AAA: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (46-24) 9, Syracuse Mets (24-49) 8 Box Score Wilfredo Tovar, IF: 2-for-4, R, RBI, 2 BB, .295/.396/.415 Mason Williams, OF: 2-for-6, R, SO, .295/.360/.418 Although the Mets put up a 6-run ninth inning rally to force extras, they couldn’t get the job finished in the 10th to secure the win. The explosive ninth by Syracuse was powered by an RBI singles...
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Good morning, Mets fans! Last night, the Mets won a thriller against the Braves by a score of 2-1. Rookie Tylor Megill (1-0, 2.04) shined yet again, allowing just one run over 5.1 innings on an Austin Riley solo shot. Megill, the birthday boy, worked around five hits a walk thanks to six timely strikeouts. The Mets bullpen was lights out, too. Jeurys Familia came in with two in scoring position...
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Thanks to their terrible injury luck, the Mets have needed – and received – contributions from a bevy of unfamiliar faces. Rookie pitcher Tylor Megill and (to a lesser extent) journeyman reserve Brandon Drury have planted themselves firmly on that list. Megill, who celebrated his 26th birthday Wednesday, was stellar again through 5 1/3 innings, holding the Braves to a lone run in the Mets’...
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Rangers slugger Joey Gallo was traded to the Yankees on Wednesday, as Levi Weaver of The Athletic first reported. Gallo, 27, has spent his entire professional career with the Rangers. They drafted him 39th overall in 2012, and he made his major league debut in 2015. Since then, he’s put up a peculiar .211/.336/.497 batting line. This season with the Rangers, he was batting .223/.379/.490,...
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Yet another new arm is on his way to Queens. On Wednesday evening, the Mets announced that RHP Akeem Bostick was recalled from Triple-A Syracuse. Bostick has yet to make an appearance in the major leagues. In 37.2 innings with Syracuse this season, Bostick is 0-4 with a 6.21 ERA. Hailing from Florence, South Carolina, Bostick has bounced around different levels of the minor leagues for the past...
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Jim Bowden, a national baseball writer for The Athletic, has heard rumblings about a possible deal between the Mets and Rockies that would send shortstop Trevor Story and right-handed pitcher Jon Gray to Queens. “Get your popcorn ready in New York as the Mets and Yankees are expected to rock the deadline. You might need extra butter and salt for the Mets, as I’m hearing a trade sending...
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