According to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, Seattle Mariners’ second baseman Robinson Cano will be suspended for 80 games for violating the league’s joint drug agreement. As per Jon Heyman of FRS Baseball, the suspension is due to PED use. Heyman adds that the Cano suspension is for a diuretic (furosemide), which is seen as a masking agent. The suspension is treated as a PED though....
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Former New York Mets and St. Louis Cardinals star first baseman Keith Hernandez wrote a memoir titled, “I’m Keith Hernandez,” a tell-all book that takes you along his surprising, gritty, eye-opening, and sometimes seedy journey, from his childhood to the minor leagues and finally the major leagues. I was able to get an advanced copy of the book, which releases today, and found...
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The Mets got off to an historic start in 2018, going 12-2 in their first 14 games. However, since then they have been reeling, going 7-16. There has been some positives to the team such as Asdrubal Cabrera’s hot start, and Steven Matz and Zack Wheeler’s improvement, but overall, the team has underperformed. The team remains 4.5 games out of first place as of Tuesday, and they are...
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Among the Mets’ position players, Asdrubal Cabrera has been the most valuable and it is not particularly close. Cabrera is hitting .329/.376/.552 with a .394 wOBA and a 156 wRC+. Among second basemen in Major League Baseball, Cabrera is tied for second in batting average, fourth in on-base percentage, fourth in slugging, second in wOBA, second in wRC+ and second in fWAR. So how did...
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With the season almost a quarter old, I look at the performance of Mickey Callaway after a tough week that included questionable moves and the lineup card fiasco. Hear my thoughts on Dave Eiland’s comments on Noah Syndergaard, the possibility of Bartolo Colon coming back and whether the Mets should make a big splash to rent a star like Manny Machado. Matt Ehalt, Mets beat reporter for The...
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What a beautiful swing by @mconforto8 last night to give the @Mets a much needed win in Philly last night. Hopefully its the start of a hot streak! #LGM #NYMNeonProject #Mets #MichaelConforto pic.twitter.com/E5dWxCc3hV — Athlete Logos (@athletelogos) May 12, 2018 Friday night was shaping up to be yet another in the long line of frustrating Mets losses. The team was unable to muster up any...
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