The Washington Nationals and St.Louis Cardinals prevailed as the winner’s in Wednesday’s pair of Game 5’s after defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers and Atlanta Braves, respectively. Atlanta, who won the NL East with a 97-65 record, started off the night by giving up 10 runs in the first inning in what ended up being a 13-1 loss. In the second and much more exciting game, the...
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Brian McCann announced his retirement after the Atlanta Braves 13-1 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 5 of the NLDS. McCann, 35, played in parts of 15 seasons in the game, 10 of which he spent with the Atlanta Braves who he returned to for his final season with a one-year, $2 million contract. In his career split between the Braves, New York Yankees, and Houston Astros, the catcher hit...
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By Tim Ryder With Joe Girardi, Carlos Beltran, and Arizona Diamondbacks farm director Mike Bell already confirmed for in-person interviews with the New York Mets, a new veteran name has been mentioned as a potential candidate. According to Deesha Thosar of the New York Daily News, a league executive believes longtime MLB manager Dusty Baker could be an ideal fit with the Mets. “Dusty...
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By John Sheridan Starling Marte Position: CF Bats/Throws: R/R Age: October 9, 1988 (31) Traditional Stats: .295/.342/.503, 31 2B, 6 3B, 23 HR, 82 RBI Advanced Stats: 2.9 bWAR, 2.0 fWAR, 120 OPS+, 119 wRC+ Defensive Stats: Contract: 2020 $11.5 million team option ($2 million buyout),, 2021 $12.5 million team option ($1 million buyout) Seeing everything that happened with the Pittsburgh Pirates...
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Derrick S. Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the Atlanta Braves have decided to remove the foam tomahawks from the seats of SunTrust Park for Game 5 of the NLDS against the St. Louis Cardinals. This is in response to comments made by Cardinals’ reliever Ryan Helsley, who is of Cherokee heritage, in which he referred to the ‘Tomahawk Chop’ chant at Braves’...
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With the 2019 regular season complete, the Mets front office has turned its attention to building the best team possible for 2020. One item on the checklist is handling arbitration cases among eligible team-controlled players. Any player with more than three, but fewer than six years of major league service time is eligible for salary arbitration, but both the player and his team can avoid the...
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