Granderson Booed As Mets Set Mark For Most Ks In First 2 Games
The Mets are off to a record-setting start. Not the kind they had in mind, though. The 31 whiffs by New York batters were the most in the first two games since at least 1914.
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The Mets are off to a record-setting start. Not the kind they had in mind, though. The 31 whiffs by New York batters were the most in the first two games since at least 1914.
Before Wednesday's game, Yankees manager Joe Girardi wondered how Jeter will deal with participating in one of these ceremonies each time he visits a different city this season.
So much is written about injuries to the ligaments of pitchers' elbows but less so about nerve irritation such as that resulting in Dodgers' reliever Brian Wilson now being on the DL.
Get ready for another milestone: the first ceremony of Derek Jeter's farewell tour.
Sabathia led the majors last season with 122 runs allowed. Things went bad for him from the start on Tuesday night in a matchup of the league's youngest vs. oldest rosters.
Only the most optimistic would call the Mets "star-crossed." Given the way they started the season, the more realistic among us might downgrade that assessment to "train wreck."
"I'm trying to treat it like any other opening day," said Jeter, who will retire at season's end. "I don't foresee this being any different." To the rest of the sports world it certainly will be.
If all three don't have bounce-back years it won't matter what the new guys do. Consider these three guys the core for 2014.
The Mets often play their best baseball on opening day. This year that good fortune will be put to the test against the Nationals and hard-throwing right-hander Stephen Strasburg.
Whether you're going to the game or just parking on the couch, you'll want to know what's going on prior to 1:10 p.m., when the Mets and Nationals officially get the season started at Citi Field.
The Bombers were a distant second at $199 million, ending their streak of six straight openers above the $200 million mark.
If the Mets decide to bring him in, Abreu could sit in wait at Triple-A or serve as a left-handed bat off the bench, WFAN and CBSSports.com baseball insider Jon Heyman reports.
Until they start throwing around the old hardball for real, everybody's even despite the obvious baggage the Mets bring against the Nationals on Monday or the improvements the Yanks take to Houston on Tuesday.
Melky Cabrera's two-run homer in the eighth inning gave the Toronto Blue Jays a 2-0 victory over the New York Mets on Saturday and a sweep of their two-game exhibition series at an Olympic Stadium packed with former Montreal Expos fans.
Yankees captain Derek Jeter had his final spring training game rained out.
Masahiro Tanaka struck out 10 and allowed three hits over six innings Friday night in the New York Yankees' 3-0 win over the Miami Marlins.
Detroit is doubling down on Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera. The team has agreed to pay him a baseball-record $292 million over the next decade, according to the AP.
There are different kinds of leaders, after all. And the Yankees captain did his thing as well as any of the others on Fortune Magazine's list did theirs.
Forbes said it estimates the Yankees are worth $2.5 billion, up nine percent from last year. The Dodgers are next at $2 billion, a 24 percent hike and matching their actual sale price in 2012.
The third baseman agreed to accept a season-long suspension, but he is continuing to pursue his medical-malpractice case against orthopedic surgeon Dr. Christopher Ahmad and New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
"It's a big honor," Gee said. "I'm very thankful for that opportunity, but really I've just got to take it like any other game. It's just one of 30-something starts I hope to get this year."
Prepare to be unspoiled. Though D-Rob has shown a solid, "go get 'em" attitude on his six Grapefruit League outings, nobody knows how he'll handle closer duties.
Rodriguez "has ignored repeated attempts" at collection and is in danger of his spurned dream team spilling the beans if they're forced to recoup the money in court, the Daily News reported.
Many have taken note of the epidemic of Tommy John surgeries in baseball of late, and the reason for it is both straightforward and enigmatic.
Davis wasn't supposed to be the problem. He was supposed to be part of the solution. And the fact that he hasn't been -- and likely never will be -- is nothing short of crippling.
