Minor League Ball Gameday, August 8
Good morning prospect watchers. The top 20 reviews are almost done, just one team left now, the San Francisco Giants, which will be posted tomorrow morning. I'm taking some time away from writing this...
View ArticleIs the first draft pick really that important?
The Chicago White Sox are going to finish the season with one of the bottom five records in all of baseball this season, a feat they haven't accomplished since 1989. Barring some sort of miracle run by...
View ArticleFinal Score: Mets 2, Rockies 1: *explosion sound* Mets sink the Rockies' Manship
Dillon Gee tossed 7.2 strong innings and the Mets scratched out a pair of runs in the fourth inning against Rockies' starter Jeff Manship, as they defeated Colorado 2-1 to complete the sweep. For the...
View ArticleJackie Robinson-Pee Wee Reese statue in front of MCU Park vandalized with...
Brooklyn is a proud baseball town, and there are echoes of that everywhere. Who doesn't know someone who knows someone who knew someone that lived on the same block as Gil Hodges, or played stickball...
View ArticleGame Wrap: Mets 2, Rockies 1 ... and the Earth keeps spinning
The bad news first: Colorado just got swept by the Mets, scoring a total of 3 runs in the series. It completes a road trip for the ages, where the Rockies won once and lost nine times. Both Carlos...
View ArticleMets vs. Rockies Recap: Dillon Gee pulls out the broom as the Mets beat the...
The Mets completed a three-game sweep of the Rockies, winning 2-1 this afternoon at Citi Field. For the Mets, it was their first three-game sweep of the season at home this season. Dillon Gee was very...
View ArticleMets Daily Farm Report - 8/9/13: Offense in Vegas, Nimmo heating up
*All results from games played on Thursday, August 8th, 2013*AAA -Las Vegas 51s (63-54)__________________________________OKLAHOMA CITY 3, LAS VEGAS 12 (Box)Brandon Hicks and Matt den Dekker combined...
View ArticleMets Morning News: Gee lead Rockies sweep, D'Arnaud promoted, Robinson statue...
The Mets defeated the Rockies yesterday to complete the series sweep. Dillon Gee continued his solid pitching of late, and the Mets got just enough out of the offense to hold on to a 2-1 win. Here's...
View ArticleStreamer Report: Saturday's Streamers
The Streamer Report provides you with daily startng pitcher streaming selections for owners who prefer to stream starting pitchers on a daily basis. This report identifies starting pitchers who are...
View ArticlePreview: Game #114, Diamondbacks vs. Mets
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View ArticleFinal Score: Diamondbacks 5, Mets 4 — At least it didn't take all night
The Mets lost to the Diamondbacks on Friday evening despite a relatively late comeback to tie the game. Jeremy Hefner had another bad start, though his final pitching line wasn't nearly as bad as it...
View ArticleMets vs. Diamondbacks Recap: Aw, Goldschmidt
Jeremy Hefner had a very good first half of the season, but he continued a string of poor starts with a rough one in Arizona as the Mets lost a close game on Friday night.Both teams were held scoreless...
View ArticleIs it worth it to lose now, and win later?
Every decision has a distinct set of consequences; some can be predicted with certainty, and others remain unforeseeable. As time rolls on, the affects of any given change or manipulation to a system...
View ArticleSaturday Notebook: Burton Punches, New Rules, The Talk About PEDs, "Fountain...
If you happened to watch either of the Twins' games during their doubleheader against the White Sox yesterday, you may have spotted a funny occurrence happening in the bullpen. In Game 1, right as a...
View ArticleLineouts! 08/10/13: Chase Utley, Jake Peavy and the Mets are running
Welcome back everybody, Lineouts! took a day off but is back in time for this weekend edition. Many things happened over Thursday and Friday so I tried to cover as many of the great articles that were...
View ArticleMets Morning News: John Buck baby watch continues
Meet the MetsThe Mets made a few comebacks but ultimately lost 5-4 when Scott Atchison allowed an impressive opposite field walk-off home run to Paul Goldschmidt.Choose Your Recap: Amazin' Avenue...
View ArticleIs there such a thing as "The Spurs Way"?
Spouting off from the Cheap SeatsGreetings, Pounders. In case you aren't familiar with me, I host a weekly San Antonio Spurs segment on my daily sports show with your fearless leader, J.R. Wilco. I'm...
View ArticleDavid Wright injury: Possibility exists Mets 3B may not return this year,...
There is a possibility that the Mets may not get third baseman David Wright back into the lineup until 2014, though the team still hopes for a return this season, reports MLB.com's Anthony DiComo.When...
View ArticleSnake Bytes, 8/10: Solid Goldy
Quick Quotes"Now it's like I'm not even shocked anymore," Eaton said. "He goes up there and I'm like, 'He hit a walk-off, no big deal, it's just him, he's going to do it.'"Adam Eaton"He got ahead with...
View ArticleSaturday Mets Mind Boggler: The best pitching game scores in team history
When it comes to judging outings by starting pitchers, game score is pretty great. Created by Bill James, the metric gives every starting pitcher 50 points at the beginning of the game, and the pitcher...
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