Mark Feinsand of MLB.com is reporting that the Houston Astros and ace pitcher Justin Verlander are “moving toward” a contract extension. Per Feinsand, the deal will likely cover two years and come out to a figure “in the range of” $66MM. The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal had opined that such a deal seemed “a long shot,” citing the righty’s apparent...
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Good Morning Mets Fans! Today, Jacob deGrom will make his final tune-up before taking the ball against Max Scherzer and the Nationals on Opening Day. deGrom will face off against the newest Brave Josh Tomlin, who was just inked to a minor-league deal. The game can be listened to on WCBS 880. Yesterday, the Mets went 0-for-2 in their two games. The 1:10 p.m. matchup against the Cardinals started...
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In the second game of a split-squad doubleheader, the New York Mets lost to the Houston Astros, 7-3 at FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches. After giving up 21 hits in the afternoon loss to the St. Louis, 15-5, the Mets gave up 12 more in the evening tilt. The game was a close one until the Astros came to bat in the bottom of the sixth where they batted around and plated five runs off of Mets...
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After the Miracle: The Lasting Brotherhood of the ’69 Mets, is a unique retrospective about the greatest Cinderella story in baseball history. One of those miracle men, outfielder Art Shamsky, wrote the book with author Erik Sherman. It eschewed from the purely play-by-play, game-by-game overview of the magical series of events that occurred a half-century ago — in which the Mets went from...
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As per David O’Brien of The Athletic, the market for free agent closer Craig Kimbrel is down to two clubs — the Atlanta Braves and the Milwaukee Brewers. Kimbrel, 30, spent the last three seasons in Boston, pitching to a 2.44 earned-run average and 1.52 fielding independent pitching rating, with 0.91 WHIP, 14.9 strikeouts and 3.7 walks per nine innings, and 108 saves (third-most in...
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While the rest of the sports loving world is binging on back to back great college basketball games today, as Mets fans we get a binge of our own! A split squad double header! The Mets took on the Cardinals in St. Lucie this afternoon and tonight half the squad heads down to West Palm beach to take on the Astros. The Mets haven’t had a split squad since March 4th and it’s the first...
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