After pitching five innings and yielding just one run on one hit, Jacob deGrom exited Sunday’s matinee with the Arizona Diamondbacks with an apparent injury. DeGrom was pitching for the first time in 11 games on Sunday after missing a start with right side tightness. He came back out to pitch the sixth inning, but after throwing just two warmup pitches, trainer Brian Chicklo came to the mound...
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The Mets on Sunday recalled right-handed reliever Drew Smith from Triple-A Syracuse and optioned fellow right-hander Trevor Hildenberger to Triple-A Syracuse. Smith, 27, was originally acquired by the Mets from the Tampa Bay Rays in 2017 for first baseman Lucas Duda. Smith debuted with the Mets the following season and logged a 3.54 ERA in 27 games. Unfortunately, Smith underwent Tommy John...
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It’s been roughly 36 hours since the SNY broadcast showed Mets players noticing a disturbance in the dugout tunnel, then sprinting down to see what was up. While we will never know for certain what transpired, if it was an argument, a physical altercation, or a true rat/raccoon/ratcoon sighting, what we do know is that both men involved, Francisco Lindor and Jeff McNeil, are starting to...
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The Mets have fired hitting coach Chili Davis and assistant hitting coach Tom Slater after the team’s 6-5 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium on Monday. Hugh Quattlebaum will take over as the team’s hitting coach, and Kevin Howard has been tabbed as the team’s assistant hitting coach. Both men will be in St. Louis with the team on Tuesday. New York, which is 11-12...
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The Mets (11-11) enjoyed a late inning rally against the Philadelphia Phillies (13-15) and secured a close 8-7 victory on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball. In the process, New York also captured the series win. New York scored six runs in the eighth, but Edwin Diaz nearly blew the lead in the bottom of the ninth on a hit that was nearly a game-tying three-run home run that was ultimately...
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