Mets’ Brandon Nimmo scratched for additional heart testing PORT ST. LUCIE — Brandon Nimmo was a late scratch from the Mets lineup Wednesday, after team officials decided the time was right for the outfielder to receive additional heart testing, as a followup to player physicals before the start of camp. According to manager Luis Rojas,…
Details8 AL West Pitchers Looking For Bounce-Back Years Our preseason series exploring potential bounce-back candidates for 2020 began with a look at several AL West hitters hoping to rebound. Let’s stay in the division and focus on a group of talented pitchers who want to put disappointing seasons behind them… Corey Kluber, RHP, Rangers: Kluber…
DetailsWest Notes: Shark, Lamb, Peacock Let’s check in on a trio of teams from the game’s West divisions… Giants right-hander Jeff Samardzija looks like a potential trade candidate for the club, considering they’re unlikely to contend in 2020 and he’s in the final year of his contract. Samardzija told John Shea of the San Francisco…
DetailsMatt Kemp Hopes To Play At Least Four More Years He’s not the superstar he was in his heyday with the Dodgers, but Marlins outfielder Matt Kemp still believes he has plenty left to offer at the major league level. Kemp “wants to play at least four or five more years,” Steven Wine of the…
DetailsMasahiro Tanaka’s new Yankees strategy is right on track TAMPA — Masahiro Tanaka is entering his seventh year with the Yankees, and the one constant across the first six was his attention to detail. So, as the 31-year-old right-hander prepares for his seventh — and a longshot possibility of this being his last as a…
DetailsHealth Notes: Clase, Nimmo, May, Stock The Indians are awaiting the results of an MRI on flamethrowing relief prospect Emmanuel Clase, the team told reporters Wednesday (link via Paul Hoynes of the Cleveland Plain Dealer). The 21-year-old righty has been feeling discomfort in his latissimus dorsi recently, including during yesterday’s throwing session, per GM Mike…
DetailsAlex Bregman becomes seventh Astro to get plunked this spring WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Houston’s Alex Bregman was hit on the back by a breaking ball from St. Louis reliever Ramon Santos on Wednesday, the seventh Astros player plunked in five spring training games. “It was a splitter,” Bregman said. “It just got away…
DetailsGiancarlo Stanton likely out for start of Yankees season with injury When Giancarlo Stanton slid out of the machine Wednesday he was diagnosed with a Grade 1 strain of the right calf. Stanton, who wasn’t included in the batting practice groups before the day’s Yankees-Nationals game at George M. Steinbrenner Field, suffered the injury near…
DetailsMets’ Noah Syndergaard already dominating thanks to new drills PORT ST. LUCIE — The results were fantastic for Noah Syndergaard on Wednesday against the Astros at Clover Park. It was the work earlier in the week, though, that made all the difference. Syndergaard went to the 10-pack pitching mounds several days to work on his…
DetailsSpontaneous regeneration I’ve never been much of a believer in signs or fate. Sometimes, though, happy coincidences can lead to a feeling of slight disbelief and a raised eyebrow. Over the past month, there have been a couple of events here in Pittsburgh that I was fortunate enough to attend, They commemorated the centennial of…
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