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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The Kansas City Royals announced they’ve designated outfielder Billy Hamilton for assignment. Hamilton, 28, has struggled mightily this season at the plate slashing only .211/.275/.269 with 12 doubles, zero home runs, and 18 stolen bases. That comes out to an ugly and career-worst .544 OPS. The good news is that Hamilton has been one of the best defensive center fielders in baseball this...
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The Mets other clear option for a call-up from Triple-A Syracuse when Jeff McNeil went on the injured list was another former Met, Dilson Herrera. Ruben Tejada was the call instead (likely because of stronger defense), but Herrera is continuing to show impressive power as he too awaits his return to Flushing. On Thursday night, Herrera went 2-for-4 with two homers and knocked in three of...
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