According to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports, Mets Vice President of player development and scouting Paul DePodesta is open to being a General Manager once again. That is as long as he’s in the right situation with the right people. He was a former GM for the Dodgers back in 2004 which was his first season at the helm. In that year, the Dodgers won their first playoff game in 16 years. But the...
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Jon Morosi of Fox Sports, says that our very own New York Mets have the best outfield in all of baseball right now. Led by the “Yo” show, Yoenis Cespedes has put up such incredibly gaudy numbers that he has put himself into the NL MVP conversation. Cespedes has hit a career-high 35 home runs (tied for eighth in the majors), 17 home runs since joining the Mets on August 1st, tied for...
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Stat Line: 5 IP, 6 R, 10 H, 5 SO, 0 BB Jacob deGrom was ineffective again on Tuesday night against the Marlins, continuing a stretch that has seen him post a 6.41 ERA and a .327 opposing batting average over his last five starts. “It was just a start where in the fourth and fifth inning, I couldn’t locate the ball and left it over the middle,” deGrom said. “I felt fine early...
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The New York Mets (83-62) fell to the Miami Marlins (62-83) by a score of 9-3 Tuesday night at Citi Field, snapping their eight game winning streak. Pitching: Jacob deGrom did not have it tonight as he lasted just five innings. DeGrom gave up 10 hits and was charged with 6 earned runs, while walking none and striking out five, raising his ERA to 2.64. The 10 hits allowed tonight were also a...
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Last night Jeurys Familia converted his 41st save of the season and is now 41-46 in save opportunities. Familia becomes only the third Mets closer to save 40 games in a season joining Armando Benitez who did it twice in 2000 and 2001, and Billy Wagner who did it once in 2006. What’s remarkable about what Familia has accomplished is that he didn’t even begin the season as the Mets...
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