‘Let it eat’: How Brandon Sproat joined Nolan McLean as Mets pitching studs ready for MLB leap
NY Post
SYRACUSE — Brandon Sproat has adopted a new mentality on the mound, is throwing gas past hitters and might have solved his Triple-A issues.
Nolan McLean never developed those Triple-A issues, now is 11 games into his tenure with Syracuse and has been piling up the strikeouts without apparent notice that his competition level has been raised.
Two of the Mets’ best pitching prospects — and the two closest to Queens — look arguably ready at a time when the big league rotation no longer has an obvious hole.
The timing has not been perfect, with the club wanting Sproat and McLean to conquer Syracuse first and resistant to a promotion (and an addition to the 40-man roster) for a spot start.
Karl-Anthony Towns has not been shy about letting it be known that he believes he is sacrificing for the team.
The first few waves of free agency have come and gone. It feels like a good time to check in on what the Jets have done and what still needs to be done.
TORONTO — To understand what Tuesday was like for Matthew Schaefer, don’t start with the scene at his stall after morning skate, with Toronto media packed around him, but 20 minutes later in a corner of Scotiabank Arena.
Lamar Odom pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to the criminal charges he was hit with following his January run-in with cops in Nevada.
With the World Baseball Classic final tied in the top of the ninth inning Tuesday, Team USA manager Mark DeRosa did not bring in one of the game’s best relief pitchers and it ultimately cost them the game.
The whirlwind of the first few days of NFL free agency came and went last week, and the Giants played their part in adding to the player movement frenzy.
The playoffs are exactly a month away, and it’s a good time to send a reminder that rotations will be tightened.
The whirlwind of the first few days of NFL free agency came and went last week, and the Giants played their part in adding to the player movement frenzy.
TORONTO — To understand what Tuesday was like for Matthew Schaefer, don’t start with the scene at his stall after morning skate, with Toronto media packed around him, but 20 minutes later in a corner of Scotiabank Arena.
TAMPA — You can make it about just one inning. Or that it still will only be March 18. Or about the miles left to go.
John Harbaugh could have looked at two offensive linemen the Giants selected in the 2022 draft, reviewed their performance on the field the past four years, said “No thanks,’’ and no one would have given him a hard time about it.
The playoffs are exactly a month away, and it’s a good time to send a reminder that rotations will be tightened.