#carlos-carrasco

#carlos-carrasco

The Atlanta Braves have now won three straight games for the first time in nearly a month, and this was another come-from-behind effort for our favorite baseball club.This time, the Braves utilized a four-run inning in the sixth to push past the New York Mets in order to win 6-4.After the Braves and Mets traded zeroes in the first inning, the scoring got underway in the second inning.

After a 3-3 road trip, the Atlanta Braves will return home to begin a six-game home stand with a three-game series against the New York Mets.On the surface a 3-3 road trip may seem pedestrian.Atlanta dropped two of three to an Oakland A's team that entered the series having lost 11-straight games.However, they rebounded well with a series win over the Arizona Diamondbacks, who are among the best teams in the National League.

The first half of Wednesday's game burbled vaguely out of my phone from a waterproof pouch around my neck: It was Opening Day for kayak season, so first I was sitting in a boat off a Brooklyn Bridge Park pier making sure people didn't drown or do anything dopey and then I was hauling racks of boats around and helping put things away.

As we arrive on the cusp of the World Baseball Classic's quarterfinal round, here are three things we'll be keeping an eye on around the baseball world throughout the day today:
1. WBC Update Following a day that saw Puerto Rico throw eight combined perfect innings in their defeat of Israel, there are four matches on the docket for today: Venezuela (2-0) will face Nicaragua (0-3) at 11am CST on FS2, though the latter team has been eliminated from quarterfinals contention at this point.

PORT ST.LUCIE Kodai Senga just wants to show he belongs.The Japanese ace has arrived at his first U.S. spring training, trying to adjust to a larger baseball and steeper mound than in his homeland, but also the expectations he will face with the Mets.Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer are the prominent names in the Mets' rotation, but Senga noted Thursday that Jose Quintana and Carlos Carrasco are also accomplished pitchers.

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The Mets are reportedly in the market for more offense.While it might not be as flashy a move as the previously-rumored interest in Carlos Carrasco before the star infielder signed with the Giants, it's just as vital.

Following a rollercoaster of a road trip out West that saw the Atlanta Braves dip into the deepest valley of losing a series to Oakland to reaching the peak of toppling a division leader in their house, the Braves are now coming home to host their bitter divisional rivals in the form of the New York Mets.

In the last 10 non-Coors Field games, here's how many IP starters have given the Mets:
7.0 - Kodai Senga, 5/30 6.2 - Carlos Carrasco, 5/25 5.0 - Senga, 5/24 3.2 - Tylor Megill, 5/23 8.0 - Justin Verlander, 5/21 G2 6.0 - Max Scherzer, 5/21 G1 5.0 - Carrasco, 5/19 6.0 - Megill, 5/18 6.0 - Senga, 5/17 5.0 - Verlander, 5/16
That's 58.1 IP.

New York Mets newest pitching addition Justin Verlander will miss the beginning of the season with a low-grade teres major strain and will be placed on the IL.Justin Verlander will begin the season on the IL because of a low-grade teres major strain, the Mets announced Thursday pic.twitter.com/R5kMDBNzDr

With just over three weeks until Opening Day, here are three things we'll be keeping an eye on around the baseball world throughout the day today:
1. World Baseball Classic Begins The first game of the WBC is scheduled for tonight at 10pm CST, where Team Netherlands will face off against Team Cuba.Per the World Baseball Softball Confederation's World Rankings, the Netherlands is the 7th ranked country in the world for their baseball program, whereas Cuba is the 8th ranked country.

The 1966 Dodgers utilized a four-man rotation, one that featured three future Hall of Famers and the fourth, the black sheep, pitched for 18 years and was a two-time 20-game winner.That year, Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale, Claude Osteen and Don Sutton combined to make 154 of the team's 162 starts.You don't see rotations like that anymore.

Still not quite believing the Carlos Correa news.Lets take a look at the potential upside of the 2023 Mets.We'll look at the best fWAR for the main guys from the past three full seasons.5.4 - Brandon Nimmo (2022) 5.5 - Starling Marte (2021) 6.8 - Francisco Lindor (2022) 4.4 - Pete Alonso (2019) 6.2 - Carlos Correa (2021) 5.9 - Jeff McNeil (2022) 3.9 - Mark Canha (2019) 1.5 - Daniel Vogelbach (2022) 2.8 - Omar Narvaez (2021)
6.4 - Justin Verlander (2019) 6.5 - Max Scherzer (2019) 4.0 - Jose Quintana (2022) 2.4 - Carlos Carrasco (2022) 1.4 - David Peterson (2022) 3.0 - Edwin Diaz (2022)
That's 42.4 from the hitters, without counting any bench production and with only 2/3 of a DH.

Another day, another free agent to cross off the list for your Los Angeles Dodgers.MLB insider Ken Rosenthal confirmed that Japanese pitcher and highly touted free agent Kodai Senga will take his talents to New York and become a Met.Senga, 30, will sign a five-year $75 million contract with the Metropolitans, and that seems like a deal the Dodgers could've made.

Note: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links, Schneps Media may earn a commission.By Joe Pantorno Posted on May 16, 2023 Carlos Carrasco (AP Photo/John Bazemore) QUEENS Friday appears to be a pivotal day for the future of the whole of the New York Mets' rotation.Veteran right-hander Carlos Carrasco is expected to return to the hill after making a rehab start with Double-A Binghamton last week.

Note: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links, Schneps Media may earn a commission.The New York Mets won't have to wait much longer for one of their top free-agent acquisitions to make his spring training debut.Kodai Senga, the highly-touted Japanese right-hander, will toe the rubber for the first time as a Met on Sunday against the St. Louis Cardinals, as first reported by Mike Puma of the New York Post.

A confounding Mets season took another confounding turn Monday afternoon, when the team followed up Sunday's burst of offensive competence (counterpoint, maybe the Nationals decided to experiment and do Whip-Its between innings) by once again looking like an outfit with zero resemblance to a professional baseball team.

The New York Mets are signing 2022 American League Cy Young Award winner Justin Verlander to a two-year contract that includes a third-year option.The value of the contract is believed to be similar to Max Scherzer's deal with the Mets, with multiple reports claiming that the total value is worth $86 million.

As the 2023 regular season continues, here are three things we'll be keeping an eye on around the baseball world throughout the day today:
1. Perez to make MLB debut: Top pitching prospect Eury Perez is poised to make his MLB debut in a start for the Marlins this evening against the Reds.A consensus top 15 prospect in all of baseball, Perez is getting called up directly from the Double-A level without any Triple-A experience.