Good morning, Met fans! Both American League Division Series (ALDS) began on Thursday night. It started with the opening game of the between the Chicago White Sox and Houston Astros from Minute Maid Park in Houston. The Astros took Game 1 of the series by a score of 6-1. Yordan Alvarez hit a fifth inning homer and Michael Brantley ripped a two-run single. They were the big hits for the Stros as...
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The New York Mets will be extending Michael Conforto a qualifying offer, but he will decline and choose to enter the free agency market, sources told Michael Mayer of Metsmerized on Thursday. Since Conforto is declining this offer, the Mets will receive a draft pick as compensation. This news reduces the chances of Conforto returning to the Mets, but it does not shut the door completely. The...
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The 2021 American League Division Series kicks off on Thursday afternoon with the Astros hosting the White Sox at 4:07 p.m. ET and then the Rays hosting the Red Sox at 8:07 p.m. ET. HOUSTON ASTROS (95-67) VS. CHICAGO WHITE SOX (93-69) ALDS, GAME 1: RHP LANCE MCCULLERS JR. (13-5, 3.16) VS. LHP LANCE LYNN (11-6, 2.69) Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021 • Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX • 3:07 p.m. CT • FS1 ...
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No ball club wanted to face St Louis in a one-off Wild Card game. Winners of 17 straight down the stretch, with a veteran 40-year-old pitcher and his killer curveball, they seemed destined to be this postseason’s Cinderella story. Unfortunately for the Cardinals, the Boys in Blue who hail from a show biz city hatched their own Hollywood ending that was literally Taylor-made. Dodger outfielder...
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Mets prospects Mark Vientos and Jake Mangum have been named to the Double-A Northeast League All-Star team after their impressive seasons with the Binghamton Rumble Ponies. Vientos, 21, finished in the top 10 of the league in almost every category including fourth in home runs (22), fourth in wRC+ (144), and second in isolated slugging (.299). His success with Binghamton earned himself a late...
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Neil Walker, who played in over 1,300 major league games with six different organizations from 2009 through 2020, hopes that one word will accurately sum up his professional career, which came to an end when he announced his retirement in April of this year: Grinder. Growing up in the Pittsburgh area, idolizing many of the players from the nineties Pirates teams, Walker dreamed of one day...
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