The New York Mets (51-44) defeated the Miami Marlins (52-44) by a score of 5-3 at Marlins Park Friday evening. With a Washington Nationals loss, the Mets will move up a game in the standings and are now five games back for the division lead. Pitching: Logan Verrett was on the mound for the Mets tonight and he did about as well as could reasonably be expected for a fifth starter. Verrett took a...
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While the Mets appear set on adding a middle reliever to bolster the relief corps, the solutions to fixing the offense and starting rotation are murky and unclear at best. It doesn’t take a baseball pundit to see that the 2016 season has not gone according to plan so far. The rotation, lauded as a stabilizing force this year, is in dire need of reinforcements. After Matt Harvey’s...
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With the trade deadline fast approaching, it is a “near certainty” that the Mets will look to add a middle reliever, Newsday’s Marc Carig reports. There will be a plethora of options on the market, ranging from the Yankees’ high end trio of relievers to the hard throwing lefties on the San Diego Padres. However, in an effort to avoid drawing from their top minor league...
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The New York Mets are once again in the National League Playoff race. They are right about in the same position as they were this time a season ago, a season in which they made it all the way to the World Series. Last year, at the trade deadline, they added offense in Yoenis Cespedes, Kelly Johnson and Juan Uribe. This season, they need to do the same. Some will argue, “no, the Mets need to add...
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A series that many of us before this season would have thought was just another series is no longer so. The Mets make their way to Miami Friday night to start an important three-game set. The Marlins currently hold a 1.5 game lead over the Metropolitans for the second Wild Card spot. Manager, Terry Collins knows that now is the time to right the ship and take some very important games from...
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