Yoenis Cespedes is back in the New York Mets lineup on Thursday for their game against the Miami Marlins. Cespedes is the designated hitter and batting second. The Mets slugger had been out of the lineup after make his spring debut in Sunday with a 2 for 3 game that included a home run. He has been dealing with shoulder soreness in his throwing arm. Jay Bruce is also in the lineup, as he was on...
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With Juan Lagares currently nursing an injury (again) Brandon Nimmo continues to play in center field where he has a chance to start on Opening Day for the Mets. Nimmo went 1 for 2 with a walk, strikeout and home run on Wednesday for the Mets in their 6-4 win over the Braves. He swung at the first pitch he saw from right-hander Shane Carle in the fourth inning and sent it over the fence in right...
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New York Mets right-hander Matt Harvey made his 2018 Grapefruit League debut on Wednesday when he threw 38 pitches in two innings against the Atlanta Braves in the team’s 6-4 win. Harvey allowed one earned run on two hits, walk and two strikeouts. He featured a fastball that hit 96 MPH and touched 95 four times against the last batter he faced of the day. Mets manager Mickey Callaway was...
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The New York Mets won their Grapefruit League opener by a 6-2 score over the Atlanta Braves but unfortunately one of the hot topics after the game was Dominic Smith being disciplined. Smith showed up late for a team meeting on Friday morning and later found out that manager Mickey Callaway was holding him accountable by taking him out of the lineup. When asked about the incident after the game...
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Major League Baseball commissioner Robert Manfred was speaking at the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference in Massachusetts today covering a number of topics. One of the most discussed topics was expansion, which Manfred said he is a proponent of and would like to see the league have 32 teams. Though he would like the stadium situations to be resolved in Oakland in Tampa Bay before discussing...
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