Observations from Yankees spring training Thursday: A good bell Cody Bellinger went 0-for-1 with a walk. More importantly, he left feeling healthy after playing right field in his first spring training in nearly a week. The former MVP – who had been out of action due to a mild back injury – will start again […]
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 […]
CLEARWATER, Fla. – The best offensive season of Trent Grisham’s career was also his worst defensively. The end result was Grisham accepting the qualifying offer and returning to the Yankees with the chance to prove that not only was his offensive breakout not a fluke, but also that there is more in the tank defensively […]
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 […]
CLEARWATER, Fla. – Trea Turner went down swinging with a four-seam fastball. JT Realmuto followed, returning to the bench after taking a 96 mph pitch. Then came Alec Bohm, who ended the first inning after a heat wave. After striking out a three-time batting champion, three-time Silver Slugger Award winner and former All-Star, Will Warren […]
TAMPA – Cody Bellinger knows the deal by now. The Yankees veteran’s back problems have almost become an annual ritual on the calendar around this time, giving him the assurance that he will be back on the field soon. For now, Bellinger is sidelined after his back strained against him on Friday, preventing him from […]
FORT MYERS, Fla. – The Yankees are getting the full Spencer Jones experience early this spring. In general – emphasis on the big – they will accept it. Jones homered for the third time in four games on Friday, crushing a 450-foot shot out of the batter’s eye in a 17-5 victory over the Twins […]
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 […]
The Los Angeles Dodgers lost their first game of the 2026 Cactus League play on Friday, falling 12-2 to the San Francisco Giants. Yoshinobu Yamamoto made his final pitching appearance before leaving for the 2026 World Baseball Classic, pitching three innings and allowing two runs on five hits. During his outing, he struckout four batters. […]
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 […]