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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The New York Mets (7-6) took on the Miami Marlins (7-6) in the team’s 13th game of spring training. Chris Bassitt took the mound for New York and Pablo López for the Marlins. Led by a strong offensive performance, headlined by Robinson Canó and Starling Marte, the Mets won their seventh game of the spring, 8-4. The scoring started early as new Marlin Jorge Soler took Bassitt deep to...
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As reported on Friday, Jacob deGrom has been shut down from throwing for up to four weeks after an MRI exam revealed a stress reaction on his right scapula. The two-time Cy Young Award winner will have to build up his arm strength again once he resumes throwing. This could push his eventual return to the rotation sometime around late May or early June. Despite the uncertainty of his injury or a...
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Just when you thought this week in Mets Land couldn’t get any odder, the Mets and Yankees have made a trade. The two teams have exchanged relievers, with Miguel Castro heading from Flushing to the Bronx, and lefty Joely Rodriguez coming back to the Mets in the deal. The Mets originally acquired Castro from the Baltimore Orioles during the 2020 season, and he seemed to be able to get his...
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The last several days for the Mets have been absolutely wild and not the fun kind of wild: Thursday night: World learns of a possible Jacob deGrom injury Friday late morning: deGrom has an MRI, Mets say they will comment later Friday afternoon: Mets announce that deGrom will not throw for four weeks and then will be evaluated again Late Friday night: Rumors start swirling that the Mets are...
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Following the turmoil of Saturday’s potential trade between the Mets and Padres where Dominic Smith was nearly traded to San Diego for Chris Paddack, Emilio Pagán and 2015 Mets villain Eric Hosmer, the Padres swung yet another deal for a star starting pitcher. This time the Padres traded for A’s lefty Sean Manaea. Manaea helps stabilize a rotation that features the likes of Yu...
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