Hansel Robles and the Mets’ bullpen pitched spectacularly during New York’s 2-1 win over Kansas City. The bullpen pitched 8.2 innings while allowing only one run after Bartolo Colon left the game in the first inning with an injury. Colon was hit on his pitching hand by a line drive, but Robles fired 3.2 innings of one run ball in relief while striking out six. It was the longest...
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After the Atlanta Braves took a broom to the Mets at Citi Field last weekend, the Amazins got the perfect antidote from their bullpen after Kansas City Royals leadoff batter Whit Merrifield ripped a liner off of Bartolo Colon’s right thumb. “The first thought that popped into my head was, ‘God, please don’t let this be a broken thumb,’ because I just had never been hit...
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The Mets (37-32) defeated the Kansas City Royals (38-32) by a score of 2-1 tonight at Citi Field. Pitching: Bartolo Colon toed the rubber for the Mets this evening, but unfortunately Big Sexy only made it through one batter as Royals’ lead-off man Whit Merrifield drilled Colon with a comebacker, forcing him to leave the game. The Mets turned to Hansel Robles to pitch in a long relief...
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The New York Mets today announced the club has signed its first-round pick from the 2016 First-Year Player Draft RHP Justin Dunn and its third-round selection third baseman Blake Tiberi. Dunn and Tiberi will report to Brooklyn (A) of the New York-Penn League. Dunn, 20, went 4-2 with a 2.06 ERA (15 earned runs/65.2 innings) in 18 games, eight starts for Boston College as a junior this year. He...
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Mets general manager Sandy Alderson said that the team will hold a private workout for Cuban free agent Yulieski Gourriel. “We’re going to do our due diligence on that player,” Alderson said Tuesday. “We have made arrangements to do that. At the same time, that player hasn’t seen live pitching for weeks, if not months.” “It’s not clear how long a player in that situation would take to be...
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