After winning two of three against the Arizona Diamondbacks to start their nine-game road trip, the first-place New York Mets continue heading west to take on the San Diego Padres. When looking beyond this series and into the following weekend/week — along with looking back at what New York has done thus far — this is going to be the Mets’ first big test of 2021. Manager Luis...
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According to Tim Healey of Newsday, Mets infielder Luis Guillorme will begin a rehab assignment on Thursday night with the Triple-A Syracuse Mets. Guillorme landed on the injured list the end of April with a right oblique strain. At the time, the left-handed hitter was slashing 333/.478/.333 in 23 plate appearances. The 26-year-old is coming off a career-year in 2020 when he posted a 140 OPS+ in...
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It has taken a while but the New York Mets are finally getting considerable contributions from the heart of their lineup. While the recent series against the Arizona Diamondbacks was hardly a work of art in terms of perfect execution of the game plan, it featured another two big wins for the injury-ravaged Mets who are now 27-21 on the year and lead the NL East. It was also an important stretch...
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When all is said and done, what are the odds that first baseman Pete Alonso will become the Mets All-Time Home Run Leader? In 257 games played, the hulking slugger already has 76 home runs. If Alonso keeps mashing at this pace for the next four seasons, he will have made a huge dent toward toppling the Mets franchise record. In this edition of So You Think You Know The Mets, we want to know if...
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Major League Baseball announced the 2021 All-Star ballots on Thursday. From now through 4:00 p.m. ET on June 24, fans will vote via a ballot of club-nominated players at every position. That’s Phase 1. From there, the top three vote-getters at each position (and top nine outfielders) in each league will advance to Phase 2, which will last from noon on June 28, through 2 p.m. on July 1, to help...
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The Mets took two of three from the Arizona Diamondbacks and beat the Braves Saturday in the only game played in that series. (We’re including the Braves game in this 3 Up, 3 Down because we didn’t bother to write one for the one game.) As the team’s gotten healthier–Pete Alonso, Kevin Pillar and Seth Lugo all came back from the IL Monday and played this series–they...
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