Author: Josh Finkelstein

Rapid Reaction: Reyes Steals 500th Base In Mets 5-3 Win Over Padres

The Mets (46-51) beat the San Diego Padres (43-56) on Monday night in the first game of their west coast trip. Pitching: Jacob deGrom started for the Mets tonight and began the game in dominant fashion. He struck out the first four batters he faced, including the first three on only ten pitches. DeGrom looked incredible through six innings, but gave up a long home run to Hunter Renfroe in the...

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Morning Briefing: The Comeback Kids

Good morning, Mets fans! New York will be going for its fifth win in a row and a sweep against the Oakland Athletics as Rafael Montero toes the rubber and will face Daniel Gossett. The game will be aired on WPIX at 1:10 p.m. Last night, the Mets won in a thriller. They trailed 5-0 going into the sixth inning as Zack Wheeler allowed five run in five innings of work. However, in the sixth the Mets...

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Alderson Should Look to Package Players Like White Sox

It has become very much apparent that most of the Mets assets are not likely to garner any significant interest on the open market, excluding Addison Reed. And so, after seeing how the White Sox put Todd Frazier, David Robertson, and Tommy Kahnle together to get the prospect they wanted, OF Blake Rutherford. I suggest the Mets do the same. I think we would all prefer to get one team’s...

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Morning Briefing: Cespedes Bleeds Mets Blue as Lugo Tries to Secure Split

The Mets will try to secure a split of this four-game series with St. Louis Cardinals tomorrow as they will send Seth Lugo to the mound to face Lance Lynn. The game starts at 12:10 P.M. on SNY. Last night, the Mets won 7-3 against the St. Louis Cardinals last night. The Mets offense, in a collective effort, had 13 hits in which everyone in the starting lineup had at least one. Jacob deGrom...

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Rapid Reaction: DeJong Strikes Again in 6-3 Loss to Cardinals

The New York Mets (41-49) lost 6-3 to the St.Louis Cardinals (45-47) on Monday night, in the first game of a four-game series. Pitching:  Zack Wheeler looked good through the first four innings, but ran into trouble in the fifth in which he allowed three walks. In the sixth, he would allow an infield single to Yadier Molina and then a two-run homer to Paul DeJong (yes, again….). Kolten...

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