The New York Mets have announced that utilityman Eric Campbell has been optioned to Triple-A Las Vegas to make room on the roster for Michael Cuddyer who has been activated from the disabled list. The news means that rookie Michael Conforto will remain with the big league team and most likely platoon with Cuddyer in left field. “I’m glad I’m going to stay. I don’t really...
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General manager Sandy Alderson tells Tim Rohan in the Times there is no consideration — for now, at least — to have Juan Lagares undergo surgery on his balky right elbow. “We never seriously considered surgery at any time,” Alderson tells Rohan. “It’s something that, if it gets worse, we may reconsider. But at this point, it’s not something we’re contemplating....
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After being handed a 3-0 lead in the first, Noah Syndergaard struggled through his worst start of the season on Saturday night as the Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Mets by a score of 4-5 in Tropicana Field. Syndergaard, 22, lasted just 4.0 innings and allowed five earned runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out six batters. The young right-hander seemed off right from the start, failing...
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Rookie left-hander Steven Matz is progressing from a lat strain and should begin throwing off a mound next week, New York Mets manager Terry Collins told reporters on Friday. Matz long tossed on Thursday under the watchful eye of Collins who was visiting the team’s complex in Port St. Lucie to check up on all of the injured players. Collins said Matz was throwing “free and...
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I think it was George Will who once said that people who think baseball is just a game probably think the Grand Canyon is just a hole in Arizona. When Abner Doubleday invented baseball on some sandlot in Cooperstown, New York over a century ago, I wonder if last night’s game between the Mets and Rays was exactly what he had envisioned? Because I’ve got to tell you, what we saw on...
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