The Max Scherzer/Justin Verlander Mets were loaded with talent but never managed to win a ring. They're not the only star-studded squad with that distinction since the turn of the century.
Chase Utley, who had been suspended for a hard slide into Mets SS Ruben Tejada in the NLDS, will not miss the first two games of the season after MLB dropped the ban, sources told ESPN.
Major League Baseball and the players' union ruled that baserunners must make a "bone fide slide" and have banned rolling block slides to break up potential double plays.
Baseball is making progress in its effort to change rules about sliding into second base to break up double plays, sources told ESPN's Buster Olney.
Major League Baseball has yet to commit to a rules change legislating potentially hazardous takeout slides at second base, but the topic will remain a focus of discussion over the coming weeks.
The appeal of Dodgers infielder Chase Utley's two-game suspension will be heard by Major League Baseball after the NLDS next Monday.
