ownership tends to get us all a bit riled up — but the Dom Smith Stan Squad was well represented....
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In the latest episode of Simply Amazin’, Jacob Resnick of MetsMerized and Mets Minors joined Tim Ryder for our Spring Training 2020 primer. With full-team workouts starting on Monday, and as evidenced by Pete Alonso’s now-public dreams of being drunk on a parade float this fall, optimism is soaring in Port St. Lucie. Tim and Jacob also discussed Jed Lowrie and his fashionable new...
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According to David Lennon of Newsday, rehabbing New York Mets outfielder Yoenis Cespedes is slated to begin Spring Training workouts with his teammates on Monday in Port St. Lucie, Florida. Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen confirmed to Newsday the 34-year-old Cuban product would “participate in [the] Mets’ first full-squad workout”, consisting of “batting practice,...
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