After Friday’s afternoon 5-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs at historic Wrigley Field, New York Mets utility-man extraordinaire, Jeff McNeil, made no qualms about proclaiming his desire to make the National League All-Star team. “You know, it’s a dream of mine to play in the All-Star Game. I think I’ve done enough,” McNeil told the team’s press corps (video via...
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Major League Baseball announced the respective finalists for the National League and American League All-Star team starting nines on Friday evening. This year’s exhibition is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, July 9 at Progressive Field in Cleveland, OH. The final round of All-Star voting begins this Wednesday, June 26, at noon ET and runs through Thursday, June 27, at 4 PM ET You can...
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New York Mets fan-favorite and unintentional catalyst of the 2015 National League champion squad Ruben Tejada hit for the cycle on Wednesday night for Triple-A Syracuse. Tejada, 29, spent the first six years of his MLB career with the Mets after being signed by the club in 2006 out of Panama (.255/.330/.323 86 wRC+, .293 wOBA over 580 games in Queens) before moving on after the 2015 season. The...
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The injuries. The underperformance. The lack of any real conviction or commitment to succeed from this organization. The at-times baffling soundbites we get from this team… All of it has left their players — the only ones who seem to put forth maximum effort when it comes to the betterment of the New York Mets — in a less-than-desirable position; covering for their bosses....
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New York Mets left-handed relief pitcher, Justin Wilson, was scratched from his rehab outing with Short Season-A Brooklyn with what the team referred to as “left elbow tightness”. Wilson, 31, initially hit the injured list on April 22, under the same affliction. The team activated Wilson (after no rehab outings) on May 6, only to place him on the IL retroactive to May 8 (May 11). The...
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