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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Newly acquired right-handed starter Rick Porcello threw two scoreless innings Thursday night versus the Marlins, only giving up two base hits and striking out two. Porcello retired the opening duo in the bottom of the first, getting leadoff man Jonathan Villar to ground out before winning an eight-pitch battle with Brian Anderson on a strikeout looking. The Marlins did threaten with two outs,...
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As opening day inches ever closer, there is one jersey number Mets fans look towards to stand on that hill and lead the charge. That number is 48. The two-time defending National League Cy Young winner Jacob deGrom led the Mets into the season last year, and will continue that trend in 2020, barring any changes by manager Luis Rojas. The 7.9 WAR starter put up a 2.43 ERA over 255 strikeouts and...
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