Second baseman and soon to be free agent Neil Walker is hoping to remain with the New York Mets, according to a report in the Charlotte Observer. Walker, 31, underwent back surgery last week and saw his career best season come to an end after posting a .282 batting average and a .823 OPS while hitting 23 home runs in 113 games with the Mets. “I’m hopeful that we have positive...
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Andrew Miller has established himself as one of the game’s top relievers over the last several years, but the Mets have an Andrew Miller of their own, and his name is Addison Reed. Earlier today, August Fagerstrom of FanGraphs.com posted an article comparing the two dominant relief pitchers. Over the last calendar year, Miller and Reed have almost identical numbers. Miller owns a 1.81 ERA...
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“T.J. Rivera continues to hit major league pitching.” That was the ending of Howie Rose’s radio call of Rivera’s second major league homer in Sunday’s 3-2 victory over the Twins. Rivera has now had 6 multiple hit games in the 13 games he has started as a New York Met and is hitting .344. A big surprise? Hardly. At least for the Met fans lucky enough to have watched Rivera bat over the last four...
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With just a day’s notice, Gabriel Ynoa was placed onto the mound at Citi Field for his first major league start. Though he did not have much time to prepare for his matchup against the Minnesota Twins, he succeeded. Ynoa went 4.2 innings while allowing four hits and just one run. He walked one batter on the day but had sat down eight by way of strikes. Ynoa was pulled just one out shy of...
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New York Mets outfielder, Michael Conforto was given a rare opportunity to start Sunday and he made the best of the opportunity. The 23-year-old Conforto went 2-for-4 on the day with two singles and two RBI as he snapped an 0-for-10 skid. It was his first multi-hit game since August 2 and his first multi-RBI game since June 8. It has been a trying season for Conforto but Sunday was a step in the...
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