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Fantasy baseball: Bank on Juan Soto, Manny Machado and (a healthy) Fernando Tatis Jr. in your league

When the San Diego Union-Tribune hired me in 2008, Petco Park was a fantasy wasteland.

Tribune News Service · Mar 24, 2023

Michael Wacha's signing should allow Padres to follow 2022 blueprint

PEORIA, Ariz. — There was little chance something like this wasn't going to happen.

Tribune News Service · Feb 14, 2023

How Billy Eppler and the Mets finally landed Kodai Senga

“Hi, I am Kodai Senga of the New York Mets,” said the Mets’ newest hurler, introducing himself to the Major Leagues on Monday at Citi Field. “I am very happy and excited to be in the Big Apple and to join such a great team.”

Tribune News Service · Dec 20, 2022

Taijuan Walker leaves injured as Mets again fall in Atlanta

ATLANTA — Consider the Mets ready for the Max Scherzer/Jacob deGrom portion of their week.

Newsday · Aug 17, 2022

Jerar Encarnacion’s first MLB hit: A go-ahead grand slam in Marlins’ win over Mets

NEW YORK — The count was full and the situation was key for the 24-year-old outfielder making his MLB debut on Sunday. Jerar Encarnacion had the bases loaded in the seventh inning and the Miami Marlins trailing the New York Mets by a run. A ball into the outfield ties…

Miami Herald · Jun 19, 2022

Mets rally late and pull off series split against Dodgers

LOS ANGELES – The Mets tried to accomplish a series split against the Dodgers by doing something old and doing something new. The old: rallying late, coming back and taking the lead. The new: Buck Showalter using his closer in the eighth inning, rather than the ninth, to face the…

Tribune News Service · Jun 6, 2022

Meet the exclusive club of big-league pitchers likely forever stuck on one career home run

On Oct. 3, 2021, Giants’ pitcher Logan Webb tucked a home run just inside the left field pole at San Francisco’s Oracle Park.

Tribune News Service · May 7, 2022

New York Mets silence Phillies for second no-hitter in 9,588-game history

Tylor Megill and four relievers combined on the first no-hitter of the MLB season on Friday night and only the second in New York Mets history

The Guardian - US · Apr 30, 2022

Mets pitchers throw combined no-hitter against Phillies in 3-0 win

NEW YORK — For just the second time in the team’s 60-year history, the Mets enjoyed no-hitting their opponent. But this time, it took five arms to accomplish the feat.

Tribune News Service · Apr 30, 2022

Mets bats go cold, comeback falls short in 3-2 loss to Diamondbacks

NEW YORK — On Friday afternoon the Mets won handily by pounding the ball all over Citi Field.

Tribune News Service · Apr 16, 2022