Tag: starting lineup

Mets Option Jurado, Kilome and Sanchez For Deadline Acquisitions

The New York Mets needed to make some adjustments to their active roster prior to Wednesday’s game, as their trade deadline acquisitions were set to join the club. Over the last 48 hours, there had much debate as to how the Mets would accommodate the additions of Todd Frazier, Robinson Chirinos and Miguel Castro, with many wondering if promising young infielders Luis Guillorme or Andres...

Morning Briefing: Mets Set to Open Up Ten Game Home Stand

Good morning, Mets fans! The Metropolitans return home to open up a ten game home stand after a tough road trip that saw them drop six out of their 10 games. Noah Syndergaard struggled on Sunday as he was tagged for six runs, four of which were earned over five innings of work. The Cardinals took the rubber match by a score of 6-4. Steven Matz and the Mets will look for some revenge against Jake...

MMO Exclusive: Art Shamsky Revisits the Miracle of 1969

After the Miracle: The Lasting Brotherhood of the ’69 Mets, is a unique retrospective about the greatest Cinderella story in baseball history. One of those miracle men, outfielder Art Shamsky, wrote the book with author Erik Sherman. It eschewed from the purely play-by-play, game-by-game overview of the magical series of events that occurred a half-century ago — in which the Mets went from...

The Real All-Star Team: National League Edition

As many of you know by now, the starting lineup in the Midsummer Classic is merely a popularity contest. Inspired fans can vote several times for their favorite players resulting in some very questionable decisions. As Mets fans, I think we all remember 2013 when San Francisco Giants fans stuffed the ballots pushing Pablo Sandoval ahead of our beloved David Wright. It was clear that Wright...

Morning Briefing: One More In Philly Before Subway Series!

Chris Flexen will take the mound for the Mets today against the Philadelphia Phillies and Zach Eflin in hopes of securing the series victory. Last night, the Mets lost 3-1. The offense remained relatively quiet as Yoenis Cespedes hit a home run in the fourth for one of the Mets three hits. One of the other hits was Amed Rosario’s first career double. Dominic Smith went 0-for-3 in his...

Moving From Denial To Acceptance Of Jay Bruce As A Met

If you went into hibernation this winter and set your alarm for the day that pitchers and catchers arrive, you’d probably be surprised to see that Jay Bruce is penciled in to be the Mets everyday right fielder. Or that he’s even still on the team at all. Most Mets fans clamored all winter for the front office to trade Bruce, and were left disappointed with the news that he would be kept and...

Michael Conforto Received Cortisone Shot For Sore Wrist

Michael Conforto has a strained cartilage issue in his left wrist the team announced. He met with team doctors on Monday who examined him and administered a cortisone shot in the affected area. Conforto is not in tonight’s lineup and is considered day to day. He told reporters he expects to be back before the end of the week. The Mets will play with a short bench while he heals up....

Neil Walker Out Of Lineup With Sore Right Shin

For just the second time this season, Neil Walker is out of the starting lineup. Walker is out with a sore shin, he told reporters this afternoon. Walker fouled two balls off his shin last night and his ankle is swollen and discolored, although he said it “isn’t as bad as it looks.” He says he will be able to play again starting tomorrow. Walker is hitting .261/.299/.514 on the...

Collins Will Start Giving More Playing Time To Younger Players

This is getting creepy now… I feel like I’m being stalked… 🙂 Terry Collins spoke to Sandy Alderson this afternoon and effective immediately, the Mets manager will be playing the younger players more. A lot more… Collins told reporters that Kirk Nieuwenhuis and Wilmer Flores specifically, will begin seeing more playing time and each of them are in tonight’s starting...

Lagares Set For Return To Mets This Week

June 22 Outfielder Juan Lagares was hitless in four at-bats, while playing his second rehab game in center field on Saturday with the Gulf Coast League Mets. Lagares continues to make progress as he works his way back to the Mets and rejoin the team at some point this week. Batting mostly in the lower half of the lineup, Lagares parlayed a solid start to the season into a part-time leadoff role....

Granderson Homers In First Stint As Mets Lead-off Batter

Curtis Granderson, who returned to the starting lineup for the first time in three games due to a left calf injury, homered and was 2-for-3 with two walks in Sunday’s 3-1 Mets victory. “I just tried to get myself on base and try to get the team going,” Granderson told Adam Rubin of ESPN NY after the game. “I’ve done it plenty of times in my career. I just didn’t know it was going to be...

Success and Lineup Consistency

During the MLB Network broadcast of Reds, Brewers game, the color commentator suggested that in order for a team to be successful, they need consistency in their lineup. The commentator insisted that a lineup must include a leadoff man who maintains that slot in the lineup every day. He went on to mention that for a team to win, slots 1-4 in the lineup must be filled with non-platoon players. If...

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