According to Jeff Passan a source has told ESPN, Major League Baseball has informed it’s teams that they will begin the 2021 season with alternate training sites. As a result, the beginning of the Triple-A season will be delayed at least one month. Triple-A clubs now expect to begin their season around the first week of May, similar to the lower levels of the minors, and will run into...
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Taking the mound for the first time in about a year, New York Mets starting pitcher Marcus Stroman got his spring off to a very strong start, tossing a pair of perfect innings in Tuesday’s 2-0 win over the Houston Astros at Clover Park. Following his outing, Stroman told reporters via Zoom he “feels great, super blessed, super grateful to be in the position I am right now. Super calm,...
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In the Mets’ first home game of the spring, they shutout the Houston Astros 2-0 in a game that went seven innings. If yesterday’s non-televised road game didn’t get your baseball juices flowing, perhaps today did. The game was the first live broadcast on SNY of the spring with Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez, and Ron Darling, and I’ll tell you, after 16 years together,...
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Prior to Monday afternoon’s Grapefruit League season opener against the Miami Marlins, New York Mets Team President Sandy Alderson addressed the media in Port St. Lucie. One of the hot topics of conversation of course was potential contract extensions. When asked how motivated the organization is to work out long-term deals with sluggers Michael Conforto and Francisco Lindor, Alderson said he...
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Houston Astros (1-1) vs. New York Mets (0-1)Tuesday, March 2, 2020 • 1:10 p.m.Clover Park • Port St. Lucie, FLLHP Framber Valdez (0-0, -.–) vs. RHP Marcus Stroman (0-0, -.–) The New York Mets return home to Clover Park for their Grapefruit League home opener against the Houston Astros on this fine Tuesday afternoon. First pitch is scheduled for 1:10 p.m. and the action can be seen...
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On a seemingly random March day in 1966, William Eckert, Commissioner of Major League Baseball, made a decision that had a profound impact on the fledgling New York Mets. On March 2, 1966, Eckert voided a contract that USC junior, Tom Seaver, had signed about six weeks earlier with the Milwaukee Braves after being drafted in the first round of the secondary draft. The contract was voided because...
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