Mike Puma of the New York Post writes that Juan Lagares has gone from top of the world to end of the bench, but is trying to keep a positive outlook. The Mets rewarded their Gold Glove center fielder with a four-year, $23 million contract, and expectations ran very high for Lagares entering the 2015 season. However, Lagares began the season with a partially torn ligament in his elbow which...
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Michael Cuddyer finally saw a doctor on Friday night and was diagnosed with tendinitis. He will be in splint for the next two days. “It’s tendinitis that we have to get calmed down,” Cuddyer said. “I’m going to have a little splint for a day or so, to restrict the mobility to get it to calm down. Hopefully in a couple days it gets back to normal.” (Daily News) Cuddyer explained that he had...
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Let’s face it, the Miami Marlins suck… That is until the New York Mets set their eyes on a playoff spot. Then in a blink of an eye they suddenly transform themselves into a cross between Murderer’s Row and the Gas House Gang… Right? Wrong! You can go ahead and hang last night’s loss to the Marlins squarely on the shoulders of manager Terry Collins who bumbled his...
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Terry Collins told reporters in Miami that Daniel Murphy received a platelet-rich plasma therapy injection on Thursday for his left quadriceps strain. He is fully unavailable today while it takes effect and possibly Saturday as well. Murphy had an MRI yesterday on his left quad and team doctors diagnosed him with a mild strain. Initially Murphy left last Wednesday’s game, for what the team said...
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Most of the time if I read some posts or blurbs I disagree with on other sites, I simply shake my head, laugh a little, and then forget about it. But every now and then you come across something that is so confounding and so counter to everything you believe in that you are forced to respond if only so that you can continue to respect yourself in the morning. Now while I completely respect Mr....
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