Kevin Kernan of the New York Post reports that Tom Verducci is working on a cover story about the Mets’ young pitchers for Sports Illustrated. Earlier this week, Harvey was interviewed a second time by Verducci, and then he met with and interviewed Noah Syndergaard as well. Of course Harvey was the last Met featured on an SI cover, back in 2013 when the Dark Knight was born. I think this is...
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Kevin Kernan of the New York Post caught up with Former GM Omar Minaya, who now works for the Players Association, and was at Citi Field on Monday. Under his watch, the Mets signed Steven Matz, Matt Harvey, Jacob deGrom, Jeurys Familia, Wilmer Flores, Lucas Duda, Juan Lagares and other key players. “Matz has always had real good arm speed. He’s easy,” Minaya told The Post. “When we drafted him...
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Yesterday was the second time in three days that Michael Cuddyer was taken out of the starting lineup. Terry Collins said that this is all part of an effort to keep Cuddyer healthy for the remainder of the season. “No disrespect,” Collins said, “but at his age, we’re going to make sure that his legs stay healthy.” (Anthony DiComo, MLB.com) For the past three...
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“F–k Yeah, Let’s Go!” Stat Line: 7 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 6 K, 0 BB After giving up eight homeruns in his last four outings, Matt Harvey got back on track against the hot hitting Blue Jays lineup. Harvey’s displayed good command in his four pitch repertoire and nice two-seam movement on his fastball as the game progressed but much of his success can be attributed to his game plan against the Blue...
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Playing left field in place of Michael Cuddyer who got the game off, outfielder Darrell Ceciliani went 2-for-3 on Tuesday night as the Mets edged the Blue Jays 3-2. Ceciliani, who played a pivotal role in the win, continues to earn playing time and is hitting .538 (7-13) over his last six games dating back to June 11 while playing solid defense. “We use the term loosely a lot, but to me he...
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