New York Mets pitcher Matt Harvey made his 2018 spring debut on Wednesday against the Atlanta Braves allowing one run in two innings and striking out two. The outing impressed former long-time Braves manager and now special adviser to the GM, Bobby Cox. Cox talked Kevin Kernan of the New York Post about what he saw from Harvey, “The velocity and where he put the ball on the black,...
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The biggest surprise team this season in the major leagues? Well that would be the New York Mets according to Bob Nightengale of USA Today. Mets GM Sandy Alderson doesn’t think it’s that crazy of a though either, “Look, the Nationals have a good team and I’d expect them to be favored, but we beat them in ‘15 with a similar cast of characters. We can do it again.’’ The Mets won...
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New York Mets Manager Mickey Callaway said that outfielder Juan Lagares will make his spring debut on Friday after the team’s 3-2 loss to the Miami Marlins on Thursday. Lagares has been out with a tight hamstring but recently did some running without any setbacks. He will be playing center field tomorrow. We will finally get a look at the revamped swing from Lagares after he spent the...
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New York Mets outfielder Michael Conforto has progressed to the next step in his recovery with soft toss for the first time since his shoulder surgery. Conforto, turned 25 today, did 25 front tosses and 15 swings off a tee as well. Conforto previously said that he has no intentions to rush a return to the team and said that May 1 is his target date. As GM Sandy Alderson intimated earlier in the...
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The New York Mets take on the Miami Marlins today at First Data Field in Port St. Lucie with a 1:10 p.m. start. Jason Vargas gets the start for the Mets against right-hander Sandy Alcantara for the Marlins. The game will be televised on SNY. Mets Lineup Asdrubal Cabrera, 2B Yoenis Cespedes, DH Jay Bruce, RF Todd Frazier, 3B Adrian Gonzalez, 1B Jose Reyes, SS Kevin Plawecki, C Kevin Kaczmarski,...
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