The 1986 Mets dominated the National League. They won 108 games during the regular season, and seemed destined to steamroll any opponent that stood between them and a championship. The Houston Astros had other ideas. The Mets and Astros clashed in the 1986 NLCS, after Houston won the National League’s western division with a 96-66 record. The Astros, behind the pitching of Mike Scott, gave...
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Following an Opening Day win led by Mets prospects, the Salt River Rafters lost their second game of the AFL season on Thursday 1-0. Brett Baty was the only Mets prospect who played, but he turned in another fantastic offensive performance out of the second spot in the starting lineup. Baty 3B: 2-4, 2B, BB After getting on base in all five of his plate appearances in the Rafters first game on...
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Good morning, Mets fans! The Dodgers are headed to the NLCS to take on the Braves after winning a nail-biter Thursday night over the Giants, 2-1. The game ended on a questionable check swing from old friend Wilmer Flores, with Max Scherzer recording the save. Game 1 of the NLCS begins on Saturday at 8:07 p.m. on TBS. Today, Game 1 of the ALCS will be played between the Red Sox and Astros at...
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Los Angeles Dodgers (2-2) vs. San Francisco Giants (2-2) RHP Corey Knebel vs. RHP Logan Webb Game 5 – 9:07 p.m. ET – Oracle Park – San Francisco, CA – TBS The St. Louis Cardinals stole the headlines on Thursday with the firing of manager Mike Shildt, but there’s still a big Game 5 to be played between the Dodgers and Giants with a chance to play in the National League Championship Series...
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The St. Louis Cardinals have fired Mike Shildt, their manager of the last three-and-a-half seasons, as reported first by Rob Rains and later by ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak confirmed the decision to let go of Shildt, saying the front office and their now-former manager had “philosophical difference in the direction that our Major League club is...
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Player Data: Age: 30, B/T: R/R Primary Stats: 33 G (33 starts), 179 IP, 3.02 ERA, 1.145 WHIP, 10-13, 158 K, 44 BB Advanced Stats: 133 ERA+, 21.6 K%, 6.0 BB%, 4.33 xERA, 4.57 FIP, 3.49 xFIP, 3.4 fWAR, 3.3 bWAR 2021 salary: $18,900,000 Grade: A 2021 Review In the 2020 offseason Marcus Stroman accepted a one-year, 18.9 million dollar qualifying offer to re-join the Mets. This would turn out to not...
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