The Cleveland Guardians and All-Star Andrés Giménez have agreed to a contract extension that will lock the second baseman to the Guardians through potentially the 2031 season, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The extension, which will start in 2024, is for seven years and $106.5 million. The Guardians have a club option for 2031, as well. As Passan points out, the deal will buy out...
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The 2023 MLB season starts in just about 48 hours. We’ll have a handful of prediction posts over the next couple of days, and we’ll start with the MVP, Cy Young and Rookies of the Year awards. Nate Mendelson NL MVP: Trea Turner AL MVP: José Ramírez NL Cy Young: Spencer Strider AL Cy Young: Jacob deGrom NL Rookie of the Year: Jordan Walker AL Rookie of the Year: Masataka Yoshida James...
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The new rules in Major League Baseball for 2023 have been discussed over and over. Is the pitch clock good or bad for the game? Will the larger bases protect infielders and encourage more stolen bases? How about the “two disengagements” rule? Will base runners (such as Tim Locastro) feel emboldened to take off after two attempted pickoffs, knowing that if the pitcher throws over...
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The start of the 2023 season is on the horizon, and the New York Mets are ready to begin their push for a World Series title. The Mets particularly had an interesting spring that had its high and low moments. Multiple key players dealt with injuries, highlighted by Edwin Díaz, who will miss the whole year after tearing his right patella tendon. On the flip side, a couple of top prospects tore up...
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Before they head out to Miami on Tuesday, the Mets played an intrasquad game on Monday at Clover Park. Kodai Senga pitched five scoreless innings for one of the squads and looked how he has all spring: locked in and ready for the regular season. Senga struck out seven in five innings of work on Monday, including three straight strikeouts in the first inning to start the game. .@kodaisenga...
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The Mets have largely already made the big roster decisions ahead of 2023 Opening Day. Brett Baty will start the year in Triple-A, as will Mark Vientos, and Darin Ruf was designated for assignment. The last couple weeks, I did roster projections for the first day of the season, but doing another one of those feels pretty cheap. The Mets will head into the season with Luis Guillorme, Tommy Pham,...
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