Danny Young started the season at Triple-A Syracuse. He is ending it as the top lefty in the Mets’ bullpen. In 32 1/3 innings since his first appearance on May 2, Young (3-0) has 43 strikeouts, a 2.78 ERA and a 1.14 WHIP. It is a breakthrough season for the 30-year-old, who coming into 2024 had pitched only 14 2/3 major league innings over two years with the Seattle Mariners and Atlanta...
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Down the stretch they come. The Mets (76-64) have won seven straight and are a season-high 12 games over .500, but still find themselves outside of a playoff spot. By the narrowest of margins. A game in the loss column separates them from the Atlanta Braves (76-63). Jesse Winker (grand slam) and the bullpen (five pitchers combined for five scoreless innings) shined in the 8-3 victory over the...
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They will never have M-V-P chants directed at them, and it’s doubtful anyone will ever look at the OMG sign and think Ottavino-Maton-Garrett, but the Mets relief corps deserve a ton of credit for their work during the six-game winning streak that has New York within a half-game of a playoff spot. The relievers have yielded just two runs in the bullpen’s 16 2/3 innings that have come...
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Francisco Lindor looks like an MVP, Francisco Alvarez will break out of his slump and the surging Mets are no fluke, David Stearns told reporters in a pre-game news conference Tuesday at Citi Field. “We’re in the thick of it,” the president of baseball operations said. “We’ve earned the right to be here. We’ve played well enough to be here. This isn’t a...
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J.D. Martinez slugged a two-run homer to cap a three-run third inning, the big blow in a 5-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Friday night. The designated hitter has four home runs in his last 10 games and a five-game hitting streak in which he’s gone 8-for-20. This was news to him. “I didn’t know any of that stuff, but thank you,” he said when informed of the hot...
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