Today I have an early show before the Mets-Nats game on ESPN I talk about the “Wild Card Muck” and how now the Mets must make this a race with St. Louis if they are to have a realistic shot at being the second Wild Card. They can no longer fall behind Pittsburgh and Miami after leap frogging them during a solid week of baseball. The Mets would not be within a game of the Cards if not for Jose...
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Las Vegas 51s (69-73) 11, Salt Lake Bees 2 Box Score Brandon Nimmo CF 2 for 5, 2 R, .354/.424/.545 Gavin Cecchini 2B 1 for 4, 2 BB, HR, 2 R, .327/.390/.453 T.J. Rivera 3B 4 for 6, 2 2B, RBI, 2 R, .349/.391/.511 Rivera narrowed the gap for the PCL batting title with a great night as he trails Nimmo with two games left. Cecchini played his second career game at second base and had his 16 game...
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A team that has gone through as much as the 2016 Mets have so far this season would have every right to panic. A year prior, appearing in a World Series, only to see the next year seem like a lost one due to mounting injuries. Larry Brooks of the NY Post looks at how Terry Collins has been the perfect manager for the job at hand. Collins’ no-panic attitude has helped this team. Regardless...
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Noah Syndergaard could not have pitched much better than he had in Friday’s 4-1 loss to the Washington Nationals. The Mets wasted an opportunity as Thor continued his dominance over the opposition for the third consecutive start. Syndergaard went seven innings while allowing two runs on just three hits. He walked one while striking out four. The Nationals though again capitalized on his...
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Mike Puma of the New York Post reports that right-hander Jacob deGrom was examined by team doctors today and that the “results were good” in that they discovered “no structural damage” in his elbow. However, they did see some inflammation and he will miss his scheduled start on Tuesday in Cincinnati. *** The Mets finally announced two hours later that deGrom had a...
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