That’s what you get for sticking a first baseman in left field. The Mets have shown all season they don’t care about defense, and that showed true again in Monday’s 2-1 extra-inning loss to the San Francisco Giants. In a game when Zack Wheeler played Houdini and tight-roped out of danger on multiple occasions, and the bullpen was tremendous, the Mets were done in on a miscue by...
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Mets’ manager Mickey Callaway spoke with Wayne Randazzo of 710 WOR earlier today, and said the team plans to move right-handed pitcher Corey Oswalt to the bullpen. Oswalt, 25 next month, has pitched to a 2-2 record with a 5.16 ERA, 5.94 FIP, 1.147 WHIP and 5.6 K/9 in nine games (eight starts) for New York this year. His most recent outing came on Thursday in the Mets 25-4 rout over the...
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Former first round pick Dominic Smith’s tenure with the New York Mets organization has been a roller coaster ride to say the least. From his high prospect status, to weight loss-weight gain-weight loss, and now the experiment in the outfield, Smith’s future with the team is murky. Especially with the rise of fellow first baseman, Peter Alonso. With that being said, Smith should, at...
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Mike Puma of the New York Post reported last week that former general manager Sandy Alderson’s successor will likely not be a “young, analytics-driven” type of person that owner Fred Wilpon would have “difficulty connecting with.” The Mets are en route to their second losing season in as many years, and eighth in their last 10 years. According to Puma, the belief...
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Amed Rosario hit his first career lead-off home run in Monday night’s 8-5 Mets victory over the Yankees, and looks to have finally found his batting spot home. “I think leading him off, he seems to adapt to that spot in the order and really values laying off pitches and being more patient,’’ Callaway told the New York Post after Rosario went 2-for-5 out of the No. 1 hole. “We’re really...
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