We’ve nearly made it. Spring training is now firmly in the home stretch and Opening Day is less than a week away for the New York Mets. With less than a handful of Grapefruit League games remaining, we have a pretty good idea of what the Opening Day roster will look like and there is very little still up in the air. As such, now is the perfect time to round up the good and the bad from the...
Only a year after Major League Baseball made significant rule changes -pitch clock, base size, shift limitations- they decided to make more changes for the 2024 season. The MLB competition committee, despite the Players Association representatives voting no, approved the following changes: 18-second clock with runners on base (was 20) four mound visits (down from five) If a pitcher starts to...
Good morning, Mets fans! Evan Drellich of The Athletic reports that there’s a chance MLB changes its new rules before Opening Day. Member of the league’s competition committee and while it’s unknown what the specific changes could be, they likely won’t be major. Spring training games are taking only two hours and 36 minutes this year, but players have expressed concerns...
We are a little over two weeks into Grapefruit and Cactus League action, as Major League Baseball prepares for an historic season. Historic in the sense that every team will play every other team, and several new rules will be implemented. The objectives are to speed up the games and add more offense, and in particular, more in-play action. It’s only natural to ask the question, “so,...
Max Scherzer took the bump for his second start of the spring on Friday afternoon against the Nationals. Former Met Trevor Williams started the game for Washington in his first action against the Mets since leaving in free agency this past offseason. Scherzer and Williams both avoided trouble through the first two innings. Scherzer retired all six batters in order while the ball never left the...
Good morning, Mets fans! All MLB teams begin spring training games today, with the Mets playing two split-squad games, one against the Astros at 1:05 p.m. ET and the other against the Marlins at 6:10 p.m. Latest Mets News MMO’s own Michael Mayer reported that the Mets have been in attendance to scout the Korean World Baseball Classic team. Among the players of note is outfielder Lee...
The MLB season is only 50 days away, and with that will come some brand new rules the league is rolling out for the 2023 season. As a refresher, here are the three big changes we will be seeing this upcoming season. Pitch Timer To help increase pace of play, MLB will implement a 30-second timer between batters and a shorter time limit between pitches. Pitchers must now begin their motion 15...
