The Mets play against the Nationals today, the Marlins tomorrow, the Nationals on Sunday, the Nationals on Monday, the Marlins on Tuesday and the Marlins on Thursday. Essentially, in their last 10ish days of spring training games they are playing half of the NL East over and over and over again. This is routinely the argument made for the Mets moving their Spring Training facility to avoid this....
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For the players, Spring Training is the time of year to get back into playing shape and get their reps in before the season starts. For management, it’s the time of year to decide who stays in the Bigs and who’s sent down to the minor leagues. For the fans, it’s the time of year when we all draft our free agent teams – minus the keepers, of course. For me, in this series of articles, Spring...
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A sure sign that Opening Day is right around the corner is when we start rolling out all of our staff picks, predictions and odds for the 2019 baseball season. We begin with our 2019 MLB Award Winners and which players we believe will be taking home some hardware for their production and performance this season. Here goes… Marshall Field Al Cy Young: Chris Sale NL Cy Young: Noah...
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Veteran left-handed starting pitcher Dallas Keuchel is still a free agent and according to Jon Morosi of MLB, he threw 80 pitches on Wednesday at the Boras Sports Training Institute in Newport Beach, California. Keuchel, 31, went 12-11 with a 3.74 ERA, 3.69 FIP, and 2.64 SO/W in 204.2 innings for the Astros in 2018. He also posted a 2.6 bWAR and won the Gold Glove. The former Cy Young winner saw...
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Travis d’Arnaud last played in a Major League game on April 8 against the Nationals. Nearly a year and a Tommy John surgery later, he made a significant step towards his return to the Bigs as he started his first game behind the dish in Grapefruit League play. “I was excited going into today,” d’Arnaud told reporters after the game. “A lot of emotions were running. I just thought about the...
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Good morning Mets fans! The New York Mets are now 13 days away from their Opening Day matchup with the Washington Nationals. In the meantime, you can watch the Mets and Nats play their second exhibition game of spring training today. First pitch is scheduled for 1:10 p.m. EDT at First Data Field. Latest Mets News The Mets tied the St. Louis Cardinals 1-1 on Thursday afternoon at Roger Dean...
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