Juan Lagares has been a saving grace this year for the Mets. Sure he’s saved a ton of runs and seems to shrink the outfield day after day but the true saving grace for Mets fans has been him saving the 2014 season. There hasn’t been much winning but each and every day, Lagares puts on a show and has become the most exciting player on the field for the Mets. The question surfaced a...
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“It’s nice to feel dangerous at the plate” (Marc Carig, Newsday). David Wright expressed that very simple sentiment after Tuesday nights win over the Marlins. For Mets fans, it was as big a relief as it was for Wright. There’s no question that Wright is trying to breakout from the worst slump of his career. Last night, Wright recorded his first extra base hit since August...
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With a 4 for 4 performance on Tuesday night in Miami, Juan Lagares did something he had never done in his major league career. Batting out of the leadoff spot, he collected 4 hits. For the Mets front office, this was likely the second most impressive feat of the night. First were his 2 stolen bases. According to ESPN’s Adam Rubin, the Mets want Lagares to be more aggressive on the base...
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The Mets (65-74) beat the Miami Marlins (67-70) tonight by a score of 8-6. What You Should Know Juan Lagares was the man tonight. He turned in the first 4-hit effort of his short major league career and scored 3 runs along the way out of the leadoff spot. Jon Niese turned in a less than impressive outing but was able to muscle through 6 innings of work despite not having his best stuff. He...
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Wait, what? That’s exactly what Joel Sherman of the New York Post suggests the Mets do with Daniel Murphy next season. The Mets should pay Murphy roughly $8 million to be a utility man next year, or really a super-utility man. Their defenseless version of Ben Zobrist. His reasoning is that a team that already struggles on offense and plans to contend next season, should not be trading the...
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