The New York Mets pitching staff as a whole has been a mess in 2017 from a combination of injuries, poor performance and high usage of the bullpen. Despite the Mets having the second worst ERA (5.05) in baseball, GM Sandy Alderson gave pitching coach Dan Warthen a vote of confidence on Wednesday. “He’s part of the solution,” Alderson said. “He’s part of the group of...
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Veteran right-handed starter Doug Fister has decided to opt-out of his deal with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim to become a free agent. Fister, 33, made three starts for the Triple-A Salt Lake Bees with two good ones and got roughed for five runs in five innings during his last. Overall, in the three starts he had a 4.02 ERA and 1.34 WHIP with ten strikeouts and five walks in 15.2 innings....
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The New York Mets announced today they have placed right-hander pitcher Matt Harvey and outfielder Juan Lagares on the 10-day disabled list. They also announced that in the corresponding news they have recalled utility man Matt Reynolds and outfielder Brandon Nimmo from Triple-A. Harvey is expected to miss several weeks with a stress injury to his right scapula. Lagares is expected to be out for...
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On Thursday night the New York Mets dropped a key game against the Washington Nationals 8-3 to drop them 9.5 games out of first place but that was far from the only thing bad news they got on the day. Let’s delve into all of the injury updates that we got from GM Sandy Alderson before the game and, of course, another injury during the game. New York Mets general manager Sandy Alderson said...
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Despite the news from Thursday night that Matt Harvey will miss several weeks with an injury to his right shoulder, New York Mets GM Sandy Alderson said they will stick with a six-man rotation for the time being. With Harvey out, the current rotation looks like Steven Matz, Seth Lugo, Jacob deGrom, Zack Wheeler and Robert Gsellman. The two candidates to join those five to keep it at six are...
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