Mitch Voit has played in 10 games for High-A Brooklyn. In his first five, he went 3-for-23 with a double, no walks, and 11 strikeouts. His last five: 7-for-19 with two homers, two doubles, four walks, and four strikeouts. The 2025 first-round pick from the University of Michigan homered Friday in the Cyclones’ 3-2 loss to Daytona. Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (10-8) 3,...
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The Mets entered Wednesday having scored one run in three games, facing a starting pitcher who hadn’t allowed an earned run in the regular season since last Aug. 27. Things went as you might have expected. Pitching against the Mets for the first time, Shohei Ohtani struck out 10 over six innings, and the Dodgers beat the Mets 8-2 to complete a three-game sweep in Los Angeles. The...
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He had one future Hall of Famer (Shohei Ohtani) shaking his head and another (Freddie Freeman) swinging at pitches out of the strike zone. Nolan McLean’s last pitch was a 90 mph change-up that struck out Andy Pages, who doesn’t have the resume of Ohtani or Freeman but is leading the league in hitting at .397. “We haven’t seen McLean up close, I don’t recall, but man...
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Good morning, Mets fans! Who is ready to stay up late? The Mets (7-9) dropped their fifth in a row on Sunday, 1-0, to the Athletics, wasting a pair of fine pitching performances. Freddy Peralta gave up one run on four hits and struck out six in six innings and Sean Manaea threw three perfect innings and fanned four. One other bright spot: Carson Benge made an inning-ending, diving catch in...
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Elian Peña started off 0-for-26 last season in the Dominican Summer League before finding his footing. This year, he is hot from the get-go. The 18-year-old homered, doubled, and made a nifty backhanded catch at shortstop Friday in Low-A St. Lucie’s 9-2 loss to Dunedin. Peña is 9-for-24 with a home run and three doubles in six games (1.069 OPS). He is also 3-for-3 stealing bases. Triple-A...
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