Month: April 2016

3 Up 3 Down: Thor Brings The Thunder, But Mets Drop Another Series

3 Up 1. Syndergaard Is Spectacular Coming off a brilliant start in Kansas City last week, Noah Syndergaard was once again lights out on Tuesday night, when he made his first start at Citi Field in 2016. All Syndergaard did was allow one earned run over seven very impressive innings, while striking out 12 batters in the process. Those 12 strikeouts pushed his season total to 21, which is good for...

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Mets Minors Recap: Two Hits for Dominic Smith

Sacramento 6, Las Vegas (2-3) 1 Brandon Nimmo was moved up to the leadoff spot but went 0 for 5 with two strikeouts. T.J. Rivera was 2 for 4 with a RBI while playing second base. The only other 51s player with two hits was reliever Chase Huchingson who went 2 for 2 after having only one pro at bat before last night. Stolmy Pimentel got the start and struggled, he gave up three runs on 10...

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Collins Runs For Mayor of Panic City

Less than 24 hours after calling the baseball season a marathon, Mets managerTerry Collins decided to run for mayor of Panic City. Moments after his sluggish Mets beat Miami, 2-1, to snap a four-game losing streak, Collins went off in a press conference, calling the victory “a game we had to have.” When the season is less than ten games old, there’s no such thing as a “must win” game. How can...

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MMO Top 30 Prospects: No. 9 Marcos Molina, RHP

No. 9 – RHP Marcos Molina Ht: 6’3″ Wt: 188  Level: GCL & St. Lucie Mets  B/T:R/R  Age: 3/8/1995 (21)  Age Dif: -2.9 Statistics: 44.1 IP, 9 games, 8 games started, 4.26 ERA, 49 hits, 11 BB/36 K Marcos Molina is oozing with talent, boasting frontline starter material, and already has control of all of his pitches. However, he had Tommy John Surgery in September and will likely miss the...

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Maximus Cespedes Gives Everyone A Scare

Outfielder Yoenis Cespedes gave everybody a scare in today’s Mets 2-1 victory over the Marlins. In the eighth inning, Ichiro Suzuki sliced a pitch from reliever Jerry Blevins toward the seats in foul territory. Cespedes was off and running and when he reached the wall he dived into the seats to try and make the grab. His body disappeared into a dozen or so fans as one of them made the...

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