The Mets have placed right-handed relief pitcher Erik Goeddel on the 15-day disabled list with a right elbow strain. In his place, Daniel Muno has been recalled again from Triple-A. Goeddel, 26, has a 1.96 ERA over 23 innings with the Mets. In that span, he has struck out 23 batters and walked just seven. Muno, 26, has a .100/.182/.100 slash line in 22 plate appearances with the Mets this...
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Kevin Kernan of the New York Post proposed an interesting trade target in his column today: Reds’ slugger Todd Frazier. Trade proposals for Frazier were flying all over Twitter yesterday. In fact, trade proposals for a bunch of Reds veterans were flying around. The Reds are floundering, and find themselves sitting at 23-29, 5.5 games back of the wild card and 12 games behind in the NL...
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The Mets have activated Bobby Parnell and Dilson Herrera from the disabled list, and both will join the Mets for tonight’s game. To make room, the Mets have placed Dillon Gee, whose grandmother passed away, on the bereavement list. Ruben Tejada, whose significant other had a baby today, has been placed on paternity leave. The Mets will be able to hold off on making any more permanent...
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Matt Harvey is struggling. It looks like the “dead arm” that has been haunting Matt Harvey over the past few weeks has finally caught up to him. Tonight, he gave up a career-high seven runs in six innings as the Mets (31-29) were defeated by the Giants (34-26) 8-5 at Citi Field. The Giants got on the board early against Harvey, with Joe Panik, the second batter of the game, hitting a...
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Joe D had an interesting exchange on Twitter today with SNY personality Sal Licata. Licata is like me in that he wants the Mets to go after not only a big bat, but the biggest ones on the market. Here is the exchange: Since the media attention surrounding Braun’s suspension died down in 2013, he has faded into relative obscurity. He is no longer given the attention of a star, but he is...
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