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Fantasy baseball mock draft, 10-team head-to-head each category: Mookie Betts is the top pick
This draft was held on Tuesday, March 2 and included fantasy analysts Eric Karabell, Tristan H. Cockcroft, AJ Mass, Todd Zola, Derek Carty and Mike Sheets, researcher Kyle Soppe and ESPN editors Pierre Becquey, Joe Kaiser and Dan Mullen. If you’d like to conduct your own mock drafts, check out the Mock Draft Lobby, select […]
Continue readingAlbert Almora and Mets finalize 1-year, $1.25M contract
Almora, 26, plays primarily center field and joins a Mets outfield group that includes Brandon Nimmo, Michael Conforto, Jeff McNeil, Guillermo Heredia and José Martínez. Almora became a free agent when the Chicago Cubs failed to offer a contract by the Dec. 2 deadline. He hit .167 with one RBI in 30 at-bats during the […]
Continue readingJonathan Villar, New York Mets reach 1-year deal, sources say
The deal is for $3.55 million, according to multiple reports. His agreement with the Mets was first reported by MLB Network. Villar, a switch-hitter, had a .232 batting average with 15 RBIs and 16 stolen bases in 52 games between the Marlins and Blue Jays during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season. He has shown his versatility […]
Continue readingSources: New York Mets working to hire Arizona Diamondbacks’ Jared Porter as GM
A longtime executive in Boston, Chicago and Arizona, Porter is immensely respected around baseball and has been seen as a future GM for years. Porter, 41, won three World Series in the front office for the Red Sox and another with the Cubs before joining Arizona as a senior vice president and assistant GM in […]
Continue readingNew York Mets’ Robinson Cano banned for 2021 MLB season because of PED
New York Mets second baseman Robinson Cano tested positive for the performance-enhancing drug stanozolol and will be suspended for the entire 2021 season, according to a statement Wednesday by MLB commissioner Rob Manfred. It is the second PED suspension for Cano, 38, who missed 80 games in 2018 after testing positive for a diuretic while […]
Continue readingHow empty ballparks would have changed MLB history — and could alter games this October
Humans are heat factories. If the average human being produces heat at a rate of 80ish watts, then 19 humans hunched together would radiate as much heat as my 1,500-watt space heater. Humans’ surplus heat warms a housing project in Paris, a 13-story office building in Stockholm and the Mall of America in sub-freezing Minnesota. […]
Continue readingDeivi Garcia, 21, strong in big league debut as Yankees sweep doubleheader with Mets
Deivi Garcia made a strong impression in his big league debut, taking a shutout into the sixth inning as his New York Yankees beat the crosstown Mets 5-2 to complete a doubleheader sweep Sunday night. At 21 years, 103 days, Garcia became the youngest pitcher to start in the majors in the abbreviated 60-game season. […]
Continue readingMets’ Jacob deGrom scratched from start vs. Phillies with neck tightness
The New York Mets ace (2-0, 2.45 ERA) said the tightness has lingered throughout the week but that tests revealed no structural damage. Mets manager Luis Rojas said he doesn’t think deGrom has a long-term injury, and deGrom, 32, anticipates making his next start. “I debated on trying to go out there, and I think […]
Continue reading‘There was no Plan B’: How Pete Alonso overcame bullies to become a big league superstar
The fish pounce on everything thrown at them, and Pete Alonso and friends haul in reds, snook and trout from this semi-secret spot off Tampa Bay like they’re grabbing M&M’s out of a bowl. A catch-and-release derby is suddenly on, and Alonso starts happily handing the rods to the interlopers on the boat, cameraman Logan […]
Continue readingBraves’ Adam Duvall drills cardboard cutout of Jeff McNeil’s dog with HR
Easiest game of fetch Willow McNeil will ever play. Atlanta’s Adam Duvall drilled a solo shot to right field that hit a cardboard likeness of the 1-year-old pup belonging to Mets All-Star Jeff McNeil. “Right off the pooch!” New York broadcaster Gary Cohen exclaimed. Willow was one of three pretend dogs propped up in the […]
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