New York Mets left-hander Josh Edgin has elected free agency. He was eligible to become a free agent once the Mets designated him for assignment last month and he cleared waivers. Edgin, 30, had a 3.65 ERA in 37 innings with the Mets but gave up his share of baserunners with a 1.54 WHIP during that span. His 6.57 K/9 and his 4.38 BB/9 definitely raised questions about how sustainable his...
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The New York Mets announced that David Wright underwent a laminotomy procedure on his lower back today in Los Angeles. Laminotomy is the removal of a small portion of the lamina and ligaments, usually on one side. Wright, 34, had rotator cuff surgery on his right arm last month and never played in the major leagues during the 2017 season. He appeared in three games for Single-A St. Lucie in...
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Joel Sherman and Mike Puma of the New York Post have reported that the New York Mets could show interest in Dave Eiland for their pitching coach vacancy. The Mets fired pitching coach Dan Warthen who had been with the organization starting in June of 2008. Eiland, 51, was told by the Royals earlier this week that he would not be back with the team for the 2018 season after Kansas City finished...
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First baseman Dominic Smith has been named MLB Pipeline’s Prospect of the Year for the New York Mets organization and Corey Oswalt is their Pitcher of the Year. Smith, 22, also received the 2017 Sterling Minor League Organizational Player of the Year last month. The left-handed hitting first baseman struggled in his first taste of the majors hitting only .198/.262/.395 with six doubles,...
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Game 1 Boston Red Sox vs Houston Astros, 4:00 p.m. ET, MLB Network LHP Chris Sale (17-8, 2.90 ERA) vs RHP Justin Verlander (15-8, 3.36) The Red Sox and Astros meet after finishing the regular against each other with Houston winning three of those four games. Sale will be making his first ever postseason start. Eduardo Nunez will get the start at DH in game one over Hanley Ramirez. Doug Fister...
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More home runs were hit in the 2017 regular season than any other season in MLB history — over 6000! Before you call it the year of the hitter and dismiss pitchers, keep in mind that on the other side of that coin is the fact that 2017 also saw more strikeouts than any other season. Many pitchers are worthy of winning the NL Cy Young award, and most of them are on two teams — the...
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