Edinson Volquez to start World Series opener for Royals

The Mets posted a photo on their Facebook page Sunday of Granderson with a thumb wrapped as he boarded the team bus ahead of the trip to Kansas City. If we get the parade, I’m taking him to that and hopefully we’ll be there next year for the (championship) ring ceremony.

They were unafraid – quite courageous, in fact – to admit that a few other franchise might have a good idea. Senior advisors Mike Arbuckle and Don Williams, scouting director Lonnie Goldberg and assistant GM Rene Francisco all worked for the Atlanta Braves, who won 14 consecutive division championships.

Next year could be the first season with no black managers in the major leagues since 1984-87, according to Richard Lapchick of the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports at the University of Central Florida. Don’t be afraid to draft high school hitters.

Game Seven: November. 4 at Kansas City, 8 p.m.

With all that, the Royals also have a fully staffed analytics department.

I was wrong, like I was in April when I picked the Chicago White Sox to win the AL Central and the Detroit Tigers to win one of the wild cards.

The last two years have seen the Royals advance to the postseason, and then to the World Series, on the back of countless rallies fostered by bloop hits, seeing-eye singles and misplayed grounders. Edinson Volquez will be the starting pitcher.

VoteMets vs. Royals: Who has the edge?

Following several incidents of fans being injured by foul balls this year, Major League Baseball owners will discuss fan safety when they meet in Dallas on November 18-19. But Greinke didn’t see the root system in Kansas City. Davis, with Greg Holland hurt, is the Royals’ closer and perhaps the best reliever in baseball over the past two seasons.

Now comes the hard part. But will he carve up the Royals’ bats and help bring a World Series title back to Gotham?

Matt Harvey, Jacob deGrom or another emerging ace striding in from the bullpen following pregame warmups, with pitching coach Dan Warthen right alongside – and the rest of that fearless rotation trailing just behind.

“Successful pitchers pitch to their strength”, manager Terry Collins said.

So far, Murphy has invited many of baseball’s top aces to his October bash – Clayton Kershaw, Zack Greinke and Jake Arrieta among them.

The Missouri attorney general, Chris Koster, is warning fans of potential scams for counterfeit tickets to the Kansas City Royals World Series game.

This postseason, the Mets led all National League clubs with a run total of 43, a hit total of 63 and an RBI total of 42. We don’t really come off the fastball. It’s logical to expect Murphy to cool, and to expect someone else, maybe risky rookie Michael Conforto, to heat up. 237 in those moments now. That’s because he has primarily become a role player who starts only against left-handed pitching, and the Royals are planning to start four right-handers.

The Royals say they have unfinished business, which is unfinished because Bumgarner threw five scoreless relief innings in Game 7 and stranded the potential tying run at third base in the ninth.

The brothers haven’t played on the same team since they were 12 and 10, respectively.

“I think during all of the stuff that was going on I think between [Collins] and David Wright and the team, I wanted to make it clear that I wanted to pitch and I wanted to be there”, Harvey said Monday.

“That can hurt you or help you”, deGrom said. Escobar had the second-lowest average among the regulars (.257).

And now, those prized, electric arms New York rebuilt around have arrived on baseball’s biggest stage.