Author: Tim Ryder

Mets Sign RHP Louis Coleman To Minor League Deal

The New York Mets have signed 33-year-old right-hander Louis Coleman to a minor league contract. Coleman most recently pitched for the Detroit Tigers (3.51 ERA, 41 strikeouts, 24 walks over 51.1 innings/51 appearances in 2018), before being granted his release this spring. The right-hander spent the first five years of his MLB career with Kansas City (2011-2015), pitching to a 3.20 ERA with a...

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Dominic Smith’s Value to Mets Is Apparent

At a point in the season where the New York Mets need every victory they can manage to secure, a 6-and-1 seven-game home stand with more than half of their regulars on the shelf is quite the well-timed accomplishment. With Michael Conforto (who returned on Sunday), Jeff McNeil, Robinson Cano, and Brandon Nimmo all out of the lineup, the Mets swept the scuffling Nats and took two of three from...

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Wilson Ramos Getting Hot At the Right Time

New York Mets catcher Wilson Ramos had a rough start to the season, by all accounts. Now, it appears as if one of general manager Brodie Van Wagenen’s primary additions is starting to come around. After coming to Flushing on a two-year, $19 million deal this offseason, the 31-year-old Venezuelan native slashed .247/.313/.303 with one home run, 17 RBIs, and two doubles from Opening Day...

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Game Recap: Mets’ Catchers Maul Tigers in 5-4 Walk-Off Win

After failing to complete one last comeback on Friday night versus Detroit — snapping the Tigers’ nine-game losing streak and breaking the Mets’ four-game winning streak — the New York Mets welcomed the Tigers into a sold-out Citi Field for the second of a three-game set. Wilson Ramos (3-for-4, walk, two home runs, four RBIs) provided nearly all of the Mets’ offense...

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Brandon Nimmo’s Neck Injury More Severe Than Originally Believed

According to Anthony DiComo of MLB.com, New York Mets outfielder Brandon Nimmo has been diagnosed with a “bulging cervical disk pushing a nerve in his neck” and whiplash. The Mets had originally classified the injury as neck stiffness, then shifted to “inflammation” when they placed him on the 10-day injured list earlier this week. “I’m 26 years old. I had...

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