Mets’ bullpen, base-running exposed in terrible way LOS ANGELES — The underbelly of the Mets bullpen was exposed Monday night, sending tremors through the visitor’s dugout at Dodger Stadium. Tyler Bashlor and Daniel Zamora were battered in a sixth inning that wouldn’t end, only underscoring Jacob deGrom’s mediocre night that concluded early because of pitch-count…
DetailsChase Utley is still somehow torturing the Mets The bat that caused the Mets pain for nearly two decades has returned — just in a different set of hands. Enrique “Kike” Hernandez used the retired Chase Utley’s lumber to launch a three-run home run in the sixth inning of the Dodgers-Mets’ game Monday night in…
DetailsSHOEMAKER LEADS SAINTS OVER SALTDOGS St. Paul 6, Lincoln 5- Box Score 1B Brady Shoemaker carried the St. Paul Saints to a victory over the Lincoln Saltdogs on Monday. The right handed slugger had a day to remember for St. Paul, going 4-for-4 with two home runs, one double, five RBIs, and three runs scored.…
DetailsNothing but zeros for Quad Cities’ Hansen Houston Astros right-hander Austin Hansen extended his shutout streak to 27 2/3 innings as Class A Quad Cities blanked Wisconsin, 5-0, on Monday. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190527&content_id=307499898&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsBrett Gardner already solving upcoming Yankees dilemma Monday was the second of three straight games in which the Yankees were scheduled to face a lefty starter, and there is the possibility of the Red Sox throwing more lefties in a four-game series that opens Thursday at Yankee Stadium. However, Aaron Boone doesn’t sound like Brett…
DetailsUnderstanding The New Trade Deadline Rules Remember when the trade deadline meant something? You don’t have to go back to poodle skirts or bell bottoms or even neon and Zubaz. It wasn’t long ago at all that the end of July meant the end of significant dealing. August trades have always been a thing, but…
DetailsDodgers’ Smith gets call to The Show Los Angeles Dodgers No. 5 prospect Will Smith was promoted after collecting 40 hits, 28 RBIs and 28 runs through 38 games with Triple-A Oklahoma City this season. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190527&content_id=307499504&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsBrewers’ Jeremy Jeffress makes absurd catch to avoid catastrophe With a line-drive coming straight to his head, Jeremy Jeffress pulled a move straight out of “The Matrix” to dodge disaster. The Brewers pitcher bent backwards and snagged a line drive off the bat of utility man Willians Astudillo during the fifth inning of Monday night’s…
DetailsPete Alonso is studying more than pitchers to avoid rookie wall LOS ANGELES — Pete Alonso still meticulously records his at-bats in a notebook after every game for the simple reason he tends to remember information better when he handwrites it instead of typing on a keyboard. The Mets rookie entered Monday in something of…
DetailsBill Buckner’s legacy sadly took far too long to change The fortunate part was that there really was a second act for Bill Buckner, one that came so many years after the moment that would unfairly underline his brilliant baseball career, the instant a baseball drizzled between his ruined legs early one Sunday morning in…
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