Sunday the Binghamton Mets defeated the Portland Sea Dogs 8 to 5, securing a trip to the Eastern League Championship Series against the Richmond Flying Squirrels. This will mark the first time in 20 years that the B-Mets have advanced to the championship. The Mets got plenty of hitting to go along with pitching at the right time. While both starters struggled, giving up a combined 12 runs, the...
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On Sunday, Zack Wheeler took the hill and gave the Mets a superb effort, limiting the Reds to just one run in 6.0 innings of work and striking out six along the way. It was by all accounts another great effort from the second year pitcher as he earned his 10th win. The one part of Wheeler’s game that needs to be fine tuned is his efficiency. He’s letting big innings chip away at his...
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The Toronto Blue Jays suffered a big blow to their wild card hopes when they learned that outfielder Melky Cabrera will need season-ending surgery for the broken pinky finger he suffered on Friday. Cabrera, who turned 30 in August, was having himself a solid season, batting .301/.351/.458 with 35 doubles, 16 home runs, 81 runs scored and 73 RBI. He posted a 125 OPS+ and 3.2 WAR this season, has...
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After Sunday’s game, assistant general manager John Ricco announced that the Mets promoted veteran outfielder Bobby Abreu and reliever Gonzalez Germen. Both players will join the team on Monday for the start of a three game series against the Colorado Rockies. Noticeably absent was the Mets’ top pitching prospect Noah Syndergaard. Ricco explained why the organization decided against...
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Terry Collins told reporters this weekend that Daniel Murphy, who was dealing with a calf strain, is feeling good and is expected to be activated from the disabled list on Tuesday. That leaves one to wonder how this will impact Dilson Herrera as the Mets wrap up the last three weeks of the season. According to what team sources have told Adam Rubin of ESPN New York, there’s no chance...
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