Mickey Callaway decided to start Juan Lagares against left-hander Gio Gonzalez last night, who he has owned throughout his career to date. Coming into last night’s game, Lagares had gone 17-44 (.386) against the Gonzalez for his career. He continued that trend Tuesday night as he went 2-2 with a walk against the lefty while making out in his last at-bat to go 2-3 on the night. Okay, for...
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The Mets dropped their second straight game to the Washington Nationals last night as the team lost 5-2. One of the biggest reasons for the loss was the fact that the team went an atrocious 0-9 with runners in scoring position. While they were able to score two runs on sacrifice flies, that is just a stat that no team can get away with on any given night. In the sixth and seventh innings, the...
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Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports that the Mets plan to revisit trade talks with the Miami Marlins at some point regarding the idea of trading for J.T. Realmuto. According to Rosenthal, the team made “repeated inquiries” during the offseason for the catcher and Starlin Castro. However, they were told by the Marlins that they no longer needed to shed salary by that point. Mike...
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Yoenis Cespedes came into last night’s game in the midst of a major slump, as he has been battling the flu for the last week. Despite his illness, he continued to insist on playing, but the results were not there as he only registered four hits in his previous 34 at-bats coming into last night’s game. He also had 19 strikeouts in that span. However, Cespedes returned to Citi Field on...
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As we all know, Kevin Plawecki and Travis d’Arnaud headlined yesterday’s news for the Mets. It was announced that d’Arnaud would undergo Tommy John surgery next week for a torn UCL in his right arm, which would result in him missing the rest of the season. The team decided to transfer him to the 60-day DL to make room for Jose Lobaton on the 40-man roster. D’Arnaud could...
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