The Mets played a stretch of seven games against one of the worst teams in baseball — the Pirates — with the All-Star break spliced between them. They only won three games, including just one of three in the latest series in Pittsburgh. It could’ve been much better had they not blown a couple of big leads, but it also could’ve been much worse had they not come back from a...
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Just as the entire Mets offense got healthy for the first time in two and a half months, the Mets lost Francisco Lindor to an oblique injury on Saturday. Lindor was placed on the 10-day injured list ahead of Saturday’s game against the Pirates. They called up Travis Blankenhorn from Triple-A Syracuse in his place. “I have a lot of faith in God. It happened for a reason,” Lindor...
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Metsmerized continued its midseason report cards with the Mets’ coaching staff, starting with the manager and working our way down. Manager Luis Rojas began his second season–and first full one–as Mets manager with slight turbulence, having to wade through the waters of sexual harassment claims within the organization from years when he wasn’t leading the team (Rojas was...
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The Cubs made their first sell of the All-Star break by trading Joc Pederson to the Atlanta Braves. Pederson has a triple slash line of .230/.300/.418 through 287 plate appearances with a 95 wRC+. He signed a one-year deal with the Cubs in the offseason. Trading for Pederson addresses the Braves’ need for outfield help after Ronald Acuna tore his ACL last week and Marcell Ozuna suffered a...
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Carlos Carrasco is one step closer to joining the Mets for the first time this season after completing his first rehab assignment. The 34-year-old threw two scoreless innings for High-A Brooklyn Thursday night. Carrasco completed a 1-2-3 first inning and allowed just a single–a bloop hit–in the second. He also struck out two batters from the Jersey Shore BlueClaws over the course of...
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