An MMO Fan Shot by Larry Smith Most true baseball fans see themselves as amateur GMs and when their team makes a move (trade, promotion, demotion, free agent signing) they give it some thought and decide whether they like what the front office has done or not. Some of us take this to the extreme like myself who has been in Strat-O-Matic Baseball leagues for over 40 years. That’s a whole...
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On Friday night, Brad Brach had his first rough outing for the New York Mets in which he promptly loaded the bases with nobody out in the eighth inning. Unsurprisingly, Mickey Callaway had enough watching that with the Mets down 2-1 and hoping to secure a chance at a comeback for a team becoming well known for them late in games. The mistake wasn’t the switch to another reliever, but who...
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New York Mets right-hander Noah Syndergaard entered Friday night’s series-opener versus the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium as one of the hottest starting pitchers in MLB. Since the All-Star break, Syndergaard’s pitched to a 1.91 ERA/2.23 FIP over six second-half starts (42.1 innings) with 44 strikeouts, 10 walks, and 1.04 WHIP. Over the first few innings of Friday’s 4-1...
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Syracuse (61-61) vs. Norfolk (51-70) Syracuse’s game against Norfolk on Sunday was postponed due to rain. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on August 17. Hartford (63-58) 7, Binghamton (60-62) 0 Box Score Quinn Brodey CF: 4-for-4, .244/.312/.367 Gavin Cecchini 2B: 1-for-3, K, .230/.279/.303 Andres Gimenez SS: 0-for-4, .230/.299/.353 Despite recording eight hits in the...
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Mickey Callaway told the press after Friday night’s loss to the Kansas City Royals that Robert Gsellman is dealing with triceps soreness. Gsellman, 26, has not pitched since August 11, in which he allowed two runs and two hits in 1/3 of an inning against the Washington Nationals. On the year, the right-handed reliever has a 4.66 ERA, 4.13 FIP, and 1.336 WHIP with 8.5 K/9 as compared to 3.3...
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Good Morning Mets fans! On Friday night, the New York Mets (62-60) fell 4-1 in a brutal loss to the Kansas City Royals (44-78) at Kauffman Stadium. On Saturday, the Mets and the Royals will face off for game two of this three-game weekend series in Kansas City. Jacob deGrom (7-7, 2.68 ERA) will be getting the start against right-hander Jakob Junis (8-10, 4.80 ERA). The game begins at 7:15 p.m....
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