Most Hyped RHP Prospects Of The Past 20 Years

Pitching prospects are an inherently volatile group, one with more cautionary tales than success stories, but the type of impact that a highly touted young hurler can have on an organization’s long-term outlook cannot be overstated.

St. Louis Official Site

The New Fantasy Baseball? Having Fun With Plans To Start The Season!

The “Arizona Plan” didn’t fly very well when MLB tried to gauge public reaction by floating a potential plan for starting the 2020 season. This hot air balloon was intriguing for a little while but got shot down by agitated media.

101 ESPN

Michael Wacha Learns To Embrace Technology With Help From His Dad

For Michael Wacha and his offseason transformation, it all started with videos, mechanics and his dad.

NY Daily News

Yoenis Cespedes Is Basbeall's Biggest 'If' Right Now

Mets coach Gary DiSarcina was standing around the corner from where the team bus was still idling behind the right-field stands at the Ballpark of the Palm Beaches. It was another Spring Training bus that did not have Yoenis Céspedes on it. In an hour, the Mets would play the Astros in a Spring Training game that would not have Céspedes in it. So this is another baseball spring during which Céspedes has not been on the field. Yet.

Baltimore Official Site

Kolten Wong Finds Identity At The Plate; Worth Noting; Up Next

When Kolten Wong got to the big leagues in 2013, he quickly realized that fans loved home runs. They loved the powerful swings and seeing how far each homer went. Wong admitted that he wanted to be on that level, and it took him some time to realize that he wasn’t that kind of player.

St. Louis Official Site

Michael Wacha Flashes Improved Velocity In First Mets Puting

Michael Wacha’s two scoreless innings Tuesday were a nice way to start his Mets career, but it’s the 94-96 mph he consistently flashed that resonated loudest.

NY Post

Rick Porcello 'Excited To Get Out There' For Mets Debut

Before the first week of Grapefruit League games, pitching coach Jeremy Hefner gave Rick Porcello a choice between pitching the opener, or one last round of live batting practice. Considering Porcello was only going to throw a couple dozen pitches in either scenario, the workload was going to be the same.

New York-N Official Site

Yoenis Cespedes Progressing, But Not Ready For Games

As expected, Yoenis Céspedes will not participate when the Mets open their Grapefruit League schedule Saturday with split-squad matchups against the Marlins and Cardinals.

New York-N Official Site

Michael Wacha, Who Likely Is Fighting For A Spot In Rotation, Not Getting Ahead Of Himself

Michael Wacha’s arrival Sunday made it official: The entire Mets rotation, a key — and perhaps the key — to a successful season, is here.

Newsday

As Winter Picks Up Pace With Scott Boras' Bonanza, Cardinals Still See A Payoff For The 'Patience'; Having A Ball; Minor Moves

Whether it was a rumored appearance at the downtown San Diego barbecue joint featured in “Top Gun,” a spotting in the wild of the lobby bar at the Winter Meetings hotel, appointments in front office suites around baseball, or standing before a backdrop branded with the Boras Corp. logo, superagent Scott Boras seemed to be everywhere this week.

Post-Dispatch

Mets Signed Rick Porcello

Ken Rosenthal Twitter

Rick Porcello Looking For One-Year Deal

Jon Heyman Twitter

Red Sox Interested In Rick Porcello

The Mets aren’t the only team talking with free agent pitcher Rick Porcello.

Boston Herald

Mets Talking With Rick Porcello

Jon Heyman Twitter

As Cardinals Survey Free Agent Options At Starter, Carlos Martinez Gains Clearence To Throw

The Cardinals have reached one checkpoint in their offseason encouraged by the recovery of Carlos Martinez and where he is on the road back to the rotation, but the club continues to monitor the flow of free-agent traffic to make sure it doesn't get left behind if it accelerates.

Post-Dispatch

Adam Wainwright Returns To Cardinals, Burt More Significantly, To Pitching At Busch

After outstanding 2019 starts at home, which were most of his starts at home, Adam Wainwright was often asked about why.

Hochman

Without A Tell-Tale Target, Cardinals Open GM Meetings Open 'Options,' Still Talking Marcell Ozuna, Adam Wainwright

In several recent offseasons the Cardinals have started with a clear, obvious opening as their north star and wandered through conversations with other teams and agents to find their man. They sought a shortstop one year, a right fielder another year, a center fielder later, a middle-order hitter one winter, and a middle-order hitter the next, too. This year is less linear, more side roads than thoroughfares, with no glaring opening they see to guide them.

Post-Dispatch

Rick Porcello In Vintage Form, Wins Potential Farewell

The night started with the type of rough patch Rick Porcello has dealt with too many times this season. But it continued with another Porcello trait -- the ability to get back up after he's been knocked around.

Boston Official Site

Bryce Harper Hushes Hecklers With Go-Ahead Two-Run Homer

The innings were adding up. The Phillies had scored three runs in the first frame of Tuesday's win over the Red Sox, but after four innings on Wednesday, they had yet to get back on the board.

Philadelphia Official Site

Rick Porcello Hits 2,000 Innings, 'Feeling Like Himself'

The ultimate professional, Rick Porcello keeps taking his post every fifth day, trying to turn things around. And in the four days in between, he is relentless when it comes to looking for solutions to cure what has ailed him in one of the most difficult seasons of his career.

Boston Official Site