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KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Tebow-mania is back in Central Florida. Time Tebow and the St. Lucie Mets make the their first and only trip to Central Florida this season to face-off in a four-game series with the Florida Fire Frogs at Osceola County Stadium this weekend. Standing room only crowds are expected as fans flock to see the former Florida Gators quarterback and 2007 Heisman Trophy winner chase his baseball dreams. The first game of the series is at 7:05 p.m. Friday. Going into Friday, Tebow is hitting .306, with three home runs and 14 RBI in 22 games for St. Lucie. The New York Mets recently promoted Tebow from their low-Class A team in Columbia, South Carolina, to St. Lucie, their affiliate in Continue to Article

July 21, 2017 8:36:am EST

First baseman Jeremy Vasquez is off to a solid start to his professional career. Vasquez, who turned 21 years old on Monday, is hitting .342 (27-for-79) with four homers and 22 RBI and has a .443 on-base percentage through 21 games with Kingsport. He was drafted in the 28th round last month out of Nova Southeastern University, which had won the 2016 Division II national title. "All my success so far in Kingsport is all because of the head coach at Nova -- just everything he's taught me this past year," Vasquez said, referring to Greg Brown, a former Astros scout who once signed J.D. Martinez. "Everything I've learned from those guys over there I've translated over here to Kingsport. I'm hitting Continue to Article

July 21, 2017 5:56:am EST

Losing on a walk-off hit is demoralizing. The St. Louis Cardinals have experienced quite a bit of that lately. Over the past seven games, the Cardinals have lost on a walk-off hit three times. Jose Reyes, who is hitting .231/.294/.394, stepped in with men on first and third. Continue to Article

July 20, 2017 8:13:pm EST

For all the hype over the years about the Mets' starting pitching, it's worth noting that Jacob deGrom, Noah Syndergaard, Matt Harvey, Steven Matz, and Zack Wheeler have never pitched a rotation turn together. Not just this year. Ever. Will it ever happen? And, as importantly, can the Mets really count on that quintet to live up to its promise before the rotation begins to break up? The clock certainly is ticking. Syndergaard and Harvey have now resumed throwing, at least on flat ground, although their eventual returns will come too late to salvage this season. But even if the Mets do not try to pull off a Jose Quintana-type deal for deGrom, there is an expiration date on how long this group Continue to Article

July 20, 2017 7:31:pm EST

First baseman Jeremy Vasquez is off to a solid start to his professional career. Vasquez, who turned 21 years old on Monday, is hitting .342 (27-for-79) with four homers and 22 RBI and has a .443 on-base percentage through 21 games with Kingsport. He was drafted in the 28th round last month out of Nova Southeastern University, which had won the 2016 Division II national title. "All my success so far in Kingsport is all because of the head coach at Nova -- just everything he's taught me this past year," Vasquez said, referring to Greg Brown, a former Astros scout who once signed J.D. Martinez. "Everything I've learned from those guys over there I've translated over here to Kingsport. I'm hitting Continue to Article

July 20, 2017 5:14:pm EST