The Toronto Blue Jays have announced that they have selected the contract of Edwin Jackson. In a corresponding move, they have optioned Thomas Pallone to Triple-A and placed Matt Shoemaker to on the 60-day IL to make room for Jackson on both the 25 and 40-man rosters. Jackson, 35, will start tonight for the Blue Jays against the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park. This is very notable because...
Good Morning Mets Fans!! Today, Jason Vargas will look to rebound from a difficult start to the season as he’ll face the Braves at 7:20 p.m. Even though the Mets skipped Vargas’ last start, he appeared in relief in Tuesday’s contest, allowing four runs in an inning of work. The game can be viewed on FOX. Yesterday, Zack Wheeler hurled six innings of two-run ball. A four-run...
The New York Mets (66-87) beat the Washington Nationals (92-61) by a score of 7-6 on Friday night at Citi Field. Pitching: Jacob deGrom (15-9, 3.55 ERA) was supposed to start on Friday, but his start was pushed back to Sunday due to nausea and an upset stomach. Robert Gsellman (7-7, 5.22 ERA) pitched in deGrom’s place while on regular rest. Gsellman took a step back from the success he...
This week the Mets were dealt a devastating blow, which has put a major crimp in their rebuilding style. All Star outfielder Michael Conforto suffered a season-ending shoulder injury, followed by the loss of Yoenis Cespedes to a persistent hamstring issue that has compromised the controversial Cuban’s ability to remain healthy. On Saturday, after the news that Steven Matz will take a seat for...
Andy Martino of the Daily News weighs in on the problem with hype, projection, unrealised expectations, and something about Mike Pelfrey being the devil. It is dehumanizing, what happens to phenoms like Zack Wheeler over the long arc of a professional baseball career. In the minor leagues, you are an abstraction, a blank screen onto which fans and media project hopes that have little to do with...
Danny Knobler of CBS Sports spoke to two scouts who were on hand for Super Tuesday, when Matt Harvey stymied the Braves and Zack Wheeler made his long anticipated debut with six scoreless innings for a Mets doubleheader sweep in Atlanta. “I don’t know if you’re doing a survey, but put me down for Harvey over Strasburg, and it’s not even close,” said one scout who...
Chicago Cubs (26-38) vs New York Mets (24-37) Citi Field, Flushing • 7:10 PM Edwin Jackson, RHP vs Shaun Marcum, RHP Starting Lineup Jordany Valdespin, 2b Daniel Murphy, 1b David Wright, 3b Lucas Duda, lf Marlon Byrd, rf John Buck, c Omar Quintanilla, ss Juan Lagares, cf Shaun Marcum, rhp Game Notes The Mets have a 2-7 record in June and the Cubs are 3-8, and the teams will begin a three-game...
Starting Lineup Mike Baxter – RF Daniel Murphy – 2B David Wright – 3B Ike Davis – 1B Lucas Duda – LF John Buck – C Rick Ankiel – CF Ruben Tejada – SS Jeremy Hefner – RHP Game Notes Jeremy Hefner has posted a 3.33 ERA (10 earned runs/27.0 innings) over his last four starts, including three quality starts. Hefner has issued eight walks and...
Mets at Cubs Series Preview The Mets are playing terribly, and they need a team to beat up on. They have played three out of their last four series against teams above .500 and have suffered badly, losing six of their last seven games. Luckily, they play the Cubs this weekend, who, even though they might be better than the Mets, they are certainly easier to beat than the Pirates and Braves. The...
Starting Lineup Jordany Valdespin – RF Daniel Murphy – 2B David Wright – 3B Ike Davis – 1B Lucas Duda – LF John Buck – C Rick Ankiel – CF Ruben Tejada – SS Matt Harvey – RHP Game Notes The Mets’ 5-2 win against the Cardinals on Thursday was only the second time in their past 10 games they topped three runs. But when it’s rained, it’s poured for the Mets. They’ve scored...
Daniel Murphy had four hits and Jon Niese pitched a gem as the New York Mets beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-2 to salvage the final game of the series and avoid the four-game sweep. The Mets got on the board in the third when Jordany Valdespin ignited a two-run rally with a perfect drag bunt in the third and then scored when the red-hot Murphy lined double to score Spin and then came around to...
Updated on 4/11 by HoJo According to Adam Rubin of ESPN New York, Shaun Marcum is expected to throw two innings of a simulated game before the weekend as he attempts to get ready to comeback from a neck injury and bicep tendinitis. If all goes well without any setbacks, Marcum could appear in a rehab game with Single-A St. Lucie one day next week. Depending on how that goes, Marcum could then be...
