In this week’s podcast, we are joined by Tim Healey, the Mets beat reporter for Newsday. Tim talks about the injury to Jason Vargas and how it impacts the opening day rotation. Hear his thoughts on Kevin Plawecki, Adrian Gonzalez, Dave Eiland and his book on minor league baseball “Hometown Hardball.” [iframe]<iframe...
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The New York Mets fell to the Houston Astros Monday afternoon in a 2-0 shutout. The Mets offense was able to scratch together eight hits but were unable to get anything going against Astros ace Justin Verlander. Pitching: Steven Matz fired six solid innings allowing five hits and zero walks while surrendering two earned runs. Matz also struck out nine Astros, further solidifying his spot in the...
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It’s not easy facing the World Series champs six times over the course of the spring. I’ve already grown tired of seeing this Astros lineup myself so I can’t imagine how the Mets must feel. But Steven Matz more than held his own today against that championship lineup. In six innings pitched, Matz only gave up two earned runs and stuck out nine without issuing any walks. In the...
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With Brandon Nimmo thriving in Spring Training, rumors continue to swirl around the possible trade of defensive whiz Juan Lagares. Michael Conforto is working his way back from a serious shoulder injury but is expected to be sidelined until May the earliest, and with Yoenis Cespedes coming off an injury riddled 2017 campaign, can the Mets really afford to make a move? It would surely put them in...
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Hitters everywhere beware. The 1-2 punch of New York Mets pitching duo Jacob deGrom and Noah Syndergaard locked down the No. 1 spot on MLB.com’s list of top 10 pitching duos in the game right now. MLB took where each of these pitchers ranked overall based on wins above replacement (WAR) and added those two numbers together to create the one and two starters overall score. The lower the...
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