Author: Dilip Sridhar

Morning Briefing: Trade Winds Swirling, Does Cabrera Go First?

Good Morning, Mets fans! Tonight, the New York Mets will host the Oakland Athletics in an inter-league matchup. A rematch of the 1973 World Series for those who were around for that. The game yesterday afternoon was a weird win to say the least. Seth Lugo was strong but stumbled late. The offense only had Lucas Duda’s home run until the eighth. Down 2-1, Wilmer Flores homered coming off...

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Rapid Reaction: Mets Earn Series Split With 3-2 Walk-Off Win

This afternoon, the New York Mets beat the St. Louis Cardinals by a score of 3-2 to split their four-game series. Pitching Seth Lugo started for New York and was dominant early before starting to struggle later in the game. This has been a trend for Lugo and something to keep an eye on. He gave up a RBI double to Tommy Pham in the sixth, and started the seventh but departed with two outs. He...

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Mets Minors Recap: Smoker Throws Scoreless Inning, Conlon Twirls Gem

Fresno Grizzlies (55-41) 19, Las Vegas 51s (36-60) 12 Box Score Gavin Cecchini SS: 3 for 5, 3 Runs, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, BB Phillip Evans 2B: 4 for 6, 2 Runs, 3B, HR, 3 RBI, K Dominic Smith 1B: 1 for 4, 2 Runs, RBI, K Yes, I typed the score correctly and no, they did not play football. Nice to see Gavin have back-to-back big games. Hopefully it is a sign of things to come for him going...

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Morning Briefing: Trade Winds Are Blowing

Good Morning, Mets fans! Tonight the New York Mets will take on the St. Louis Cardinals at 7:10 on SNY. Jacob deGrom will take the ball for New York and will be opposed by Mike Leake. Last night, the Mets lost 5-0. Poor defense plagued the Mets as it usually has this season. The stat line would not be kind to Rafael Montero but his infield defense cost him big time. He has pitched much better...

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Morning Briefing: Wheelin’ and Still Reelin’

Good morning, Mets fans. Tonight, the New York Mets will take on the St. Louis Cardinals at 7:10 p.m. on SNY. Rafael Montero has the ball for New York and will be opposed by Michael Wacha. Since Montero was recalled on June 14, he owns a 3.26 ERA (seven earned runs/19.1 innings pitched) in five games (two starts) with 23 strikeouts and seven walks. Last night, the Mets lost 6-3 in a rather crazy...

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