Yoenis Cespedes returned from the disabled list on Friday night against the New York Yankees and hit like the Cespedes of old. He homered and looked fine for the most part but dropped a bombshell in his post game interactions after the New York Mets 7-5 win. He told reporters that some point in the future, he would need surgery in both his heels due to calcification. He also needs 8-10 months...
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Baseball America released their Top 10 Mets prospects in their annual mid-season update. There was one mild surprise at the end with the rest of the list being mostly as expected. Here is how they ranked these players: Andres Gimenez, SS Peter Alonso, 1B Jarred Kelenic, OF David Peterson, LHP Justin Dunn, RHP Anthony Kay, LHP Ronny Mauricio, SS Thomas Szapucki, LHP Mark Vientos, 3B Gavin...
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Salt Lake (49-46) 10, Las Vegas (45-50) 5 Box Score Kevin Kaczmarski CF: 3-5, .361/.409/.443 Jeff McNeil 2B: 2-4, 3B, 2 RBI, .390/.436/.657 Peter Alonso 1B: 0-4, .182/.318/.432 Kaczmarski continues to slap a ton of singles in that thin Vegas air, but it is nonetheless nice to see him hitting well after barely playing for three weeks. McNeil got two more hits including his fifth triple of the...
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Good morning, folks! The Mets are trying to take 3-of-4 from the Nationals today. Corey Oswalt will face Jeremy Hellickson at 1:10 p.m. Just like how the teams drew it up in the offseason. Also of note, the Futures Game is today. Andres Gimenez will play for the World Team and Peter Alonso will play for Team USA. Zack Wheeler pitched pretty well and Michael Conforto led the offensive charge. The...
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With trade winds swirling, Zack Wheeler had another well pitched game this afternoon. The right-hander has made tremendous strides the last 6-7 weeks or so to really set himself apart from the pack. Since June 1, Wheeler had a 3.44 ERA and 3.40 FIP, good for 42nd and 31st in the league (out of 116), respectively. In today’s start, Wheeler pitched a scoreless first including a strikeout of...
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