Good Morning Mets Fans!!! Tuesday was the first truly slow day of the off-season, but there was still some important nuggets that were unearthed. White Sox Shopping Avisail Garcia According to MLB Trade Rumors, the White Sox are shopping corner-outfielder Avisail Garcia. Garcia, 27, has two more years of club control before he becomes a free agent after the 2020 season. Garcia is a career...
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MLB vs Japan All-Star Series Samurai Japan 6 – 5 MLB All-Stars SS Amed Rosario: 3-for-5, 2 R, SB For the third time in this series, the MLB All-Stars had a lead going into the late innings only to have it blown by the bullpen. Today it was Boston right-hander Hector Velazquez who struggled to get outs as the Japanese All-Stars scored four runs against him in the bottom of the seventh...
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Jacob deGrom wanted his 1,000th career strikeout to happen this year. He did not want to wait until opening day 2019 to get it. So he took the mound in the eighth inning of his final start of the 2018 season against the NL East champion Atlanta Braves with 998 career strikeouts. It didn’t matter that his pitch count was at about 100, 100 wasn’t the key number. 1,000 was. So after...
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Good morning Mets Fans! Last night, the Baseball Writers’ Association of America named its selected winners for the Managers of the Year. Atlanta Braves manager Brian Snitker was named the National League Manager of the Year, earning 17 of the 30 first-place votes. Snitker was the only manager named on every ballot. Craig Counsell of the Brewers took second place in the National League voting....
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The Baseball Writers’ Association of America announced their winners of the 2018 American League and National League Managers of the Year Awards on Tuesday night. Full voting results can be found in the preceding links. Brian Snitker won the National League honors, taking the Atlanta Braves from a 72-90, third-place finish in 2017 to a 90-72, NL East-winning campaign in 2018. Snitker, 63,...
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The Mets, like most teams, have space to add at least one infielder this offseason, especially if the team decides to non-tender Wilmer Flores, which Brodie Van Wagenen alluded to as a possibility citing his lack of versatility in his eyes. Therefore, the team will likely look to the free agent market to fill the open spot and there are three names that should be considered for this role with...
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