Friday, July 31, 2020 • 7:10 p.m. Truist Park • Atlanta, GA RHP Rick Porcello (0-1, 27.00) vs. LHP Sean Newcomb (0-0, 2.70) SNY • WCBS 880 AM • WQBU 92.7 FM The Mets are in mid-season form: they have left a ton of runners in scoring position the last two nights. In each of the last two nights – just one hit – by the Mets in one of several opportunities probably means the Mets win the ball game....
Good morning, Mets fans! Latest Mets News First reported by Anthony DiComo of MLB.com, Yoenis Cespedes and the Mets have renegotiated his contract for the 2020 season. The two parties came to this agreement as a grievance settlement regarding Cespedes’ injury on his ranch. Joel Sherman of the New York Post has more specific information regarding the new reconfigured salary for Cespedes...
Mets’ manager Mickey Callaway said closer Edwin Diaz is “slightly” improved from his trapezius tightness he endured Saturday night, though the team is erring on the side of cautiousness and are giving him the day off today. Apart from that, there has been no evaluation on the seriousness of the injury. Diaz, 25, has had a disastrous season for the Mets, being worth -0.4 bWAR...
In a dire Game 6 of the World Series, what a difference a day of rest did for the Dodgers bullpen. Dave Roberts made the unpopular decision to pull his starter Rich Hill after 58 pitches, but this time it paid dividends as Los Angeles evened the series with a 3-1 victory over Houston for a winner take all seventh game. On a misty Halloween night with the heartbreaking extra inning loss hovering...
In a raucous Game 5 of the World Series, a walk in the park was good for a run. Seven batters given free passes crossed the plate in Houston’s dramatic 10th inning walk off win against the Dodgers to go up 3-2 heading back to Los Angeles. For the better part of five hours and 17 minutes, the camera captured a cavalcade of dejected opposing pitchers sitting in the dugout after squandering...
One manager pulled his starter too soon, the other saw his perfect closer cough up the lead and the blue crew bullpen that banked a streak of 28 scoreless innings succumbed to an Astros’ team that’s not buying into the hoopla of the Dodgers destiny. Wednesday night at Chavez Ravine Houston’s stars staged a stunning comeback to beat Los Angeles 7-6 in an 11-inning slugfest that may go...
The defining moment of the Dodgers fate in reaching the Fall Classic came off the bat of their red bearded third baseman, Justin Turner, whose three-run walk-off blast in game two of the NLCS signaled the end of a 28-year old drought. If you needed any more clues that this team was destined for something far greater than an NLDS title please quit your detective day job because you’re not...
In the ninth inning of a tied playoff game, Cubs manager Joe Maddon looked at his lineup card, shaking his head as if disappointed there weren’t an array of different choices in the way of relief. With limited options in his undependable bullpen, Maddon turned to 38-year-old starter John Lackey, throwing for the second day in a row for the first time in his career. The veteran right-hander took...
