According to a report by Kristie Ackert of the Daily News, help in the form of Jacob deGrom and Rafael Montero could be just weeks away for the Mets bullpen. Ackert spoke with Mets assistant general manager John Ricco who said that “we are getting to the point where it’s probably weeks as opposed to months,” before they start tapping into the crop of young arms the Mets have in the minors....
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May 7 A team insider told Adam Rubin of ESPN New York, that righthander Jenrry Mejia is being judged on a start-to-start basis. There are some in the organization who have viewed Mejia as a reliever all along. Mejia previously had communicated to the front office that he would prefer working in Triple-A as a starter rather than working in the majors in relief. However Rubin adds that the belief...
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The Mets lost in gut-wrenching fashion as they fell to the Miami Marlins by a score of 4-3 Monday night at Marlins Park. On a night when Jon Niese tossed seven scoreless innings and handed the bullpen a three run lead, Daisuke Matsuzaka allowed the Marlins to score three runs to tie the game, before they won it in the ninth on a walk-off single off the leg of Gonzalez Germen. It was an...
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Triple-A shortstop Wilmer Flores blasted a three-run homer on Sunday to give the Las Vegas 51s a 5-1 lead. It was the third home run in two games for the red-hot Flores who has eight hits in his last 16 at-bats. Flores is now batting .290 (29 for 100) this season, with four home runs, 19 RBIs and 17 runs scored. He has started 22 of his 24 games at shortstop with one appearance each at first and...
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On a day when Juan Lagares was supposed to get the game off, the rising star was inserted into the starting lineup after Eric Young Jr. was scratched with a bruised right cheekbone. The results? Lagares went 3-for-5 with a double and two runs scored and extended his hitting streak to 13 games. Lagares is now batting a team leading .338 and would rank fifth in the National League but is 11...
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