Jacob deGrom joined an exclusive club after his victory against the Atlanta Braves Saturday night. In the last decade, only four Mets pitchers have won 15 or more games in a season. Bartolo Colon had 15 in 2014 and 2016, Mike Pelfrey accomplished the feat with 15 wins of his own in 2010, Johan Santana recorded 16 wins in 2008 and deGrom’s opposition on Saturday, R.A. Dickey, had 20 during...
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The Royals were the ones to finally do it. On Friday night, Kansas City edged out the Cleveland Indians 4-3 to snap the latter’s American League record 22-game winning streak. Securing the victory was southpaw Jason Vargas. The 12-year veteran is in the midst of the best year of his career, pitching to a 16-10 record with a 4.19 ERA and 3.4 WAR in 29 starts. His performance was good enough...
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A decade ago, the Mets had a bonafide leadoff hitter and one of the fastest shortstops in baseball, Jose Reyes. Fast forward to 2017 and history has repeated itself. MLBPipeline’s No. 1 prospect in the game, Amed Rosario, is the fastest player at his position according to Statcast. The average sprint speed across baseball is 27 feet per second in a player’s fastest one-second window,...
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At this point, the Mets are just going through the motions. On Friday night, the team slipped 20 games below .500 with a 3-2 loss to the Atlanta Braves as their nightmarish season dragged on. One of the more consistent starters of the ragtag group, Rafael Montero, pitched well through the first four innings before hitting a wall in the fifth. “I don’t have the faintest idea, I really don’t have...
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The New York Mets announced today that Noah Syndergaard threw a bullpen on Thursday in Chicago without an issues. It was the first bullpen for Syndergaard since having his scheduled simulated start for Sunday cancelled because of general soreness. Pitching coach Dan Warthen told reporters that Syndergaard could pitch this weekend but he will have to talk to general manager Sandy Alderson first....
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