Buffalo (5-11) 5, Syracuse (12-8) 4 Box Score CF Rajai Davis: 2-for-4, 2 Runs, BB, K, .217/.265/.304 C Tomas Nido: 1-for-4, 2 RBI, 2 K, .324/.333/.353 LF Tim Tebow: 1-for-2, Run, 2 BB, K, .180/.268/.240 Heading into the game, Tebow had roughly a 36% strikeout rate. Tebow has been facing tougher pitching and he had a lot of luck last season. Him crashing back down seemed inevitable but it’s...
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It was a full-on Zack Attack from Wheeler yesterday. Zack Wheeler went seven innings, gave up no runs, and struck out 11. In the first, he struck out Bryce Harper on a splitter and Rhys Hoskins with a curveball that had him frozen. Wheeler hit 100 with his two-seamer in the first inning and even threw his slider at 95 MPH. The velocity gains he made last season were very much legitimate. In the...
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The Mets routed the Phillies by a score of 9-0 at Citi Field on Tuesday night behind a brilliant game from Zack Wheeler. (Box Score) Pitching Zack Wheeler got the ball for the Mets today and he has been looking more and more like second half-Zack with each start. His first inning, he gave up a one-out single to J.T. Realmuto. With Bryce Harper up, Wheeler threw him four straight 99 MPH fastballs...
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The Mets are not a good defensive team and they probably won’t be. Their first baseman was infamously thought to be a DH. Robinson Cano is 36 and is not getting faster. J.D. Davis is not a good defensive third baseman. Jeff McNeil is a third baseman but he’s in left field. Brandon Nimmo is a left fielder but he’s in center. Wilson Ramos is paid primarily for his offense. That...
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Syracuse 3 (7-6), Rochester (3-9) 0 Box Score CF Gregor Blanco: 1-for-3, RBI, BB, K, .171/.237/.343 2B Danny Espinosa: 1-for-3, RBI, K, .220/.289/.293 C Rene Rivera: 1-for-3, Run, K, .136/.208/.182 The Mets got a couple of two-out RBI from Blanco and Espinosa in this one. The lineup is full of Major League veterans (and Tim Tebow) so their offensive struggles have been surprising thus far....
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