Updated Post – April 28, 12:40 PM The Mets will meet with MLB’s executive vice president of baseball operations Morgan Sword per Tim Healey of Newsday. The meeting will take place on Friday before the Mets start their series with the Phillies in New York. Sword will meet with Mets pitchers and potentially position players as well. The Mets have expressed their frustrations with the...
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“I’ll let them handle their players. I know our player got hit in the head and went to first base,” manager Buck Showalter said. Tensions between the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets finally boiled over in the bottom of the eighth inning during the team’s series finale. Mets reliever Yoan López threw high and inside on the Cardinals Nolan Arenado to open the...
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A good curveball should snap like a Nathan’s hot dog. There’s nothing more beautiful than watching a curve graciously travel downward as a batter’s bat goes above it. It is simply the hot dog with mustard and sauerkraut of pitches. Seth Lugo is snapping the ball like never before. At 32 it’s not an increase in velocity that’s making Lugo stand out. He’s back...
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Tommy Hunter is back with the Mets on a minor-league deal, according to Britt Ghiroli and Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. Hunter, 35, played for the Mets in 2021. He made four appearances, including one start, throwing eight scoreless innings. Hunter was with the Mets from May 6 to May 21 before back pain sent him to the injured list. Hunter was later shifted to the 60-day IL in June and 10 days...
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Trevor May hasn’t had the start to the season the Mets have hoped for. May has allowed runs in four of his six outings and seen his ERA balloon to 8.53. The righty setup man might be in danger of losing his role if he’s unable to get things together quickly. May (1-0, 8.53) joined the Mets in 2021 and immediately slotted into an eighth-inning role. In 68 appearances last season, May...
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