Steve Mitchell, USA Today Mets shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera, who is recovering from a strained patellar tendon in his left knee, fielded grounders and then took six at-bats as the DH in a minor league intra-squad game on Thursday in Port St. Lucie. According to a report by Marc Carig of Newsday, manager Terry Collins said he’s hoping to to get Cabrera into a Grapefruit League game as soon as...
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Bartolo Colon threw six scoreless innings against the Toronto Blue Jays in the Mets 3-1 loss on Wednesday. On the same day news had broke that Alex Rodriguez would retire after his contract with the New York Yankees expires in 2017. This had caused “Big Sexy” to be asked on his status, past his current one year contract with the Mets. “For me, I am not worried about it, I take...
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New York Mets third baseman David Wright has amped up his activities over the past week to try to ready himself for opening day. While doing so he has encountered some stiffness, but not where we believe he would. “Not in his back — but his legs are stiff, which we totally expect,” Manager, Terry Collins said. “The other day he scored from first base on that double. I don’t think he’d run...
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Jacob deGrom delivered a solid performance on Monday against the Miami Marlins as he continues to extend deeper into games with just 12 days left to Spring Training. In four frames, all scoreless, he tossed 51 pitches and allowed four hits while striking out five. All of the talk during and after the game though was on the dip in velocity in his fastball. DeGrom, used mainly breaking balls and...
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RHP Erik Goeddel and LHP Josh Edgin will both see some action on Sunday and pitch in a minor league game, according to Adam Rubin of ESPN New York. Goeddel has been dealing with a lat strain and last week, manager Terry Collins said he’s unsure if he will be able to start the season on time with the Mets. Goeddel posted a 2.43 ERA in 35 appearances during his 2015 rookie season. As for...
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