In what has been a news-filled early afternoon for the Mets, Tim Britton of The Athletic reports that the Mets will be sending Kevin Plawecki, Hansel Robles, and Gerson Bautista to Atlanta with the team, with all of them being options for activation. Plawecki would almost certainly replace Tomas Nido on the roster. With Plawecki having played four games at Las Vegas over the past week on a rehab...
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The Mets have decided, with a doubleheader tomorrow, to send down Chris Flexen and recall a fresh arm in the form of P.J. Conlon., according to Tim Britton of The Athletic. Flexen almost certainly would have been unavailable for either game after throwing 57 pitches in yesterday’s game against the Milwaukee Brewers. On top of it, he was pretty dreadful as he allowed seven runs (three...
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Michael Conforto’s season has not gone as well as he would have hoped since returning from the disabled list (torn capsule in his left shoulder) on April 5 in Washington. On the year, Conforto is hitting .231/.346/.396 with six homers, 15 RBI, and 41 strikeouts in 134 at-bats. However, over the past few weeks, he has started to see his power return after hitting only one home run in April....
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Two years. That’s now exactly how long it has been since David Wright stepped foot on the field to play a regular season game for the New York Mets. His last four at-bats came against the Los Angeles Dodgers on May 27, 2016, in a game in which he homered for the seventh time that season. Wright’s final stat line for that season was .226/.350/.436 with seven home runs, as previously...
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Wilmer Flores continued his hot streak on Saturday in Milwaukee as the third baseman went 3-for-5 with an RBI and run scored. On the year, Flores has strangely had reverse splits, though, as his slash line against right-handers moved up to .308/.378/.523 with all three of his home runs coming off same-handed pitchers as well. Meanwhile, he has only hit .174/.250/.239 off southpaws. Despite his...
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