PORT ST. LUCIE — Mets general manager Billy Eppler made his first call to the Cubs about David Robertson last April. The reliever wasn’t traded until the actual deadline, Aug. 2, to the NL East, though he went to the Phillies. It is not that relievers aren’t traded at this…
DUNEDIN, Fla. — For three months, the 2022 Yankees seemed set to go down as one of the greatest baseball teams ever. They were on pace to match or break the major league record of 116 victories and, of greater consequence, to win their first World Series title since 2009….
I have noticed that even most baseball folks have become a bit ashamed of the clichés circulating at this time of year. The three big ones: 1. Players claiming they “were in the best shape of their lives” (as if that should be award-worthy in an industry in which being…
Here are some nuggets from Yankees’ spring training on Thursday: Need for bat speed Giancarlo Stanton, in midseason form, blasted a 118.6 mph line drive to left that skipped past outfielder Cal Mitchell to score two Yankees runs. Giancarlo StantonUSA TODAY Sports No sign of relief Relievers Jimmy Cordero, Wandy…
TAMPA — The Yankees have invested more than a half-billion dollars into their team since they were swept out of the playoffs by the Astros. At this juncture, it sounds unlikely they would add significant contracts to the payroll. The Yankees are up against the $293 million luxury-tax level. If…
Here are some nuggets from Yankees’ spring training on Monday: Blank Slate Tanner Tully, a 28-year-old who debuted last season with the Guardians, got the start and threw 2 ²/₃ scoreless innings in the 1-0 loss to the Twins at Hammond Stadium. Yankees pitcher Tanner Tully throws a pitch against the Minnesota…
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — After a relatively calm first few weeks of camp, a finger, a hamstring and a rib have threatened to disrupt the Mets’ pitching staff before the middle of March. The Mets are hopeful that Kodai Senga (finger) and Brooks Raley (hamstring) will bounce back quickly,…
TAMPA — From the first day of spring training, Aaron Boone has insisted that the Yankees would not be averse to having Anthony Volpe break camp with the team if he showed he was ready to be the starting shortstop. Through the first week of Grapefruit League games, the 21-year-old…
As we said when we were children, “I’m ascared.” I’m ascared that we’ll soon read full-screen graphics listing major league leaders in extra inning games lost without allowing a baserunner, and strikeout leaders, both batters and pitchers, with just two strikes as per pitch-clock ruling. I’m fearful that our TV…
TAMPA — During the first day of workouts for pitchers and catchers last month, Gerrit Cole pointed out that this was his first normal spring training since he signed with the Yankees in December 2019, which he said gave him some extra comfort. In the weeks since, that has been…
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