It feels like the Mets bullpen has been blowing games like clockwork. On Friday night, it happened for New York yet again. Starter Zack Wheeler gave the team six strong, scoreless innings, and went back out for the seventh. He allowed a pair of hits, and manager Mickey Callaway decided to pull the plug and put in righty Paul Sewald to get him out of the jam. If this was April, it would have been...
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Laura Albanese of Newsday reports that Steven Matz will not be going on the disabled list. Tim Britton of the Athletic confirms this, saying that the left-hander only has a slight strain of the middle finger and is day-to-day. – Josh Finkelstein – Original Post- May 30 Mets left-hander Steven Matz left Tuesday night’s contest with the Atlanta Braves prior to the bottom of the...
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After the Mets placed Noah Syndergaard on the 10-day disabled list on Tuesday, the team has adjusted their starting rotation. Syndergaard will throw a bullpen session this weekend and manager Mickey Callaway expects him to be on the disabled list for the minimum 10 days, however, they needed to tweak it to attack the next couple days. Jason Vargas, who threw just three innings on Saturday in...
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Some much needed relief help is close to returning. According to Betsy Helfand of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, right-hander Anthony Swarzak is with Triple-A Las Vegas and is expect to pitch Tuesday night. Swarzak, 32, got into just two games for the Mets this season before going down with an oblique injury. Initially, it seemed as though Swarzak could return sooner than later, but he has ended...
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Mets right-handed pitcher Jacob deGrom once again left it all on the line for the team. The staff ace, and arguably National League ace, allowed just one run over seven innings in the first leg of Monday’s doubleheader with the Braves. However, he didn’t get the benefit of eight runs like the pitching staff got in the night cap, and the ever steady Seth Lugo who came in to relieve him didn’t...
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