With the non-waiver trade deadline nearly upon us, there will surely be a shake up of the Mets roster. New York currently sits 13 games out of the National League East and 10 games behind the Colorado Rockies for the second wild card spot. At 44-50 as of July 22 and a playoff berth highly unlikely, the Amazin’s should be all but gearing up for next season. With that being said, here are...
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The focus prior to Friday night’s game against the Athletics may have been on Yoenis Cespedes, but that didn’t stop another Mets outfielder from quickly taking back the limelight. Michael Conforto led the Mets offense on Friday night, with a big two homer, four RBI outburst in a 7-5 victory over the Oakland A’s, the third straight win for the Amazins. With the team down 1-0...
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The three straight losses the Mets have incurred can be summed up as a microcosm of this season as a whole. While these losses have upheld the notion that there will be no playoffs in Queens this year, it also secured New York as sellers and solved any doubt of what they will be doing leading up to the end of the month. Tuesday night, Rafael Montero was doomed for failure before he even toed the...
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Sitting at 53-39 and pushing for its first National League West title since 2011, the Arizona Diamondbacks have acquired outfielder J.D. Martinez from the Detroit Tigers for three prospects. Jon Morosi of MLB Network first broke the news on Twitter and the Diamondbacks confirmed the move shortly after. Martinez, 30 in August, has had a fine year at the dish, hitting .305/.388/.630 with 16 home...
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Things were going smoothly for Zack Wheeler, who was dealing through the first four innings on Monday night, locked into a pitcher’s duel with Adam Wainwright. In the fifth, the 27-year-old loaded the bases with three consecutive walks, but got himself out of the inning unscathed. But the next frame wasn’t so kind, as the Cardinals were able to break into the scoring column with a...
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