Billy Eppler spoke to the media for just the third time this season, this time with his team stuck in a deep rut. The Mets sit at eight games under .500 just shy of the halfway point, and they just can’t seem to put a good stretch of games together. Shortly after owner Steve Cohen said he’d hold a press conference ahead of Wednesday’s game, Eppler made sure to make a public...
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With the Mets in the throes of one of their worst months in recent memory, Steve Cohen announced he will hold a press conference at Citi Field ahead of Wednesday’s game. “You will get it from me straight,” the Mets’ owner said in a tweet. The Mets are off to a dreadful 35-43 start through 78 games. Their pitching is some of the worst in the league—despite spending over...
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Entering the final couple of days of All-Star voting, no Mets player leads their position group. Here is where certain Mets stand with regards to voting: Pete Alonso: 3rd (5,000 votes behind Matt Olson, 1.16 million behind Freddie Freeman) Francisco Lindor: 2nd (552,000 behind Orlando Arcia) Jeff McNeil: 7th (~750,000 behind Luis Arraez) Brandon Nimmo: (410,000 behind third-place Corbin Carroll)...
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Starling Marte has struggled in 2023, underperforming his 2022 output greatly just 72 games into the season. So far, the 34-year-old has slashed .238/.301/.321/.622. His isolated slugging percentage (.071), which is the measure of a player’s raw power, has fallen off a cliff from last year’s (.176 in 2022, .159 career average). He’s pulling the ball much less, and fewer of his...
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Drew Smith was ejected Tuesday night for a foreign substance on his hand Tuesday night versus the New York Yankees in Game 1 of the 2023 Subway Series. Smith entered the game in the top of the seventh, and before he threw a pitch, crew chief Bill Miller check his hand for sticky substances. The three other umpires also looked at Smith’s hand, and Miller ultimately tossed Smith from the...
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