There was a moment between 6 and 7 yesterday that it looked like the Mets were going to make a historic step together as a team and withhold their labor to make a collective stand against racism and police brutality. Around 6:45-ish the players came out and it became clear that the Mets would not be joining the Brewers, Reds, Dodgers, Giants, Mariners and Padres in making a stand. Dominic Smith...
Good Morning, Mets fans! Despite a tough 9-3 loss for the Mets, Saturday was a good day because it marked the start of exhibition baseball! They play the Yankees again tonight at Yankee Stadium, with a 7:05 p.m. EST scheduled start time. Latest Mets News The Mets lost the first of two exhibition games against the Yankees by a score of 9-3. Middle infielder Jed Lowrie will not participate in...
We heard on Wednesday that the Mets had interest in infielder Pablo Sandoval before he signed with the Giants. That got me to wondering what was left on the market in terms of infield depth. Without assuming Yoenis Cespedes is healthy, the Mets bench right now would likely be catcher Tomas Nido, outfielder Jake Marisnick, IF/OF Dominic Smith, infielder Luis Guillorme, and banged up veteran Jed...
Good Morning Mets fans! Yesterday was a wild one that included Rockies third basemen, Nolan Arenado receiving a massive contract extension as Logan Barer of MMO covered. Tuesday also added much more drama in the Bryce Harper saga. Check out all the wild news from the hot stove, below! Dodgers May Push Phillies Hand As Randy Miller of NJ.com tweeted out, a source close to Harper claims that his...
The New York Mets offense struggled as a whole in 2018, though one of their biggest weaknesses was against left-handed pitching, where they ranked among the bottom of the league in virtually every category. Their 82 wRC+ against left-handed pitching ranked 26th, .285 wOBA ranked 28th, 24.7 strikeout percentage was 29th and their .224 batting average tied for the worst in Major League Baseball....
When Justin Turner walloped a walk-off home run in the National League Divisional Series 29 years to the day of Kirk Gibson’s famous dinger it felt like a sign that the Dodgers were the team fated to hoist the Fall Classic Trophy. But Los Angeles was competing against a team from Houston whose destiny was etched in metal the moment their city was leveled by a devastating storm. Wednesday night,...
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...
Houston starting pitchers are paying it forward this postseason with clutch multiple inning saves for their teammates who toed the rubber before them. Brad Peacock did it for Lance McCullers Friday night, and McCullers for his pal Charlie Morton in Game 7 of the ALCS. “The ovation I got when I was in the bullpen — I got chills,” McCullers said. “I’ll probably never...
Game 3 (Series tied 1-1) Los Angeles Dodgers vs Houston Astros, 8:20 p.m. ET, FOX RHP Yu Darvish (2-0, 1.59 ERA) vs RHP Lance McCullers Jr. (0-0, 2.08) Dodgers Lineup Chris Taylor CF Corey Seager SS Justin Turner 3B Cody Bellinger 1B Yasiel Puig RF Logan Forsythe 2B Austin Barnes C Joc Pederson LF Enrique Hernandez DH Astros Lineup George Springer CF Alex Bregman 3B Jose Altuve 2B Carlos Correa...
Game Five (Dodgers lead 3-1) LHP Clayton Kershaw (1-0, 4.76 ERA) vs LHP Jose Quintana (0-0, 3.59 ERA) Los Angeles Dodgers vs Chicago Cubs, 8:00 p.m. ET, TBS Dodgers Lineup Chris Taylor CF Justin Turner 3B Cody Bellinger 1B Yasiel Puig RF Logan Forsythe 2B Enrique Hernandez LF Austin Barnes C Charlie Culberson SS Clayton Kershaw LHP Cubs Lineup Albert Almora CF Kyle Schwarber LF Kris Bryant 3B...
When it comes to Steven Matz, two things are clear: he has a history of injuries and he is a talented pitcher. The 25-year-old had Tommy John Surgery in 2010; a year after he was drafted by the Mets. During his first season with the big-league club in 2015 he was placed on the disabled list for a partially torn left lat muscle, dealt with a blister, and was sidelined with back spasms and back...
