The owners of the Binghamton Mets were sued in U.S. District Court. The group that sued the Mets minor league team (Main Street Baseball), claimed it had an agreement to purchase the Double-A club for $8.5 million to move it to Wilmington, Delaware. On Friday, the two sides agreed to settle their lawsuit according to Adam Rubin of ESPN New York. However, the B-Mets declined to say whether the...
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After Saturday’s 9-5 loss to the Miami Marlins, manager Terry Collins told reporters that he’s concerned with what he’s been seeing from lefthander Jon Niese. “I’m concerned because I have yet to see him in my time here ever pitch where he makes the number of mistakes he’s made.” Collins is worried about Niese’s lack of effectiveness with his two-seamer and...
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The Mets (27-23) fell 9-5 to the Marlins (20-30) on Saturday evening at Citi Field. Jon Niese pitched for the Mets and continued his string of rough outings. The lefty allowed five runs (four earned) on seven hits in four innings, striking out three and walking none. The Mets grabbed an early lead against Tom Koehler in the bottom of the first when the red-hot Lucas Duda hit an RBI double, but...
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After the Miami Marlins took the first game of the series on Friday night, the New York Mets will try to rebound on Saturday at Citi Field. Jonathon Niese (3-5, 4.08) gets the starting assignment for the Mets and will oppose right-hander Tom Koehler (3-3, 3.44 for the Marlins. Today is New York’s 50th game. Last year the Mets were 22-28 after 50 games and the last time the Mets had 27 or more...
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Last night on Twitter one of my followers asked why we get so ramped up for Harvey Day when it so often results in a loss. I had to think about that one for a second, but thinking back to a few times this season and at least 7-8 times in 2013, he may be right. Matt Harvey did pitch well enough to win on Friday night, despite being charged with four runs on six hits and a walk in eight innings...
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