The New York Mets have announced they’ve activated veteran infielder Asdrubal Cabrera off the disabled list and sent infielder Gavin Cecchini back to Triple-A Las Vegas. Cabrera went 3 for 8 with the St. Lucie Mets in two rehab games. The 31-year old shortstop has been on the DL twice this year and hobbled a good portion of the time he’s been active. Cecchini went 4 for 14 with a...
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According to Buster Olney of ESPN, the New York Mets are now open for business and willing to listen to offers for their pending free agents. Olney specifically mentions Curtis Granderson, Addison Reed, Jay Bruce and Asdrubal Cabrera as players they are willing to deal. Grandy, Reed and Bruce are free agents after the season while Cabrera has a $8.5 million option for 2018. Lucas Duda is another...
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Before the Los Angeles Dodgers finished off their four-game sweep of the New York Mets on Thursday night with a 6-3 victory, Mets manager Terry Collins said he will ask veteran Asdrubal Cabrera to play second base when he returns. The reason Collins said — keeping Jose Reyes, one of the worst players in the majors, at shortstop. There are a multitude of issues with that thinking. One being...
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The Houston Astros lead the majors with 50 wins this year and already have a 12.5 game lead in the American League West, but they currently have their two best starters in Dallas Keuchel and Lance McCullers on the disabled list. McCullers is likely to return this weekend while Keuchel is still a few weeks away while fellow starters Charlie Morton and Collin McHugh are also currently on the DL....
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Steven Matz provided his third straight quality start for the New York Mets despite having issues with base on balls and the home run ball on Thursday night against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Matz went six innings, allowing three runs on only three hits (two home runs however), five walks and struck out a season high eight batters. Command was an issue all night for Matz as he threw only 61...
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