Remember that trade the Mets made with Cleveland that brought them star shortstop Francisco Lindor, it turns out there’s another piece in that trade that’s paying huge dividends for the Mets. Right-handed starter Carlos Carrasco went seven innings and struck out 10 on Monday night in the Mets’ 11-5 win over the Padres in San Diego. Carrasco was magnificent in the game, allowing...
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According to the New York Post, Mets’ owner Steve Cohen has splurged for a high-tech pitching machine that only a handful of other teams in the major leagues have. The state-of-the-art pitching machine can replicate the delivery and all of the pitches from whatever pitcher the Mets select in the program. Mets hitting coach Eric Chavez says that only three-to-four teams already have this...
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Jose Butto made plenty of bats miss in the first game of the Binghamton Rumble Ponies’ doubleheader on Thursday, recording a career-high 11 strikeouts in a 5-3 victory. AAA: Syracuse Mets (16-33) 8, Worcester Red Sox (25-26) 4 Box Score DH Daniel Palka: 3-for-4, 2 RBI, 1 R, 1 BB, .230/.329/.473 SS JT Riddle: 2-for-4, 1 3B, 1 R, 2 SO, .220/.256/.376 2B Cody Bohanek: 1-for-4, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1...
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Mets star shortstop Francisco Lindor is out of the lineup on Thursday as the Mets begin their four-game series in LA against the Dodgers. Lindor slammed the middle finger on his throwing hand in a door at the hotel. Mets manager Buck Showalter initially said that Lindor might be able to DH on Thursday, but they decided to play it cautious with him out of the lineup. Lindor says that the finger...
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AAA: Worcester (24-25) 9, Syracuse (15-32) 8 BOX SCORE LF Jake Mangum 2-for-6, RBI, R, .355/.394/.454 (AAA line) RF Khalil Lee 1-for-5, BB, HR (2), .188/.305/.297 3B Mark Vientos 3-for-4, RBI, BB, R, .250/.336/.484 Lee has a .945 OPS in six games since returning to the Syracuse Mets from the Low-A St. Lucie. The story here is the monster month that Vientos had in May after struggling in April,...
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