Four years ago the Red Sox pursued Steven Matz as a free agent, and while the lefty ultimately signed with the Cardinals, he ...

Matz should throw a lot of curveballs and sinkers. He has used his sinker 59.4% of the time this season. He has thrown it ...

A first-round pick of the Mets in 2012, Plawecki owns a .235/.313/.341 slash line, 22 homers and 137 RBIs in 447 career big league games with the Mets, Cleveland, Red Sox and Rangers.

Chicago Cubs’ Willson Contreras, left, runs past New York Mets catcher Kevin Plawecki, right, to score on a sacrifice fly ball by teammate Ben Zobrist during the seventh inning of a baseball ...