You’d expect the 30-something-year-old veterans at the top of the rotation to be dependable and the rookies to be finding their way. But Sean Manaea was hit hard (3 2/3 innings, five runs, eight hits) Monday in Detroit a day after Kodai Senga gave up five runs of his own in a loss to the Marlins. The pair both returned from injury in July but neither have returned to form. “I have...
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Brandon Sproat twirled a gem in his lone start of the week for the Syracuse Mets, pitching seven scoreless innings with nine strikeouts. He allowed just three hits and two walks. It was arguably Sproat’s best start of the year, directly following one of his more disappointing starts of the year. Still in Triple-A with the Mets’ other top pitching prospects in the majors, Sproat now...
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Good morning, Mets fans! The calendar has turned to September, so teams are able to call up two reinforcements to help their teams for the playoff push. The Mets have called up INF Luisangel Acuña and RHP Justin Hagenman for their September roster expansion. The Mets will presumably leverage Acuña’s exceptional speed and defensive prowess to secure victories in close games and maintain leads...
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All year, Mets fans have held their collective breath when Juan Soto has come to the plate in a big moment. It had been a season-long struggle with runners in scoring position for Soto, and while he has been much better in those situations lately, he still had not delivered one of those huge, memorable moments as a Met. Until Monday. Soto’s huge game was the catalyst in what turned out to...
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Jose Siri played in his third rehab game with the St. Lucie Mets on Sunday as he works his way back from a broken leg. The speedster outfielder went 1-for-4 with a broken-bat, two-run double. In his short stint thus far, he’s hitting .500/.625/.667 with a 1.292 OPS. He’s notched three hits, three RBIs and has drawn a walk. Before going down with an injury, Siri was batting...
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