New York Mets starter Jacob deGrom left the game on Wednesday night after hyperextending his right elbow swinging the bat. At the time deGrom was dominating the Atlanta Braves lineup with six strikeouts in four scoreless innings. The Mets would go on to lose 7-0 to the Atlanta Braves as they fell to second place. DeGrom apparently hurt himself on a swing in the bottom of the third inning when he...
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Much of the offseason talk surrounding New York Mets prospect Peter Alonso was he was a slugger without a position given the well below average defense he had played at first base. His bat certainly got the conversation started after hitting .289/.359/.524 with 27 doubles, 18 home runs and 63 RBI between the St. Lucie Mets and the Double-A Binghamton Rumble Ponies in 2017, his first full season...
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The New York Mets announced on Friday evening that they’ve claimed left-handed pitcher Buddy Baumann off waivers from the San Diego Padres. To make room for him on the 40-man roster the Mets moved David Wright to the 60-day disabled list. Baumann, 30, has pitched in only one major league game this season allowing two earned runs and getting one out. In 6.2 Triple-A innings this year he had...
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The New York Mets are currently 15-8 on the season and in first place in the National League Eastern division though that record doesn’t look as nice after a 11-1 start in 2018. The Philadelphia Phillies and the Atlanta Braves are beginning to creep up on the Mets as they trail by only half a game and 1.5 games respectively for the division lead. Despite the Mets strong overall start to...
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The offense for the New York Mets is slumping a little right now having scored only 10 runs in 31 innings during the series loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. That followed scoring 12 runs in a series loss to the Atlanta Braves to end last week. Yoenis Cespedes and Jay Bruce have had a rough start to the reason with a .652 OPS and .719 OPS respectively. The good news is that both of those guys...
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