The Mets lost the rubber game of the series to the Marlins by a 5-1 score. If on April 1, someone told you that a team in the Mets' system used Jordan Yamamoto, Robert Gsellman and Yennsy Diaz in a game, your response would probably have been - how did Syracuse do? Alas, they were [...]
Back in the 1980s Bill James observed that throughout MLB history, catchers have been asked to do more and more while pitchers have been asked to do less and less. With catchers, improved protective equipment has made the position easier to play than it was in, say, 1902. And at the same time, those pitchers [...]