Month: April 2018

Morning Briefing: Mets Welcome Kapler and the Phillies

Good morning Mets fans! Matt Harvey makes his season debut tonight at Citi Field against the Philadelphia Phillies. Yesterday, the Mets dropped the series finale to the St. Louis Cardinals by a score of 5-1. Steven Matz started for the Mets, and labored through four innings. Matz’s velocity sat in the 93-94 mph range, and his control was shaky. In his four innings he allowed three runs on four...

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Nine is Fine For Amed Rosario

As we saw Thursday, new manager Mickey Callaway chose to bat Amed Rosario ninth on Opening Day, with pitcher Noah Syndergaard batting eighth. This was an unconventional move, but it ultimately proved to work out, as Rosario went 2-for-4 in the Mets’ 9-4 win. When I first heard of the concept of the pitcher batting eighth, I didn’t like it. My first thought was, “Why would you...

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Game Recap: Mets Lose 5-1 Against Cards in Series Finale

The New York Mets (2-1) dropped the series finale to the St. Louis Cardinals (1-2) at Citi Field in this matinee by a score of 5-1. Pitching Steven Matz started for the Mets today and labored through four innings. Matz struck out two in the first but gave up a home run to Paul DeJong in the second inning. In the third, he gave up an RBI double to Marcell Ozuna with two outs and in the fourth, he...

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MMO Game Thread: Cardinals vs Mets, 1:10 PM

Sunday, 1:00 PM Citi Field• Flushing, NY RHP Luke Weaver vs. LHP Steven Matz SNY• ESPN Deportes 1050• WOR Bring your brooms to Citi Field as the Mets go for a sweep to close out their first series of 2018! Yesterday the Mets fired on all cylinders for the second day in a row winning 6-2 behind a strong performance by Jacob deGrom, three hits from Cabrera, a homer from Cespedes, 3 RBI’s...

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Nimmo Scratched From Lineup With Flu-Like Symptoms

Brandon Nimmo was in the original version of the Mets lineup that was set to face right-handed pitcher Luke Weaver today in the series finale against the St. Louis Cardinals. However, the Mets then decided to release a second lineup that no longer included Nimmo. The reason being for that, according to Steve Gelbs of SNY, is that Nimmo is dealing with flu-like symptoms. The outfielder had...

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