When the Mets acquired Darin Ruf from the Giants for four players they hoped he would help with their difficulties against lefties, but that hasn’t happened to this point. Then the Mets called up lefty mashing prospect Mark Vientos as another option, but still no improvement against lefties. All three of Oakland’s starters in the series vs the Mets are left-handed meaning the time...
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The Mets have an off day on Thursday, but there’s still a game being played in Philadelphia with great significance to the Mets’ chances of winning the division. The Braves enter the day one game behind the Mets for the NL East division lead after suffering a rare loss on Thursday to the Nationals. It will be a battle of left-handers at Citizens Bank Park with Max Fried (13-6, 2.52...
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The New York Mets have spent the entire 2022 season looking for a reliable lefty reliever to get outs. GM Billy Eppler decided not to acquire a lefty at the trade deadline and instead cited that they were hopeful in-house lefty Joely Rodríguez would turn his season around. To the surprise of most, Rodríguez has done just that. In August, the former Yankee posted a 3.27 ERA over 11 innings. His...
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According to Baseball America, the Mets are expected to sign one of the top catchers in the 2023 international free agent signing period that begins on Jan. 15. The catcher is Daiverson Gutierrez from Venezuela. Baseball America says that Gutierrez is expected to get the 19th highest bonus of the 2023 IFA class. Here’s the scouting report from BA: He’s an advanced hitter for his age...
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Mets center fielder Brandon Nimmo left the game in the bottom of the first inning on Wednesday after talking to manager Buck Showalter and the trainer. Nimmo looked to be grabbing his quad as he was talking to the trainer. The Mets are saying Nimmo left today’s game with left quad tightness. Nimmo came up limping a bit after a shallow fly ball behind the shortstop that left fielder Jeff...
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