The Mets (30-26) fell 7-2 to the Diamondbacks (26-28) on Friday night in Arizona. Jon Niese pitched for the Mets and finally turned in a solid outing, pitching six innings of three-run ball, allowing six hits and walking one while striking out eight. The Mets grabbed an early lead when Michael Cuddyer took Jeremy Hellickson deep for a solo shot in the top of the second. But Arizona answered back...
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The MLB Draft is just a few days away, so one might expect front office executives to currently be focusing their attention on the top college and high school players in the nation. But yesterday, the first real trade of the 2015 season went down out West, where Seattle acquired slugger Mark Trumbo from Arizona in a six-player deal. Is it trade season? It is never too early to make a trade. It...
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The Mets (29-25) fell 7-3 to the Padres (27-28) on Wednesday night in San Diego. Dillon Gee fired blanks in his return from the Disabled List, allowing seven runs (four earned) on eight hits and a walk in four innings, striking out one. The Mets had their chances against James Shields, but didn’t take advantage. After New York squandered a pair of baserunners in the top of the first, San...
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The Mets are hanging tough with the Nationals at the top of the division after two months of play. But unlike the last Mets team to win the NL East (2006), this year’s team doesn’t feature elite position players anywhere on the diamond. It’s not a coincidence that, while the ’06 Mets accounted for half of the National League’s starting lineup in that year’s...
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The Mets (29-23) beat the Padres (25-28) 7-0 on Monday night in San Diego, moving back into a tie for first place. The Mets’ bats weren’t scared off by the 10 PM start time, getting off to a fast start in the opener of their West Coast swing. New York plated two in the top of the first when Ruben Tejada doubled, Daniel Murphy and Wilmer Flores singled, and Will Middlebrooks made a...
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