The New York Mets (2-1) welcomed the Washington Nationals to Clover Park in St. Lucie, FL for the team’s third spring training game of the season. With Max Scherzer making his first start of spring, and a lineup and group of pitchers littered with mostly MLB players, New York got their second win of the spring, 6-3. Max Scherzer started the game and threw the first two innings. He had a...
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Sunday, February 26, 2022 • 1:10 PMClover Park • Port S. Lucie, FloridaRHP Trevor Williams (spring debut) vs. RHP Max Scherzer (spring debut)SNY • WCBS 880 AM • ESPN 1050 The New York Mets play their first of six spring training games against the Washington Nationals this afternoon in Port St. Lucie. Yesterday, the Mets had the rare split-squad day at two very different times, against two teams...
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Recently, according to Evan Drellich of the Athletic, MLBPA’s president, Tony Clark, spoke on a topic that relates closely with New York Mets. At a recently opened satellite office, Clark restated the MLBPA’s stance on a potential salary cap. He said, “We don’t have a cap, we’re not going to agree to a cap.” His rationale was, “A salary cap is the...
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Just a week after Manny Machado reportedly said he was going to opt out of his current contract, the superstar third baseman is reportedly in agreement on a lucrative extension. Per Jeff Passan of ESPN, the Padres and Manny Machado are in agreement on an 11-year, $350 million deal. Dennis Lin of the Athletic also confirmed that the extension will kick in this year. Lin added that the deal has no...
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After an offseason of speculation about how the new shift restrictions would affect the on-field product in 2023, the New York Mets finally got their first taste of two fielders on each side of the infield upon the pitcher’s release. At least on the offensive side, the initial results were positive. In the Mets’ 5-2 Grapefruit League victory over the Miami Marlins in the nightcap,...
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Pete Alonso looks primed and ready as the 2023 Mets’ spring training season officially gets under way. Alonso was 3-for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored. One of those hits was a lead-off, solo home run in the bottom of the second inning off of Marlins’ starting pitcher, Braxton Garrett. It was a long home run, deep over the center field wall of Clover Park, clocked at 105.3 MPH off the...
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