Yankees at Nationals (7:08 PM, ESPN) Opening Day is here at last! The 2020 MLB season gets underway tonight with a premier matchup, as the New York Yankees travel to the nation’s capital to face the reigning World Series-champion Washington Nationals. Gerrit Cole will take the mound for the Yankees and will oppose Nationals ace Max Scherzer. Dr. Anthony Fauci will throw out the first pitch....
Let’s try something a little different this week and look at who the top Mets pitchers are not in ERA or WHIP, but FIP. FIP or Fielding Independent Pitching Measures what a player’s ERA would look like over a given period of time if the pitcher were to have experienced league average results on balls in play to put a pitcher’s performance on a level playing field for purposes of a fair...
Marcus Stroman made his third start of the spring this afternoon, hurling three scoreless frames in an eventual 4-1 Mets victory. Donning his regular light blue glove, Stroman walked Tommy Edman and nicked Matt Carpenter to start his outing. However, Rene Rivera cut down Edman after the RedBird attempted to take second base during Carpenter’s at-bat. Carpenter was later retired on a...
On Thursday, Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association announced numerous rule changes that will go into effect in 2019 and 2020. Changes for the 2019 season Inning breaks for all games will now be two minutes, down from 2:05 for local game and 2:25 for national broadcasts. Mound visits per team will be reduced from six to five. There will now be one trade deadline...
Good morning Mets fans! Latest MLB News The Cleveland Indians confirm that the calendar has, in fact, turned to 2019. Baseball season is just around the corner, and spring training begins next month. Jon Heyman of Fancred Sports reports the Seattle Mariners have signed Japanese left-handed starting pitcher Yusei Kikuchi to a guaranteed four-year deal. Heyman notes that the club can extend...
According to Jeff Passan of ESPN, the New York Yankees have agreed to a deal with five-time All-Star Troy Tulowitzki, pending a physical. The former Rockies star shortstop was once on a Hall of Fame trajectory until injuries derailed his career. He hasn’t been the same type of player since the Rockies traded him to the Blue Jays in 2015, hitting an average .250/.313/.414 in his Blue...
The Toronto Blue Jays announced that they have released shortstop Troy Tulowitzki, making him a free agent. Tulo, 34, has two years and $34 million left on his contract. He signed a 10-year, $157,750,000 contract prior to the 2011 season. On track for the Hall of Fame before being infected by the injury bug, Tulowitzki has been notoriously injury-prone throughout his career. Despite this, he has...
I believe if you asked any Mets fan which pitcher was the all-time franchise leader in strikeouts, the overwhelming majority would correctly tell you Tom Seaver. But what about K/9, better known as strikeouts per nine innings? Did you know that out of the top five Mets pitchers in strikeouts, only one of them are in the top five in strikeouts per nine innings? Let’s see if you can name the...
Over the past few years, there has been a battle over the current salary construct in Minor League Baseball. We have seen this battle take place in the Courts, and we are about to see this battle take place on the floors of Congress. For players whose entire year is focused upon training and playing baseball, they are not paid a wage commensurate with their hours worked. In fact, many players...
The Mets, have several first base options that can work for them in 2018 season. However, they all come with a certain level of risk. As it stands, the Mets will be starting Adrian Gonzalez at first base. However, due to age and injury, this may not be a stable plan for a grueling 162 game season. Not only did he play just 71 games in 2017, but he was also left off the playoff roster of the Los...
Major League Baseball commissioner Robert Manfred was speaking at the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference in Massachusetts today covering a number of topics. One of the most discussed topics was expansion, which Manfred said he is a proponent of and would like to see the league have 32 teams. Though he would like the stadium situations to be resolved in Oakland in Tampa Bay before discussing...
On Monday, Jim Bowden of The Athletic released his annual preseason baseball predictions. In the article, he said he believes Dominic Smith will beat out Adrian Gonzalez for the Mets first base job. Gonzalez, 35, slashed .242/.287/.355 last year with three home runs in 71 games. However, New York took a flyer by signing him to the league minimum on a one-year deal. Whether they believed they...
