Month: February 2018

How To Split Playing Time For d’Arnaud and Plawecki

Since cracking the Opening Day roster in 2014, Travis d’Arnaud has averaged 90 games per season behind the plate with last year being his high at 112 games. This is because d’Arnaud has not withstood to the day-to-day rigors of catching. Each and every year, he deals with a different injury to another part of his body, and as a result, the Mets have been left scrambling to figure out...

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Spring Training Recap: Mets Top Braves 6-4 in Harvey’s Spring Debut

The New York Mets came from behind on Wednesday to defeat the Atlanta Braves by a score of 6-4 at Champion Stadium in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Here’s how Matt Harvey felt about his spring debut. #Mets pic.twitter.com/ggzxYvqrAf — Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) February 28, 2018 Pitching Matt Harvey started for the Mets and did pretty well given the circumstances. He struck out phenom,...

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MMO Mailbag: Callaway’s Honeymoon, Gonzalez’s Expectations, 2018 Draft

When relaunching the MMO Mailbag there was some initial trepidation as you never know if you, the readers, are as excited about an idea as we the staff are.  After seeing a lively discussion following last week’s mailbag, and seeing the questions we received over the past week, we are happy to bring you the second installment of the new and improved MMO Mailbag: Tierlifer Asks . . . If the...

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MMO Game Thread: Mets vs. Braves, 1:05 PM

The New York Mets will head to Champion Stadium to play the Atlanta Braves. Matt Harvey will take the mound against Brandon McCarthy at 1:05 p.m. The game will not be televised. Mets Lineup Amed Rosario SS Brandon Nimmo CF Jose Lobaton C Patrick Mazeika DH Peter Alonso 1B Zach Borenstein RF Gavin Cecchini 2B David Thompson 3B Matt den Dekker LF Braves Lineup Ronald Acuna  CF Danny Santana  RF...

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Lucas Duda Agrees to Deal With Royals

Robert Murray of FanRag reports that the Kansas City Royals have agreed to a deal with former-Met Lucas Duda, pending a physical. Jon Heyman, also of FanRag, reports it is a one-year, major league deal and is worth $3.5 million. Duda, 31, hit .246/.347/.532, 129 OPS+ with 21 doubles, 17 home runs and 37 RBI with the Mets in 2017 before he was traded in July to the Tampa Bay Rays for relief...

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