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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Noah Syndergaard didn’t allow a hit until the bottom of the fourth inning and likely would’ve gone farther into the game on Thursday afternoon if not for shaky defense behind him. The St. Louis Cardinals capitalized on the defensive miscues in the 4-3 win over the Mets in 13 innings. The right-hander had a shutout going until the seventh inning when Yoenis Cespedes had a ball go off...
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New York Mets manager Mickey Callaway told reporters before Thursday’s game that they aren’t thinking about skipping Steven Matz next turn through with the off day. Callaway also mentioned that he and pitching coach Dave Eiland sat down with Matz Thursday morning to chat after he lasted only 3.1 innings on Wednesday night in the Mets 9-1 loss. Matz allowed seven runs (three earned) on five...
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