Brandon Nimmo got the opportunity lead off for the New York Mets in his first ever major league Opening Day on Thursday against the St. Louis Cardinals and he didn’t disappoint. The young center fielder went 2 for 3 with a walk, hit by pitch and scored two of the Mets nine runs in their 9-4 Opening Day victory. Nimmo started right where he left off last season when he finished with a .379...
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Mickey Callaway was hired by the New York Mets this offseason without any managerial experience in the major or minor leagues. But so far, so good after the New York Mets defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in a resounding 9-4 Opening Day victory on Thursday afternoon at Citi Field. There were a few things that stood out in his first official lineup, with Yoenis Cespedes batting second and Amed...
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The St. Louis Cardinals have signed right-hander Greg Holland according to Mark Saxon of The Athletic. The deal is pending a physical and is for one-year, $14 million. Holland received a qualifying offer from the Colorado Rockies that was worth $17.4 million for the 2018 but he declined. The 32-year old signed with the Rockies for the 2017 season and made 35 appearances in the first half,...
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Big right-hander Noah Syndergaard is making his second consecutive Opening Day start on Thursday afternoon when the New York Mets open the 2018 season against the St. Louis Cardinals. Syndergaard becomes the first Met pitcher since Johan Santana to start consecutive Opening Days did so from 2008 to 2010. Last season, Syndergaard threw six scoreless innings during the Mets 6-0 win over the...
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New York Mets icon Rusty Staub passed away at the age of 73 on Thursday morning according to Bill Madden of the New York Post. Staub, known as Le Grand Orange to Mets fans, died at 12:30 a.m. Thursday at the Good Samaritan Medical Center in Palm Beach, Florida, due to multiple organ failure. He was hospitalized last month due to kidney failure and has been in the hospital since. Staub was a...
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