Jacob deGrom was announced as the only Met to make the All-Star team Sunday. It’s his fourth All-Star selection. It’s a bit of an upset as Taijuan Walker and Marcus Stroman were candidates to make the team as they pitched to a sub-3.00 ERA over the first half of the year. Edwin Diaz, who’s been one of the best closers in baseball, didn’t make the team, either....
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The Mets announced a litany of roster moves Friday ahead of the Subway Series with the Yankees. Jeurys Familia will be activated off the injured list Friday, the team announced, along with Brandon Nimmo (finger nerve damage) and Tomás Nido (wrist bruise). Marcus Stroman also returned to the team from the bereavement list and is slated to start Saturday. Familia and Nido completed short IL stints...
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Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets won their game last night. How? Well, I’m not really sure (it was clutch hits), but it’s a stark turn around from the previous couple weeks, where the Mets really struggled to score bunches in runs when down late. Down three runs in the seventh, the Mets scored three on a James McCann homer to tie it, and Francisco Lindor hit the ultimate game winner...
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New York Mets right-hander Marcus Stroman was placed on the bereavement list ahead of Monday’s game against the Washington Nationals following the death of his grandmother. Sean Reid-Foley was called up from Triple-A to take his roster spot. Mets manager Luis Rojas said Sunday the righty would be away from the team for an unspecified amount of time to attend to the family matter. Once on...
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The Mets were lucky to split a four-game series with the Phillies this weekend after the latest lackluster offensive performance. The pitching kept them close, as always, though, which allowed for timely hits and patient at-bats against the Phillies’ bullpen (“Hector Neris can blow a save with the best of them,” the wise Keith Hernandez once said) during two game-winning...
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