Matt Ehalt of The Record reports that Kevin Plawecki has begun throwing, but is not ready to catch yet. This is the first step for the catcher in terms of his recovery, but he is still probably a little while away from a return with the inability to catch, as it was his glove hand that he fractured. The team initially expected him to only miss a few weeks, but with the lack of progress he has...
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The New York Mets announced that the team has optioned Jacob Rhame to Triple-A Las Vegas in order to make room for Jason Vargas, who was activated from the 10-day disabled list. Vargas missed almost a month of the season with a broken right hamate bone, which is his catching hand. This was the expected move, as Rhame was just recalled yesterday to add bullpen depth when they optioned Corey...
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Asdrubal Cabrera once again delivered big time for the Mets last night, as he went 2-4 with a walk, double, and the deciding blow later in the game. In the seventh inning, Cabrera came up with runners on second and third (Jose Lobaton and Juan Lagares) to face Craig Stammen after Clayton Richard was pulled from the game to force Cabrera to hit from the left side. Cabrera made them pay for that...
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This is the second part of a three-part series of players the Mets need to cut bait with sooner rather than later. Michael Mayer started us off with the first player, Adrian Gonzalez, yesterday. Today, the focus will stay in the infield, but shift to the bench, with Jose Reyes being the name that needs to go. The switch-hitter has been absolutely dreadful this season as he is 3-25 on the season...
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Matt Harvey has not had the best season so far, to say the least. After struggling through four starts in the rotation, the right-hander was moved to the bullpen and was not very effective in his first appearance as he allowed one run in two innings against the St.Louis Cardinals. The next day he proceeded to decline when asked to speak to the media as he started laughing at them. Last night,...
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