On the eighth pitch of the at-bat, after Matt Olson had fouled off a couple of 3-2 sliders, Dedniel Núñez fired a 98 mph fastball over the heart of he plate. Swing and a miss. “My confidence was at an all-time high after that first strikeout,” Núñez said through a Spanish interpreter after the game. “After I struck out Olson there, I felt almost liberated. I almost felt free at...
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Frankie Montas was smacked around in six rehab starts at High-A Brooklyn and Triple-A Syracuse: eight home runs allowed, a 12.05 ERA and a 2.14 WHIP in 18 2/3 innings. He did not appear major league-ready, but the nine-year veteran knew better. “I’ve said it before,” Montas said Tuesday after tossing five scoreless innings in his Mets debut against the Braves. “When I was...
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A.J. Ewing stole his 34th base in 37 tries Tuesday in his 46th game for the High-A Brooklyn Cyclones. The 20-year-old who was selected in the fourth round of the 2023 draft out of Springboro (Ohio) High School is second in the South Atlantic League in stolen bases. He’s also fourth in both batting average (.299) and on-base percentage (.414). He was promoted to Brooklyn after stealing 14...
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Poor starting pitching, bullpen meltdowns and failing to hit with runners in scoring position have all played a role during this ugly stretch of nine losses in 10 games for the Mets. The bottom of the batting order hasn’t been helping either. “It’s the reality,” manager Carlos Mendoza told reporters after Tyrone Taylor, Jared Young and Luis Torrens went 0-for-10 with...
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A horrific seventh inning led to the Mets’ seventh-straight loss. The Phillies scored six runs in the frame and went on to beat the Mets 10-2 Friday at Citizens Bank Park to drop New York (45-31) into second place in the National League East. Philadelphia (46-30) has won eight of nine. Reed Garrett faced four batters to start the seventh with the score tied at 2 and didn’t record an...
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