If you want to make a strong impression, this is how you do it. Zack Wheeler is battling for a rotation spot for the Mets this season, and came out of the gates guns blazing in his first Spring start of the year Friday. “He was out there getting after it. He knows he’s got great stuff. He knows he hasn’t been healthy and he knows he has to earn a position,” Mets manager Mickey Callaway said. “He...
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The Mets won their first Spring Training game! New York beat the Braves 6-2 using the strength of their pitching staff and a lot of walks in the eighth inning. Zack Wheeler had the start for the Mets and his fastball looked great. He pitched an inning and got two strikeouts while his fastball hit 97 on the radar. Hansel Robles, Jamie Callahan, and Jacob Rhame looked good too, making good first...
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The New York Mets won their Grapefruit League opener by a 6-2 score over the Atlanta Braves but unfortunately one of the hot topics after the game was Dominic Smith being disciplined. Smith showed up late for a team meeting on Friday morning and later found out that manager Mickey Callaway was holding him accountable by taking him out of the lineup. When asked about the incident after the game...
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Major League Baseball commissioner Robert Manfred was speaking at the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference in Massachusetts today covering a number of topics. One of the most discussed topics was expansion, which Manfred said he is a proponent of and would like to see the league have 32 teams. Though he would like the stadium situations to be resolved in Oakland in Tampa Bay before discussing...
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The New York Mets used a six-run eighth inning to defeat the Atlanta Braves 6-2 in their Grapefruit League opener on Friday afternoon. Pitching Zack Wheeler threw a scoreless first inning, he struck out two batters, and his fastball topped out at 97 MPH. He threw 15 pitches and his fastball had late movement on it. Hansel Robles and Jacob Rhame both also struck out a pair of batters in a...
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You all know by now that my foremost passion is covering the New York Mets minor leagues and talking about prospects throughout the season. Which means it should be no surprise that I like spring training baseball more than one should. While some turn the game off by the seventh inning after the universal changes, that’s when I dig in and try to focus on the little things every player is...
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