For the second time this millennium, the Los Angeles Dodgers are World Series champions. The Dodgers, who ended the Mets’ magical season in a six-game NLCS, went on to beat the other New York team in five games. It started with Freddie Freeman’s 10th-inning walk-off grand slam in Game 1 — with the Dodgers down to their final out — and ended in a comeback 7-6 victory in...
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The New York Mets have agreed to a minor league deal with right-hander Chris Devenski, Anthony DiComo of MLB.com reported Monday. Devenski, now 33 years old, was a key bullpen piece for the 2017 Houston Astros, who won the World Series. After getting drafted in the 25th round by the Chicago White Sox in 2011, he was traded a year later. He made his MLB debut with Houston in 2016, and posted a...
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Mets manager Carlos Mendoza has not yet named a starting pitcher for NLCS Game 1, he said in a virtual press conference Friday. In play could be Sean Manaea, Luis Severino or Kodai Senga — each of whom would be pitching on regular or extra rest. The NLCS begins Sunday, Oct. 13, against the winner of Friday night’s game between the Dodgers and Padres. Senga made his long-awaited return from...
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For the second time in less than three weeks, Bowden Francis came within three outs of a no-hitter. Francis was on the verge of history on Wednesday in Toronto. Facing a Mets offense that had only scored six runs in its previous three games, he spun his way through eight no-hit innings — just as he did on Aug. 24 against the Angels. But in a cruel twist of fate for Francis, and a massive source...
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Only one person participated in the Mets’ “OMG” celebration at Citi Field on Tuesday night. And it wasn’t anyone wearing orange and blue. Rather, it was Austin Adams, who the Mets DFA’d on Feb. 6 and traded to the Oakland A’s for cash on March 24. Adams appeared in seven spring training games for the Mets but didn’t end up cracking the roster. Since...
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