Luis Severino faced a make-or-break moment in the sixth. He walked Otto Lopez on four pitches to put runners at first and second with two outs in the sixth. The Mets led 1-0. He had thrown 86 pitches. Carlos Mendoza came to the mound. Decision time. José Buttó was warming. Mendoza let Severino pitch to Nick Gordon and he fell behind 2-0, burying the second ball in the dirt for a wild pitch that...
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The Miami Marlins entered the game with an historically horrific winning percentage against left-handed starters. Jeff McNeil started the night ranked 141st out of 142 qualified MLB hitters in OPS. And so, the Marlins beat up lefty Sean Manaea as McNeil hit two home runs. The end result was a 6-4 Miami victory Friday at loanDepot Park to open the second half. Miami (34-63) is 4-3 vs. the Mets...
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Things didn’t exactly go according to plan for the Mets as they began the 2024 season under new leadership. 2023 All-Star and National League Rookie of the Year finalist Kodai Senga went down with a shoulder injury in spring training that would go on to sideline him for the entirety of the first half. Brandon Nimmo and Francisco Lindor got off to terrible and worse-than-terrible starts,...
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Shortstop/center fielder Jett Williams and starter Brandon Sproat each made the midseason update of Baseball Prospectus’ list of top 50 prospects released Wednesday. Williams, No. 37 on the list, is recovering from right wrist surgery and could to return to action in August. The 20-year-old played in 11 games for Double-A Binghamton before getting hurt. In 50 plate appearances, he hit...
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The New York Mets claimed veteran lefty Alex Young off waivers from the San Francisco Giants Wednesday and optioned him to Triple-A Syracuse. The team also announced that lefty Tyler Jay was designated for assignment. Young, 30, pitched two scoreless innings for the Cincinnati Reds this season before being traded to the Giants on July 8 for outfielder Austin Slater. He did not appear in a game...
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