One of the Mets' biggest needs entering the offseason was adding a starting center fielder who can handle the position defensively. And they had talks with Jackie Bradley Jr.

"I think there might have been one curveball I think he did with both eyes closed," Roberts said while holding his laughter. "I don't know, but there is a method to his madness."Cincinnati Reds face coverings

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In those matchups, Posey has a .269 average, no homers and a .642 OPS, but Wood laughed Thursday when asked about holding Posey in check. Detroit Tigers face coverings

Bryant is in a contract year, after battling injuries in the already short 2020 season. But the year before, he was an All-Star. Three years before that, he won the NL MVP. Just him bouncing back from hitting .206 last season would give the Cubs offense a boost.

1972 (134): This is best season for tOPS+, although subjectively I wouldn't rate it nearly so high. Dick Allen had a monster season and was the AL MVP and Henry Aaron played first base that year, which helps. Other top sluggers were one-dimensional types like Nate Colbert, Mike Epstein and Lee May. There were other stronger seasons in this era, including 1969, when Harmon Killebrew and Willie McCovey both won the MVP.

Patz was initially charged last year. He had made numerous violent threats in 2019 against athletes and their family members through anonymous Instagram accounts, according to a criminal complaint. In many messages, Patz threatened to enter the athletes' homes and behead them or their family members, the FBI said. Some of Patz's threats also contained derogatory terms and racial slurs, investigators said.Texas Rangers face coverings

As they’ve done throughout the COVID-19 plague, Major League Baseball teams have had to adjust to another new normal this spring training as the first weeks of exhibition games in Florida and Arizona are just about in the books.Washington Nationals face coverings