The drama continued with the National League Wild Card race Friday. A Braves win paired with both the Mets and Diamondbacks losing created a three-way tie for the final two spots. The Padres’ win over the DBacks also solidified home-field advantage for the Friars starting on Tuesday. So, what does this mean for the Mets? The club still controls their own destiny, with their magic number...
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Nothing went right for the Mets in Milwaukee. Sean Manaea faltered. The offense stagnated. The defense was dull. Francisco Alvarez left with back spasms due to a normal-looking slide into third base. Heck, even when the Mets got base runners on, home plate umpire Ramon De Jesus had some egregious calls to kill Mets’ rallies, leading to Carlos Mendoza getting tossed in an 8-4 loss. It was...
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Kodai Senga is one step closer to helping the Mets in their pennant chase. The right-hander had a rehab outing in the Syracuse Mets finale Friday night. He opened the game, recording two strikeouts and a walk in a scoreless inning. Senga topped out at 95 miles per hour and threw 15 pitches. The outing was a net positive for Senga, who looks to help the Mets in their final week of the season....
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The Mets didn’t do themselves any favors last night in the wild card on Friday, getting shellacked by the Phillies 12-2 at home. The loss made the wild card race tighter with eight games left to go, and the Mets will have their hands full with two more games against the Phillies before their fateful series in Atlanta. Here is how the other wild card teams performed on Friday night. Atlanta...
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Remember when Sean Manaea couldn’t make it out of the fifth inning this year? When he would flash the strikeout stuff, but also walk too many batters and hand the ball to the bullpen with at least twelve outs to get. Well, that was first half Manaea. And when the Mets started winning toward the All-Star break, Manaea continued to work, dropped his arm slot, and has turned out an ace-like...
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