Noah Syndergaard started his rehab assignment on Tuesday with the Brooklyn Cyclones as he faced off against the Aberdeen IronBirds. Syndergaard, 26, is trying to return from a hamstring strain that forced him to miss each of his last two turns in the rotation, with Walker Lockett filling in for the right-hander both times. The first two innings went very smoothly for Syndergaard as the only...
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Former Mets’ manager, Terry Collins, spoke with Christian Red of the New York Daily News in what was a fantastic interview on Monday about the situation that occurred between Mickey Callaway, Jason Vargas, and Tim Healey of Newsday. Collins, 70, is currently serving as an assistant to GM Brodie Van Wagenen, but was pretty honest about what his view of the situation was. “I wasn’t there so...
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Gavin Cecchini played his first game of the 2019 season on Sunday night for the Brooklyn Cyclones after tearing his quad in Spring Training. Cecchini, 25, started the game at shortstop, which is a position he has not played since the 2016 season. On the offensive side of things, the Mets’ former first-round pick started his day with a line drive double to left-center field that hit of the...
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Jon Heyman of MLB Network reports that Cody Allen will sign a minor league deal with the Minnesota Twins. Allen, 30, signed a one-year, $8.5 million contract with the Los Angeles Angels in the offseason with the hopes that he would rebound from a rough 2018 season in which he registered a 4.70 ERA, 4.56 FIP, and 1.358 WHIP. However, the right-hander actually regressed even further as he had a...
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Mickey Callaway provided an update on Jed Lowrie prior to Saturday’s game against the Chicago Cubs and it wasn’t a particularly good one. Despite the fact that Callaway said the infielder is still expected to play in 2019, he also said that Lowrie is dealing with injuries to his left side while specifically referencing his hip and hamstring strain that he suffered initially. Lowrie,...
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