Mets ace Matt Harvey apologizes for missing mandatory workout

He told The Associated Press by phone he wasn’t sure why his client wasn’t there. “Wasn’t here, I showed up a little late, and I’ve talked to Sandy (Alderson), and Terry, and my teammates and apologized to them and apologized to everybody”.

Surprisingly, one of the few Mets who can touch Kershaw – the Dodgers’ scheduled Game 1 starter on Friday in Los Angeles – is Ruben Tejada, who is 5-for-14 (.357) lifetime against the three-time Cy Young award victor.

Even more likely, it won’t keep him from being at his dominating best when he starts Game 3 against the Dodgers next Monday at Citi Field.

Rockies: Manager Walt Weiss will return to the dugout next season after meeting with general manager Jeff Bridich.

Danny Knobler covers Major League Baseball as a national columnist for Bleacher Report.

Jennings replaced Mike Redmond as manager when the Marlins got off to a 16-22 start. The change failed to spark a turnaround, and the Marlins finished 71-91, their sixth straight losing season…

Jennings has been with the Marlins since 2002 and is under contract through 2018.

Suzuki, who turns 42 later this month, hit just.

Uribe hasn’t played since September 25 because of a chest cartilage injury.

Besides wishing the team well, fans send their thoughts and prayers for Rusty Staub as the Mets Hall of Famer suffered a heart attack while flying back to New York from Ireland this past Thursday.

Suzuki’s new deal was announced Tuesday.

The over is 24-6 in New York’s last 30 road games while New York are 20-6 in their last 26 road games and the over is 19-7 in their last 26 games following a win.

“We didn’t really feel like we could make a bad choice with that, ” Mattingly said at Dodger Stadium, site of the first two games. David Price will start Game 1 for the Blue Jays, and Marcus Stroman will be the Game 2 starter.

Coming in to the season the logical choices in the National League West were Los Angeles or San Francisco and the Giants just didn’t have it this year. The Dodgers are the third-best team in the league at limiting hits and walks to their opponents, recording a WHIP of 1.18 so far this season. “But as you start thinking about moving forward, where you want to be, kind of leaving your options open for later games”.

The 24-year-old Ventura weathered a rollercoaster year that saw him briefly banished to Triple-A Omaha. The 27-year old Kershaw has averaged seven innings per start, within 110-115 pitches.