According to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, New York Mets lefty reliever Jerry Blevins and infielder Wilmer Flores have cleared revocable waivers. The Mets can now trade Blevins or Flores to any team, and Rosenthal believes the Mets would entertain trading both. Blevins, pending free agent, has a 3.86 ERA and 1.29 WHIP in 35 innings for the Mets this year. The veteran has been very good in the...
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3 UP 1. cyGrom At this point, who cares about the wins? Watching Jacob deGrom pitch is just a joy. In the suspended game, he ramped it up to 100 MPH. He made great defensive plays. He left Daniel Murphy saying “Yowsers” after he struck him out in a big spot. He’s been so great this year he’s now in Tom Seaver and Dwight Gooden territory. He now has tied Seaver’s...
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Sure. “Battle” is the ultimate Mickey Callaway buzzword. But it’s hard to argue against the fact that Jason Vargas, despite struggling to find a feel for his pitches on several occasions, stayed in the driver’s seat for a fourth consecutive start. In the Mets’ 10-3 win yesterday over the Chicago Cubs, Vargas only pushed five and a third innings on 95 pitches –...
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Las Vegas (67-68) 7, Tacoma (64-70) 5 Box Score Peter Alonso DH: 2-5, 2 2B. RBI, .246/.349/.555 David Wright 3B: 0-5, 2 K, .111/.111/.111 Patrick Kivlehan LF: 2-4, HR, 2B, RBI, K, .310/.360/.569 Dominic Smith 1B: 3-4, RBI, .260/.332/.387 Alonso is finishing off strong what has been a great month (1.063 OPS) and a great season for him. Wright went 0-5 is just 1-9 with a single overall, but he...
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Good Morning, folks! Today the Mets take the day off before heading to San Francisco for a three game series. Yesterday, the Mets won 10-3 thanks to Todd Frazier and solid pitching from Jason Vargas. Latest Mets News According to Mike Puma of the NY Post, the Mets will make it David Wright’s call to return this year. Tim Healey of Newsday writes about the Mets strange day. Andres Gimenez...
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