A day after the New York Mets’ bullpen was forced to toss 10 1/3 innings in a 13 innings game that featured a lengthy rain delay, the team’s starting pitcher on Saturday night provided a much-needed performance. David Peterson toed the slab on Saturday against the mighty Los Angeles Dodgers and gave the fatigued Mets’ bullpen a rest, by throwing 7 2/3 terrific innings. This was...
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The New York Mets’ closer looked as strong as he has all season as he closed Saturday’s game out at Yankee Stadium. Edwin Díaz set the pinch-hitting Austin Wells, followed by the No. 1 and No. 2 hitting Ben Rice and Aaron Judge, respectively, in order, to earn his 10th save of the season. What may have been the biggest storyline of Díaz’s outing on Saturday was his increased...
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New York Mets’ starter Griffin Canning wasn’t able to go past the 5 1/3-inning mark on Saturday, however, he did enough to scatter seven hits and allow only two runs against a New York Yankees lineup with the second-highest OPS in the major leagues. With the performance, his season ERA increased slightly from 2.36 to 2.47. It certainly wasn’t the 29-year-old’s best outing...
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The New York Mets entered Sunday’s game at Citi Field against the first-place Chicago Cubs hoping to clinch another series victory after the team split the first two games of the series. Griffin Canning was once again terrific, and thanks to a big eighth inning, the Mets moved to 11 games above .500 via a 6-2 victory. As mentioned, Canning was terrific once again. The former Los Angeles...
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According to Bob Nightengale of USA Today, the New York Mets are one of the teams to check in on outfielder Luis Robert Jr. The Chicago White Sox are reportedly eyeing pitcher Blade Tidwell in return. This news comes after injuries to outfielders Jose Siri and Jesse Winker. After Nightengale’s Sunday morning report, Jon Heyman of the NY Post confirmed that there is no deal imminent and...
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