Michael Conforto was not healthy enough for major league pitching to start the 2018 season, that was clear early on, though he was able to fight through it and have an impressive second half (.895 OPS). The 26-year-old is picking up right where he left off, and has shown why some were picking him as an under-the-radar MVP pick for 2019. Through 18 games, he’s slashing .324/.422/.634 with...
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The Oakland Athletics announced on Thursday afternoon that they’ve signed outfielder/designated hitter Khris Davis to a two-year, $33.5 million extension. Davis will make $16.75 million in 2019 and in 2020. He was due to become a free agent following this season. The 31-year-old is hitting .260/.305/.662 this year with a major league best 10 home runs in 20 games for Oakland. He has...
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Last night, the game hung in the balance with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning. Even after Jeff McNeil had bailed out Jeurys Familia with a fine play to start a 5-4-3 double play, Familia walked the subsequent two batters to load the bases. With the heart of the Phillies lineup coming up, Mickey Callaway needed to get Familia out of the game. This past offseason, the Mets made a...
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The Mets currently have 5.87 ERA from their supposedly revamped bullpen, a number that is the fourth highest in baseball and only the Nationals’ bullpen ERA of 8.01 is worse in the NL. Aside from closer Edwin Diaz, everyone in the Mets pen has struggled at times early on in 2019. Given that, let’s take a look at the options the Mets have in the upper levels of the minors that might...
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It’s April 18 with two of the better free agent pitchers still on the market in Dallas Keuchel and Craig Kimbrel. Jon Heyman of MLB Network reported on both this morning, first noting that teams believe that Kimbrel would now take a three-year deal after asking for at least five earlier in the process. Kimbrel, 30, had a down season in 2018 posting a 2.74 ERA, 3.13 FIP, 3.10 SO/W, and 42...
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In the game Wednesday between the Kansas City Royals and the Chicago White Sox, shortstop Tim Anderson hit a home run off sophomore year starting pitcher Brad Keller and flipped his bat. There has been a lot of controversy over this bat “flip.” It’s seen more in my eyes as a bat chuck. When Anderson hit his home run, he proceeded to chuck his bat over toward the White Sox...
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