Manny Acta Current Position: Mariners Bench Coach, Aguilas Cibaenas Manager Age: 1/11/1969 (48) MLB Managerial Experience: 2007-2009 Washington Nationals 158-252 (.385); 2010-2012 Cleveland Indians 214-266 (.480) One of the most respected coaches on Willie Randolph’s staff was noticeably missing during the 2007 and 2008 collapses that doomed not just the Mets, but also Randolph. The person...
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Game Six (Yankees lead 3-2) New York Yankees vs Houston Astros, 8:00 p.m. ET, FS1 RHP Luis Severino (1-0, 5.56 ERA) vs RHP Justin Verlander (3-0, 2.04) Yankees Lineup Brett Gardner LF Aaron Judge RF Didi Gregorius SS Gary Sanchez C Greg Bird 1B Starlin Castro 2B Aaron Hicks CF Todd Frazier 3B Chase Headley DH Astros Lineup George Springer CF Josh Reddick RF Jose Altuve 2B Carlos Correa SS Yuli...
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In a move that was widely expected, the New York Mets will indeed pick up the $7 million dollar option on lefty reliever Jerry Blevins, according to Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports. “I would love to come back to New York,” Blevins told us last week in an exclusive MMO interview. “I feel like we have a lot to prove and I think we’ll play that underdog role a lot better than...
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One of the primary concerns heading into the Mets offseason is the third base situation. There are two legitimate free agent candidates in Eduardo Nunez and Todd Frazier. In this era of baseball, Statcast is one of the more important parts of the game. Teams are starting to look at it over scouting. The Astros are one of the organizations primarily focusing on it to judge talent going forward....
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The Washington Nationals have announced that Dusty Baker will not be the team’s manager in 2018. According to Bob Nightengale of USA Today, Baker won’t be back against the wishes of GM Mike Rizzo. The Nationals also announced that the entire coaching staffs contracts have expired and that they will work with the new manager to build a new staff. Baker, 68, went 192-132 in two seasons...
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Paul Sewald, RHP Player Data: Age: 27, B/L: Right/Right 2017 Primary Stats: 0-6, 4.55 ERA, 1.209 WHIP, 0.2 bWAR, 0.6 fWAR 2018 Salary: Pre-arbitration Grade: B- 2017 Review: Paul Sewald was never supposed to be a factor this season. For consecutive seasons, Sewald was left unprotected in the Rule 5 Draft. Fortunately for the Mets, Sewald would go undrafted, and by ERA+, he would go on to become...
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