Author: Josh Finkelstein

Rapid Reaction: Mets Waste Montero’s Performance in 4-2 Loss to Yanks

The Mets (53-63) lost 4-2 on Monday night to the New York Yankees (62-55) in the first of a split four-game series. Pitching:  Rafael Montero pitched for the Mets tonight and had his best outing of the season. He got through the order the first time cleanly before running into trouble in the fourth inning. He loaded the bases, but was able to limit the damage to only one run. He got through the...

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Morning Briefing: One More In Philly Before Subway Series!

Chris Flexen will take the mound for the Mets today against the Philadelphia Phillies and Zach Eflin in hopes of securing the series victory. Last night, the Mets lost 3-1. The offense remained relatively quiet as Yoenis Cespedes hit a home run in the fourth for one of the Mets three hits. One of the other hits was Amed Rosario’s first career double. Dominic Smith went 0-for-3 in his...

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Morning Briefing: Montero Seeks Crown of His Own

The Mets will look to complete a two-game sweep of the Texas Rangers today and will send Rafael Montero to the mound to face Martin Perez. The game starts at 12:10 p.m. and will be aired on SNY. Last night, the Mets defeated the Rangers by a score of 5-4. The offense got off to a hot start as they would get two solo home runs from Michael Conforto and Yoenis Cespedes in the first inning. Travis...

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Mets Injury Updates on Syndergaard, Harvey and More

Noah Syndergaard (torn lat) is long tossing from 120-150 feet, but is not yet throwing any bullpen sessions. He spoke to Roger Rubin of Newsday earlier today. “Whether September, and we’re in it or not, I just want to go out there and compete because I am just getting bored,” Snydergaard said. “I want to go out there and pitch. If I weren’t to pitch this year I’d probably go nine or ten months...

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Mets Bats Miss Almost Everything in Dodgers Series

All weekend long it appeared the Mets could not find their stroke against the Dodgers, scoring a mere four runs in three games. All four of those happened on Saturday, three of which scored in just the first inning of that game. If you take away that one inning they scored only one run in 26 innings of play. By the same token, they only registered one hit (Travis d’Arnaud) last night. Also...

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