Mlb Opening Day

See Every Mlb Ballpark Ahead Of Opening Day

... WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 25: A general view as the New York Mets play the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park on May 25, 2016 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images). Patrick Smith. Copyright Getty Images. ST. LOUIS, MO - MAY 17: A general view of Busch Stadium during a game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Detroit Tigers on May 17, 2015 in St. Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images). Dilip Vishwanat. Copyright Getty Images. SAN FRANCISCO, CA - JULY 26: A general view of play in the sixth inning between the Oakland Athletics and San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park on July 26, 2015 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images). Lachlan Cunningham. Copyright Getty Images. SAN DIEGO, CA - JULY 12: A general view of the ball park during ...

2017 Mlb Season Opens With 3 Sunday Games

... first time since 1908. Chicago has 200 wins in two years under skipper Joe Maddon, and with their array of young hitting talent and veteran pitching, the Cubs are arguably the best team in baseball again for 2017. St. Louis was a 100-win team as recently as 2015, though at 86-76 last year, the Cards finished just a game out of a wild-card spot, snapping a string of five straight playoff appearances and three straight National League Central division titles. The first game on Sunday features the Tampa Bay Rays hosting the New York Yankees. The 1 p.m. ET game is technically the first MLB game of the regular season. That game gives us our first 2017 look at Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez , who finished second in AL Rookie of the Year voting last year after he hit a whopping 20 home runs in just 53 games. He’ll face Rays ace Chris Archer , making his third straight opening day start for Tampa Bay. In between is a National League West ...

How To Watch, Live Stream Every Monday Game

... The Rockies are a trendy darkhorse pick to claim a wild-card spot. The Brewers will be that in a year’s time. Jon Gray-Junior Guerra has a chance to be a lot of fun, too. When: Monday, 3:05 p.m. ET. Where: Camden Yards. Streaming:  __link__. The last of the American League East teams to begin their seasons. Marco Estrada’s finesse game will face Kevin Gausman’s power arsenal. Expect home runs. When: Monday, 4:10 p.m. ET. Where: Guaranteed Rate Field (formerly known as US Cellular Field). TV: Fox Sports Detroit, CSN Chicago. Streaming:  __link__. Justin Verlander-Jose Quintana promises to be one of the best pitching matchups of the day. This is also a neat little study in contrasts - the Tigers changed little this winter, the White Sox changed a lot. When: Monday, 4:10 p.m. ET. Where: Target Field. Streaming:  __link__. The other pair of American League Central teams to open their schedules against one another. Danny ...

Martinez Vs. Lester Tops Our Ranking Of Every Pitching Matchup

... will be Syndergaard’s first Opening Day start and Teheran’s fourth. Syndergaard is 24 and Teheran is 26. These two have many more Opening Day starts ahead of them. 5. Jose Quintana , Chicago White Sox vs. Justin Verlander , Detroit Tigers. A year or two ago it looked like all those 100 mph fastballs and 200-plus inning seasons were starting to catch up to Verlander, but he turned back the clock last season and managed to lead the league in strikeouts (254). He finished second in the Cy Young voting despite receiving the most first-place votes. This will be Verlander’s ninth Opening Day start. Quintana, meanwhile, will be starting his first season opener. For a while there it seemed like he would be traded before the start of the season, but nope, he remains with the Chi Sox. Quintana is ...

Everything You Need To Know From The First Three Games

... quite a bit higher than the 3.26 ERA (117 ERA+) mark he posted from 2013-15. Archer’s home run rate climbed from 0.8 HR/9 from 2013-15 to 1.3 HR/9 in 2016, which is significant. Home runs were up around baseball last season, so everyone’s home run rate climbed, but Archer seemed to get dinged especially hard. On Sunday though, Archer looked very much like the 2013-15 version of himself. He held the Yankees to two runs in seven innings on Opening Day while striking out five. Three of the seven hits he allowed were little squibbers that managed to beat the shift. Not exactly rockets. And in the biggest moment of the game, Archer jumped ahead in the count against Gary Sanchez and got him to roll over on a weak grounder with the bases loaded. Here’s the video and here’s the reaction. Archer's day is done. — Tampa Bay Rays (@Rays Baseball) April 2, 2017. Archer did finish the season strong last year, pitching to a 3.11 ERA and holding opponents to a.213/.260/.345 batting line in his final 13 starts and 84 innings. That’s the Archer the Rays saw Sunday. He retired 14 of ...

Opening Day Arrives Right When We Need It The Most

... it became apparent the chill wasn’t going to abandon our bones one second earlier than required, we’ve been circling this date, pining for it, counting down toward it, from the moments last autumn when baseball expired, abandoning us at the most inopportune time. That was the most timeless thing Bart Giamatti was talking about all those years ago, after all, when he wrote about how baseball is built to break your heart. That’s the part that still reaches into your soul for a squeeze every year. “As soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall all alone. … You count on it, rely on it to buffer the passage of time, to keep the memory of sunshine and high skies alive … and then, just when the days are all twilight, when you need it most, it stops.”. Oh, yeah. We need the Yankees and the Rays at Tropicana Field on Sunday, and we need the Mets and the Braves at Citi Field on Monday. We need all 322 of the games that ...

5 Bold Predictions For The Tigers 2017 Season That Will Probably Be Wrong

... boldest predictions of what is to come. Matt Boyd will be the Tigers’ second-best starter. Predicting anyone to outperform Justin Verlander in the Tigers’ rotation is sheer lunacy, but the No. 2 spot is up for grabs. Michael Fulmer grabbed that title by the horns in 2016 — truthfully, he was Verlander’s 1 b for most of the year — while Daniel Norris looked brilliant over the final two months. Jordan Zimmermann was excellent in April, but fell apart as his neck injury progressed over the next couple months. He has not looked good in spring training, but his old fastball velocity seems to have returned. Some fans aren’t expecting much, but predicting that Zimmermann will return to form isn’t the boldest of proclamations. That leaves Matt Boyd, who helped steady the rotation during the dog days of summer last season. He was reliable, if not particularly efficient, and managed a 4.16 ERA in 97 1⁄3 innings before he was rocked in his final regular season start. We have seen a different pitcher this spring, though. He limited opponents to a 2.10 ERA in 25 2⁄3 ...

Mets Morning News For April 2, 2017

... Max Scherzer start a game in that opening series against Miami. He’ll instead pitch their fourth game of the year against Philadelphia. The Phillies start their season in Cincinnati, but the days leading up the season have had a somber tone. The man who led the team to its first World Series title, Dallas Green, was honored at a memorial service Saturday. Around the Majors. The Mets may not be part of the Sunday slate, but there’s a nice triple header to whet your baseball appetite. The Yankees take on the Rays in Tampa, the Giants are in the desert to face the Diamondbacks , and the defending champion Cubs will go up against the Cardinals in St. Louis. We assume you’re probably giddy for baseball as is, but here are 162 more reasons to be excited. You should also keep your eyes on the interesting experiment going on in San Diego with Christian Bethancourt. It won’t be a happy start to the season for Adrian Beltre. The Rangers’ third baseman is headed to the disabled list. John Gibbons has signed an extension that will keep him in the Blue Jays ’ dugout. Yesterday at Amazin’ Avenue. David Capobianco says health is the only thing standing in the way of ...

Top 205 Mlb Prospects For 2017

... 1 B, Dodgers, Grade A- (13 th). 13) Lucas Giolito, RHP, White Sox, Grade A-/B+ (14 th). 14) Jose De Leon, RHP, Rays, Grade A-/B+ (8 th). 15) Michael Kopech, RHP, White Sox, Grade A-/B+. 16) Willy Adames, SS, Rays, Grade B+/A-. 17) Francisco Mejia, C, Indians, Grade B+/A- (19 th). 18) Brendan Rodgers, SS, Rockies, Grade B+/A- (17 th). 19) Yadier Alvarez, RHP, Dodgers, Grade B+/A- (18 th). 20) Bradley Zimmer, OF, Indians, Grade B+/A- (32 nd). 21) Anderson Espinoza, RHP, Padres, Grade B+/A-. 22) Victor Robles, OF, Nationals, Grade B+/A-. 23) Nick Senzel, 3 B, Reds, Grade B+/A-. 24) Brent Honeywell, RHP, Rays, Grade B+/A-. 25) Mitch Keller, RHP, Pirates, Grade B+/A-. 26) Kolby Allard, LHP, Braves, Grade B+/A-. 27) Clint Frazier, OF, Yankees, Grade B+ (34 th). 28) J. P. Crawford, SS, Phillies, Grade B+ (27). 29) Josh Bell, 1 B, Pirates, Grade B+ (28). 30) Francis Martes, RHP, Astros, Grade B+ (29). 31) Luke Weaver, RHP, Cardinals, Grade B+ (30). 32) Reynaldo Lopez, RHP, White Sox, Grade B+ (31). 33) Lewis Brinson, OF, Brewers, Grade B+. 34) Manny Margot, OF, Padres, Grade B+ (35). 35) Kyle Tucker, OF, Astros, Grade ...

A Look At Nl Central Rivals

... fully recovered from an elbow injury that forced him to miss all of last season. What’s left to see is how Wacha’s offseason of shoulder training helps him hold up over the course of the season, because St. Louis needs its rotation to perform the way it did in 2015 if the team hopes to challenge the defending World Series champion Cubs in the NL Central. Outlook: The Cubs own the preseason national spotlight, and deservedly so. That said, the Cardinals — bolstered by a mostly healthy rotation and the signing of Fowler away from Chicago for five years and $82.5 million — are expected to make their division rivals work for everything they earn in 2017. Fowler brings a new element of athleticism to St. Louis, both offensively and in the field, and Matheny is counting on the center fielder to aid what has been a largely station-to-station approach by the Cardinals, who were last in the National League in steals last ...