Mets star Pete Alonso’s secret passions: cooking, hunting and red meat Pete Alonso knows how to step up to the plate — on and off the field. The animated Mets slugger has delighted the Amazins’ usually downtrodden fans this season by already breaking the team’s rookie home run record, winning the midseason Home Run Derby,…
DetailsMets finally trust Wilson Ramos with deGrom, Syndergaard ATLANTA — Along with this team surge, the Mets have found the starting catcher they envisioned when the season began. Wilson Ramos had been reduced to a job share of sorts with Tomas Nido heading into the All-Star break, but since then has gradually reclaimed playing time…
DetailsMets can’t let familiar headache doom them now ATLANTA — The Mets’ Achilles heel is their defense and their inability to stop the stolen base. The Braves athleticism will test the Mets over this three-game series that began Tuesday night at SunTrust Park. Against the three first-place teams and all the-wild card contenders not named…
DetailsPadres Place Carl Edwards Jr. On Injured List The Padres announced that they’ve placed right-handed reliever Carl Edwards Jr. on the injured list with a strained pitching shoulder. The club recalled lefty Robbie Erlin from Triple-A El Paso to take Edwards’ place. San Diego just acquired Edwards from the Cubs at last month’s trade deadline.…
DetailsJonathan Loaisiga is ‘weapon’ Yankees are counting on The Yankees didn’t need to wait for Dellin Betances to bolster their bullpen. While Betances is throwing bullpen sessions this week, and moving closer to returning from a lat strain that, along with a shoulder impingement, has kept him out all season, the Yankees added depth by…
DetailsSAINTS ROLL TO BIG EARLY LEAD AND BEAT GOLDEYES IN FRONT OF BIGGEST CROWD IN TEAM HISTORY August 13 Afternoon Recap St. Paul 10, Winnipeg 2 – Box Score St. Paul jumped out to an 8-2 lead after two innings of play and would cruise from there to a 10-2 victory over Winnipeg. This…
DetailsYankees Release Dan Jennings The Yankees recently released left-handed reliever Dan Jennings, according to Kegan Lowe of Baseball America. Jennings just joined the organization last month on a minor league contract. The 32-year-old Jennings only threw 1 1/3 innings with the Yankees’ Triple-A affiliate in Scranton, but his production was disastrous in that small sample.…
DetailsRockies Designate Chris Iannetta, Select Dom Nunez 5:08pm: The Rockies have designated Iannetta and selected Nunez, per a team announcement. 8:07am: The Rockies are preparing to make a change behind the dish, according to MLB.com’s Thomas Harding. Veteran catcher Chris Iannetta will be removed from the MLB roster — by what immediate mechanism isn’t yet…
DetailsToledo names Tommy Winterstein as Assistant Baseball Coach Toledo, Ohio— Tommy Winterstein has been hired as an assistant coach for the University of Toledo… Visit College Baseball Daily for the Full Story Source: http://www.collegebaseballdaily.com/2019/08/13/toledo-names-tommy-winterstein-as-assistant-baseball-coach/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CollegeBaseballDaily+%28College+Baseball+Daily%29
DetailsNathan Eovaldi Returning To Boston’s Rotation After a short run as a reliever, the Red Sox are returning right-hander Nathan Eovaldi to a starting role. Eovaldi will start Wednesday and then spend the rest of the season in the Red Sox’s rotation, Pete Abraham of the Boston Globe reports. He’ll only throw around 55 pitches…
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