Of all the mistakes Sandy Alderson has made as Mets GM, none look more egregious than the non-tendering of Justin Turner. In fact, letting go of Turner looks like one of the all-time bad moves in Mets history. Friday night, even more salt was thrown into the wound. The infielder clubbed a three-run homer off Taijuan Walker in Game 1 of the NLDS to help propel Los Angeles to victory. In a playoff...
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Bartolo Colon has indicated that he would like to pitch “just one more” season according to Jon Heyman of Fan Rag Sports. Colon, 44, finished the 2017 with the Minnesota Twins after being released by the Atlanta Braves on July 4. Down the stretch for the playoff bound Twins he went 5-6 with a 5.18 ERA, 5.31 FIP, 1.44 WHIP and 3.31 SO/W over 80 innings. Overall in 2017, the veterean...
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Either Chris Sale or Corey Kluber will win the American League Cy Young Award. There are other pitchers who had good seasons, like Craig Kimbrel, Carlos Carrasco, Drew Pomeranz, Justin Verlander, Ervin Santana, Luis Severino and Dallas Keuchel, but none of their statistics can stack up against the Red Sox and Indians aces. Chris Sale, 28, finished the season 17-8 with a 2.90 ERA and 6.0 WAR in...
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There are four games on the docket tonight with the ALDS continuing and the beginning of the NLDS. The day gets started with Red Sox vs Astros, followed by Yankees vs Astros then the Nationals and Cubs get their series going and the day ends with the Diamondbacks against the Dodgers. The Astros won big against the Red Sox behind Justin Verlander and Jose Altuve. Altuve homered three times and...
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Game 2 (Astros lead 1-0) Boston Red Sox vs Houston Astros, 2:00 p.m. ET, FS1 LHP Drew Pomeranz (17-6, 3.32) vs LHP Dallas Keuchel (14-5, 2.90) The Astros took a 1-0 lead on Thursday when Jose Altuve and Justin Verlander led them to a 8-2 win. Altuve launched three home runs becoming only the ninth player to do so in a playoff game and the first since Pablo Sandoval in 2012. Chris Sale struggled...
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Game 1 Chicago Cubs vs Washington Nationals, 7:30 p.m. ET, TBS RHP Kyle Hendricks (7-5, 3.03 ERA) vs RHP Stephen Strasburg (15-4, 2.52 ERA) The Nationals won the season series over the Cubs by taking four of the seven games they played this year. Nationals top prospect Victor Robles is a mild surprise to be on the NLDS roster. Right-handed reliever Hector Rondon has been left off the Cubs’...
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