It was announced on Monday afternoon that Binghamton Rumble Ponies right-hander Cole Gordon was named the Pitcher of the Week, and center fielder Jake Mangum was named the Player of the Week for the Double-A Northeast League for this past week. Mangum was the Mets’ fourth-round selection in the 2019 MLB Draft out of Mississippi State University. He began the year back with Brooklyn, after he...
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Good morning, Mets fans! After a disappointing series against the Phillies, the Mets will look to bounce back with a three-game series vs. the Nationals starting on Tuesday night at Citi Field. New York will send righty Carlos Carrasco (0-0, 3.24 ERA) to the mound to take on Washington right-hander Paolo Espino (3-3, 3.66 ERA). The Nats are heading into New York off a series loss at the hands of...
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Heading into the Allstar break the New York Mets sat in first place of the National League East. Now one month after the break, the Mets have dropped 15 of their last 24 games leaving the team sitting in third place. After the team has just been swept by division rival Philadelphia Phillies in a three game set, questions are starting to be asked not just about the offense, but also about the...
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The Mets got swept by the Phillies this weekend. It wasn’t all that fun, so let’s just get right into some silver linings before we look at downward trends for the team that now sits at just a game above .500 at 56-55. 3 Up Taijuan Walker’s Getting… Better So, the downside is, Taijuan Walker still gave up three home runs Sunday, inflating his second half home run count to...
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Well, folks, it looks like the New York Mets picked the wrong time to hit the skids. After finishing up a 5-6 homestand last weekend, many of us looked at the upcoming seven-game road trip against the Miami Marlins and Philadelphia Phillies as a way to finally put some distance between themselves and the rest of the NL East. That happened, but not in the way anyone associated with the Mets had...
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Taijuan Walker threw six innings on Sunday, and despite giving up three home runs, he pitched well against the Phillies. Unfortunately, he didn’t get any help from the Mets’ offense, as they recorded just two hits and struck out 11 times en route to getting shut out by old friend, Zack Wheeler. In those six innings pitched, Walker allowed four hits and three earned runs, along with...
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