According to Anthony DiComo of MLB.com, Mets outfielder Jay Bruce is sidelined Monday with a recurrence of plantar fasciitis in his left foot. DiComo said Bruce expects to be back in tomorrow. Bruce, 31, has gone 11-for-46 so far this season with one homer, seven RBI and eight walks. The outfielder dealt with a similar problem last season as well as Spring Training that forced him to miss some...
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After losing to the Brewers Saturday night, halting a nine-game winning streak, and then, hopefully, beginning a new one with yesterdays dramatic 3-2 victory, the Mets are among the league-leaders in some offensive categories as a team, and middle of the pack in others. We’ll start with the team’s batting average, .233, which is good for sixth in the National League heading into...
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When the Mets won 3-2 on Sunday, the win featured many hallmarks of the 2018 team’s 12-2 start. The Amazin’s got a solid starting pitching performance from Noah Syndergaard, a shutdown effort from the bullpen, and the Mets again erased a deficit to win in the late innings. These three factors have been constants over the first 14 games of the season. In addition to these positive...
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3 UP 1. Wilmer Smiling, Not Crying With two outs in the bottom of the ninth, Wilmer Flores stepped to the plate, and he hit his second career walk-off home run. The homer ensured the Mets would win their fifth straight series to start the season, and it would return them to 10 games over .500 in April. That’s a mark the Mets have only done in 1986 and 2015. The homer was part of a better...
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The New York Mets played six games this week, with three of them coming against the division rival Marlins, and the other three against the Brewers. Coming away with five wins out of those six games, the Mets were able to stay hot and on top of the NL East. In our debut Players of the Week feature, I chose Todd Frazier and Noah Syndergaard as the hitter and pitcher who were most impactful in...
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