A flurry of moves has taken place today at the first base position Saturday. Josh Naylor was traded to the Diamondbacks for RHP Slade Cecconi and a competitive round B draft pick. Naylor will replace Christian Walker — who signed a three-year deal with the Astros earlier this week — at first base for the Diamondbacks. The left-hander slashed .243/.320/.456 with 31 homers with 108...
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Baseball has lost another legend in 2024 with the passing of Rickey Henderson. He was only 65. Henderson was born December 25, 1958, in Chicago. He later moved to Oakland at age seven, where he grew up a fan of the Oakland Raiders. Henderson played football, baseball, and ran track at Oakland Technical High School, and decided to go the baseball route after some wise advice from his mother....
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Juan Soto’s impact on the Mets is extending beyond just his expected results on the diamond. According to eBay, searches for “Juan Soto” on the site increased by 380% on December 9, the day after his deal was announced with the Mets, compared to the week of December 1-7. These items include graded Soto cards with him wearing a Mets uniform. At Metsmerized, we will soon be...
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Max Scherzer, SP Position: SP B/T: R/R Age: 40 (07/27/1984) 2024 Traditional Stats: 9 GS, 43 1/3 IP, 3.95 ERA, 1.154 WHIP, 2-4, 40 SO, 10 BB 2024 Advanced Stats: 101 ERA+, 22.6 K%, 5.6 BB%, 3.86 xERA, 4.18 FIP, 4.04 xFIP, 0.6 fWAR Rundown Max Scherzer has amassed 216 victories and 2,878 major league innings, contributing to two World Series championships. A three-time Cy Young Award winner and...
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Good morning, Mets fans! More details have come out about free agent Roki Sasaki’s free agency, including the fact that he met with both the Mets and Yankees on Thursday, per Jon Heyman of the New York Post. Both meetings took place in Los Angeles. Bruce Levine of the Marquee Sports Network reported that Sasaki then met with the Cubs in Los Angeles on Friday. While Sasaki and his agency...
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Updated Post, 13:11 — Paul Goldschmidt has signed a one-year, $12.5 million contract with the Yankees, according to Jack Curry of YES network. Goldschmidt, 37, is coming off a down year with the St. Louis Cardinals, where he slashed .245/.302/.414. His OPS dropped from .810 to .716 in one season. Still, Goldschmidt is two years removed from a National League MVP-winning season in 2022,...
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