Per Anthony DiComo of MLB.com, Zack Wheeler is scheduled to throw a bullpen session today before the Mets’ 4:10 ET game against the Giants. Wheeler has been on the injured list since July 15 and hasn’t pitched since July 7, the last game before the All-Star break. The Mets wanted to get him an extra start before the break to showcase him as a trade piece, but that backfired as the...
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Syracuse (50-49) 11, Toledo (44-55) 5 Box Score Danny Espinosa SS: 2-3, HR, 3 RBI, BB, .260/.345/.452 Dilson Herrera 3B: 2-5, 2 HR, 2 RBI, K, .256/.344/.559 Aaron Altherr LF: 2-5, HR, 2 RBI, .245/.375/.453 The Mets hit five home runs in their offensive outburst, with Rene Rivera also homering and raising his OPS to .806. Herrera’s two homers gave him 21 on the season, tied for the...
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Perhaps the biggest downfall of the 2019 New York Mets in the first half of this season was the bullpen. Almost everything that could have gone wrong went wrong, with Edwin Diaz regressing massively, Jeurys Familia getting absolutely mashed, and Justin Wilson missing significant time. Overall, the Mets went into the All-Star break with a 5.57 ERA, the third worst mark in the majors. However, six...
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Mets fans got flashbacks to the 2016 Wild Card game as Noah Syndergaard and Madison Bumgarner engaged in an epic pitching duel that saw a lot of batting averages suffer on both sides. The bullpens battled it out into the night, posting zero after zero until Pete Alonso crushed his 32nd homer run of the season to give the Mets the lead in the 16th. However, the beleaguered bullpen couldn’t...
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According to a report from Anthony DiComo of MLB.com, Mets outfielder Brandon Nimmo has finally ended his month-long shutdown from refraining from all baseball activities. After playing five rehab games in mid-June, Nimmo received an MRI that revealed that he had a bulging cervical disk, and was then shut down from baseball activities for a month. Now that a month is passed, Nimmo is reportedly...
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