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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I’d like to apologize to Terry Collins and Sandy Alderson. Anytime Jose Reyes played too much or there was poor roster management, I was quick to blame them. But now both are gone and it is still an issue. The Mets have somehow committed themselves to playing Jose Reyes at the expense of Amed Rosario. For a while, Jose Reyes wasn’t playing at all and then Reyes complained to Matt...
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The Mets lost the second game of their doubleheader by a score of 3-1. They are now 4-2 against the Phillies this year. Pitching Corey Oswalt looked pretty good tonight. He retired the first 12 guys he faced and struck out seven. His velocity was higher tonight than it was in other starts and his curve looked pretty good. The Phillies lineup is not that bad either. He actually carried a...
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