With Spring Training coming to a close, Sports Illustrated has released their predictions for the 2018 regular season. The magazine has the Mets winning 88 games, good for the first wild card spot. They have them 12 games behind the Washington Nationals, but 14 ahead of the Philadelphia Phillies who SI thinks will go 74-88. They predict the Mets will beat the Arizona Diamondbacks in the wild...
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Steven Matz finished his spring strong after getting off to a rough start. On Sunday, in his final Grapefruit League appearance, Matz kept the Miami Marlins at bay allowing just two hits over four shutout innings. “I know the phrase is ‘it’s just spring training,’ but that is really the way it is,” Matz said. “You’ve just got to get out there and get reps and feel comfortable and now at this...
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We spend a majority of our lives trying to find the happiness we felt when we were kids. For a lot (if not all) of us here at MetsMerized, most of that joy stems from baseball. For me, some of the happiest moments of my life were driving down to Flushing with my old man from our house about a half hour away in Yonkers. Guys like Edgardo Alfonzo, Mike Piazza and Al Leiter were my heroes and...
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The New York Mets are kicking around the idea of putting Michael Conforto on the Opening Day roster in a pinch hitting capacity, according to Mike Puma of the New York Post. “There might be some value to having Conforto coming off the bench and not having him play the outfield,” said manager Mickey Callaway. “(We) got to weight all that stuff right now.” Conforto appeared in...
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New York Mets right-hander Zack Wheeler will begin the season with Triple-A Las Vegas, the team announced on Saturday. The 27-year-old went 0-1 with a 8.10 ERA over five games (four started) for the Mets this spring. He also had an alarming 8.10 ERA over 10.0 innings pitched. Wheeler said it was hard to take in when he received the news because he had become so accustomed to the grind of the...
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