Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets will continue their six-game road trip on Tuesday night as they will travel to Chicago to take on the Cubs. Righty Taijuan Walker (0-0, 2.61 ERA) will start on the mound for New York as he is set to face Chicago’s right-handed slinger Jake Arrieta (2-1, 3.18 ERA). First pitch for the series opener is set for 7:40 p.m. and will be broadcasted on SNY and...
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We haven’t gotten to say this enough in recent years — and if we have, it hasn’t been for long — so I’m just going to say it: the New York Mets are a first-place team. As they use Monday’s off day to prepare for a three-game set against the Chicago Cubs, the Mets begin the day atop the National League East. Despite only playing 11 games thus far, their .636 winning percentage off the strength of...
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In their long history, the Mets have had more than their share of young players who were dealt away and became stars with other teams. Nolan Ryan and Amos Otis are probably the two names mentioned most often. And the trading of future MVPs Kevin Mitchell and Jeff Kent were in retrospect, major mistakes, too. But the very first star the Mets let get away was the defensively-gifted Paul Blair, who...
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Editor’s Note: Josh Hejka is a minor league pitcher in the Mets system that posted a 1.33 ERA in his first pro season in 2019 between the Brooklyn Cyclones and the Kingsport Mets. The submariner went undrafted and signed with the Mets in July of 2019 after a brief stint in Independent ball. On March 4, 2020, I arrived in Port St. Lucie, Florida for my first spring training as a member of...
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The Mets weathered yet another postponement and won two out of three against the Colorado Rockies, with all three games being played within about 24 hours of each other after a doubleheader Saturday and an afternoon game Sunday. The offense continued to sputter, but the starting rotation kept the Mets in games (if not flat-out won games) as they held the Rockies to 11 runs across the series...
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Marcus Stroman has shined at Coors Field throughout his career, and he continued to conquer the chilly Colorado ballpark on Sunday afternoon. Stroman threw eight phenomenal innings in which he gave up just three hits on one earned run and a walk. He also struck out five en route to picking up his third win of the season as the New York Mets (7-4) defeated the Colorado Rockies by a score of 2-1...
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