An MMO Fan Shot by The Hammer This season has produced three, young All-Stars, a ROY and home run king in Pete Alonso, a potential Cy Young winner, the emergence of Seth Lugo in the pen, the hit machine JD Davis, and five players smashing 20 or more home runs – yet the team still fell short of the postseason. That’s hard to do. As most astute fans are aware, a baseball season is a...
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According to Barry Svrluga of the Washington Post, the Nationals have made an offer to pending free agent third baseman Anthony Rendon. The contract is for seven years in the range of $210 to 215 million with deferrals. Rendon, 29, could head into free agency coming off a 6.3 bWAR season. He hit .319/.412/.598 with a league leading 44 doubles, 34 home runs, and major league best 126 RBI. On...
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In his first at-bat on Friday night against the Braves at Citi Field, Mets slugger Pete Alonso tied the major league rookie home run record by hitting his 52nd blast of the year. The record was previously set by Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge in 2017. Alonso, 24, also became the second National League rookie since 1900 to have at least 100 runs and 100 RBI, joining future Hall of Famer Albert...
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On July 28, 2011, Mets GM Sandy Alderson traded pending free agent Carlos Beltran to the Giants for top prospect Zack Wheeler. A little over eight years later, Wheeler potentially made his final start for the Mets on Thursday night at Citi Field. The 29-year-old pitched eight innings to give him a career-high 195 for the season. He was completely dominating the Marlins through seven scoreless...
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The Mets lost to the Marlins on Thursday night at Citi Field by a 4-2 score despite a strong game from Zack Wheeler in possibly his last as a Metropolitan. Pitching Wheeler was dominant through seven innings before running into trouble in the top of the eighth. After homeplate umpire Eric Cooper missed a 1-2 pitch that clearly should’ve been strike three, Wheeler allowed a two-run homer...
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