Without “Sugar” coating it, Edwin Diaz’s first season with the New York Mets has been a complete and utter disaster. The right-hander has accumulated a -0.2 bWAR, 5.21 ERA, 4.33 FIP, and 1.428 WHIP in 2019. He has 25 saves through 53 appearances, but that also comes with five blown saves and six losses. The strange thing, though, is that his strikeout rate has actually been...
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Marcus Stroman was removed from Wednesday night’s game against the Cleveland Indians after the fourth inning with left hamstring tightness. Stroman, 28, made the final out of the fourth covering first base, which is how the injury might have occurred. The right-hander allowed one run, five hits, and one walk to go along with one strikeout before being replaced by Jeurys Familia. Entering...
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Jeff McNeil spoke to reporters Wednesday and said that he “feel(s) good.” This was after he fielded grounders at second base and took batting practice before the second game of a three-game series against the Cleveland Indians. On Tuesday, McNeil ran around the bases, as detailed by Tim Healey of Newsday. McNeil, 27, went on the 10-day IL last Wednesday (August 14) with a low-grade...
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Mickey Callaway told reporters prior to Wednesday night’s game against the Cleveland Indians that Robinson Cano took batting practice at Citi Field before the game and that he could begin running on Thursday. Cano, 36, was placed on the 10-day IL with a hamstring strain which was later revealed to be a tear. It was expected that he would miss 4-6 weeks, but given the fact that he is set to...
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The Mets started up a nine-game homestand on Tuesday night with a bang, defeating the Cleveland Indians by a score of 9-2 at Citi Field. J.D. Davis played a big part in that, giving the Mets a lead in the bottom of the second with a two-run homer to dead center off Shane Bieber to put the Mets up 2-1 less than 15 minutes after Jason Kipnis had given the Indians their first and only lead of the...
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