Coronavirus has hit baseball. No, it was not the Mets. The Mets did have their own scare though earlier this week when Donovan Mitchell Sr., the Mets’ director of player relations and community engagement, tested negative for COVID-19. Jeff Passan of ESPN reported on Sunday morning that a minor league in the New York Yankees system has tested positive for coronavirus. We do not yet know...
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Assuming the baseball season will start at some point, we can surely count on the NL East being one of the more tightly-contested divisions in the league. To get a better sense as to where the Mets’ roster stands, we will be offering positional breakdowns and rankings of each team in the division. Today, we will be taking a look at first basemen in the NL East, which combines some veteran...
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According to Anthony DiComo of MLB.com, Mets minor league camp has been shut down. At the current moment, there are still some major leaguers remaining in Port St. Lucie, though that can change in the coming days. Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports that MLB is planning to send out guidelines that will urge teams to end group workouts and organized events at both their spring facilities and...
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At the beginning of the week, I was putting together an article which stressed the added importance of having a healthy Yoenis Cespedes ready for Opening Day after the news of Michael Conforto’s oblique injury. After the last few days, however, it wouldn’t make much sense now. Like every other sports fan at the moment, I’m just trying to process the magnitude of what’s...
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Good morning, Mets fans! Here’s to hoping everyone is happy and healthy out there. Here’s what you need to know on this Sunday morning: Latest Mets News In a conference call with reporters on Saturday, Mets’ general manager Brodie Van Wagenen said that he is letting Mets players decide whether they will remain, or leave Port St. Lucie to be with their families. Tim Britton of...
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Not having any baseball right now is tough and we are looking for ways to still engage with our favorite pastime and dream about the 2020 season, whenever it starts. So we are going to start examining the Mets roster and look at projections from Baseball Prospectus, ESPN, ZiPS and Steamer to them in perspective with the 2019 season. We wanted to address COVID-19 directly first. All of our...
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