During Sunday’s game at Miller Park, in the eighth inning, Juan Lagares was trying to beat out a ground ball to shortstop, when he decided to slide head first into the first base bag. Lagares was out on the play; a decision that Terry Collins was not too pleased about. “Everybody said it — I know he doesn’t read the newspaper very much — but anybody who’s been hurt in the last two months,...
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Mets rookie right-hander Jacob deGrom was awarded the NL Player of the Week Award in the NL for last week. deGrom shared the honor with Marlins closed Steve Cishek. The 26-year old deGrom went 2-0 with a 0.68 ERA in two starts last week. He struck out 11 and walked just three in 13.1 innings in victories against the Mariners and Brewers. deGrom is now 5-5 on the season with a 2.79 ERA in 14...
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Last Night’s Quick Scores Las Vegas bounce back to defeat Salt Lake, 6-5. Binghamton loses final game to Trenton 7-3, to split series at two apiece. St. Lucie drops two games to Daytona, scheduled game 4-3, and makeup game, 6-5. Savannah loses second game in row to Lexington, 5-2. Brooklyn opened series against Lowell with a 9-3 victory. Kingsport avoids sweep to dominate Burlington, 11-3....
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OK. Truth be told you didn’t miss this Mets Merized chat on account of the fact that it never happened. Here’s the back-story. I’m a sucker for online chats and read them at MLB Trade Rumors, Baseball Prospectus, FanGraphs, and wherever else I stumble upon them. I don’t know why I bother since I rarely find more than 10% of the questions and answers interesting or useful. But once you’re...
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Last Night’s Quick Scores Las Vegas wins big behind four home runs to defeat Salt Lake, 11-6. Binghamton bounces back and defeats Trenton, 6-1. St. Lucie scheduled to play doubleheader against Daytona, both games postponed due to rain. Savannah drops rubber game to Augusta, 5-2. Brooklyn loses to Vermont, 5-2. Kingsport loses two to Burlington; scheduled game, 3-2 and make-up game 7-2. Prospect...
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