The Mets sent Taijuan Walker to the mound in the second of a four-game series at Citi Field against the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night and he was excellent once again. Walker started off the first inning a little rocky as he gave up a leadoff single to Joc Pederson, and then hit Kris Bryant with a pitch. Walker quickly put it together as he got back-to-back strikeouts of Javier Báez and Anthony...
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On Tuesday night David Peterson faced off against the Baltimore Orioles to open up a two-game series at Camden Yards and the result was an unfortunate for the Mets. Peterson ended up going just 2 2/3 innings while allowing four runs off eight hits and one walk. Peterson’s ERA on the season now stands at 6.32 and it continues to trend in the wrong direction. His WHIP is at 1.51, which has...
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On Tuesday afternoon the Mets released their top draft pick from 2015, Desmond Lindsay. Lindsay, now 24, was batting .155 with one home run, five RBI, and 25 strikeouts across 59 plate appearances in 18-games with the Binghamton Rumble Ponies this year. In his 6-year minor league career the outfielder has a career batting average of .233 in the Mets’ system. Lindsay was drafted from the...
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The New York Mets sent Marcus Stroman to the mound to face off against the Arizona Diamondbacks Tuesday night in the second game of a three-game series. Stroman was rolling early on in Arizona, continuing to show why he’s one of the best ground ball pitchers in baseball. Six of the first nine outs were from the ground ball, as Stroman’s ground ball rate continues to be atop the...
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The Mets announced after game one of the doubleheader today that they have called up right hander Thomas Szapucki, who will be the 27th man on the roster. In 2017, Szapucki was one of the team’s top five prospects, but injuries held back his development. The 25-year-old has made two starts for AAA Syracuse this year, and owns a 4.15 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, and 10.4 K/9 across 13 innings of...
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