First is was billionaire hedge funder, Steve Cohen. Then came power couple Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez. Now, as per Variety, the New York Mets have a new suitor in the potential sale of the team. The co-owners of the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers and the NHL’s New Jersey Devils, Josh Harris and David Blitzer are rumored to be “among the suitors” for the Mets, though...
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Technology has heavily contributed to our ever-evolving understanding of pitching. The Rapsodo system, in particular, can be attributed for this change, by allowing both players and coaches to maximize a pitcher by observing the physicalities of his pitches. Kyle Boddy and his company, Driveline, have been at the forefront of the “Rapsodo movement”, continuously releasing articles on...
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MLB owners and players remain in a stalemate over an agreement on a 2020 baseball season, which has been put on hold because of the pandemic. Both sides had hoped negotiations would be concluded in time for an Opening Day in early July, but as each day passes the two sides are no closer to an agreement. Today, however, Karl Ravech of ESPN is reporting that MLB owners made a new proposal to the...
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On this day in 2010, which believe it or not was now 10 years ago, the Mets drafted a former college shortstop by the name of Jacob deGrom in the ninth round. And the rest was history. The right-handed thrower was strictly a shortstop during his freshman season at Stetson, then pitched in only one game as a sophomore before making 17 appearances (12 starts) as a junior. DeGrom, of course, jumped...
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Is it time for the Dark Knight’s return to the Mets? It very well could be. According to WFAN’s Boomer Esiason, Matt Harvey has reached out to the Mets about coming back. He also said that the Mets would consider. Well… it does make sense. With Noah Syndergaard out for any 2020 baseball that happens and possibly for some 2021 games as well due to Tommy John surgery, the Mets...
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Our memories of Matt Harvey in a New York Mets uniform will forever be bittersweet because of the way things ended. But when times were good…man, they were good. The former ace has been in the news a couple times lately — once with an oral history of his rise and fall in Queens, and again with a reported interest in taking his talents to the KBO to revitalize his career. With Harvey...
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