After another tough start, Matt Harvey finds himself standing in Stephen Strasburg’s shoes, or cleats if you prefer. Scott Boras agreed as much in his interview with Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports saying, “We’re dealing with unknowns about why Harvey isn’t locating. All I can tell you is that with Tommy John guys there are times they don’t locate. Take a look at...
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Friday, May 20, 2016 • 7:10 p.m. Citi Field • Flushing, N.Y. RHP Wily Peralta (2-4, 7.30) vs. LHP Steven Matz (5-1, 2.86) SNY • WOR 710 AM • ESPN 1050 AM The Mets have lost six of their last seven games and are 3-7 in their last 10 games. New York will play nine of its next 12 games at Citi Field where they are 10-8 at home this season, including winning nine of their last 13. Yesterday was a...
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LHP Sean Gilmartin and RH reliever Erik Goeddel are on their way to New York to potentially join the the New York Mets, according to Kristie Ackert of the Daily News. However, Mike Puma of the Post adds that while both are en route, only one of them will be activated. Goeddel will be activated if Matt Harvey does not land on the DL, while Gilmartin will be activated if Harvey remains with the...
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The utter embarrassment of the last two nights would seem to indicate the 2016 Mets are not nearly what we thought. Sure, the Nationals are a good team and the season has a long way to go, but the signs are ominous. Where to begin? Matt Harvey at this point is completely lost. His confidence has vanished along with his stuff, and it just keeps getting worse. On the heels of a poor...
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New York Mets outfielder Alejandro De Aza has received sparse playing time because of the team’s outfield depth, but that may change. According to a report by Adam Rubin of ESPN New York, De Aza started working out at first base to give the Mets more flexibility and perhaps increase his playing time. De Aza has received instruction from infield coach Tim Teufel on playing first base before...
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