NY Post Baseball

[source+domain] PORT ST. LUCIE — David Peterson and Tylor Megill weren’t exactly strike-throwers Sunday. The two pitchers competing for the Mets’ rotation vacancy combined for nine walks over 7 ²/₃ innings, but Peterson at least minimized damage, whereas Megill’s afternoon snowballed, with porous defense behind him a culprit. “They are […]

[source+domain] TAMPA — Brian Cashman was leaning against the wall of the very room where, 27 years ago, he attended a March meeting that changed the course of Yankees history. George Steinbrenner had called for the summit in Joe Torre’s office to protest the plan to make struggling rookie Derek […]

[source+domain] MIAMI — How strong is Team USA’s lineup of All-Stars? Well, its No. 9 hitter, Trea Turner, is turning the World Baseball Classic into a personal showcase, hitting two more homers to lead a rout of Cuba and send Team USA to the WBC Championship game the night after […]

[source+domain] The World Baseball Classic has claimed another victim. On the heels of a heartbreaking injury that likely ended Mets closer Edwin Diaz’s season, the Astros will be without star second baseman Jose Altuve for a while as he’ll need surgery on the broken thumb he suffered Saturday at the […]

[source+domain] Edwin Diaz isn’t the only big-name player to suffer an injury at the World Baseball Classic. Astros star Jose Altuve, playing for Venezuela, had to exit in the fifth inning of the quarterfinal matchup against the United States on Saturday night at loanDepot park in Miami. Team USA scored […]