On-fire Dominic Smith is making the Mets take notice JUPITER, Fla. — It would be difficult to have a worse spring than Dom Smith did a year ago. He showed up late for a meeting and was scratched from his first Grapefruit League game as a result. And when he finally got on the field,…
DetailsZack Wheeler looks far off as he sets his early-season goal JUPITER, Fla. — Zack Wheeler’s 2018 season was bad enough that his ERA still hovered near 5.00 in late June. This spring, Wheeler said, he is looking to find the zone he was in during the second half of last season earlier this time…
DetailsYankees amp up the hype: We’ll ‘crush’ the homer record TAMPA — Great moments in great weather create great trash talk. At least, that formula worked to perfection Sunday at George M. Steinbrenner Field. Could the 2019 Yankees break the all-time, single-season home-run record of 267 established by their immediate predecessors? Two of their most…
DetailsBad luck is following Clint Frazier around everywhere DUNEDIN, Fla. — When Clint Frazier got hit with a thrown ball while stealing second base in the fourth inning Sunday against the Blue Jays, it was easy to think that stuff has a way of happening to the outfielder, even though it didn’t seem to bother…
DetailsElated Travis d’Arnaud is ready for comeback — but with Mets? JUPITER, Fla. — “Hell, yeah.” Travis d’Arnaud actually didn’t use “hell,” but rather a word that even with all my seniority at The Post I cannot get printed for you fine readers. He had just concluded a Sunday mid-morning batting-practice session at First Data…
DetailsJays’ Vlad heats up with punishing double Baseball’s top prospect Vladimir Guerrero Jr. clobbered a one-handed double in his first at-bat of the afternoon as the Blue Jays beat the Yankees, 5-2, on Sunday. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190303&content_id=304703522&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsPitcher Mets just traded away tears his ACL Bobby Wahl has been on the move often the last few months, and now sadly he will be mostly stationary. The Brewers reliever, who was one of three minor leaguers the Mets traded for Keon Broxton in early January, is likely done for the year with a…
DetailsNoah Syndergaard pounces, takes Bryce Harper ‘DC’ shot It wasn’t just Washington who noticed Bryce Harper’s slip of the tongue. The new $330 million man, formally introduced as a Philadelphia Phillie on Saturday, let his past creep into his future, accidentally saying that, “We want to bring a title back to DC.” He quickly moved…
DetailsBryce Harper accidentally hypes Nationals in Phillies welcome $330 million wasn’t enough to make Bryce Harper forget his past. The newest star outfielder for the Phillies, introduced Friday as his megadeal became official, may have had his seven years with the Nationals in the back of his head as he tried to look ahead to…
DetailsSunday Notes: Scouting Put Brock Burke on the Rangers’ Radar Brock Burke was a relatively obscure pitcher in the Tampa Bay Rays organization when I first wrote about him in 2017. He was performing well at the time — a 1.23 ERA through nine starts — but context was a mitigating factor. A blip on…
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