All you can ask for from a starting pitcher is to give your team the best possible chance to win, and Max Scherzer certainly gave the New York Mets every opportunity to win at Citi Field on Friday night. It was a frustrating evening with the Phillies winning in extra innings and Eduardo Escobar and Jeff McNeil both leaving the game with injuries, but Scherzer certainly came as advertised once...
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The New York Mets lost Jeff McNeil and Eduardo Escobar early on in their game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citi Field on Friday evening. Escobar made a couple of defensive plays in the top of the second inning and left the game after having a hard-hit ball hit his hand and mid-section. Luis Guillorme came in to pinch hit for Escobar. If that wasn’t bad enough, the Mets lost McNeil,...
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The baseball world has been dealt a shocking bombshell tonight after it was reported that San Diego Padres star Fernando Tatis Jr. has been suspended 80 games for violating Major League Baseball’s performance-enhancing drug policy. First reported by Jeff Passan of ESPN, Tatis Jr. has been suspended without pay for testing positive for Clostebol, a PED substance that is in violation of...
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You never stop learning, even if you’ve been in the majors for over a decade, and Carlos Carrasco was able to take some useful advice into his start on Tuesday after receiving some pearls of wisdom from fellow veteran starter Max Scherzer. When the Mets made a huge splash in free agency by signing Scherzer to a three-year, $130 million deal, they weren’t just paying the big bucks for...
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It has been a good week or so for the New York Mets who have been red hot coming out of the All-Star break, and they took four out of five games in a huge series win against the Atlanta Braves over the weekend. As good as the present looks right now, though, the future looks just as bright with the Mets ranking high in ESPN’s latest farm system rankings. I ranked the farm systems after...
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