Through two innings in this afternoon’s road affair with the Houston Astros, Noah Syndergaard allowed just two hits while striking out a pair in a scoreless, 23-pitch start. The day began on a shaky note for Syndergaard, when George Springer ripped a middle-away changeup into left field for a leadoff single before stealing second and scampering to third on a base hit from Josh Reddick two...
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In his first start of the spring, defending NL Cy Young Award winner Jacob deGrom picked up exactly where he left off against the visiting Houston Astros, sitting 97-98 mph with his fastball while throwing 14 of his 17 total pitches for strikes in a one-run, two-hit, one-strikeout performance. Rough outings from David Peterson and Arquimedes Caminero accounted for nine more runs in the 10-1...
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The Mets kicked off their first spring training game of the year against the Atlanta Braves, penciling in offseason acquisition Walker Lockett as the starter. Despite just three big-league starts and 15 total innings of experience with the San Diego Padres last season, Lockett has been preemptively tabbed by many as an option to shore up innings in the event that one of their regular starting...
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In the Mets’ first spring training contest against the Atlanta Braves this afternoon, we got our first look at 2016 second-round pick and first baseman Pete Alonso. The day got off to a rocky start, when Alonso dropped a low, but more than catchable throw from shortstop Amed Rosario to allow Atlanta a second baserunner with one out. Both men would score after a single and sacrifice fly,...
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The Minnesota Twins and utilityman Marwin González have agreed to terms on a two-year, $21 million deal. Jon Heyman of MLB Network was the first to report the agreement, with Jeff Passan of ESPN being the first to break financial details. González, who turns 30 in March, was ranked the 16th-best free agent by MLB Trade Rumors at the beginning of the offseason (currently fourth-best among those...
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