Three hundred and ninety-one days. Jacob deGrom made his much-anticipated return to the major league mound on Tuesday against the Washington Nationals. Shut down with a stress reaction in his scapula during Spring Training, deGrom rehabbed for months to make his season debut. DeGrom came out firing. He casually tossed a baseball 99 miles per hour on his first pitch. By the time he threw his...
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New York Mets general manager Billy Eppler has given his insight on what his team did at the 2022 MLB trade deadline after what proved to be ultimately a quiet day in Queens on Tuesday. Having acquired DH Daniel Vogelbach and catcher Michael Perez from the Pirates in late July, in addition to OF Tyler Naquin from the Reds, Eppler made two more deals just before the deadline. He sent J.D. Davis...
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Maybe the hopes were too high. Maybe the market played out differently. Maybe, maybe, maybe. The reality remains the same. The New York Mets and general manager Billy Eppler failed to do enough at the 2022 trade deadline. New York came away with two lefty platoon bats, a right-handed platoon bat, and a singular reliever. Maybe we’d be singing a different tune if those platoon bats were of...
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Mets shortstop prospect Ronny Mauricio was the subject of trade rumors on Tuesday, however, he finished the day off with a three-run homer in the 10th inning for the Double-A Binghamton Rumble Ponies. AAA: Lehigh Valley (55-45) 13, Syracuse (45-55) 6 Box Score C Francisco Alvarez 2-for-5, R, .193/.368/.421 DH Mark Vientos 1-for-4, BB, R, .267/.351/.520 LF Gosuke Katoh 3-for-5, 2B, 3 RBI,...
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The Edwin Diaz redemption tour continues as the best closer in baseball has been named the NL Reliever of the Month for July. Diaz has been on a complete tear this season as he has solidified himself as the best closer in baseball and number two is nowhere near. Diaz was named the NL Reliever of the Month for the second month in a row. Diaz is boasting a career best so far in 2022 with an era of...
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Good morning, Mets fans. Legendary broadcaster Vin Scully died Tuesday, the Dodgers announced. He was 94 years old. One of his most famous calls was the final play of the Mets’ win in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series. The Mets made a couple trades on Tuesday that brought Darin Ruf and Mychall Givens to New York. Their trade for Ruf noteably sent J.D. Davis to San Francisco. The Mets were...
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