On Friday, the Mets announced that they traded first baseman Ike Davis to the Pittsburgh Pirates for righthanded reliever Zack Thornton and a player to be named later. Thornton, who turns 26 next month, was a 23rd round pick of the Oakland A’s in the 2010 draft, who was traded to the Pirates in 2012 for RHP Chris Resop. He has a solid strikeout rate, induces a lot of groundballs, and...
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RENO 10, LAS VEGAS 7 Rafael Montero had his shortest outing of the season, and the Las Vegas bullpen falters in extra innings as the Reno Aces take down the 51’s 10-7 in eleven innings in the final game of the four-game series. Montero lasted just four innings giving up four runs on six hits while walking three. He did add six punchouts en route to the no-decision. The 51’s...
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The New York Mets opened up their 10-game homestand with a disheartening 6-0 loss to the Atlanta Braves on Friday night at Citi Field. Jon Niese started for the Mets and delivered another solid performance holding the Braves to one run on four hits and three walks in his six innings of work, while striking out seven. He certainly pitched good enough to win, but the Mets offense couldn’t...
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With less than an 30 minutes to go before tonight’s game, the Mets have traded first baseman Ike Davis to the Pittsburgh Pirates Mets for minor league reliever Zack Thornton and a player to be named later, according to Jon Heyman of CBS Sports. An emotional Davis said his goodbyes before finally leaving the clubhouse for good. “Honestly, it’s a little weird,” Davis said....
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The New York Mets are back at Citi Field on Friday night to begin a 10-game homestand against the Atlanta Braves. Jon Niese (0-1, 3.46) will make his third start of the season for New York and will be opposed by Aaron Harang (2-1, 0.96) for Atlanta. Starting Lineup Eric Young, Jr. – LF Daniel Murphy – 2B David Wright – 3B Curtis Granderson – RF Chris Young – CF Lucas Duda – 1B Travis...
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