According to Mets assistant general manager John Ricco, Yoenis Cespedes is close to returning despite missing his target return date, the Rangers series. “He had another productive day down in Florida,” Ricco said per Mike Puma of the New York Post. “We are getting close and whether or not [rehab] games is the next step, we’ll find out in the next couple of days.” The Mets are traveling to...
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Jimmy Piersall only spent one season in a Mets uniform, but what he did in his short time in blue and orange is forever ingrained in the fabric of history. When Piersall clubbed career home run No. 100, he trotted the bases backwards, another notch in the outfielder’s colorful career. What a lot of people don’t know is the reason behind why Piersall did this. In 1963,...
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With high aspirations coming into the season on the heels of two consecutive playoff appearances, 2017 can be summed up in one word: disastrous. The injuries have been piling up all season, but that doesn’t excuse the fact that the team has no spark. There is no more feeling like the 2015 stretch run produced and there is certainly no perseverance from an injury decimated team like the...
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It’s no secret that Jay Bruce and Neil Walker have taken the reins as the veteran leaders of the Mets lineup as Yoenis Cespedes and David Wright remain sidelined with varying degrees of injuries. But the question remains as to what happens to the sluggers once the 2017 season concludes. Bruce, 30, had his $13 million contract picked up by the Mets in the 2016-17 offseason with full intent...
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Neil Walker sat back and waited for his pitch on a 3-1 count with Michael Conforto on third and two out. With big eyes, Walker promptly parked the 95 mph inside fastball from Tyler Glasnow into the bullpen in right field, kicking his legs into a skip as he rounded the bases for his seventh long ball of the season, and his third against his former team in the last week, the Pittsburgh Pirates....
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