Yoenis Cespedes ripped his first home run as a Met on Wednesday night, a screaming bullet in the eighth inning with two outs to ice the Mets lead at 3-0. It was his 19th home run of the season and his first since July 30 at Baltimore. “It feels good. I feel happy to get it off my back, to get my first out of the way,” Cespedes said through a translator. “I feel like I’m helping the team,...
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If you thought you had heard the last of former Met Jordany Valdespin, think again. After the Mets 3-0 win over the Rockies on Wednesday night, manager Terry Collins called out Valdespin while raving about the impact Juan Uribe has had on the Mets. “Juan Uribe, he’s got two World Series rings, he’s made a ton of money, he plays the game right. That’s what makes a...
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On Tuesday night, the New York Mets shutout the Colorado Rockies by a score of 4-0 thanks to eight brilliant innings by Matt Harvey and some timely hitting. It was the team’s 10th shutout victory of the year and sixth at home. With the win and a Washington Nationals loss, the Mets opened up a 2.5 game lead atop the NL East and for the first time in over seven years I’m going to say...
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One of the many bright spots for the Mets on Tuesday night was the return of Michael Cuddyer, who went 2-for-4 with two runs scored including the first run to put the team up 1-0 in the sixth. He showed no ill effects with his knee as he raced home from second base and scored on a Ruben Tejada RBI single. Cuddyer later stunned everyone when he singled and stole second base in the eighth inning,...
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After tonight’s 4-0 win over the Rockies, the Mets announced they have called up Anthony Recker and optioned Kevin Plawecki to Triple-A Las Vegas. Plawecki, 24, hit .228 with a .283 on-base percentage in 227 plate appearances with eight doubles, two homeruns and 17 RBIs for the Mets. Recker, 31, was batting .257 for Triple-A Las Vegas with eight homers and 21 RBI in 105 plate appearances....
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