Latest Updates Around The World
The 1969 World Series ring that once belonged to Mets legend Tom Seaver sold for more than $800,000 at auction last weekend. Dallas-based Heritage Auctions sold the baseball memorabilia for $854,122, Newsday reported this on Tuesday evening. The Post first reported in February that the World Series ring, along with nearly 200 items from Seaver’s […]
HARBOR ST. LUCIE – Troy Snitker was the Astros’ coach for the past seven years, but that came after almost a lifetime with the Braves. The new Mets coach spent much of his childhood watching his father, Brian, manage and coach in the Braves organization before becoming manager in Atlanta in 2016. “He influenced me […]
HARBOR ST. LUCIE – A day after SNY analyst Ron Darling said the Mets should go to a five-man rotation instead of “getting around” Kodai Senga’s preference to pitch in a six-man rotation, Senga threw live batting practice on a backfield and looked good again. When Carlos Mendoza was asked about the possibility of moving […]
JUPITER, Fla. – Devin Williams’ first Grapefruit League pitch in a Mets uniform resulted in a ball going behind the fence Friday at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium. The cutter, a pitch Williams is still learning, took too much of JJ Wetherholt’s strike zone in the fourth inning. “That one, specifically, I was just trying to […]
Takeaways from the Mets’ training camp on Thursday: Laser show Ronny Mauricio, whose first Major League hit of 2023 was clocked at 110 mph, hit a 110 mph single to center in the fourth inning as he tried to show enough offense and defensive versatility to hang around. First things first Mark Vientos went 0-for-10 […]
HARBOR ST. LUCIE – There was no panic yet in Clover Park, but if Carson Benge knew these parts, there would have been some red flags if Carson Benge had had too many hitless games. Benge allayed any early concerns with a three-hit day in Wednesday’s 6-0 loss to the Cardinals, reaching base on an […]
DUNEDIN, Fla. – Tobias Myers gave the Mets reason to be hopeful about the right-hander Monday as he was impressive in his first appearance with the team. Since being acquired from Milwaukee in the offseason, the Mets made sure Myers wasn’t just a throw-in with starter Freddy Peralta. They wanted someone to replace Brandon Sproat, […]
DUNEDIN, Fla. – Clay Holmes plans to make one more start in Mets camp before taking on his next spring challenge: the World Baseball Classic. The right-hander first talked about participating in the tournament last year after Andy Pettitte, Team USA’s pitching coach, contacted him. “He said he wanted me to be a part of […]
HARBOR ST. LUCIE – Darryl Strawberry can’t understand why the player who broke his Mets all-time home run record left Queens. Pete Alonso will “regret” his departure from the Mets, according to Strawberry. “I was really shocked that Pete would leave New York for Baltimore,” Strawberry said Monday at spring training. “Pete could have broken […]
Observations from Mets spring training on Sunday: Four points The makeshift Mets hit four home runs against Yankees pitching, with Jared Young, Luis Torrens, Hayden Senger and minor league utility player JT Schwartz all going deep — a day after the lineup was held to two hits in the Grapefruit League opener. Luis Torrens runs […]
