According to Matt Ehalt of Yahoo Sports, the New York Mets are thinking of shaking up their rotation a bit in the near future. Steven Matz and Jason Vargas, currently the team’s fourth and fifth starters, respectively, are the Mets’ only two starting southpaws. Right-handers Jacob deGrom, Noah Syndergaard, and Zack Wheeler currently occupy the rotation’s top-three spots. Matz,...
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After sharing the details of his former New York Mets teammate Lenny Dykstra’s on-field World Series tirade directed at Boston Red Sox starter, Dennis Boyd, who started Game 3 of the Fall Classic in the Mets’ title-winning season of 1986, former Mets pitcher and current SNY analyst Ron Darling and his former teammate have found themselves in a bit of a spat. According to...
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New York Mets utility man Jeff McNeil had quite a day on Saturday versus the Washington Nationals. After going 4-for-5 with a double, a triple, and two RBI in the Mets 11-8 win over the Nats, it shouldn’t have mattered who was pitching for the Nats on Sunday or his pitching dexterity — McNeil should have been in the lineup. Apparently, due to a previously scheduled day off, Mets...
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There were moments during New York Mets starter Zack Wheeler’s season debut on Sunday versus the Washington Nationals that he looked like the pitcher who was one of the game’s best over the second half of the 2018 season. There were also times he looked like the young hurler who struggled to keep his pitches off of the plate, giving opposing hitters a whole lot of canvas to work...
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New York Mets starter Noah Syndergaard had trouble finding consistency in his first start of the season. While serviceable enough, the 26-year-old right-hander was guilty of leaving a few pitches over the heart of the plate on Saturday versus the Nationals — and he paid for his transgressions. He pitched himself out of a few jams, was using his wide array of pitches to their full...
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