With the San Francisco Giants 11-3 win over the Boston Red Sox, Bruce Bochy has won his 2,000th game as a manager. He has become the 11th manager to accomplish that feat. He joins Connie Mack and Bucky Harris as the only managers to reach this plateau with a sub .500 record. It should be noted the previous 10 managers to accomplish that feat have all been inducted in the Hall of Fame. That...
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When Pete Alonso strolled up to the plate at the top of the sixth inning, the Mets offense had been stagnant all day and was in desperate need of an energy boost. Jeff McNeil’s first-inning home run accounted for all of the offensive production on the day and the Mets trailed 3-1. On the second pitch of Alonso’s at-bat, he hit a towering fly ball down the left field line that hooked...
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The New York Mets have traded a wealth of minor league talent since Brodie Van Wagenen has taken over as the General Manager. Even with all the prospects which have been traded away, in their final ratings of the 2019 season, MLB Pipeline has ranked three Mets prospects among their top 100. The highest-rated was SS Ronny Mauricio. In rating him the 81st best prospect in baseball, MLB Pipeline...
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Every year some of the MLB’s best young talent, and potential future superstars, gather together in Arizona to play a short season’s worth of baseball to prepare themselves for the next step in their professional careers. The Arizona Fall League, owned and operated by the MLB, mostly consists of players who finished the year in (AA) or (AAA) and is considered to be a final polishing...
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For the better part of three and 1/2 hours, the frustration level suffered by Mets fans was enormous. It was caused by equal parts terrific defense by the Colorado Rockies (66-87), poor situational hitting by the Mets, a head-scratching decision by Mickey Callaway in the sixth and some poor judgment displayed by several Mets. But then the top of the ninth came around with New York trailing 4-3....
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Wednesday, September 18, 2019 • 3:10 p.m. ET Coors Field • Denver, CO RHP Noah Syndergaard (10-8, 4.15) vs. RHP Jeff Hoffman (2-6, 7.03) SNY • WCBS 880 AM • ESPN 1050 AM The Mets’ situation is tough right now but it didn’t get worse yesterday. Marcus Stroman was incredibly tossing seven scoreless innings and the Mets offense behind Alonso, Rosario, and Nimmo came through for the Mets win....
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