Jeremy Hefner started off the game rough, and the offense was stifled on the whole by Stephen Strasburg in their sixth loss in a row, 5-2 to the Nationals. Game Recap Jeremy Hefner, filling in the rotation in the spot vacated by the designation of Miguel Batista was hit hard in the early innings, giving up back to back solo home runs in the second. Hefner settled down, and after a Josh Thole...
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. Joel Sherman of the NY Post, is reporting that the Mets are willing to listen to trade offers on both Scott Hairston and Tim Byrdak. Hairston and Byrdak are both free agents at the end of the season and could be very helpful pieces to teams in contention. Hairston is basically a left handed hitting specialist and has 12 homers and 37 RBI. He can provide a lot of power...
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Mets closer Frank Francisco began his rehab assignment with Double-A Binghamton today, starting his rehab one day later than initially planned. Francisco was very rusty, allowing one run on three hits, a walk and a strikeout in 2/3 of an inning. Francisco threw 24 pitches, 14 of which were strikes. Francisco, who has been on the disabled list since June 23 with a strained left oblique, was...
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Mets top prospect Zack Wheeler was shelled for ten hits and six runs (five earned) in four innings today in New Britain where the B-Mets were playing the Rock Cats. For Wheeler it was his second straight bad outing. On July 20, the right-hander was lit up for eight earned runs in 3.2 innings by Bowie, having allowed six hits and three walks. It was rumored yesterday that Wheeler could be heading...
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Louisville 4, Buffalo 1 By Sean Kenny Chris Schwinden had an abbreviated outing, but Dylan Owen gave up three runs in the seventh and the Bisons lost the series opening game against the Louisville Bats Chris Schwinden had a short outing today, going four and two-thirds innings allowing one run on six hits while walking no batters and striking out five. Schwinden only threw 72 pitches, so I...
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