It may be only March 11, but New York Mets outfielder Yoenis Cespedes is already in mid-season MVP form after hitting another home run on Friday. Cespedes is hitting a cool .524 with four home runs which is tied for the most in the majors this spring. Of course, it is just spring training baseball, nonetheless Cespedes is hitting everything hard as he works toward a personal goal of winning the...
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The Mets are playing two split-squad games today. Zack Wheeler will make his Grapefruit League debut on the road against the Atlanta Braves and Lucas Sims at 1:05 PM. The Mets will also host the Houston Astros at First Data Field with Matt Harvey up against Joe Musgrove at 1:10 PM. Neither game will have TV coverage nor have radio coverage from WOR.Wheeler will be on the mound in a game for the...
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The 2017 World Baseball Classic is now in full swing with all four pools finally in action after Thursday night.Italy (1-0) 10, Mexico (0-1) 9 Pool DThe Italian team rallied to score five runs off Roberto Osuna and Oliver Perez in the ninth inning to win in walk-off fashion.Brandon Nimmo started in center field and led off for Italy, he went 1 for 5 with an RBI single in the ninth. Mets infield...
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The New York Mets tied the Detroit Tigers at 5-5 today in Port St. Lucie at First Data Field.Pitching:Jacob deGrom made his second start of the spring and looked like he was in midseason form with four scoreless innings. He struck out four, didn’t issue a walk and allowed only two hits. He topped out at 95 MPH with his fastball and the movement on his slider was tremendous. Jacob has yet...
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Jacob deGrom takes the mound today for his second start of Grapefruit League action as the New York Mets host the Detroit Tigers at 1:10 PM at First Data Field. Right-hander Anibal Sanchez is expected to start for the Tigers. In his first spring start, deGrom threw two perfect innings with three strikeouts and hit 97 MPH with his fastball. Tough to imagine a better start for the right-hander...
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