The Mets didn’t just tweak their defense this offseason. They’re trying to rebuild it from the ground up. And at the center of that effort is Kai Correa. While much of the attention in Queens has focused on lineup upgrades and pitching additions, the Mets’ internal priority has been clear: clean up the defense that cost them too many outs — and too many games — last season. Correa, brought in to help reshape that ... Read more
Inside Kai Correa’s Blueprint to Fix the Mets’ Defense Once and for All. DD
The Mets didn’t just tweak their defense this offseason. They’re trying to rebuild it from the ground up. And at the center of that effort is Kai Correa. While much of the attention in Queens has focused on lineup upgrades and pitching additions, the Mets’ internal priority has been clear: clean up the defense that cost them too many outs — and too many games — last season. Correa, brought in to help reshape that ... Read more
Round Two of the Crosstown Spring Showdown: Can the Sox Repeat the Beatdown? .DD
Spring training games aren’t supposed to matter. But when the opponent is the Cubs? It feels just a little different. The White Sox (6-4) take on the Cubs (4-5) this afternoon in another Cactus League installment of the crosstown rivalry, hoping to recreate the fun from their spring opener — when they handled That Other Team in Town and gave Sox fans an early dose of satisfaction. Do Players Care as Much as ... Read more
Sox vs. Cubs in the Desert — Do Players Feel It Like Fans Do? .DD
Spring training games aren’t supposed to matter. Always nice to have a last name like Anthony Kay’s that identifies what you try to do to batters.Diamond Images/Getty Images But when the opponent is the Cubs? It feels just a little different. The White Sox (6-4) take on the Cubs (4-5) this afternoon in another Cactus League installment of the crosstown rivalry, hoping to recreate the fun from their spring opener — ... Read more
He Painted 700 Mets Baseballs by Hand — What Happened Next Shocked Even Citi Field. DD
It started with a simple idea: pixels are just colored squares. For Dylan Siddique, that thought eventually turned into 700 baseballs, gallons of spray paint, and an eight-foot tribute to Francisco Lindor now hanging inside Citi Field. The 25-year-old New Jersey native — known online as the College Cuber — has built a growing reputation for turning everyday objects into massive mosaics. But his latest creation may be ... Read more