After Saturday’s win against the Pirates, the Mets improved to 37-44 and at this point barring any major changes to the roster, the team is on pace to win only 74 games and not the 90 that was set as the team goal by Sandy Alderson. “We’re not going to make any excuses,” Terry Collins tells Adam Rubin of ESPN NY. “We’re not happy about it.” “We’re hanging in there. As I told the guys the...
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Update June 27 Mets catching prospect Kevin Plawecki went 1 for 4 with a solo homerun in his first game for Triple-A Last Vegas. Before being promoted the 23-year old former first-round pick hit .326/.378/.487 with 18 doubles, 6 long balls, and 43 RBI for Double-A Binghamton. Updated June 24 It is official. Adam Rubin of ESPN is reporting that Kevin Plawecki has been promoted to Triple-A Las...
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Dillon Gee will make his next rehab start with the Brooklyn Cyclones on Sunday at MCU Park against the Staten Island Yankees. Gee is expected to throw 30 warm-up pitches and 55 in-game pitches as he continues to rehab from a strained right lat muscle. Adam Rubin of ESPN New York believes he will need one more rehab start to get his pitch count up to 70-75 pitches, meaning that his earliest...
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It was just under a week ago that we all witnessed something that we had been waiting for. With no fault of our own, we let our hopes skyrocket for Zack Wheeler, and he delivered his best start in the major leagues, throwing a complete game three-hit shutout against the Miami Marlins. What would he do for an encore? As he reached back and fired his first pitch on Wednesday night, it appeared as...
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Bartolo Colon, who pitched for the Oakland A’s in 2013, started Tuesday’s game looking for his eighth win of the season with an opportunity to defeat his old team for his new team. Colon had a shaky first inning as he allowed a two out single by Brandon Moss, followed by an RBI double by Yoenis Cespedes to put the A’s up early 1-0. But from the second inning on, Colon would be...
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