According to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports, the A’s are still in a holding pattern and unsure if they’ll be buyers or sellers before the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline. That means that at least for the time being, Ben Zobrist is most likely staying put. Last week we learned that the Mets and Oakland A’s were discussing a deal for Zobrist, as reported by John Harper of the Daily News. That...
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Mark Simon of ESPN NY argues that the Mets should not make a big move at the trading deadline. With the Mets playoff odds sitting at 19% according to Fangraphs, he believes the Mets are unlikely to climb back in the race even with a trade for Justin Upton or Ben Zobrist. “So though it might seem like the Mets are in the hunt, when your odds are that low, you’re not a two-month rental away...
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October 25, 1986: Boston: It took 68 years for the Red Sox to end the ‘Curse of the Bambino’ and they did it in historic fashion in front of a sold-out Fenway Park. The heavily favored Mets, winners of 108 regular season games, turned to Bob Ojeda in hopes of forcing a game 7. Trailing by a run heading to the home half of the eighth, Boston tied the game at 3. The Mets seemed destined to win...
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Las Vegas (49-38) 10, Salt Lake 5 The Las Vegas offense was an extra base hit machine producing nine of them on the night incuding two doubles a piece by Dilson Herrera, Cory Vaughn, and Dan Rohlfing. Travis Taijeron had two extra base hits as well, his 11th double and 15th homerun of the season. Unfortunately Rainy Lara did not stick around long enough to pick up his first AAA win in five...
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On this date in 1969, Chicago Cubs outfielder Jimmy Qualls hit a clean sinking single into left-center with one out in the ninth inning to break up a perfect game by Tom Seaver. The scene of the crime was a packed Shea Stadium and a dejected Seaver had to settle for a one-hit, 4-0 shutout. He would walk off the mound to a three minute standing ovation from the 59,088 fans who were there that...
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How about that… The Mets wrapped up what was supposed to be a tough West Coast road trip by taking two of three from both the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants to give them a neat and tidy 4-2 California swing. Make no mistake the offense still has a long way to go, but the pitching was outstanding and the Mets took advantage of some mistakes when they needed to. Jacob...
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