Brandon Nimmo will sit out the rest of the Mets’ Grapefruit League schedule with a stiff neck. Speaking before the Mets play the Astros later today, manager Buck Showalter announced that Nimmo won’t be involved today or against the Nationals on Tuesday. Brandon Nimmo has a stiff neck and won’t play today or tomorrow, Buck Showalter said. The Mets hope he will play Thursday. —...
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The New York Mets will spend the last two days of spring training with an early game against the Astros today and then an early game against the Nationals tomorrow. After that the Mets will get a day off before their season opener against the Washington Nationals in DC. Do you ever watch a spring training game and wish “I hope they save some of those hits for the regular season”? Yesterday was...
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Chris Bassitt made his second start of spring on Sunday at Clover Park in the Mets’ spring home finale. He gave up four earned runs on six hits, two walks, and two home runs in five innings of work against the Marlins. The home runs he gave up were a one-out solo home run to Jorge Soler in the first inning and a two-run home run to Jesus Aguilar in the fourth inning. Bassitt threw well on...
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Robinson Canó is putting everything together on Sunday afternoon in a big spring game for him. Canó went 4-for-4 with an RBI as the Mets beat the Marlins 8-4 in their latest Grapefruit League game on Sunday. Canó had a double and three singles in the game, with his second hit of the afternoon driving in Pete Alonso to score in the third inning. It was without doubt the veteran’s stand-out...
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Talk about a flying start. Mets bats slugged what was an Opening Day record six home runs against the Expos, the most prodigious coming from Darryl Strawberry — challenging the confines of Olympic Stadium. Strawberry went deep twice. So did fellow outfielder Kevin McReynolds. Kevin Elster and Lenny Dykstra supplied the rest of the power in a 10-6 win. Dwight Gooden didn’t pitch his best,...
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Good morning, Mets fans! On Sunday, the Mets won a spring training game and made a trade. Today, we are just three days from opening day, and we are still waiting to hear whether or not Max Scherzer will be able to start game one. Now let’s get into the morning briefing. Latest Mets News The Mets made a rare cross-town trade with the Yankees Sunday, acquiring left-hander Joely Rodríguez from the...
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