The Mets announced a litany of roster moves Friday ahead of the Subway Series with the Yankees. Jeurys Familia will be activated off the injured list Friday, the team announced, along with Brandon Nimmo (finger nerve damage) and Tomás Nido (wrist bruise). Marcus Stroman also returned to the team from the bereavement list and is slated to start Saturday. Familia and Nido completed short IL stints...
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After the cheers for Atlanta’s Freddie Freeman have finally died down after his game winning hit against the New York Mets on Thursday, it is time to turn the page. On that next page perhaps is the greatest enigma in baseball, the New York Yankees. More on that later, but first some fun facts about the Subway Series. The two teams will begin their 35th series against one another on Friday...
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Seth Lugo set, zeroed in on James McCann’s mitt and focused in for the pitch. The Mets were riding the high of having tied the game with Dominic Smith’s homer in the top of the ninth, but they found themselves in hot water. The Braves had loaded the bases with two outs, thanks in part to Lugo’s own doing with a throwing error. To make matters tougher, at the plate was Freddie...
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The Mets sent the ace of their pitching staff, two-time NL Cy Young award winner Jacob deGrom, to the mound on Thursday to close out their set against the division rival Braves at Truist Park in Atlanta. After the Mets got a lead early on, deGrom got rocked for three runs in the bottom half of the first inning, capped off by a two-run home run to right field by Austin Riley. But deGrom would...
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MLB announced the starting position players for the 2021 All-Star game on Thursday night for both the National League and American League. The NL lineup features no Mets, as despite being in first-place, they haven’t had any standouts on the offensive side of the ball. It does feature two NL East representatives: Freddie Freeman (timely, considering he hit a walk-off single against the...
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Game 1: Rochester Red Wings 4 (21-29), Syracuse Mets 1 (13-36) Box Score CF Brandon Nimmo 0 for 3, .172/.333/.207 3B JD Davis 0 for 3, SO, .143/.250/.357 The Mets lost game one of their doubleheader. Davis and Nimmo will both only play in game one and sit the next game as they continue their rehab stint. Wilfredo Tovar came through with an RBI single in the second to cut the score to 2-1, but...
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