Jim Bowden of ESPN is hearing that Chris Owings will be the everyday shortstop for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Although it hasn’t been officially announced yet, Bowden reports they are going to start him over Didi Gregorius because of his bat. As a result, Gregorius should now be a good trade piece for the D’Backs at some point this summer and Bowden expects Owings will be a Rookie of...
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(Photo by David Conde, Metsmerized Online) The Mets play another pair of split-squad games today beginning at 1:10 PM when lefthander Jonathon Niese makes his second Grapefruit League start against Adam Wainwright of the St. Louis Cardinals. This game will be broadcast only on WOR 710 AM. Niese missed ten days this Spring with what the team called shoulder fatigue and has 15 days to show...
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The Mets played a good old-fashioned PCL game and beat the Chicago Cubs at Cashman Field by the score of 9-4. Highlights: Bartolo Colon started the game and pitched 4.2 innings in his second start of the Spring. He allowed 4 earned runs on seven hits and a walk while striking out none. He gave up two home runs and his spring ERA rose to 7.27. After the game, Terry Collins said of Colon,...
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The Mets hosted the Minnesota Twins at Tradition Field and played to a 3-3 nine inning tie on Saturday at Port St. Lucie. Dillon Gee started the game for the Mets and tossed three scoreless innings. Gee surrendered five hits while walking none and striking out three, and lowers his ERA to 1.69 for the Spring. Despite the solid outing, Gee said he wasn’t as efficient as he would have liked....
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Big day today as the New York Mets will play two games, two thousand miles apart this afternoon. One squad is in Las Vegas to play the Chicago Cubs at 4:10 PM, and the second squad is at Tradition Field in Port St. Lucie at 1:10 PM. Scheduled Starters for the Mets are Dillon Gee against the Twins and Bartolo Colon against the Cubs. Here are the lineups for the 4:10 PM game which will be...
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