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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Good afternoon, folks! We’re have our eyes on Twitter waiting for news to break. Here is the latest information going around the league. Manny Update According to Jon Heyman of Fancred, the Yankees offer for Manny Machado does not include either Clint Frazier or Justus Sheffield. Makes sense since Machado is only rental. Last year, J.D. Martinez got a rather underwhelming return. Granted,...
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We are less than three weeks from the trade deadline. Which means we are anxiously waiting for Ken Rosenthal to tweet out where players will be dealt. The Milwaukee Brewers are in a tight race for the National League Central division with a current 1.5 game lead over the Chicago Cubs. Jon Morosi of MLB reports that they are interested in acquiring infield help and a starting pitcher. Morosi...
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NIMMBOMB! Brandon Nimmo hit a walk-off homer to give the Mets (37-53) a 3-0 win against the Philadelphia Phillies (51-40). All three wins on this home stand have been by the walk-off homer variety. Pitching We are not worthy of Jacob deGrom. The Mets ace fired eight scoreless innings tonight and lowered his ERA to 1.68. Dwight Gooden (1985) edged out deGrom for best first half ERA for a Met in...
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