After dropping their third consecutive game to the Houston Astros on Tuesday night, the Mets looked to salvage a game from the four-game season series on Wednesday afternoon. Taijuan Walker took the mound for the Mets against future Hall of Famer Justin Verlander in one of the best pitching duels of the season. In the end, it was a home run by Jason Castro with two outs in the ninth that broke...
All in all, it’s been a quiet winter around baseball. With many team’s suffering revenue losses from the shortened 2020 season and having no fans in attendance, clubs are erring on the side of frugality this offseason. So far, we’ve seen teams non-tender or designate players for assignment that otherwise may not have been during previous winters, and a majority of the top free...
Here we go, the stove is starting to heat up! We had ourselves a little bit of action on day two of the virtual Winter Meetings with a trio of interesting signings, let’s get right into it! Royals Continue Busy Start to the Offseason The Kansas City Royals have been taking advantage of the inefficient market thus far this offseason. Dayton Moore and company have been one of the most...
According to Robert Murray on Twitter, the Padres are acquiring right-handed starter Mike Clevinger from the Indians. Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports the full deal as follows: RHP Mike Clevinger, OF Greg Allen, and PTBNL to the Padres for OF Josh Naylor, C Austin Hedges, SS Gabriel Arias, LHP Joey Cantillo, and SS Owen Miller. Clevinger, 29, has a 3.18 ERA through four starts this season....
Good Morning, Mets fans! I’m speechless. About the Mets. Probably not a good thing for a writer, so here goes nothing. The Mets were swept in a day-night doubleheader by the other New York team yesterday. Jared Hughes and Edwin Diaz couldn’t hold a five-run lead in the seventh inning. (You can’t believe you’re reading that sentence; I can’t believe I’m writing...
According to Jeff Passan of ESPN, free-agent catcher Jason Castro and the Los Angeles Angels “are in agreement” on a one-year, $6.85 million pact, pending medical evaluations, per sources. Castro, 32, hit .232/.332/.435 with 13 home runs, 30 RBIs, nine doubles, and 88 strikeouts over 275 plate appearances with Minnesota last season with -7 defensive runs saved and 3.2 framing runs...
Jason Castro Position: C Bats/Throws: L/R Age: June 18, 1987 (32) Traditional Stats:.232/.332/.435, 9 2B, 13 HR, 30 RBIs, 88 K; 275 PA Advanced Stats: 103 wRC+, .328 wOBA, 1.6 fWAR, 6.1 FRAA Catcher Jason Castro was selected by the Houston Astros with the 10th overall pick out of Stanford University back in the 2008 MLB Draft. One year later, Castro participated in the 2009 Futures All-Star...
