Today is the beginning of the National League Championship Series, as the Los Angeles Dodgers and Atlanta Braves are set to square off for the first time this season. Each team comes into the matchup with a perfect record this October. Meanwhile the ALCS began last night, with the Tampa Bay Rays holding on to defeat the Houston Astros 2-1. After falling behind in the first inning when Jose...
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Some of us were right, and some of us were wrong with our ALDS and NLDS predictions. Regardless, we’re back with our predictions for ALCS and NLCS. Do you share any of ours? Sam Brown NLCS: I’m thinking that the NLCS will go six games. The Braves and Dodgers are both very good teams and while I ultimately think the Dodgers will win, the Braves will not get swept. There is a lot of power on...
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The baseball world lost yet another icon on Sunday, as another Hall of Famer Joe Morgan passed away. According to the New York Daily News, Morgan had been suffering from a form of polyneuropathy, a nerve condition. Unfortunately this has been a year shaped by the death of baseball legends, as Al Kaline, Tom Seaver, Bob Gibson, Lou Brock, Whitey Ford all previously passing away before Morgan....
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Jacob deGrom, RHP Player Data: Age: 32, B/T: R/R Primary Stats: 16 G, 68 IP, 4-2, 2.38 ERA, 7 HR, 18 BB, 104 SO, 0.956 WHIP Advanced Stats: 178 ERA+, 2.26 FIP, 2.5 bWAR. 2.6 fWAR Free Agent: 2024 2020 Salary: $25 M Grade: A+ 2020 Review The story of the Mets season was their inability to find any consistency in their starting rotation. But there was one guy that was delivering every fifth day....
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In August 2019, New York Mets outfielder Michael Conforto slugged his 100th career home run. That started a discussion about his place in franchise history, which I also wrote about. Within that article, I mentioned that a solid-to-great 2020 campaign could have him inside the top four of Mets outfielders with regard to career fWAR. Of course, I said that before the world ended, any span of time...
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Good Morning, Mets fans! On Sunday, the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Houston Astros 2-1 to kick off the ALCS. On Monday, these two teams will face off against each other once again for the second game of the ALCS. In addition, the NLCS will begin as the Atlanta Braves will face off against the Los Angeles Dodgers. You can check out the games being played throughout the rest of the week here. Latest...
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