Good morning, Mets fans! After sweeping the Cincinnati Reds out of town, the New York Mets welcome the Philadelphia Phillies for a three-game series at Citi Field. The Mets have won their last six games and look to continue their streak against a very hot Phillies club who have won eight of their last 10 games. Now onto the morning briefing. Latest Mets News Mike Petriello of MLB.com writes...
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You never stop learning, even if you’ve been in the majors for over a decade, and Carlos Carrasco was able to take some useful advice into his start on Tuesday after receiving some pearls of wisdom from fellow veteran starter Max Scherzer. When the Mets made a huge splash in free agency by signing Scherzer to a three-year, $130 million deal, they weren’t just paying the big bucks for...
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The New York Mets today announced that 65 former players and managers will be in attendance for Old Timers’ Day Presented by Citi on August 27 prior to the 7:10 p.m. game vs. Colorado. Eleven members of the Mets Hall of Fame (Ed Kranepool, Cleon Jones, Mookie Wilson, Keith Hernandez, Dwight Gooden, Darryl Strawberry, John Franco, Mike Piazza, Jon Matlack, Ron Darling and Edgardo Alfonzo) and...
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3 UP Record Setting Lindor With a homer in the second game of this series, Francisco Lindor became the first shortstop in Mets history with two 20 home run seconds. Of course, Lindor is the only Mets shortstop with one 20 home run season. He tied Jose Reyes’ single season RBI record for a shortstop, and he tied David Wright’s record for consecutive games scoring a run. Notably, Lindor is...
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Francisco Lindor has been outstanding of late, and his performance on Wednesday put him in the record books. The four-time All-Star drove in his 80th and 81st RBIs of the season to tie Jose Reyes’ franchise record for most RBIs in a single season by a shortstop. “The team’s been around a long time. When you start saying that that gets your attention,” said Buck Showalter....
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Yesterday, the Mets celebrated Women’s Day at the park. It was their first first Women’s Day at Citi Field (and they ended up beating the Reds, too!). The day had pregame and in-game programming, all in honor of Women’s Equality Day and changed their Twitter avi to commemorate the day. They also remembered the late Shannon Forde and had a tribute video on Citi Vision in her honor....
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