In his fourth win of the season and potentially his final start as a New York Met, Zack Wheeler did not disappoint. The righty completed seven innings for the sixth time this year, allowing just two runs on four hits and one walk while striking out three. At this point in his 2017 campaign, Wheeler had only managed to go seven innings twice – and neither time put up a game score as high as...
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Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic is the first to report that the New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles’ discussions surrounding closer Zach Britton have started to escalate, with New York emerging as a “clear front-runner” in the sweepstakes. Pitching prospect Dillon Tate has been scratched from his start in Double-A Trenton, but Rosenthal has made clear that “no deal is...
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Since April 16, the New York Mets are 5-12 in games that Jacob deGrom has started in. With a 3-2 loss to the San Diego Padres last night, deGrom is now just 5-5 on the season. But if you’ve been watching this team, even if for just three weeks in this lousy, miserable season, you would know that there isn’t a single baseball player who has been as badly burned by his teammates as...
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The New York Post’s Mike Puma reports that the Mets have fielded interest in catcher Devin Mesoraco and third baseman/corner outfielder Jose Bautista. Both Mesoraco, 30, and Bautista, 37, are set to be free agents at the end of the season, and, understandably find themselves on the trading block as the last-place Mets try recovering whatever they can in financial relief, farm system...
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Good afternoon, Mets fans! Despite an underwhelming return in yesterday’s trade of Jeurys Familia, fret not! There is no such organizational dysfunction in today’s edition of our rumor roundup. With Familia and Brad Hand now officially off the books, Zach Britton is easily the best remaining reliever any team looking to improve their bullpen could pursue. According to a number of...
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