Major League Baseball announced that Yoenis Cespedes of the New York Mets has been named the National League Player of the Week. Cespedes batted .347 with an insane to believe .897 slugging percentage for the week ending September 13th. In seven games and 30 plate appearances, Cespedes had four doubles, four home runs and 12 RBIs with six runs scored. Cespedes is the fifth Met to win the award...
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Kevin Kernan of the NY Post, points out that the next challenge for the New York Mets is to gain home-field advantage in the NLDS matchup with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Manager Terry Collins is fully aware and said he knows how vital it is for the Mets to grab home field. “There’s no question that is on our scope,’’ Collins told Kernan. “Friday night, after the Cespedes home run, we saw that the...
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According to Jon Heyman of CBS Sports, the Mets will be one of many teams that will be pushing to sign free agent Yoenis Cespedes beginning in November. While Mets people won’t discuss it publicly, writes Heyman, word is they are expected to make a serious play for Cespedes, whose willingness to play center field has been a huge plus, not to mention all the well-timed bombs he’s...
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What began as a game Daniel Murphy would love to forget, ended in exhilaration when the veteran second baseman hit a clutch, game-tying, three-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning on Sunday. The Mets fought back and came away with another dramatic 10-7 comeback victory against the Atlanta Braves, their 37th comeback win of the season. Down to their final out and trailing 7-4 in the ninth,...
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Among the many players who have stepped up in recent weeks during this incredible offensive resurgence that began on July 25, there is one player who has remained consistently productive throughout the entire season for the New York Mets. Though he was initially signed to be that big left-handed bat in the middle of the Mets lineup, Curtis Granderson has become a mainstay at the leadoff spot and...
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