Andrew Baggarly of The Athletic reports that San Francisco Giants star Buster Posey has decided to opt out of the 2020 season. Posey and his wife are adopting recently born identical twin girls. The twins were born prematurely, they are currently in the NICU and will be there for some time. Posey joins 10 other big leaguers that have opted out of the 2020 season due to Covid-19 concerns; catcher...
I want baseball back just like the rest of you. I am so happy that an agreement has been reached and that baseball is coming back. If the league, players, and most importantly, experts, deem it safe conditions to play, who am I to say otherwise? I am thrilled that we will have America’s pastime back during this time. We can definitely use it. But, we are still in the midst of a pandemic....
By Tim Ryder Rawlings handed out their 2019 Gold Glove Awards on Sunday evening during a live announcement on ESPN2. The best fielders in the game have been recognized with this honor celebrating their outstanding glovework each season since 1958. The voting pool is made up of MLB coaches and managers (who can’t vote for their own players), as well as 25 percent of the vote coming from the...
The New York Mets (42-50) beat the St. Louis Cardinals (46-48) by a score of 7-3 on Wednesday night at Citi Field. Pitching Jacob deGrom (10-3, 3.48 ERA) took the mound for the Mets seeking his seventh win in seven starts and was able to accomplish that feat. Just like his last start when the Mets scored 14 runs, deGrom received plenty of run support as the Mets scored him seven runs. He did his...
After a slow start at home (2-4), the Mets embark on a difficult nine-game road trip beginning in Atlanta on Tuesday night. The road trip will continue over the weekend in Anaheim, before concluding in Arizona. Of course, it is on the road where the Mets have found their best success in recent years. They went 41-40 away from Citi Field last season, which has them changing their routine during...
The Mets open up a three game weekend series with the Cincinnati Reds tonight at 7:10 PM at Citi Field. RHP Jenrry Mejia opposes RHP Mike Leake for the Reds. Recent history has favored the Reds over the Mets, especially when it comes to pitching. Cincinnati’s pitchers have produced a 2.36 ERA (33 earned runs over 126 innings pitched) against the Mets in 14 games over the last two seasons....
Mets (71-85) at Reds (90-67) • 7:10 p.m. LHP Jon Niese (7-8, 3.81) vs. RHP Mike Leake (14-6, 3.21) Starting Lineup Eric Young Jr., LF Daniel Murphy, 2B David Wright, 3B Lucas Duda, 1B Juan Lagares CF Mike Baxter RF Travis d’Arnaud C Wilfredo Tovar SS Jon Niese P The Mets lost the game in extras last night as possible future Met Choo had the walk-off hit. Jon Niese gets the nod for the...
DEEP ENOUGH… CHOO WINS IT FOR REDS… Aaron Harang went six strong and Duda had a day, but it was not enough as the Reds edged the Amazin’s 3-2. The Reds struck first when (future Met?????) Shin-Soo Choo hit a grounder right back up the middle to bring around Todd Frazier. Harang then issued consecutive walks, plating Ryan Hanigan and giving the Reds a 2-0 lead. The Mets hit...
The Cincinnati Reds (25-18) shutout the New York Mets (17-25) by the score of 4-0 tonight at a sparsely crowded Citi Field. Left-hander Jon Niese started for the Mets and and after getting the first two outs in the first inning he allowed a hit and a pair of walks to load the bases. Niese had a chance to come out of the inning unscathed and induced a hard grounder to third for what should have...
Starting Lineup Daniel Murphy – 2B Mike Baxter – RF David Wright – 3B Lucas Duda – LF Rick Ankiel – CF John Buck – C Ike Davis – 1B Ruben Tejada – SS Jon Niese – LHP Game Notes The Mets signed reliever David Aardsma to a minor league deal. Aardsma didn’t make the Yankees’ roster out of spring training and opted out of his deal with Miami after not getting promoted within a month. He...
For a while, it looked like Terry Collin’s weird lineup choice going into the evening would actually work when Marlon Byrd ripped a three-run home run in the bottom of third. Perhaps unsurprisingly, however, the Mets would fail to score again the rest of the night and could not stage a comeback after Jay Bruce hit a go-ahead home run off Shaun Marcum in the sixth. To be fair to Marcum, he...
