Last season, right-handed reliever Ryder Ryan was the punchline about jokes regarding his inclusion in the deal that sent Mets outfielder Jay Bruce to the Indians. Now, he is an All-Star in advanced Single-A and is moving quickly through the ranks. The All-Star game is nothing new to Ryder Ryan. He was an All-Star last season while still pitching in the Indians organization. Ryan struggled in...
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This past off-season, the Mets were killed for passing up on trading Brandon Nimmo for Josh Harrison or Andrew McCutchen. Harrison got hurt early on and McCutchen has been very mediocre early in this season. The two have combined for a bWAR of 1.0 while Nimmo has posted a bWAR of 1.7 in limited playing time. So far in 2018, Nimmo has showed no signs of slowing down. Back in March, I wrote about...
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With a pitching staff beleaguered by injuries and overuse, the Mets decided that the best move for the time being was to send Seth Lugo, who had been extremely effective as a reliever so far this season, back to the starting rotation for the first time since the end of 2017. The Mets could not have asked for anything more from Lugo in his first start back. He turned in four scoreless innings,...
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Reno (24-31) 20, Las Vegas (22-33) 3 Box Score Matt den Dekker RF: 1-3, 3B, BB, K, .301/.346/.520 Todd Frazier 3B: 1-3, RBI, .333/.333/.333 Dominic Smith 1B: 0-4, K, .270/.364/.388 Zach Borenstein LF: 1-3, HR, 2 RBI, BB, .240/.341/.432 The 51s couldn’t do much offensively last night, collecting only four hits in total. Frazier, in his first rehab start, played his scheduled five innings...
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New York Mets third baseman Todd Frazier played in his first rehab game on Thursday night for the Las Vegas 51s in their 20-3 loss. Frazier went 1-for-3 with an RBI and played five innings defensively at third base without issue. Frazier, 32, is working his way back from a left hamstring strain and was hitting .237/.357/.412 with five home runs, and 21 runs batted in 32 games this season. He was...
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