Catcher may be one of the more curious positions for a big league baseball team to try filling, given all the directions executives and coaches can take. You can make a straightforward shot at adding offense to a lineup, though you can also leverage the position into a benefit for your pitchers by going with an elite framer. It’s nearly impossible to find a backstop that can offer both,...
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We are currently living in a world without sports. Opening Day was set to happen in less than a week, and yet, Spring Training isn’t even happening anymore. Frankly, it stinks. It had to be done, and everyone’s safety and health is the most important, but man does this world without baseball stink. What stinks even more? Not knowing when it’s coming back, or if it will even be...
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Good morning, Mets fans. Hopefully we all had a safe weekend and took some time for ourselves and our loved ones. Here’s what you need to know: Latest MLB News Scott Mitchell of TSN follows rising Blue Jays’ shortstop, Bo Bichette, as he grapples with the postponement of the Major League season and a global pandemic. For Bichette, the question now remains: How does a player stay...
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Baseball means many things to many people. This game has been with us through everything, every year, from spring to autumn, and we like it that way. Now that the sport and the entire world have been placed on hiatus, we all find ourselves longing for baseball. It’s our normalcy. For me, the yearning brings me on journeys through my memory with hopes of striking stitched-leather gold....
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Vindoggiedawg asks: What is your take on Jerry Koosman getting his number retired before Keith Hernandez? Joe D. replies: That’s a great question and I’m guessing you’re not the only Met fan questioning this move by the team. But let me reassure you that the Mets did in fact make the right choice here. Yes, I know, the Mets making the right decision? Shocking. Let me just begin...
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I wonder what has gone through Jake Marisnick’s head this off-season? He comes to the New York Mets via trade as the Houston Astros cheating scandal sweeps across the world of baseball. He instantly becomes the 4th outfielder of a solid offensive group that could use his speed in the lineup. He also knows his playing time could be cut if Yoenis Cespedes is healthy as well. Then Michael...
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