With a Mets starting rotation that has been put through the wringer, there has been one constant as of late and his name is Jacob deGrom. Noah Syndergaard went down with a partially torn lat muscle. Then it was Matt Harvey. Zack Wheeler. Steven Matz. Seth Lugo. The list goes on. Every Mets starter has spent time on the disabled list except for deGrom and Robert Gsellman, the latter of whom was...
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New York Mets manager Terry Collins told reporters on Thursday that he will ask veteran shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera to play some second base when he returns. He then stated the reasoning behind the request was to keep the struggling Jose Reyes at shortstop. Cabrera is still expected to return from the disabled list on Friday. Of course, it would make more sense if the Mets were asking Cabrera to...
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Rafael Montero fired 3 2/3 gutsy innings of one run ball in relief of Zack Wheeler on Monday night in Los Angeles. The performance helped keep the Mets in the game after Wheeler imploded for seven runs in just two innings, but left the team without a definite starter on Wednesday. According to Anthony DiComo of MLB.com on Twitter, rookie right-hander Tyler Pill will draw the nod for the Mets in...
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After signing 20 draft picks earlier this week, the Mets have come to terms with second round selection Mark Vientos. Vientos, 17, will get $1.5 million, just over slot for the No. 59 selection value of $1,094,700, according to MLB.com’s Jonathan Mayo on Twitter. Vientos hit .417 as a senior at American Heritage School in Plantation, FL as a shortstop, but it is expected he will be moved...
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Jose Reyes accomplished on Monday night what few men in their careers have been able to. After falling behind 7-0 after just two innings, Reyes stepped into the dish in the top of the third and parked a home run over the left field fence to get the scoring started for the Mets. It would be the first of four home runs of the game served up by Clayton Kershaw, a career high for the southpaw. Gavin...
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