If you are Ichiro Suzuki, C.C. Sabathia, and Billy Wagner, Tuesday’s Hall of Fame results were the culmination of your baseball career. Your election into Cooperstown is a dream come true. For those three players, July will be special. Others, such as Carlos Beltran, have to hope next year is the year. Then there are players such as David Wright, who was hoping to stay on the ballot in...
Good morning, Mets fans! Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner are all headed to Cooperstown. After 10 years of waiting, Wagner has finally made it, while Sabathia and Ichiro were elected on their first ballots with 86.8% and 99.7% of the vote, respectively. Ichiro missed being a unanimous selection by just one vote. In addition, Carlos Beltran received 70.3% of the votes, keeping him on...
Editor’s note: This piece originally ran on December 29, 2024. We’re re-running today with Hall of Fame results announced this evening. On January 21, the Baseball Writers’ Association of America will reveal their ballot results and any new entrees into the National Baseball Hall of Fame will be announced. To be elected, those on the ballot must receive at least 75% of the...
Disclaimer: This article is not implying that Jeff McNeil will have the same career as Ichiro Suzuki. The purpose of this article is to highlight the similar characteristics that both McNeil and Ichiro share. A player’s approach is up to them and McNeil plays in a very different era than Ichiro, which will lead to different hitting philosophies. I was not trying to compare their career...
Asdrubal Cabrera Signs with the Texas Rangers The Texas Rangers and free agent infielder, Asdrubal Cabrera agreed to a one-year deal worth $3.5 million yesterday, pending a physical per Jeff Passan of ESPN, who also credited Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic as the first to report the news. The former Met had been with the club since the 2016 season until he was dealt to the Philadelphia Phillies at...
Good morning Mets fans! The New York Mets (34-49) were off yesterday after splitting their two-game series with the Toronto Blue Jays (40-46). Latest Mets News The Mets are back home where they will continue some interleague play. Jacob deGrom (5-4, 1.84 ERA) will pitch against Ryne Stanek (1-2, 1.98 ERA) and the Tampa Bay Rays (43-43) beginning at 7:10 p.m. EDT. Ken Davidoff of the New York...
Effective today, first ballot Hall-of-Famer Ichiro Suzuki is transitioning to the role of Special Assistant to the Chairman with the Seattle Mariners. The Mariners selected the contract of former Mets reliever Erik Goeddel from Triple-A Tacoma to take Ichiro’s place on the active roster. “We want to make sure we capture all of the value that Ichiro brings to this team off the field,”...
The New York Mets (65-86) were defeated by the Miami Marlins (71-80) 5-4 on Tuesday night in the second game of a three-game series in Miami. Pitching: Seth Lugo started the game for the Mets tonight pitched well against the tough Miami Marlins lineup. Outside of a Christian Yelich homer in the fourth, he managed to shut down the lineup. He lasted five innings, while allowing one earned run,...
It was mission accomplished in Miami as the Mets took the rubber match against the Marlins heading into a three game series against the hapless Phillies at Citi Field. Securing back-to-back victories may not be something to write home about, but it shows much improvement in a pitching rotation that looked like it was put out to pasture just a mere week ago. Thursday night Seth Lugo gave the Mets...
In a contest where Terry Collins broke the record for most games at the helm ever for a Mets manager, infielder Jose Reyes made a little history of his own. Reyes, 33, registered career hit No. 2,000 on Saturday night against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the first inning, as the veteran went 3-for-4 on the evening with two RBI. “Last year at this point, I was sitting on my couch,”...
Rafael Montero’s rocky start against the Miami Marlins morphed into a happy ending as the Mets battled back from a six-run deficit to beat Don Mattingly’s school of fish 8-7. After returning from a rainy night in Georgia, in which their postponed 3-1 lead led to nowhere, DL designated Noah Syndergaard’s replacement surrendered five runs on seven hits in 3 2/3 innings, and with no one else to...
Ask the former Gold Glove center fielder Mike Cameron how he looks back on his 17-year career in the majors, and he’ll tell you that he feels blessed and grateful. Those words perfectly describe a man who had the opportunity to play close to 2,000 games in the big leagues, swat 278 career home runs, steal 297 bases, earn three Gold Glove Awards and collect endless memories with the eight...
