Jay Bruce started and played all nine innings last night for the New York Mets at first base with both Lucas Duda and Wilmer Flores unavailable. It was the first time he played the position since July 11, 2014 and only the fourth in his Major League career. The ball found Bruce right away with a double just out of his diving reach in the second inning off the bat of Tommy Joseph. The next...
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New York Mets outfielder Yoenis Cespedes left Thursday night’s game after appearing to injure his leg while running the bases in the bottom of the fifth inning. During the game, the Mets announced it was only a cramp in his left leg. Cespedes is scheduled to have an MRI on Friday and had the leg heavily wrapped after the Mets 6-4 loss to the Phillies. Following the game, Cespedes said it...
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The New York Mets announced today that they have activated closer Jeurys Familia off the restricted list. Familia pitched a perfect inning on Monday for the Binghamton Rumble Ponies and a perfect inning for the St. Lucie Mets on Saturday. Familia, 27, was serving a 15-game suspension stemming from a domestic incident last Halloween. Charges were dropped against Familia in December after his wife...
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Anthony DiComo of MLB.com reports that Mets manager Terry Collins will not immediately use Jeurys Familia in save situations when he returns from his suspension on April 20. Instead, Collins will ease him back for his first couple of outings before resuming his role as the team’s closer. Familia, 27, threw eight pitches in a 1-2-3 inning for St. Lucie on Saturday and is expected to...
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Each of the last two seasons GM Sandy Alderson has made August trades to help boost the New York Mets bullpen for the stretch run. Not only did the acquisitions of Addison Reed in 2015 and Fernando Salas in 2016 pay dividends on the way to back-to-back playoff appearances, but now those two arms are carrying the back-end of the Mets bullpen in April of 2017. Reed has already pitched in six of...
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