There was a lot of chatter this summer about the possibility of Mets ace Jacob deGrom heading to Houston. Thankfully, those talks never came to fruition. Going into this offseason, some are calling for him to be traded in order to replenish the farm system. To those people I say — No. The Mets would be wise to keep deGrom for a few reasons. The first of which is pretty obvious, so...
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Chicago Cubs (0-1) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (1-0) LHP Jon Lester (13-8, 4.33) vs. LHP Rich Hill (12-8, 3.32) NLCS Game 2 – 7:30 PM on TBS – Dodger Stadium Yasiel Puig stole the spotlight on Saturday as the Los Angeles Dodgers completed a 5-2 comeback victory over the Chicago Cubs in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series at Dodger Stadium. In the fifth inning, with the...
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The Chicago Cubs will play Game 2 of the NLCS tonight as they send Jon Lester to the mound to face Rich Hill. The game starts at 7:30 p.m. and will air on TBS. Last night, the ALCS resumed play and the NLCS started up. In Game 2 of the former, the Houston Astros defeated the New York Yankees 2-1 in walk-off fashion. Carlos Correa drove in both runs and Jose Altuve scored the winning tally as he...
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Per Mike Puma of the New York Post, the New York Mets plan to interview Joe McEwing for the open managerial position in the coming days. McEwing, who will turn 45 on October 19th, started his baseball coaching career as hitting coach for the Charlotte Knights. Before the 2009 season, he was named manager of the Winston-Salem Dash, the Single-A affiliate for the White Sox. McEwing was named...
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The tides have changed in Miami, with Derek Jeter and Bruce Sherman approaching their first offseason running the team. The new owners’ first order of business is to cut payroll from a franchise record $115 million down to $90 million, a source told Clark Spencer of the Miami Herald. According to Spencer, an opening day payroll of $90 million would have ranked 26th in the majors last...
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Juan Lagares, OF Player Data: Age: 26, B/T: R/R, Free Agency: 2020 2017 Primary Stats: .250/.296/.365, 3 HR, 15 RBI, 2 3B, 16 2B, 1.8 WAR 2018 Salary: $6.5 million GRADE: C 2017 Review: Juan Lagares showed this season yet again what he is capable of defensively. After missing almost half the season with injury, Lagares received ample playing time after the flurry of trades the Mets made. Manning...
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