East Notes: Thor, Lowe, Bundy, Richard The Mets’ struggles have mounted to the point that their general manager acknowledges having “low expectations” for the season’s second half. Despite the organization’s dumpster fire start, their young flamethrower has no hope of going elsewhere. “I love being a Met,” Noah Syndergaard told reporters, including Tim Healey of…
DetailsNationals can prove they’re for real in brutal upcoming stretch Should bettors take the Washington Nationals seriously as a profit center and playoff threat? Sunday afternoon provides a good opportunity to get caught up with news on the Nats while watching the national telecast of their series finale against the Philadelphia Phillies (TBS, 1:05). You…
DetailsProspect Roundup: Games of July 13 Braves outfielder Drew Waters collected three more hits for Double-A Mississippi, while Cardinals infielder Nolan Gorman hit his second homer in three games for Class A Advanced Palm Beach. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190714&content_id=309060234&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsLuis Severino, Dellin Betances Cleared To Begin Throwing Programs Injuries have prevented star Yankees right-handers Luis Severino and Dellin Betances from pitching in 2019, but that could change in the coming weeks. Severino and Betances have been medically cleared to begin throwing programs Monday, per reports from Kristie Ackert of the New York Daily News…
DetailsRays Intend To Buy At The Deadline With just over two weeks until the trade deadline, the Rays are scouring the market for upgrades, per Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times. “What we think of this group and the way they’ve played so far it certainly motivates us to want to help them out…
DetailsPhillies Place Tommy Hunter On IL, Recall Edubray Ramos The Phillies announced today that right-handed reliever Tommy Hunter has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a right forearm strain. Fellow right-hander Edubray Ramos has been recalled from Triple-A Lehigh Valley to take Hunter’s 25-man roster spot. Forearm strains are always ominous for pitchers,…
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Baseball related songs: “To the Veterans’ Committee” by the Baseball Project In this episode of Baseball related songs, we pay attention to another song by the Baseball Project: “To the Veterans’ Committee”In previous episodes we already paid attention to two other songs of the Baseball Project: “Satchel Paige said” and “1976.” The Baseball Project was…
DetailsDiamondbacks vs. Cardinals: Zack Greinke will pick up where he left off Locking your doors may not be enough. U.S. women’s soccer star Allie Long had her New York “Key to the City” stolen when she and the team appeared Wednesday at the ESPYS in LA. The key, which opens nothing but photo ops for…
DetailsMets must fix mind-boggling defense to avoid reliving this nightmare MIAMI — The Mets came into the season with a strong rotation and a weak defense. And it has only gotten worse. For everyone. How a team can be based on pitching yet not fix its defense is mind-boggling. But that’s the Mets and that’s…
DetailsAroldis Chapman On Upcoming Opt-Out Decision Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman is one of several prominent major leaguers who will have a chance to opt out of his contract after the season. Unlike a lot of his peers, there’s seemingly a realistic shot Chapman will vacate the remainder of his deal. The Cuban fireballer briefly discussed…
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