Kodai Senga Age: 29 (1/30/1993) B/T: L/R 2022 Stats: 22 GS, 11-6 record, 148 IP, 1.94 ERA, 1.056 WHIP, 156 SO, 49 BB Rundown The continued globalization of baseball is a beautiful sight to behold for fans of Major League Baseball, as some of the brightest stars the sport has seen are making the move to professional play in the United States. Kodai Senga is the latest Japanese-born player to hit...
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Though the primary focus of the Mets’ offseason will be squarely on the big-ticket acquisitions, the moves made on the margins can sometimes prove to be just as important. The winter baseball calendar lends itself to these transactions, from the non-tender deadline to the Rule 5 Draft. It’s the latter that comes into focus as the date to add eligible players to the 40-man roster to shield them...
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Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets hired former Astros and Cardinals coach Jeff Albert to be the team’s new director of hitting yesterday. Albert spent four years as Houston’s minor league hitting coordinator and served as the major league club’s assistant hitting coach. He had two stints with the Cardinals, the first of which as a minor league hitting coach and then in that...
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According to MLB Insider Ken Rosenthal, it is “highly unlikely” that the Atlanta Braves sign Jacob deGrom. Here’s what Rosenthal wrote in his latest piece for The Athletic. • Two other things that are highly unlikely for the Braves: The signing of deGrom or a shortstop other than Dansby Swanson. If the Braves cannot keep Swanson, they probably will be out of the picture for...
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Julio Rodríguez is the recipient of the 2022 Jackie Robinson AL Rookie of the Year award. The Mariners outfielder played an integral role in the team breaking their long playoff drought, slashing .284/.345/.509 with a 147 OPS+ and a 6.2 WAR in 132 games. Rodríguez was a 2022 All-Star as well as a Silver Slugger, and could end up being a Mariner for the rest of his career after signing a 14-year...
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Seth Lugo has been a New York Met for all seven years of his MLB career. During that time he has appeared in 275 games and he’s taken on just about every role a pitcher can have. Will Sammon of The Athletic notes he might have the chance to move back to a role he prefers: starting pitcher. Early in his major league career Lugo found success as a starter, pitching to a 2.67 ERA in 2016 (his...
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