New York Mets manager Mickey Callaway announced before the game on Firday that Jason Vargas will make his rehab start on Monday for the Triple-A Las Vegas 51s. The veteran lefty struck out 12 in six hitless innings in an intrasquad extended spring training game on Tuesday. He threw 82 pitches in the outing. Vargas broke the hamate bone in his non-throwing hand during Spring Training after being...
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Friday, April 20, 2018 • 7:35 p.m. SunTrust Park • Atlanta, GA RHP Noah Syndergaard (2-0, 2.95) vs. LHP Sean Newcomb (1-1, 4.02) SNY • WOR 710 AM • 104.3 WAXQ-FM HD 2 • ESPN 1050 Yesterday was not the Mets day. Harvey allowed 3 runs in the first inning and a total of 6 runs over the first three and the Mets were never able to climb out of that hole as they lost 12-4. Before we start to look...
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Hard throwing righty Gerson Bautista made his major league debut earlier this week with a scoreless inning (struggled on Thursday night though) while Jacob Rhame was up with the New York Mets earlier this season and Jamie Callahan pitched last September. All three of those right-handed relievers were acquired by the Mets during the trade off of veterans last season and another one of those arms...
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Edgardo Alfonzo spent eight seasons with the New York Mets, leaving his mark on the club with his sound defensive acumen, ability to get on-base at a high clip and penchant for coming up big in the clutch. Alfonzo, 44, was signed by the Mets as an amateur free agent out of Venezuela for $10,000 in 1991. The club was fortunate to have signed the then 17-year-old Alfonzo, as he originally tried...
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Michael Conforto is the New York Mets’ best hitter. He led the team in OPS+ last season, and while he’s off to an average start in 2018, his OPS (.796) is significantly better than any other member of the starting outfield. Yet since his return from the disabled list, Conforto has been given more non-injury off days than any starter on the team outside of the catchers and Adrian Gonzalez....
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