T.J. Rivera and Travis d’Arnaud provided all the power as the New York Mets defeated the Florida Marlins by a score of 3-1 on Tuesday afternoon at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Florida. After d’Arnaud homered to put the Mets up 1-0 in the second inning, Rivera made it back-to-back dingers when he crushed one over the left-center field wall for the second run of the...
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Ah, the sights and sounds of spring training. Is there anything appreciably better this side of Heaven? But before getting off into another syrupy recitation of the joys of renewal associated with this special time of year, allow me to share random reflections on the latest installment of my annual two day pilgrimage to Port St. Lucie. It has always seemed that late February is the best time to...
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New York Mets vs Miami Marlins Roger Dean Stadium, 1:05 PM (WOR) RHP Seth Lugo vs LHP Wei-Yin Chen Yesterday’s Game – Tom Gorzelanny coughed up four runs in the ninth inning to spoil a 2-1 lead and the Mets lost 5-2 to the Houston Astros. Asdrubal Cabrera and Wilmer Flores each homed in the game. Phillips Evans went 0 for 3 at the plate but made several sparkling plays defensively at...
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Today the New York Mets announced that their starting rotation will begin appearing in games on March 2nd in the following order: March 2: Robert Gsellman vs Marlins March 3: Noah Syndergaard vs Astros March 4: Jacob deGrom @ Astros March 5: Matt Harvey vs Cardinals March 6: Steven Matz @ Marlins Seth Lugo has already appeared in a game, going 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA and three strikeouts in two...
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Looking over the Mets infield, there are two things that squarely stand-out. The first is that this is an aging group of players coming off significant injuries. The second is this infield is not particularly good defensively. John Dewan of Acta Sports, and Fielding Bible fame, projected the Mets to have the worst defense up the middle in 2017. The projection calls for Neil Walker to be a -1 DRS...
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