Pitching on consecutive days, reliever Bobby Parnell was hammered in a rehab appearance for the Binghamton Mets on Saturday night. Parnell was roughed up for five runs on five hits and two walks in just 1/3 of an inning for the B-Mets, who lost to Altoona 13-4. May 29 Terry Collins told reporters on Friday that Bobby Parnell had his velocity up to 94-95 miles per hour during his last rehab...
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With David Wright’s immediate future currently up in the air, the Mets have a huge hole in their lineup at the hot corner. Danny Muno and Eric Campbell don’t look like players that can fill an everyday role in the lineup. We have seen Campbell have success off the bench (last year), but he gets over-matched and exposed quickly. This year, Campbell is batting .181 but does have a...
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The Blue Jays currently sit in last place in the American League East 3.5 games back of the first-place Rays. Of course it is early in the year and 3.5 games is a small margin, but to jump four teams is tough. If things continue to trend downward for the Jays, it’s quite possible that GM Alex Anthopoulos might have to throw in the towel on his attempt to put together a win-now roster. His...
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An MMO Fan Shot by Marc M. (Not4) Memorial Day Weekend marks not only the unofficial beginning of summer but also is viewed as perhaps the first seminal day for determining whether a team’s hot start is for real. It’s easy to dismiss hot starts as nothing more than anomalies borne from small sample sizes that will regress back to the mean once the sample size increases. By the time Memorial Day...
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The Mets bounced back from a deflating weekend sweep in Pittsburgh against the Pirates, with a convincing 6-3 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. The decisive blow was a three-run shot by shortstop Wilmer Flores, a sixth inning blast that would put the Mets up for good in front of a great Memorial Day crowd at Citi Field. “I’m doing what I am supposed to do,” Flores said. “Everyone knows what I...
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