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Robinson Cano will open the season batting sixth. The 37-year-old gets the Opening Day start at second base against the Braves, the Mets announced. Cano had previously been featured hitting third in the lineup throughout intrasquad scrimmages and exhibition games in summer camp. Pete Alonso will hit third in the opener, however. Cano mainly hit …
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In a normal summer, Pete Alonso would have solidified his place as a genuine baseball prince of the city. He is not yet an athlete imprisoned by the boundaries of gated communities, still enjoys the fringe benefits of being a 50-homer man in New York, still enjoys the give-and-take with his fellow citizens. In this …
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Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez are investing in a Viagra-selling wellness startup — and the deal could help enlarge their coffers as they pursue a deal to buy the Mets, sources told The Post. Hims, an online seller of proprietary hair, skin, and sexual health products to customers on a subscription basis, is in talks …
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The 2020 baseball season, if it finishes, will go down as The Year of the Pandemic. The Year of the Sprint. The Year of the Unseemly Battle Over Finances. The Year of the Ace? Hard to see it. Except for one timeless reality: Whichever team’s pitchers throw like aces in October, those guys possess an …
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Fox will utilize virtual fans for its MLB game broadcasts beginning Saturday. The use of augmented reality is designed to make viewers feel as if telecasts are as normal as possible, despite the ongoing pandemic that has left ballparks empty. “The original concept sounds like something that would never even happen — pie in the …
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This promises to be a baseball season like we’ve never seen before. A 60-game sprint rather than our preferred 162-game marathon. Empty stadiums with cardboard cutouts where fans should be and masked managers in the dugouts. That’s the impact of COVID-19 on Major League Baseball. It’s dramatically changed the national pastime, for at least this …
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The Mets will be down a key pitcher to begin the season. Marcus Stroman, who was set to become the team’s No. 2 behind Jacob deGrom, was placed on the injured list Wednesday with a muscle tear in his left calf, manager Luis Rojas told reporters. Rojas said the 29-year-old righty is considered “week to …
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Rewind to early March, when life still seemed mostly normal and the countdown was underway to the Mets opening the 2020 season. At the time, the Mets didn’t resemble a team that was an obvious favorite in the NL East, but likewise it was hard to say they shouldn’t compete for first place. The lineup …
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Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez may soon be at an inflection point. Fred Wilpon’s Mets by the end of July will start management meetings with the four remaining bidding groups in which the organization will give detailed financials. No party, including favorite Steve Cohen, appears ready to offer enough to end the Mets sales process …
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The Post’s Ken Davidoff previews the NL East. 1. New York Mets O/U wins: 32 Key player: OF/DH Yoenis Cespedes. In his four years as an active Met, Cespedes has tallied a 138 OPS+, his best output for any of the four major league teams for which he has played. If he could produce at …
Robinson Cano will open the season batting sixth. The 37-year-old gets the Opening Day start at second base against the Braves, the Mets announced. Cano had previously been featured hitting third in the lineup throughout intrasquad scrimmages and exhibition games in summer camp. Pete Alonso will hit third in the opener, however. Cano mainly hit …
