Minor league players in the Major League Baseball Players’ Association have reached a tentative agreement with the league on its first collective bargaining agreement, according to a report from ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The deal is for five years and includes at least two times the pay at all minor league levels, according to Passan. While the deal is tentatively agreed to, it still needs...
Daniel Murphy’s professional baseball career is not over yet. The independent Long Island Ducks announced on Wednesday that they are signing the 37-year-old Murphy to a contract for this season. Murphy last appeared in the majors in 2020 for the Colorado Rockies before announcing his retirement. The three-time All-Star hit .296 for his career to go along with a .341 OBP and a .796...
The Cleveland Guardians and All-Star Andrés Giménez have agreed to a contract extension that will lock the second baseman to the Guardians through potentially the 2031 season, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The extension, which will start in 2024, is for seven years and $106.5 million. The Guardians have a club option for 2031, as well. As Passan points out, the deal will buy out...
The New York Mets took on the Miami Marlins Sunday afternoon in the team’s last game of spring training. At Clover Park in Port St. Lucie, Florida, the Mets tied for the second day in a row as each team scored three runs. The Mets end spring training 10-14 with a few ties. Now, the real baseball starts. The first score of Sunday’s game came in the third inning. Starling Marte lined a...
Francisco Lindor created one of the bigger moments of the game in the New York Mets’ 4-4 tie with the St. Louis Cardinals Saturday night. The switch-hitting shortstop hit a two-run home run off Cardinals minor league pitcher Logan Gragg in the bottom of the sixth inning, pulling the Mets back within two. Lindor would finish the game going 1-for-3, taking his average up to .314 in spring...
The Mets and Cardinals faced off in the penultimate game of spring training on Saturday night at Clover Park. It was right-handed pitcher Andre Pallante on the mound for the visiting team against right-handed pitcher Tylor Megill for the Mets. Both the offense and pitching got off to slow starts on Saturday as the Mets and Cardinals ended up in a tie at the end of the night. The biggest offense...
Bubby Rossman loves to say “Get Big.” Well, at 6’5″ 230 lbs he’s well on his way. With a fastball that touches nearly 100 mph and a slider that touches 90, he has big league weapons at his disposal and is a welcome depth addition to the Mets after his impressive performance for Team Israel in the World Baseball Classic. In the WBC, Bubby had two innings, three...
Good morning, Mets fans! Per Marc Craig of The Athletic, Edwin Díaz returned home to Port St. Lucie on Saturday after having surgery on Thursday. He was greeted by a trainer, nutritionist and a personal chef, courtesy of Steve Cohen and the Mets. According to a phone call between Cohen and Díaz, Cohen told him, “We’re going to do everything we can to get you better and take care of you.” This is...
Brandon Nimmo is week-to-week with a low-grade sprain to his right ankle and knee, New York Mets general manager Billy Eppler has announced. Eppler added that “everything looked structurally sound” in the MRIs that were taken on Saturday. Billy Eppler announces that Brandon Nimmo has low-grade sprains in both his ankle and knee and is considered week-to-week:...
During tonight’s game against the Miami Marlins, Mets outfielder Brandon Nimmo was forced to leave after an awkward slide into second base. The Mets say he left the game with right ankle soreness and will undergo imaging on Saturday. He was weight-bearing on his leg after jamming it into second base. He was replaced by Tim Locastro. Brandon Nimmo limps off the field after an awkward slide...
A day after Tylor Megill tossed four scoreless innings against the Miami Marlins, David Peterson followed suit in a start against the Washington Nationals. While it might’ve come in a 5-0 loss on Tuesday, Peterson made his return to the mound for the first time in 10 days. And he looked sharp. Avoiding an injury scare after he took a comebacker off his foot less than two weeks ago,...
After an embarrassing loss to Mexico on Sunday, Team USA (2-1) got their offense going early on Monday against Canada. Thanks in part to a nine-run opening inning, USA was able to defeat Canada 12-1 in seven innings to put themselves in a much better position to qualify for the quarterfinals. While Team USA didn’t have the perfect game that Puerto Rico had earlier in the day against Israel, they...
