Everyone have fun in the snow storm yesterday? No? Well hopefully you enjoy the cold weather coming up soon. Latest Mets News Mike Puma of the NY Post writes about the new pitching program the Mets have for their guys. Dave Eiland says those guys are upset at what happened in 2017. I love Dave Eiland all of a sudden. John Harper of the Daily News says the Mets want to improve their team more...
Today marks the second day of the 2017-18 offseason. Baseball fans are still buzzing about the World Series — Game 7 was the best-watched baseball game since the 2002 World Series Game 7 between the Angels and the Giants. Latest Mets News Ruben Amaro Jr., former General Manager of the Philadelphia Phillies, is the new Mets first base coach. He had been first base coach for the Red Sox the...
According to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, Ruben Amaro Jr. will become the New York Mets first base and outfield coach. Amaro has held a similar role with the Boston Red Sox the past two seasons. Earlier today, it was reported that Tom Goodwin was leaving the Mets to take the first base and outfield coach position with the Red Sox. Amaro, 52, served as the general manager for the Philadelphia...
The Nationals live to play another day after they got rained out yesterday. Rather than opting to use a sick Stephen Strasburg on full rest, the Nationals will use Tanner Roark against the Cubs. The Indians and Yankees will play game five of their ALDS. Corey Kluber will face C.C. Sabathia. Latest Mets News A top spine doctor believes David Wright can play again according Abbey Mastaracco of...
Tonight, game four of the NLDS will go down in Chicago. The Nationals are down to their last breath and will send Tanner Roark (perhaps Stephen Strasburg) to save them. Jake Arrieta will pitch for Chicago at 5:38 p.m. on TBS. Last night, the Astros eliminated the Red Sox after Chris Sale and Craig Kimbrel could not hold on to a late lead. John Farrell seems like he will be on the move making...
After one of the most active Winters ever, Jon Heyman of CBS Sports evaluates all the winners and losers so far. Here are the ones I cherry picked from the NL East including the Mets. Winners Marlins. They got off to a big start with the record $325-million deal for franchise player Giancarlo Stanton (with his out after $107 million and six years) and kept going, adding speedy Dee Gordon,...
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. David Murphy of the Philadelphia Daily News reports that the Phillies have agreed to a new local TV contract with Comcast SportsNet, A spokesman for Comcast confirmed the deal, but did not reveal the terms. “We’re pleased to confirm that NBCUniversal and Comcast SportsNet have signed a new long-term deal with the Philadelphia Phillies...
Howard Eskin of FOX 29 TV is reporting that the Phillies are on the verge of acquiring Jose Bautista from the Toronto Blue Jays. The deal could include Domonic Brown. Bautista is under contract for two more years at $14 million each, with a team option for $14 million in 2016. He mashed 28 home runs for Toronto in 2013 with a .259 average. The Phillies are struggling to fend off the curse of old...
“We’ve already made offers on several players,” Phillies GM Ruben Amaro Jr. said from Arizona, where he is watching some of the organization’s top young talent participate in the Arizona Fall League. Todd Knowing that there is a lack of power hitters available, Amaro is perhaps making a push to sign one, as the team needs right-handed hitters, reports Todd Zolecki of...
The Phillies are targeting big-time free-agent outfielders and baseball people expect them to be in the mix for Jacoby Ellsbury, Shin-Soo Choo, Nelson Cruz and possibly Curtis Granderson according to Jon Heyman of CBS Sports. The Phillies have a team built around superior starting pitching and veteran infielders, Heyman writes. But have a clear weakness in the outfield, where they got sub-par...
On Sunday, Murray Chass published his thoughts on minorities in baseball with a splash of recent statistics, claiming the numbers would “disappoint, if not disgust” the late Jackie Robinson. The baseball columnist pointed out: Since the Philadelphia Phillies named Ruben Amaro Jr. general manager Nov. 3, 2008, teams have hired 14 general managers. All have been white. Of the last 23 managers...
We interrupt your regularly scheduled day of blog reading to give you breaking news that’s already been broken. Omar Minaya has been relieved of his GM duties and Jerry Manuel’s option for the 2011 season was not picked up. Of course, this wasn’t even breaking news before it became official. It was a foregone conclusion that the man famous for inserting the words “that...
