Author: Michael Mayer

MRI Clean on Brandon Nimmo’s Finger

The New York Mets announced on Friday afternoon that the MRI on Brandon Nimmo’s left index finger came back clean. He is sore and day-to-day. Nimmo left the game in the third inning on Thursday after getting hit on the left hand against the Philadelphia Phillies. The Mets announced during that game that the x-rays on the left index finger of Nimmo were negative. Nimmo swung at the pitch...

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Gimenez Continues to Impress in Double-A

Andres Gimenez being just 19-years-old hasn’t stopped him from posting an impressive .821 OPS in his first 21 games with the Double-A Binghamton Rumble Ponies. The New York Mets top prospect was promoted to Double-A after posting a .780 OPS in 85 games with the Advanced-A St. Lucie Mets. Gimenez was 3.4 year younger than the league average in the Florida State League and is now a whopping...

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Rosario Shines From Leadoff Spot

New York Mets shortstop Amed Rosario has found himself in the leadoff spot more frequently recently, though without much success, until his big day on Thursday in the doubleheader split vs the Philadelphia Phillies. Rosario led the first game off with a 433 foot blast to center field on the very first pitch of the game. In his next at-bat he lined an RBI single to right field to tie the game at...

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Plawecki Has Historic Offensive Game

In game one of the New York Mets doubleheader against the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday, Kevin Plawecki became only the fourth catcher in team history to reach base six times in a game without reaching via an error. The other previous catchers to accomplish that feat were Gary Carter, Mike Piazza (twice) and Todd Hundley. Plawecki went 4-for-4 with two walks, three RBI, double and three runs...

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Mets Minors Recap: Gimenez, Toffey Lead Binghamton to Win

El Paso (70-52) 3, Las Vegas (61-62) 2   Box Score Peter Alonso 1B: 0-3, 2 K, HBP, .247/.352/.552 Dominic Smith LF: 0-4, .256/.332/.390 Luis Guillorme SS: 1-3, BB, .295/.373/.394 Colton Plaia C: 2-3, .254/.333/.445 Alonso is 1 for his last 13, although that one hit was a home run and the pace he was on was too ridiculous to be sustainable. Smith went 0-4 for the second straight night as his...

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