Many people, myself included, thought Tim Tebow was only in the New York Mets organization to sell tickets and merchandise. Tebow, 30, hit .226/.309/.347 with 24 doubles, two triples, eight home runs and 52 RBI combined between the Low-A Columbia Fireflies and Advanced-A St. Lucie Mets in his first professional season. Numbers that are far from horrible considering Tebow hadn’t played...
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Kevin Plawecki told reporters on Friday he’s headed to Florida in the next step of progression in his rehab and will spend the next week hitting before hopefully beginning a rehab assignment soon. The New York Mets catcher has been on the disabled list with a hairline fracture in his right hand since the middle of April. In other Mets injury news, T.J. Rivera is still expected to be out...
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New York Mets manager Mickey Callaway told reporters before their game in Philadelphia on Friday that star outfielder Yoenis Cespedes is currently playing at only 85 percent. The right quadriceps is obviously still sore for Cespedes despite getting the last two days off. The Mets also have two off days next week, Monday and Thursday. Callaway said that Cespedes is in the lineup because the Mets...
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The New York Mets announced on Friday afternoon that they placed right-hander reliever Hansel Robles on the 10-day disabled list and outfielder Jay Bruce on Paternity Leave. As reported earlier on Friday, lefty reliever Buddy Baumann being promoted from Triple-A Las Vegas will be the corresponding move for Robles and first baseman Dominic Smith will replace Bruce. Bruce is expected to miss the...
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The New York Mets against the Philadelphia Phillies in May of 2018 wasn’t expected to be such an important series but here we are with the Phillies only a half game back of the first place Atlanta Braves and the Mets three games behind Philadelphia. Following a 11-1 start, the Mets have gone 7-16 and are coming off losing a three-game series to the National League’s worst team the...
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