The return for Ruben Tejada was short-lived as the Mets designated him for assignment on Thursday according to Tim Healey of Newsday. To take his place, the Mets are calling up right-hander Chris Flexen from Triple-A Syracuse. Tejada, somehow still only 29, lasted eight days on the Mets roster and went 0-for-9 with three strikeouts in that span. The veteran infielder was signed by the Mets in...
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The Mets have won 12 of their last 13 games at Citi Field and an impressive 36-21 overall at home in 2019. Good news for the Mets as they start Thursday only one and a half games out of the second Wild Card, is that 24 of their final 36 games this season are at home. One of the biggest reasons for the success at Citi has been J.D. Davis, the third baseman/left fielder has a major league best 203...
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On July 2, the trio of Jeurys Familia, Luis Avilan, and Justin Wilson were activated off the injured list and inserted back into a Mets bullpen that had struggled all year up to that point. That group was a big reason for bullpen disaster with all of them failing to start the season off strong. Wilson had a 4.82 ERA when he came off the IL, Familia was at 7.81, and Avilan had an ugly 9.28 ERA to...
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I can openly admit that I didn’t like the trade that sent prospects Luis Santana, Ross Adolph, and Scott Manea to the Astros in the offseason for infielder J.D. Davis. Davis has proved me very wrong. The former Astro provided heroics on Wednesday night with a walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning to cap a two-run rally. It was the first career walk-off hit for Davis, but...
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Syracuse Mets 1 (65-61), Lehigh Valley 0 Box Score 3B Arismendy Alcantara 1 for 3, BB, K .302/.362/.522 2B Dilson Herrera 1 for 4, 2 K .257/.333/.533 C Rene Rivera 1 for 4, HR .257/.319/.509 Alcantara may be a guy to call-up as a utility depth piece. After having no where near 11 homers in any given season, Rene Rivera has 25 homers in Triple-A. RHP Corey Oswalt 7 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 3 K, 2.25 era RHP...
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