Major League Baseball has aspirations to expand to 32 teams, according to Commissioner Rob Manfred. The commissioner has also indicated that any expansion will not take place until the stadium messes in Tampa Bay and Oakland are sorted out. Las Vegas is considered the odds-on favorite to be the new home of the Athletics, unless the city of Oakland agrees to provide the green and gold a new home...
The National League East projects out to be one of the best divisions in baseball. With that in mind, and the fact the regular season is just a few days away, let’s take a look at each of the teams. First up, a team that projects to be in the bottom two. The Miami Marlins went into the 2022 season with high hopes of obtaining a wild-card spot. Already loaded with young pitching, the...
There is only one new entrant into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The man who is receiving that distinct honor is Fred McGriff. He was selected by the Contemporary Era committee, this committee was comprised of 16 individuals, all of which voted for him. To gain entry, nominees needed at least 12 votes from the 16 electors. McGriff, who endured a 19-year career, played from 1986 to 2004....
Good morning, Mets fans! Don Mattingly and the Marlins have agreed that this year will be his last season as the team’s manager. Mattingly said owner Bruce Sherman and general manager Kim Ng gave him the blessing to leave the team, though he isn’t planning on retiring. In his seven years at the helm in Miami, Donnie Baseball has gone 437-583 (.428), winning NL Manager of the Year in...
In August of 2018, then-rookie phenom Ronald Acuña Jr. homered in five consecutive games, including leadoff homers in the final three games of that stretch. He was 20 years old and lighting the baseball world on fire with mile-long taters and equally dynamic bat flips. In the sixth game, Miami Marlins starter Jose Ureña fired a 97 mile per hour fastball directly at Acuña. It hit him in the elbow...
Nicole Menner of WBNG 12 News reports the New York Mets have announced Lorenzo Bundy as the new manager for the Double-A Binghamton Rumble Ponies. The Mets had a managerial vacancy in Binghamton after Kevin Boles was promoted to become the organization’s minor league field coordinator. Bundy, 60, began his coaching career in 1989. In addition to being a minor league coach and manager, he...
Ahead of the 2020 season, let’s take a closer look at the Miami Marlins’ free agents and see who may be worth pursuing in the offseason. The Miami Marlins finished their season with a 57-105 record, marking 2019 as the third season in their history with 100 or more losses. They finished the season with 22 shutout games, the most in the big leagues this season. Despite the team’s rough...
Good morning Mets fans! The New York Mets were idle on Thursday as they received a day off. During their day off, they took a half game lead over the Philadelphia Phillies, closed within 2.5 games of the Chicago Cubs and fell back to 3.5 games behind the Milwaukee Brewers. Latest Mets News The Mets open a three-game series with the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park. Jacob deGrom (9-8,...
Daniel Álvarez-Montes of El Extrabase reports the Miami Marlins have agreed on a contract extension with manager Don Mattingly. As of the moment, the terms of the deal have not been disclosed, but an official announcement will be made tomorrow. This news comes as a surprise as many believed the Marlins were going to part ways with Mattingly when his contract expired at the end of the season....
Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports that Mets outfielder Brandon Nimmo is currently in Los Angeles awaiting a second opinion from Dr. Robert Watkins regarding the bulging cervical disk in his neck. Nimmo, who was originally believed to have been suffering from nothing more than inflammation in late-May, was scratched from his last rehab game on Friday after experiencing more soreness in...
Good morning Mets fans! The New York Mets won the opener of their four-game series with the Washington Nationals last night by a score of 5-4 in a 12-inning affair. The Mets used a combined seven pitchers from the bullpen to get through the game after Jason Vargas (6-9, 6.25 ERA) left with two outs in the sixth inning. Latest Mets News Jacob deGrom (8-9, 1.78 ERA) takes the hill tonight...
Steven Matz labored through a ton of pitches over 5.1 innings on Sunday, but helped the Mets to their first win in four games and first win in the month of July. However, New York just capped off their worst June in franchise history by going 5-21, and still remain at 33-48 through 81 games to begin the season. “I think we’re all disappointed in where we’re at right now,” said Matz. “We had...
