By Josh Finkelstein I know that everyone was disappointed to see the Washington Nationals celebrate on the field on Tuesday night as they reached their first World Series. Watching a team within the division make it was certainly not a good time, especially when you consider that the New York Yankees could theoretically be their opponent in what could be a pick-your-poison World Series for Mets...
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Last month, Tom Tango introduced Baseball Savant’s newest tool: Statcast Swing Take. Every other calculation that the folks at Baseball Savant have created has taken into account the bigger picture of a baseball game: the value of a certain hit, the probability of that hit in terms of exit velocity and launch angle, and the sprint speed. But no other metric had focused on the smaller picture;...
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“The difference between champions and everyone else is that champions are never afraid of losing, while everyone else is afraid of winning.” An American author named Jeffrey Fry uttered this quotation some years ago. It had little to do with the New York Mets in their first seven years of existence. The Mets, an expansion team born as a hybrid of the departed Brooklyn Dodgers and New...
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Game 4 of the ALCS between the Houston Astros and New York Yankees has been postponed due to inclement weather. With Wednesday’s game postponed, the series will resume on Thursday at 8:08 p.m. at Yankee Stadium. Furthermore, the league has decided to have Game 5 of the series on Friday, which would have been a travel day for both teams if the series were to reach Game 6. The teams are now...
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By Christopher Soto Arizona Fall League (AFL) Scottsdale Scorpions (10-11) 2, Salt River Rafters (12-9) 1 Box Score C Patrick Mazeika: 1-for-3 | .207 AVG/.448 OPS 1B Ali Sanchez: 0-for-4, K | .185 AVG/.525 OPS LHP Blake Taylor: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 K, 0 BB, Save(2) | 0-1, 2.25 ERA, 0.63 WHIP Blake Taylor continued his string of excellent performances in the Arizona Fall League with another...
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By John Sheridan At the moment, the only known candidate for the Mets managerial job with previous Major League experience in that role is Joe Girardi. With Girardi set to interview with the Mets after an eight-hour interview with the Chicago Cubs and his upcoming interview for the Philadelphia Phillies’ job, the question is whether the Mets and Girardi can find some common ground. As...
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