Carlos Mendoza went to a lot of trouble to put Jared Young in the lineup at designated hitter Tuesday. It paid off. With Young penciled in at DH, Mendoza put Jeff McNeil in center, Brett Baty at second and Mark Vientos at third. A better defense would have McNeil at second, Baty at third, Vientos at DH and Tyrone Taylor in the outfield. Mendoza was asked about his decision to start Young, who...
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The debut of Juan Soto. The return of Kodai Senga. A month of Pete Alonso going nuclear. It was an eventful first third of the season for the Mets that concluded Monday with their fifth walk-off win, on a Francisco Lindor sacrifice fly to beat the White Sox, 2-1. It was fitting that it was a win at home, where the Mets are 20-6, that the pitching was superb and that the Mets went 1-for-7 with...
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High-A Brooklyn Cyclones infielder Jesus Baez went 6-for-8 with a two-run homer and a three-run homer, a double, and seven RBIs combined in a doubleheader sweep Friday of Jersey Shore. Baseball America ranked the 20-year-old from the Dominican Republic 92nd on its prospect list before the season. In Binghamton, Jonah Tong gave up two runs in four innings and struck out six Flying Squirrels. The...
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Teoscar Hernández doubled in a run off Huascar Brazobán in the 13th inning to help lift the Dodgers to a 7-5 victory at Citi Field in a game that included a 98-minute rain delay, 17 combined pitchers and two extremely strange plays. Down 5-2 entering the ninth, Starling Marte singled, Pete Alonso walked, Jeff McNeil hit a two-run triple and Tyrone Taylor singled him home to tie the game at 5-5...
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Juan Soto hasn’t homered in two weeks. After winning National League Player of the Month in March/April, Pete Alonso is slashing .221/.265/.364 in May. Brandon Nimmo is in an 0-for-16 funk. The Mets (30-20) return to Citi Field on Friday night to start a nine-game homestand with the Los Angeles Dodgers while coming off a 2-4 road trip. Add in getting shutout by the Pittsburgh Pirates in...
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