Jed Lowrie played in his first rehab game today for the St. Lucie Mets in which he hit second in the order and started the game at shortstop. Lowrie, 35, played all nine innings of the game, playing five innings at shortstop and four at second base. He also 0-4 at the plate. The Mets signed Lowrie to a two-year, $20 million contract in the offseason with the expectation that he would play every...
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Gary Cohen announced during the SNY broadcast that Robinson Cano’s x-rays on his left hand have come up negative, but that he will undergo more tests on Monday to make sure he’s okay since he still has some swelling. – Josh Finkelstein – Original Post- April 28, 1:45 p.m. Robinson Cano was hit by a pitch on his left hand in the first inning of Sunday’s game by Gio...
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Gabe Burns of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the Atlanta Braves have acquired former Mets’ reliever Jerry Blevins from the Oakland Athletics in exchange for cash (reported by David O’Brien of the Athletic). The team has activated the left-hander. Blevins, 35, signed a minor league deal with the Athletics this offseason and did not make the Opening Day roster. However,...
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Mets GM Brodie Van Wagenen spoke to the press a little bit following the decision to designate Travis d’Arnaud for assignment and call up Tomas Nido. In that time, Van Wagenen told the press that Devin Mesoraco has “an open door” to return to the organization if he would like to, as tweeted out by Tim Healey of Newsday. However, Mesoraco has been resistant to reporting to the...
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The Mets made a somewhat surprisingly fast reactionary move this morning as the team has DFA’d Travis d’Arnaud and called up Tomas Nido. D’Arnaud, 30, has been pretty dreadful thus far in 2019, hitting .087/.160/.087 with no home runs and two RBI to give himself a -29 OPS+ and -0.3 WAR. He also ranks 53rd out of 73 qualifying catchers in FRAA (Framing Runs Above Average). Last...
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