Month: May 2018

Conlon DFA’d, Lagares Transferred to 60-Day DL

In order to make room for the Scott Copeland and Tim Peterson on the 40-man roster, the team made an expected move as well as one that was somewhat surprising. According to Laura Albanese of Newsday, the team transferred Juan Lagares to the 60-day DL and also DFA’d left-hander P.J. Conlon. Lagares was unsurprising considering he is expected to miss the rest of the season with a torn...

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Matz Day-to-Day With Slight Left Middle Finger Strain

Laura Albanese of Newsday reports that Steven Matz will not be going on the disabled list. Tim Britton of the Athletic confirms this, saying that the left-hander only has a slight strain of the middle finger and is day-to-day. – Josh Finkelstein – Original Post- May 30 Mets left-hander Steven Matz left Tuesday night’s contest with the Atlanta Braves prior to the bottom of the...

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Mets Remove Rhame, Evans From Roster

As per an image of the lineup card for tonight’s series finale against the Atlanta Braves posted to social media by Matt Ehalt of The Record, the team has reportedly removed Phillip Evans and Jacob Rhame from the active roster but they have not been officially optioned to Triple-A. After activating Scott Copeland, Buddy Baumann, and Tim Peterson to help shore up a short bullpen, the team...

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MMO Mailbag: The Crumbling Pitching Staff

With the Mets having their worst stretch of the season with a number of bullpen meltdowns, most of the questions focused on the state of the Mets pitching and how the team’s outlook has changed: Harry Lime asks . . . How do we solve the problem of blowing every lead? John S. replies . . . Well, as we saw with Jacob Rhame(second inning) and Gerson Bautista(ninth) being in a position they...

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Frazier’s Return Should Mark End of Reyes’ Tenure, Not Guillorme’s

One day, Luis Guillorme is going to have a spot on a Major League roster for as long as he desires one. Today might not be at that day. The slick-fielding infielder’s roster spot might be in jeopardy with Todd Frazier set to return soon. At this point, it would be difficult for the Mets to justify sending him back to Las Vegas. Guillorme celebrated Memorial Day with the best day of his fledgling...

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