Steven Matz was dominant in his third appearance of the spring, striking out three and facing the minimum nine batters in three perfect innings on Saturday afternoon. Matz got Nationals leadoff man Trea Turner to ground out to Andres Gimenez at shortstop before striking out Victor Robles and Starlin Castro, both of which fell victim to the slider. Matz has been slowly increasing his use of the...
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Mets starter Rick Porcello continued to develop his case for a starting rotation spot with a successful three inning start Thursday afternoon versus the Cardinals. The right-hander went three innings, gave up only two hits, and struck out four in the scoreless outing. His only weakness seemed to be the bat of St. Louis second-basemen Kolten Wong, who amassed two hits against Porcello on the...
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In the historic battle of hotel ottoman versus Mets reliever, a winner is surfacing. That winner looks to be Seth Lugo, who threw his first live bullpen session against Mets batters since fracturing his left pinky toe. Featuring a sharp curveball, the right-hander could look to make his Spring debut later this week. Seth Lugo: filthy, even in BP pic.twitter.com/wZcZ8jZDzl — SNY (@SNYtv)...
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Pure dominance is how most would describe Jacob deGrom’s Grapefruit League debut. The two-time defending Cy Young award winner went three innings, gave up one hit, and struck out two, all while throwing just 33 pitches on the afternoon. Efficiency did not seem to be an issue for the Mets’ ace in his outing against the 2019 World Series winners. DeGrom started off the afternoon with a 97-mph...
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Marcus Stroman worked out of a dicey second in his two-inning performance, giving up one earned run in the Mets 3-2 victory versus the Cardinals on Friday afternoon. After retiring the first two men he faced, Stroman gave up his only run of the appearance, as Paul Goldschmidt took one deep to right-center field for his first of the Spring. Stroman proved unshaken, however, as he got Yadier...
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