Author: Matt Mancuso

Peterson Earns Player of the Week Honors in Strong Ending

St. Lucie Met southpaw, David Peterson, was named the FSL’s Player of the Week. Across all minor-league affiliates, he’s the fifth Met to earn that distinction this week. On Saturday, Peterson twirled another terrific start, pitching five shutout innings. More impressively, he struck out nine batters and didn’t issue a walk. He only permitted two hits, which marked the fourth...

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Morning Briefing: Matz Looks to Even Series

Good Morning, Mets fans! A pair of southpaws will toe the rubber later this afternoon in the Bay Area. Steven Matz (5-11, 4.36 ERA) will face off against veteran lefty Derek Holland (7-8, 3.65 ERA). The game can be seen at 4:10 p.m. on SNY and 710WOR. Zack Wheeler pitched masterfully, but the Mets were stymied by Derek Holland. Wheeler’s quietly been one of the best pitchers in baseball...

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Mets Minors Recap: Toffey Hits Game-Winning Homer

Las Vegas (66-68) 6, Tacoma (64-69) 0   Box Score Patrick Kivlehan RF: 2-4, HR, 2B, 3 RBI, K, .307/.359/.558 Peter Alonso 1B: 1-3, 2B, BB, K, .242/.348/.550 David Wright 3B: 1-4, 2 K, .250/.250/.250 Dominic Smith LF: 1-4, K, .254/.328/.382 The 51s got most of the scoring out of the way early with a four-run first inning. Kivlehan continued his monster month, raising his August line to...

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Morning Briefing: DeGrom Seeks to Even Up Series

Good morning, Mets fans! If you love pitching duels, make sure to tune in to today’s Mets-Phillies contest. 2015 Cy Young award winner Jake Arrieta (9-7, 3.33 ERA) will face the probable 2018 Cy Young award winner Jacob deGrom (7-7, 1.81 ERA). The game can be viewed on PIX11 and 710WOR at 4:10 p.m. Last night, Aaron Nola out-dueled Noah Syndergaard as the Phillies took the middle game of...

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Morning Briefing: Vargas Again Looks to Get on Track

If Jason Vargas can not retire Orioles hitters tonight, it’s a complete embarrassment. They’re by far the worst team in the Majors and they just traded away their core so they can begin a long-awaited rebuild. The Mets will travel to Baltimore tonight to begin a quick two-game series. Vargas (2-8, 8.75 ERA) will face Andrew Cashner (3-10, 4.83 ERA) at 7:05 p.m. You may not believe...

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