Baseball’s ‘robot umpires’ are here. And you might not even notice the difference.

Details on how the new system will work. Also, thrown in as a small thing is another rule change that will begin in the Atlantic League that will alter one of baseball's oldest truisms.

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J.D. Davis and the Mets’ roster flexibility

One of Brodie Van Wagenen’s more successful offseason acquisitions is J.D. Davis, who has hit to the tune of a .806 OPS over his fair share of time between left field and third base.  The Mets sent outfielder Ross Adolph, infielder Luis Santana and catcher Scott Manea to the Houston Astros for Davis in January [...]

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