The Mets once again proved to care more about financials than long-term, sustainable success on Saturday when Mickey Callaway announced the team’s plan to move Corey Oswalt to the bullpen in favor of keeping Jason Vargas in the rotation. While the organization has likely pointed to each of their recent starts as the reasoning for the decision, everyone knows that had very little to do with...
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The Mets offense as a whole has been pretty strong over the last couple of weeks with Michael Conforto, Brandon Nimmo, Amed Rosario, and Austin Jackson taking charge. One name who has gone somewhat under-the-radar with his hot streak is Todd Frazier. Frazier, 32, has been on fire over his last 12 games, hitting .363 (16-44) with two home runs, four doubles, and 11 RBI. If you look more...
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Jay Bruce began a rehab assignment last night for the St. Lucie Mets, which was his first game played in almost two months at any level as he dealt with injuries (hip and plantar fasciitis) that he was playing through for a decent portion of the season. However, he was not particularly productive before going down as he was slashing only .212/.292/.321 with three home runs and 17 RBI in 212...
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The first half of the season, and really almost everything since the Mets’ 12-2 start, has been a complete and utter disappointment. An exception to this rule was Brandon Nimmo in the first half, who emerged as a possible long-term solution to be an everyday outfielder for the team. Up until July 1, it appeared very clear that Nimmo was almost without a doubt going to start in 2019, as he...
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David Wright will appear in his third rehab game in four days tonight for the St. Lucie Mets in a 6:35 p.m. game according to SNY. Wright, 35, has played 10 innings in the field so far while going 0-for-4 with three strikeouts and a walk at the plate, with all of his games being played with St. Lucie so far. The captain is trying to come back from spinal stenosis and various other back/neck...
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