Michael Cuddyer may not be activated from the disabled list until after the weekend series against the Tampa Bay Rays according to what sources have told Adam Rubin. (ESPN New York) The plan now appears to be that Cuddyer will play a couple of games with the St. Lucie Mets and then rejoin the team on Monday when they play the Colorado Rockies at Citi Field. No word if this is because of...
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It’s a small sample size, but Lucas Duda is having a very solid start to the second half of the season. Since the All-Star break, the slugging first baseman is hitting .286 with 9 HR and 15 RBI, compared to his .241 12 HR and 38 RBI clip in the first half. Perhaps the most pleasant surprise is that his OBP is up over 30 points in the last 19 games since the break. Lucas has been laying off some...
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Mets right-handed reliever Erik Goeddel, who has been nursing a right elbow strain that landed him on the DL, continues to make progress and is nearing a return. Goeddel played in his second rehab game on Thursday, tossing one inning for High-A St. Lucie and allowing a run and walking two batters. Expected to be activated next week, Goedell received platelet-rich plasma therapy and has been...
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In what has been a whirlwind week for the Mets, perhaps the most shocking development is that good, professional baseball players have admitted that they actually want to play for them. That’s right – despite the surrounding junkyards, the omnipresent shadow of the Yankees, and the notoriously stingy owners of the team that plays there, Flushing has all of a sudden become a desired home...
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SNY TV analyst Ron Darling, who was part of a 1986 Mets rotation that featured the likes of the great Dwight Gooden, Bobby Ojeda and Sid Fernandez, had some very impressive things to say about the current Mets starting rotation. Darling believes that Matt Harvey, Jacob deGrom, Noah Syndergaard, Steven Matz and next year, Zack Wheeler, could end up being the best starting rotation ever if they...
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