According to Joel Sherman of the New York Post, longtime Philadephia Phillies and current Los Angeles Dodgers second baseman Chase Utley plans to retire at the end of the season. Utley, 39, has collected 1,880 hits over his seventeen-year career with 259 home runs, 1,025 runs batted in, and a .276/.358/.466 slash line. Infamous for his years of Mets-killing with Philadelphia and for breaking...
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The New York Mets have a valuable commodity in Amed Rosario. No, not the type you trade, but the type an organization invests in. By bringing up the Dominican native as a 21-year-old, as well as he may have played in the minor leagues, they did, in a sense, invest in Rosario. They also put an awful lot of responsibility on the shoulders of a very young player. He wasn’t asked to be a...
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After hitting .276/.447/.517 over his last 12 games, the New York Mets rookie shortstop Amed Rosario is on the bench tonight for the series opener against the Washington Nationals. Rosario, 22, has four extra-base hits (two doubles and two triples) in his last five games and has looked more relaxed at the plate recently. According to Steve Gelbs of SNY, Mets manager Mickey Callaway gave some...
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According to Tim Britton of The Athletic, New York Mets skipper Mickey Callaway said this afternoon that outfielder Yoenis Cespedes will begin running the bases today in an attempt to return from the disabled list. Cespedes, 32, has been on the DL since May 16 with a mild strain of the right hip flexor. He began a rehab assignment on June 8 but was pulled from his first game in the field after...
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Mickey Callaway announced before Wednesday night’s series finale against the Phillies that left-handed veteran Jason Vargas will make a second rehab start for Short Season-A Brooklyn. Hopefully, another rehab start like his last outing for Brooklyn (six innings, one hit, no walks, nine strikeouts) on Monday will help Jason Vargas kick himself into gear. Vargas has been sidelined with a...
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