Jay Bruce is on the disabled list now recovering from a hip issue, but it’s no secret how dismal his season was before being sidelined. Bruce, 31, signed a three-year deal this offseason to return to the Mets, the team that traded him in August last year to the Cleveland Indians. New York doled out $39 million to the outfielder in what ended up being the slowest market in recent memory....
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Steven Matz labored through a ton of pitches over 5.1 innings on Sunday, but helped the Mets to their first win in four games and first win in the month of July. However, New York just capped off their worst June in franchise history by going 5-21, and still remain at 33-48 through 81 games to begin the season. “I think we’re all disappointed in where we’re at right now,” said Matz. “We had...
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James Wagner of the New York Times reported on Friday that the Mets have received some trade interest in Zack Wheeler. Wheeler, 28, has pitched to a 4.47 ERA, 3.65 FIP, 85 ERA+, and 1.331 WHIP in 15 starts so far this year (88.2 IP). However, his ERA is even lower over his last eight starts (3.38). With the Mets 15 games under .500 as of Saturday and a new three-headed monster calling the shots...
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Earlier this week, Mets infielder Amed Rosario was given a mental break to work through his on-field struggles, especially his offensive ones. In the mean time, he worked with hitting coach Pat Roessler to clean up his mechanics and work on his plate approach. In 76 games, he has hit just .244/.281/.362 in 262 plate appearances. A main struggle for him has been that on-base percentage, which has...
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Mets’ ace Jacob deGrom was supposed to start the series opener against the Miami Marlins on Friday night, but was unfortunately scratched due to a family issue. Saturday’s projected starter, Corey Oswalt, was in turn bumped to Friday night only a few hours before game time and was smacked around by the Marlins lineup. “I think that even in the first two innings he didn’t...
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