Mets’ 25-man roster is set, d’Arnaud starts season on IL ARLINGTON, Va. — Travis d’Arnaud’s fate appeared sealed when he didn’t leave Florida with the Mets this week, and on Wednesday it became official that the veteran catcher will begin the season on the injured list. The 25-man roster general manager Brodie Van Wagenen and…
DetailsMets fans have reasons to buy into Brodie Van Wagenen’s optimism ARLINGTON, Va. — Look, you can go searching for dark clouds all you want. You can play the woe-is-me game until well past closing time. You can wait anxiously for other shoes to drop, for skies to fall, for the injured list to become…
DetailsYankees know they have unfinished business after past playoff flops A bevy of injuries to some of their best players isn’t stopping the Yankees from expecting to erase the sour taste of losing to the hated Red Sox in the American League Division Series a year ago. “We won 100 games last year and we’re…
DetailsAdam Ottavino has appeared at Yankee Stadium before — as a heckler As a kid from Brooklyn, Adam Ottavino made many trips to Yankee Stadium for Opening Day. The one he remembers best was the 1997 Yankees’ home opener and includes a future teammate with the Rockies. “Me and a friend were sitting near the…
DetailsJacob deGrom’s proud dad tells backstory of pitcher’s Mets rise ARLINGTON, Va. — The proudest person in the room Wednesday was Tony deGrom, Jake’s dad. He was there for the press conference at the Ritz-Carlton hotel to announce Jacob deGrom’s five-year, $137.5 million extension with the Mets. Tony sees even greater things in his son’s…
DetailsWhat’s new for Mets and Yankees TV-radio coverage The Yankees mostly stayed quiet during the TV-radio hot stove, while the Mets had a major makeover. The Mets have a new radio home (WCBS), an altered booth (Wayne Randazzo is in) and a new main studio analyst (Todd Zeile), while on TV, the old reliable trio…
DetailsGiancarlo Stanton’s 2nd Yankees season is at hand — and so is serious heat Will Giancarlo Stanton ace his first chance at a second impression? It may not be the very most vital question looming over these 2019 Yankees, who kick things off Thursday at Yankee Stadium by facing the awful-on-purpose Orioles (as opposed to…
DetailsPadres’ Urias to start season in Triple-A After appearing in 12 Major League games last season, MLB.com’s No. 23 overall prospect Luis Urias will begin the 2019 season with Triple-A El Paso. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190327&content_id=305744906&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
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Mike Trout, Andrelton Simmons Updates, Jo Adell Cameo Mike Trout is a good reason to van it down to Arizona. Before he got busy signing the richest contract in American sports history, I made it my business, on behalf of the good readers of WPW, to go get a locker tour from Mike at Spring…
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Injury Risk, Performance, and Velocity It’s fairly common to watch a game these days, see a pitcher throw 99 mph, and hear the reaction of fans be a mix of amazement and fear: amazement that certain pitchers can throw that hard, and fear that it’s unsafe and an injury is guaranteed. Given the many misconceptions…
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