It really is a cold world out there. After notching the first hit of his career in the critical 12th inning for the Mets Friday night, Jake Hager was designated for assignment Saturday to make room for Jordan Yamamoto on the 26-man active roster. Yamamoto, who pitched for the Marlins in 2019 and 2020, will be available out of the bullpen Saturday while Joey Lucchesi will get the start against...
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Updated Post: May 21, 10:10 p.m. Jon Morosi of MLB.com reports that the Mets expect Jacob deGrom’s next start will be at the big league level. The Mets ace pitched in A-Ball on Thursday night for the St. Lucie Mets and was unhittable, he struck out eight in three scoreless innings. He also hit 102 mph with his fastball and 95 mph with one of his sliders. Following the three innings, he...
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While injuries keep piling up for the Mets (I’ve started a sentence with that for probably the last four series), the team took two of three from the Atlanta Braves in their first matchup of the year against the NL East rival. The Bench Mob–the backups who really have been The Starting Mob for the last two weeks–continued to produce enough offense to win games while the...
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Good morning, Mets fans! Some good injury news came Tuesday night as Seth Lugo and J.D. Davis played in a rehab game. Seth Lugo threw just four pitches, but it got him three outs in start with the St. Lucie Mets. Lugo touched at least 93 miles per hour in the one inning of work. Davis, who will hopefully have a much shorter rehab stint, played four innings in the same game. He started at...
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The Bench Mob freaking does it again. Tomás Nido’s solo home run with two outs in the ninth gave the Mets a 4-3 lead, which Edwin Diaz nailed down with his second save in as many days to give the Mets another win over the Braves. With injuries compounding over the last two weeks, the Mets have been left scrambling to fill roster spots. Just has it has been the last month or so, though, the...
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