Major League Baseball continues to use the Atlantic League as their testing grounds for new rules and today there were four more changes announced. All four of the following will be implemented for the second half of the season: Pitcher is required to step off rubber to attempt a pickoff One foul bunt is permitted with two strikes Batters can try to “steal” first base on any pitch...
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Keith Law of ESPN updated his Top 50 Major League Prospects on Thursday with Mets 18-year-old shortstop Ronny Mauricio coming in at No. 48. The switch-hitting Mauricio is slashing .276/.314/.373 with 16 doubles, three triples, three homers, and 22 RBI as one of the youngest players in the South Atlantic League. He’s spent most of the season as the Columbia Fireflies leadoff man despite...
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As we patiently yet restlessly bide our baseball-less time for one more day, let us pause once more on this 11th day of July, 2019 and soak in another one of our shiniest, yet grittiest diamonds in the rough in Jeff McNeil. Perhaps it is appropriate that the provocative dirty riffs of Gary Clark Jr’s “Bright Lights” just queued up over this morning’s dark roast. For behind the squirrely crooked...
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This year’s Home Run Derby was probably one of the best there has ever been. It featured a triple swing off between Joc Pederson and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in what was one of the more exciting rounds in Home Run Derby history. Seemingly each round had a level of excitement. That included each round of the rounds Alonso participated. In the first round, he needed all of his four minutes to...
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Without a doubt, the Mets’ blockbuster trade for Robinson Cano and Edwin Diaz looked risky at the time of the deal, and looks even worse now at the midpoint of the 2019 season. While giving away Jarred Kelenic and Justin Dunn was a tough pill to swallow, and taking on Cano’s contract was a risky commitment, there was at least one silver lining in the trade that was supposed to be a...
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St. Lucie (47-42) 5, Jupiter (30-54) 0 Box Score SS Manny Rodriguez 2-for-3, BB, RBI, R, 2B, .251/.333/.301 CF Hansel Moreno 1-for-4, HR, 3 RBI, .172/.234/.224 Moreno is hitting .333 over his last 10 games with nine runs scored in that span. The St. Lucie Mets are in second place in the second half standings with a 15-8 record. LHP Andrew Mitchell (1.80 ERA) 2 IP, H, 0 R, BB, K RHP Darwin Ramos...
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