The search for a new manager in Boston is over. The Red Sox officially announced Sunday afternoon on Twitter that they signed Alex Cora to a three-year deal to manage the team. The deal includes an option for 2021. Cora will become the 47th manager in Red Sox history. Neither the Houston Astros nor the Red Sox will comment further until after the World Series is over. Original Report: Oct 21...
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According to what sources have told Marc Carig of Newsday, hitting coach Kevin Long and White Sox bench coach Joe McEwing are out of the running for the Mets managerial job. On Thursday, a team source told Carig that the first round of interviews for the team’s opening had wrapped up, and that a final four included McEwing, Long, Mariners third-base coach Manny Acta, and Indians pitching coach...
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I just came across an interesting blurb on Travis d’Arnaud that caught me by surprise. In 2017, d’Arnaud moved into seventh place in games caught among the all time franchise rankings. Nothing against d’Arnaud but I thought it was odd that someone so…. umm… mediocre defensively – and I’m being kind – would crack the top ten with 374 games caught....
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Jose Reyes, INF Player Data: Age: 34, B/T: Switch/Right, Free Agency: 2017 2017 Primary Stats: .246/.315/.413, 15 HR, 58 RBI, 50 BB, 79 K, 75 R, 145 G Grade: C+ 2017 Review: During the 2016 offseason, the Mets picked up Jose Reyes’ option for the 2017 season. Why wouldn’t they have? Reyes was getting paid the league minimum $535,000 to play. While he clearly wasn’t the same...
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Last night, the Houston Astros defeated the New York Yankees 4-0 in Game 7 of the ALCS to advance to the World Series. Jose Altuve and Evan Gattis both hit home runs as Charlie Morton and Lance McCullers Jr. combined for nine shutout innings and 11 strikeouts. This was the only the fifth time in MLB history that every game in a seven-game series was won by the home team. The Astros also became...
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It was my first semester away at school. I started watching baseball in my dormitories’ lounge and befriended a couple other Mets fans. It became a nightly occurrence. We would play cards and watch the Mets game on their road to the playoffs. We enjoyed watching them clinch the division, the dramatic National League Division Series and finally the pennant. There was a lot of pent up...
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