Yoenis Cespedes spent the entire offseason bulking up and trying to be the Hulk. It appears Yoenis has learned as lesson. Cespedes told the NY Post that he wants to be more athletic and flexible. “I want to become more flexible, more athletic, have less bulk [in my legs]. I want to do less weight lifting. I’m going to do some different things, I want to do yoga, more stretching. I want to be...
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Nashville Sounds (49-54) 8, Las Vegas 51s (37-67) 7 Box Score Brandon Nimmo CF: 0 for 2, Run, 3 BB, K, .215/.358/.361 Amed Rosario SS: 4 for 5, 2 Runs, RBI, K, .334/.371/.474 Dominic Smith 1B: 1 for 5, 2 Runs, .337/.390/.524 Huge night for Rosario and has continued to plea the Mets to call him up. Soon Amed, soon. Neil Walker played nine innings at third base and made an error on his first play...
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Nashville Sounds (48-54) 10, Las Vegas 51s (37-66) 4 Box Score Neil Walker DH: 2 for 3, 2 Runs, BB Amed Rosario SS: 1 for 4, Run, RBI, 2 K Dominic Smith 1B: 2 for 4, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 K Good game for Neil Walker who is just a few days away from re-joining the team. Rosario extended his hitting streak to 15 games. Smith now has a robust 1.179 OPS in July. RHP Donovan Hand (2-5, 8.05 ERA): 3.2 IP, 14...
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Good Morning, Mets fans. Tonight the New York Mets will take on the San Diego Padres at 10:10 p.m. Steven Matz will toe the rubber to take on Jhoulys Chacin. Around 1:20 a.m. on the east coast, the Mets won 6-5. Seth Lugo started out slow but rebounded for a nice start. Yoenis Cespedes homered, tripled and doubled, driving in three. He hit a go-ahead little league home run in the sixth to give...
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Even with his June struggles and wrist injury, Michael Conforto grades out as the best offensive LF in baseball. His OBP ranks first among all left fielders and his slugging his second only to Cody Bellinger. Among advanced stats such as wOBA and wRC+, he is first by a fairly decent margin. Conforto and Marcell Ozuna will likely be the primary contenders for the Silver Slugger Award. Conforto...
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