A brilliant outing from Jason Vargas led the Mets to a 5-2 win over the San Diego Padres last night in Queens. Earning his fifth win of the season, the lefty threw six scoreless innings allowing just one hit and four walks while striking out eight. Vargas struck out five through his first three innings. He was flirting with a no-hitter until the Padres’ Eric Hosmer sent a grounder through the...
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Photo Credit: Citibank Earlier this afternoon while speaking at Daniel Carter Beard Junior High School 189Q in Queens, David Wright praised the Mets young talent in Pete Alonso and Jeff McNeil as the bright spots of the team’s disaster 2019 season. “When I talked about some of the bright spots, we have a legitimate threat for the guy to win the home run crown, and we have a legitimate...
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Phillies Eyeing Tigers Hurlers The Phillies have been in recent trade talks with the Tigers, per Jim Salisbury of NBC Sports Philadelphia. The teams will play a two-game interleague series starting today, where Philadelphia’s general manager Matt Klentak will join the team in Detroit to get a better look at the club’s trade prospects-specifically eyeing southpaw Matthew Boyd and All-Star closer...
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For every dark cloud, there is a silver lining. For the 2019 New York Mets, this has been their rookie first baseman – providing a hopeful spin on an exceedingly gloomy season. With the club’s 44-51 record, they sit 13 games back of the first-place Atlanta Braves in the NL East and five games out of a Wild Card berth behind nine other teams. Times have been tough in Queens and while Mets...
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Cardinals Identifying Potential Trade Chips According to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, the Cardinals have indicated that they’d consider right-handed pitcher Carlos Martinez, and young outfielders Tyler O’Neill and Lane Thomas as potential trade pieces this summer. Martinez, 27, is due $11.5 million dollars per year while under team control for the next two seasons. When healthy, he’s produced...
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