Three hundred and ninety-one days. Jacob deGrom made his much-anticipated return to the major league mound on Tuesday against the Washington Nationals. Shut down with a stress reaction in his scapula during Spring Training, deGrom rehabbed for months to make his season debut. DeGrom came out firing. He casually tossed a baseball 99 miles per hour on his first pitch. By the time he threw his...
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Maybe the hopes were too high. Maybe the market played out differently. Maybe, maybe, maybe. The reality remains the same. The New York Mets and general manager Billy Eppler failed to do enough at the 2022 trade deadline. New York came away with two lefty platoon bats, a right-handed platoon bat, and a singular reliever. Maybe we’d be singing a different tune if those platoon bats were of...
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The Mets continued their march on the bottom of the National League East with a 7-3 win over the Washington Nationals on Monday. Following a sweep of the Miami Marlins and winners of their last six, the Mets remained on fire against the not-so-flame retardant Patrick Corbin and the Nationals. It was almost a foregone conclusion the Mets would exit Monday’s game with a victory with Max...
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It’s the Mets first trade deadline with general manager Billy Eppler. So far New York has made two trades, acquiring Daniel Vogelback from Pittsburgh and Tyler Naquin from Cincinnati. Last season at the deadline the Mets made a move to acquire Javier Baez and Trevor Williams from the Chicago Cubs for minor leaguer Pete Crow-Armstrong. This year the Mets have connected to the Cubs again,...
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Jacob deGrom wasn’t at his best in his latest rehab start. But that doesn’t change a thing for when they want him to return. Buck Showalter stated the Mets saw no issues with his arm after Wednesday’s start and said he “felt good.” “We hope his next outing is with us,” Showalter said. “We’ll see.” The Mets ace was sloppy for Triple-A...
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