A team source tells Newsday’s Marc Carig that an outfielder is still very much in play for the Mets as they look to make an addition before the July 31 trade deadline. This disputes an earlier report by Adam Rubin, who reported the Mets would not add an outfielder and their scope was limited to the shortstop position or a bench player. Carig’s report makes much more sense given the...
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Second baseman Dilson Herrera has been playing well for Triple-A Las Vegas, batting .306 with a .378 on-base percentage over his last ten games with one home run, two stolen bases and six runs scored. Herrera, 21, has been in Triple-A since the start of June, when Daniel Murphy made his return from the DL. Until a spot opens up, he will probably remain in Vegas for the immediate future. In 25...
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The All Star Break, baseball’s hallway point of a long 162 game season, is finally upon us and for the first time since 2010 the Mets remain in the hunt for October baseball as they go into a much needed four day rest. A season that was destined with so much promise and hope has fallen into a whirlwind of unpredictable circumstances topped off by the injury bug, extreme hitting droughts,...
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Here’s what no one expected this past weekend. In the series sweep of the Diamondbacks, the Mets scored all of their runs via home runs. Altogether they hit nine home runs this series, including the historic three homer game by seldom used Kirk Nieuwenhuis. Starting with Eric Campbell’s three run homer vs San Francisco on Wednesday, the team’s last 15 runs scored were all by...
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The Mets now have a standard five-man bench after Danny Muno was recalled to replace injured lefthander Steven Matz who went on the DL. But none of the five reserves have a batting average above the Mendoza line. Mets Bench John Mayberry Jr. batting .194 (18 for 93) Johnny Monell batting .189 (7 for 37) Eric Campbell batting .176 (24 for 136) Kirk Nieuwenhuis batting .091 (4 for 44) Daniel Muno...
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