For the first part of September, the Mets were given an opportunity to cruise into the playoffs with a seemingly easy schedule. But New York played down to its competition and thus played below .500 over a two-week stretch. The schedule was less forgiving come September 18. They went to Atlanta with a tremendous challenge, but also a tremendous opportunity — a chance to catch the Braves...
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Good Morning, Mets fans! It is already the penultimate day of the regular season. Rick Porcello and Jacob deGrom will be taking the mound today in the Mets’ doubleheader against the Nationals. As this could be Porcello’s last start as a Met with the pitcher’s one-year contract set to end. Hopefully, he carries some of the same command his last start held into today’s....
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The Nationals announced that Friday’s scheduled game against the Mets, which was supposed to be played at Nationals Park at 6:05 p.m. ET, has been postponed due to inclement weather. The game will be made up tomorrow (September 26) as part of a doubleheader, with the rescheduled game being played at 3:05 and the regularly scheduled game will take place approximately 30 to 45 minutes after...
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Friday, September 25, 2020 • 6:05 p.m. Nationals Park • Washington D.C. RHP Rick Porcello (1-6, 5.46) vs. RHP Max Scherzer (4-4, 3.67) SNY • WCBS 880 AM • WQBU 92.7 FM The Mets held off being eliminated last night thanks to Robinson Chirinos, the catcher the Mets inexplicably acquired at the trade deadline with Todd Frazier from the Rangers. Robinson had two hits including a homer thus knocking...
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Mark Feinsand of MLB.com reports that A’s executive Billy Owens is getting some buzz as a potential candidate to become the Mets next GM. Sources tell me that Owens and Rays’ exec Bobby Heck are two names under consideration to replace Brodie Van Wagenen. Prospective Mets owner Steve Cohen already announced that he will hire Sandy Alderson to be the Team President once he receives...
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Prospective Mets owner Steve Cohen announced on Thursday that, should he be approved by the other Major League Baseball owners sometime in the near future, he will be hiring Sandy Alderson as president of the club. Alderson was the Mets’ general manager between 2010 and 2018, leading them to a pennant in 2015 before stepping down in 2018 due to a battle with cancer. Many current Mets such...
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