Major League Baseball announced on Thursday that they will be experimenting with four new playing rules throughout the minor leagues during the 2021 season. Here’s what will be different at various MiLB levels for the upcoming season: Larger Bases in Triple-A To reduce player injuries and collisions, the size of first, second, and third base will be increased from a 15-inch square to an...
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New York Mets (4-3) vs. Houston Astros (2-5) Thursday, March 11, 2020 • 6:05 p.m. FITTEAM Ballpark • West Palm Beach, FL RHP Jacob deGrom (1-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Zack Greinke (0-1, 9.00) Recapping Tuesday’s Game The Mets beat the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday by a score of 5-3 thanks to a go-ahead hit by top prospect Ronny Mauricio in the bottom of the seventh. In a small sample size this...
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As the New York Mets continue playing more of their Grapefruit League schedule in advance of Opening Day, we’re getting a better idea of who exactly will be on the big-league roster come April 1st in Washington, D.C. After the team made its first round of cuts on Tuesday, there are now only 53 players left in major league camp. An area of the roster that’ll be interesting to continue...
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I believe it was The Athletic’s Eno Sarris who borrowed the phrase ‘A Brave New World’, referring to the rapidly changing and modernized terrain of Player Development (PD). I believe it was also Princess Jasmine and Prince Aladdin who coined the phrase ‘A Whole New World’, which might even more aptly characterize modern PD modalities as it pertains to the Mets organization. But Sandy...
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Even though the New York Mets didn’t have a spring training game to play on Wednesday, they still won. Well, kind of — they were imagining it. Deesha Thosar of the NY Daily News shared a video from Port St. Lucie where the Mets were pretending they secured the final out to win Game 7 of the World Series, with the appropriate celebration following that play. Sure, it’s all...
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Good morning, Mets fans! The Texas Rangers announced on Wednesday that they plan to open their stadium at full capacity (40,518) in April with a mask requirement, designated social distancing areas and a restriction on tailgates, according to Levi Weaver of The Athletic. After a day off from Grapefruit League play on Wednesday, the Mets will be back in action tonight against the Houston Astros...
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