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Subscribe to our sports newsletter here. The afternoon started with a ribbon cutting ceremony and ended with a fireworks show. Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh, Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon and New York Mets team president Sandy Alderson congratulated one another over the cut red ribbon. Thirteen months ago most Syracuse businesses were shut down to stop the spread of COVID-19. The city closed for 13 months and could no longer host the Mets’ Triple-A minor league team. COVID-19 shut down th...

Mater Dei grad Hunter Owen called up to majors Eickhoff, Dunham, Brown also began their seasons in the minors Mater Dei grad Hunter Owen called up to majors By 14 News Staff and Aaron Hancock | May 5, 2021 at 11:31 AM CDT - Updated May 5 at 8:32 PM EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - Mater Dei graduate, Hunter Owen, has been called up to the Pittsburgh Pirates major league roster. He’ll be joining the club in San Diego. Owen has been in Pittsburgh’s minor league system for some time now. Last y...

Worcester Red Sox Notebook: Alternate site squad shows off pitching depth in Worcester | Katie Morrison Updated 6:00 AM; Today 6:00 AM Worcester Red Sox starter Raynel Espinal struck out seven in 3 2/3 innings on Sunday. (KATIE MORRISON / MASSLIVE) Facebook Share WORCESTER -- Pitching depth is a crucial asset to any major-league club, especially in a year like 2021 with roster changes just one positive COVID test away. The Worcester Red Sox showed off the kind of depth they’ll provide this ...

Might Luis Guillorme’s defensive wizardry on Friday be a sign of things to come? Last year, manager Luis Rojas regularly used Guillorme in the starting lineup whenever Rick Porcello, a ground ball pitcher who relies on his sinker, was on the mound. Porcello may be gone from New York, but Marcus Stroman, another sinkerballer with an even higher career ground ball rate, is back in the rotation. Given the questions surrounding J.D. Davis’ ability to handle third defensively, the Mets could con...

Carlos Carrasco has been experiencing some body aches since receiving his second COVID-19 vaccine this week, but it’s his achy right elbow that will keep him sidelined in the coming days. Mets manager Luis Rojas revealed Wednesday that the right-hander has been dealing with “some soreness” in the elbow since

The former Phillie has a small chance to crack the starting rotation.

Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images After the conclusion of the 2020 season, the Mets were an important lesson in building actual pitching depth. The team featured some of the worst starting pitching in baseball last year largely due to their lack of depth and complete unpreparedness for injuries. This is after they had gone into the year touting their starting depth and patting themselves on the back for the job they did building it just because they happened to have six starting pitchers on...

The Mets have agreed to terms on a contract with free-agent right-hander Taijuan Walker. Read more about the move at MLB Trade Rumors.

MLB Trade Rumors The Mets have circled back around to free-agent right-hander Taijuan Walker and engaged his camp in “extensive” discussions, SNY’s Andy Martino reports. Walker is the club’s top target over righty Jake Odorizzi at the moment, per the report. Metsmerized’s Michael Mayer connected the two sides this week as well, adding that the righty has been looking for a multi-year deal worth $10MM+ annually. Still just 28 years old, Walker is one of the youngest free agents on th...

share-square-638335 NEW YORK -- The Mets continued their offseason-long task of building up their starting pitching depth, acquiring right-handed starter Jordan Yamamoto from the Marlins for Minor League infielder Federico Polanco on Monday. Yamamoto joins Joey Lucchesi, Sean Reid-Foley, Yennsy Díaz, Jerad Eickhoff and others as depth acquisitions with Major League experience -- even if the results of that experience have been checkered. Following a promising rookie season in 2019 in which he ...