Clint Scoles of Baseball Prospectus reports that Royals assistant general manager Scott Sharp “may be getting serious consideration” for the expected-to-be-vacant New York Mets GM position. Sandy Alderson stepped down as the Mets GM earlier this season due to a recurrence of cancer, and the team designated assistant GM John Ricco, and special assistants J.P. Ricciardi and Omar Minaya...
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Steven Matz and the New York Mets faced Derek Holland and the San Francisco Giants in the second game of this three-game set at AT&T Park in the Bay Area. Matz continued his streak of quality starts with seven terrific innings of work, racking up a career-high eleven strikeouts and walking just one batter. The 27-year-old Long Island native has a 1.90 earned-run average with 23 strikeouts...
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Saturday, September 1, 2018 • 4:05 p.m. (ET) AT&T Park • San Francisco, CA LHP Steven Matz (5-11, 4.36) vs. LHP Derek Holland (7-8, 3.65) SNY • WOR 710 AM • 104.3 WAXQ-FM HD 2 • ESPN 1050 AM Well, Wheeler is officially the new deGrom. Wheeler threw another excellent game, going seven innings allowing one run but got saddled with the loss as the Mets offense couldn’t muster anything and...
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Mets’ beloved third baseman David Wright joined the team in San Francisco after rehabbing with Single-A St. Lucie and Triple-A Las Vegas this month. However, manager Mickey Callaway said yesterday that Wright has not been “cleared medically” to play in a Major League game. The first-year manager added that there is a “different medical threshold” that is required to...
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After being informed he would not receive a big league promotion in 2018, Mets’ first base prospect Peter Alonso responded with a monster night for Triple-A Las Vegas on Friday. The 23-year-old went 4-for-4 at the dish, while hitting two homers and driving in four runs. On the season, he is now up to 35 homers and 117 RBI in 464 at-bats. In his last 10 games, Alonso is hitting .368, and on...
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