Before the first of two games on Wednesday, New York Mets manager Buck Showalter announced that veteran outfielder Starling Marte will not play again this season. Marte, who has not played in an MLB game since August 5th, will be shut down for the rest of the season after trying to come back from a nagging groin injury. Marte’s 2023 season has been a disappointing one, as his production...
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Update 9/26 On Tuesday, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic speculated on his podcast “Fair Territory” that the bidding for Shohei Ohtani would ultimately come down to the Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers. Noting that he could not see Steve Cohen “simply passing” on bidding on Ohtani this offseason. Rosenthal also included the Texas Rangers, San Francisco Giants, and Seattle...
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Good morning, Mets fans! The Minnesota Twins added former Met Carlos Correa to the injured list on Wednesday after leaving Minnesota’s game on Monday with foot pain, per Betsy Helfand of Pioneer Press. An MRI on Tuesday revealed that Correa re-aggravated his plantar fasciitis as he has a full-thickness tear of the central cortex of his plantar fascia. While it does not sound good, the...
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Good morning, Mets fans! With their 96th win on Wednesday night, the Atlanta Braves clinched their sixth consecutive National League East title. Atlanta needed every game they could get last season to beat out the Mets down the stretch, but with their 4-1 over the Phillies last night they put the division to bed with 16 games left. The 2023 Braves have become the second quickest to do so as they...
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Good morning, Mets fans! On Wednesday night, former Mets pitchers and twice teammates faced off deep in the heart of Texas, as Justin Verlander of the Houston Astros and Max Scherzer of the Texas Rangers went head-to-head. Verlander had a big bounceback start as he went seven stellar innings, just giving up two runs (one earned) and holding the vaunted Rangers lineup to only four hits. Scherzer,...
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