Spending sixteen years in the Major Leagues playing for some of the smartest coaches and managers, being teammates with dozens of All-Stars and Hall of Fame players and playing a position in catcher – which tends to translate into having a strong baseball acumen – Chad Kreuter has a ton of knowledge to share. Since being drafted in the fifth round of the 1985 Major League Draft by...
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The New York Mets announced on Wednesday they’ve added shortstop Andres Gimenez, catcher Ali Sanchez, right-handed pitcher Jordan Humphreys, and left-handed pitcher Thomas Szapucki to the 40-man roster. This comes ahead of the deadline at 8:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday to add Rule 5 draft eligible players to the 40-man roster. Gimenez, one of the Mets’ top prospects, was a no-brainer add...
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MLB Pipeline has compiled a list of the best minor league players for each organization during the 2019 season. It should be noted these lists reflect not prospect status, but rather, performance on the field. That is why the Mets All-Stars include both a 36-year-old catcher and an 18-year-old shortstop: C Rene Rivera 1B Travis Taijeron 2B Luis Carpio 3B Mark Vientos SS Ronny Mauricio OF...
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Reporters gathered around Houston Astros’ owner Jim Crane on Wednesday at the MLB Owner Meetings hoping to get comments on the 2017 sign-stealing scandal that has been a hot topic of discussion around the game. However, as detailed by Laura Albanese of Newsday, reporters were separated from the owner as he had a sheriff around him and when asked to speak with reporters, Crane completely...
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Jon Morosi of MLB.com reports that the Los Angeles Angels, Chicago White Sox, Minnesota Twins, and San Diego Padres are currently comprising “the leading group” for Zack Wheeler this offseason. In addition, Morosi expects the right-hander to sign way before Gerrit Cole does and possibly before Stephen Strasburg. Morosi further speculated that a deal in the range of five years, $100...
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Marc Carig of the Athletic wrote a phenomenal piece detailing Jessica Mendoza’s role with the Mets this past season as well as reporting a situation that emerged with regards to her role in media. As a broadcaster for ESPN still, she was hoping to go about her job, as per usual, going through clubhouses prior to calling games. However, that plan was nixed by the Los Angeles Dodgers who...
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