The Samurai Japan roster is set for the upcoming 2023 World Baseball Classic. Headlined by MLB-superstar Shohei Ohtani, the Samurai are the favorites to come out on top of Pool B. This not only due to their past success in the WBC, but they will also be playing in front of their home country. They will be competing with Korea, China, Australia and Czech Republic in the play-in round. Japan won...
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Good morning, Mets fans! Per Jack Harris of LA Times Sports, the Los Angeles Dodgers announced at FanFest on Saturday they will be retiring Fernando Valenzuela’s number 34 on Friday, August 11 before a home against the Colorado Rockies. The Los Angeles Dodgers confirmed the announced in a congratulatory tweet for Valenzuela, announcing that there will never be another No. 34. Latest Mets News...
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The left field position for each of the five NL East teams remains mostly unchanged from 2022, with only one or two teams making a minor change. The overall group is underwhelming, especially when considering the amount of star players that play in the division. Continuing MMO’s series of position rankings in the NL East, here are the rankings of left fielders in the division. 5. Eddie...
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The Mets announced on Saturday afternoon that pitching prospect Matthew Allan underwent UCL revision surgery last month. The surgery is essentially like having Tommy John, meaning Allan will miss the entire 2023 season. This is the third surgery for Allan over the last couple of years that started with Tommy John in May of 2021 and then ulnar nerve transposition January of 2022. Allan was taken...
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This is our fourth installment of the MMN 2023 Top 30 Mets prospects, which brings us to No. 12. We will have solo articles for each of the players coming in the Top 11. 15. Jesus Baez, SS B/T: R/R Age: 2/26/05 (17) Ht: 5’10” Wt: 180 lb. Acquired: Signed as international free agent from the Dominican Republic (1/2022) ETA: 2028 Previous Rank: N/A Stats (DSL):...
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With the World Baseball Classic a little more than a month away, a lot of attention at Port St. Lucie will be on who isn’t at Mets spring training compared to who is once the tournament begins. One player who will be there, at least for right now, is new right-handed pitcher Kodai Senga. Team Japan released its 30-man preliminary roster for the WBC in late January and Senga was not on the list....
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