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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The Mets had their final off day of the 2019 season on Thursday, though there were three games played tied to their slim Wild Card chances. It was a mixed bag of results starting with an early day loss by the Phillies to the Braves, 5-4. The loss dropped the Phillies to 78-73 on the season and half a game behind the Mets. In the early evening, the Brewers pulled out a 5-1 win over the...
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It’s been a rough year to be a Mets prospect with the likes of Jarred Kelenic, Anthony Kay, Simeon Woods Richardson, and Justin Dunn all being traded. All four guys would be in the Mets top 10 prospects and three of them have been in Top 100 lists for all of baseball. The trading of prospects goes beyond that group as well. Bobby Wahl, Luis Santana, Scott Manea, Ross Adolph, Felix Valerio,...
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When Nationals’ starter Max Scherzer was placed on the injured list in late July he had a 2.41 ERA and looked to be one of the favorites for the 2019 NL Cy Young award. The right-hander came off the IL on August 22, and in six starts since he has a 4.50 ERA with only 32 innings pitched. Scherzer’s struggles continued on Wednesday night when he allowed six runs in 6 2/3 innings to the...
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