Starting Lineup Ruben Tejada – SS Daniel Murphy – 2B David Wright – 3B Scott Hairston – RF Ike Davis – 1B Jason Bay – LF Andres Torres – CF Rob Johnson – C Matt Harvey – RHP The Mets go out west to find themselves, or some wins. Preferably some wins. It would be nice to win again. How rude of me, I forgot to wish you a Happy Matt Harvey day! Today the Mets rookie pitcher makes his first of three...
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Jeremy Hefner started off the game rough, and the offense was stifled on the whole by Stephen Strasburg in their sixth loss in a row, 5-2 to the Nationals. Game Recap Jeremy Hefner, filling in the rotation in the spot vacated by the designation of Miguel Batista was hit hard in the early innings, giving up back to back solo home runs in the second. Hefner settled down, and after a Josh Thole...
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. Joel Sherman of the NY Post, is reporting that the Mets are willing to listen to trade offers on both Scott Hairston and Tim Byrdak. Hairston and Byrdak are both free agents at the end of the season and could be very helpful pieces to teams in contention. Hairston is basically a left handed hitting specialist and has 12 homers and 37 RBI. He can provide a lot of power...
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After a disastrous 0-6 homestand, a very ticked off Terry Collins fired off some no-holds-barred shots at his team’s poor performance to begin the second half of the season. The Mets manager promised that there would be changes and he promised they would come fast. It looks like catcher Mike Nickeas is the first casualty of the aftermath of the Washington Nationals sweep over the...
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Mets closer Frank Francisco began his rehab assignment with Double-A Binghamton today, starting his rehab one day later than initially planned. Francisco was very rusty, allowing one run on three hits, a walk and a strikeout in 2/3 of an inning. Francisco threw 24 pitches, 14 of which were strikes. Francisco, who has been on the disabled list since June 23 with a strained left oblique, was...
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