Major League Baseball announced the American League and National League Players of the Week on Monday, and a pair of shortstops earned last week’s honors. Los Angeles Angels shortstop Zach Neto (8-for-25 [.320 AVG], four home runs, eight RBIs, and a 1.254 OPS) earned the designation for the American League, and Francisco Lindor, who, for the fifth time in his career, earned the honors for the...
David Peterson is having a solid season, although the advanced numbers continue to say he is one of the luckiest pitchers in baseball. There is two ways to look at that. If Peterson continues to put himself in difficult situations, his luck may run out. But in the same way, he does deserves some credit for working out of trouble as consistently as he has. Saturday’s start against the Los...
Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets came into Saturday night’s matchup against the Angels with their eyes set on a series-clinching win to kick off their west coast trip. However, the Mets’ offense was stifled for the first six innings as Angels pitcher José Soriano shut them out, putting the Amazin’s in a 2-0 deficit going into the seventh. Having Soriano in the rearview mirror,...
