"During surgery, we fix everything that's damaged," Ahmad said. "If the capsule is torn, we fix the capsule. If the labrum is torn, we fix the labrum. If the shoulder is extremely loose in general, we will tighten everything up with the stitching." Following surgery, the player does not swing a bat for three months [...]
Primarily an infielder in high school, Oswalt is healthy and performing great on the mound this year in Double-A.
Glanville: "Having been a player is not a requirement for great commentary. And neither is being a man."
Remember the offseason when so many people wanted the Mets to sign Matt Wieters?
Off the record, other front office members expounded on the role of familiarity. “Familiarity makes everything run more smoothly,” said one. “Sometimes that’s personal familiarity, and it’s often easier to start conversations or let something more open-ended develop casually if there’s enough of a relationship that there’s less formality. Sometimes that’s professional familiarity, and both [...]
If they act like they don't want to buy, you act like you don't want to sell!
But if the electronic strike zone ever became a real thing -- and I agree with the players and executives who think that’s it’s inevitable, and perhaps closer to being implemented than a lot of folks realize -- MLB and the players' association will be able to sort through a whole lot of interesting ways [...]
The Mets’ patience in waiting for Granderson’s breakout was a result of more than just Collins’ faith that his perennially slow-starting power hitter would again heat up. Though Granderson’s classically outward-facing stats such as average, OPS and home runs were all abysmal after the season’s first month, his underlying advanced metrics showed good process. Granderson [...]
Former World Series hero and TV reporter has a new foe.
A bit of national attention for the young Mets pitching prospect
BP used to be a daily stop for me. Now, maybe I go there 10 times a year.