St. Louis Cardinals (91-71, 0-2) at Washington Nationals (93-69, 2-0) National League Championship Series Game 3 • Nationals Park RHP Jack Flaherty (11-8, 2.75) vs. RHP Stephen Strasburg (18-6, 3.32) The Cardinals look to get back into the series getting shutdown by Max Scherzer on Saturday in St. Louis. Cardinals offense has a grand total of four hits through the first two games. The games...
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The New York Mets have begun assembling their list of managerial candidates, and they are beginning to set up interviews with different candidates. Judging from what we heard when he broadcasted Mets games this year, Joe Girardi really wants this job. Given his being a very good manager, the Mets should be doing all they could do to hire him. But . . . Even with Girardi being the best candidate...
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by Jack Hendon Mike Puma of the New York Post is the first to report that the New York Mets intend to interview former big-leaguer Eduardo Perez for the vacant manager position. Perez, 50, played first base and the corners of the outfield from 1993 to 2006 before retiring and joining ESPN/ESPN Deportes as an analyst both on-field and in-studio. He has been working with the network intermittently...
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Will Harris Position: RP Bats/Throws: R/R Age: August 28, 1984 (35) Traditional Stats: 4-1, 1.50 ERA, 0.933 WHIP, 2.1 BB/9, 9.3 K/9 Advanced Stats: 2.1 bWAR, 1.1 fWAR, 309 ERA+, 3.15 FIP Drafted in the ninth round by the Colorado Rockies in 2006, Will Harris did not make his big league debut until the age of 27. In 2012, Harris made 20 appearances as a rookie with the Rockies, but did not fare...
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By Matt Musico While Mickey Callaway will no longer be managing the New York Mets, he left his post after watching his starting rotation compile the third-highest fWAR in baseball for the second straight year (18.0 in 2018, 19.7 in 2019). When going through this same exercise last year, the noticeable trend among all the Mets’ starters was that each of them produced their best start of...
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By Tim Ryder On this week’s episode of Simply Amazin’, Tim Ryder and Jacob Resnick discuss Carlos Beltran’s campaign for the New York Mets’ vacant managerial position, the Mets’ internal trade options, and much more. You can find Simply Amazin’ anywhere you listen to podcasts. Be sure to subscribe and leave a five-star review if you enjoyed the show!...
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