Month: March 2019

Wheeler Falls Into A Trap In Season Debut

There were moments during New York Mets starter Zack Wheeler’s season debut on Sunday versus the Washington Nationals that he looked like the pitcher who was one of the game’s best over the second half of the 2018 season. There were also times he looked like the young hurler who struggled to keep his pitches off of the plate, giving opposing hitters a whole lot of canvas to work...

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Mets Have Checked In On Keuchel, Kimbrel

Could the Mets bolster their starting rotation or bullpen? Both? Well, they’re doing their “due dilligence.” According to Ken Rosenthal and Dennis Lin of The Athletic, New York has been in contact with former Cy Young Award winner, Dallas Keuchel as well as closer Craig Kimbrel. Rosenthal and Lin add that the Brewers have also recently checked in on Keuchel and so have the San...

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MMO Game Recap: Turner Blasts Nats to 6-5 Win Over Mets

The New York Mets (2-1) were defeated by the Washington Nationals (1-2) by a score of 6-5 Sunday at Nationals Park in Washington. Patrick Corbin limited the Mets to two runs over six innings, and despite a late-inning comeback attempt, Trea Turner would walk off with a solo home run in the bottom of the ninth inning. Offense The Mets bats were like a dripping faucet, tallying hits but not too...

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Syndergaard to Start Home Opener on Thursday

The Mets will not shuffle their rotation ahead of their home opener on Thursday against the Washington Nationals: Noah Syndergaard will get the ball as scheduled. Syndergaard, 26, started his first game of the year on Saturday to mixed results. The right-hander yielded four runs on seven hits in six innings. He struck out seven and did not surrender a walk. The Texas native has been in the...

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MMO Game Thread: Mets vs. Nationals, 1:35 PM

The Mets go for an Opening Series sweep this afternoon! Yesterday, the Mets won 11-8 in a long game. New York went up up early 3-0 in the first and later 4-1, but as Syndergaard labored through six innings the Nationals eventually tied it 4-4. Between the eighth and ninth innings, the Mets were able to push it all the way out to 11-4 before collapsing a bit, allowing the final score to be 11-8....

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