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...
The 2020 MLB regular season is around the corner and the New York Mets will not have an easy transition into the shortened season, at least on paper. The Mets have the toughest schedule from the start the season through August 6 based their opponents’ 2019 successes. The Amazins’ first 13 games will be against the Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox and Washington Nationals, three teams...
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 Josh Finkelstein There was a time where Ryan Zimmerman and David Wright were taking the field together for their travel baseball team in Virginia, dreaming about the experience of becoming professional baseball players. As they continued to grow, it was clear that both of them had a strong chance of making that dream become a reality. Wright decided to forego a college experience to reach...
St. Louis Cardinals (91-71, 0-2) at Washington Nationals (93-69, 2-0) National League Championship Series Game 3 • Nationals Park RHP Jack Flaherty (11-8, 2.75) vs. RHP Stephen Strasburg (18-6, 3.32) The Cardinals look to get back into the series getting shutdown by Max Scherzer on Saturday in St. Louis. Cardinals offense has a grand total of four hits through the first two games. The games...
Good morning Mets fans! On Wednesday the Boston Red Sox took a commanding 2-0 series lead with a 4-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. The World Series continues tonight as Game 3 gets underway at 8:09 p.m. EDT at Dodger Stadium. Rick Porcello (1-0, 4.22 ERA) will try to inch the Red Sox even closer to their ninth World Series in franchise history, while Walker Buehler (0-1, 5.40 ERA) will...
Good morning Mets fans! The New York Mets (15-8) lost to the St. Louis Cardinals (15-9) by a score of 4-3 in 13 innings on Thursday afternoon. Noah Syndergaard went a season-high 7 1/3 innings and held the Cardinals to two runs (one earned), but Robert Gsellman, Jeurys Familia, and Paul Sewald all ran into trouble which helped lead to the Mets’ defeat. Latest Mets News Jacob deGrom...
Steven Matz had a pretty bad first inning on Wednesday night when the New York Mets played the Washington Nationals and ended up winning 11-5. He threw 33 pitches and gave up a three-run home run to Ryan Zimmerman. As bad as his first was, Matz settled down and got through four with a manageable pitch count. He has had an interesting season. Last season, Matz just struck out 16.1% of the people...
Stop the presses. The sky is not falling over Flushing. Salt and pepper was back in business Wednesday night as the New York Mets got a redemption rally over their NL East rivals in their 11-5 win. Two consecutive losses unleashed a wave of concern, and although a bit warranted, the bats and bullpen bounced back with a vengeance confirming that the Mickey Callaway Mets are really that good....
The New York Mets (13-4) came back to beat the Washington Nationals (9-10) late in the third game of the series with an 11-5 win at Citi FieldThe final score was 11-5 and it helped the Mets move to 13-4. Pitching Steven Matz got the ball for the Mets and he had a rough first inning. Matz gave up an infield hit to Howie Kendrick and walked Bryce Harper. Usually walking Harper to pitch to Ryan...
The Mets got their first helping of humble pie with an epic meltdown in the eighth by their major league best bullpen, as Washington gave New York a taste of their own come from behind medicine. “We can’t let this put us into a tailspin,” Mickey Callaway said. Staked to a 6-1 lead, Jacob deGrom had the Nationals in the palm of his gifted right hand. Riding high on his seven-frame gem of an...
Today the ALDS will resume. Both the Yankees and Red Sox will look stave off a sweep. The Red Sox host the Astros at 2:38 p.m. and the Yankees host the Indians at 7:38 p.m. Last night, the Cubs were leading 3-1 but blew it in the eighth inning. Bryce Harper hit a tying homer while Ryan Zimmerman hit a go-ahead three-run shot. All of this was happening while Wade Davis was standing ready in the...
