Tuesday, August 11, 2020 • 7:10 p.m. Citi Field • Flushing, NY RHP Max Scherzer (0-1, 3.29) vs. RHP Rick Porcello (1-1, 6.92) SNY • WCBS 880 AM • WQBU 92.7 FM Yesterday was quite a reversal for both the Mets and the Nationals. The Nationals came into New York crushed by the Orioles and completely off the rails. The Mets woke up yesterday a team that looked like it was finally putting all the...
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The New York Mets announced a couple of roster moves on Tuesday. Walker Lockett and Brad Brach were reinstated from the injured list, while Paul Sewald and Ali Sanchez were optioned. The activation of Lockett would put him in line as a candidate to take Michael Wacha’s spot in a suddenly thinned out rotation after the latest blows with Wacha’s injury and Marcus Stroman’s decision to opt out of...
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Entering spring training, the New York Mets featured what GM Brodie Van Wagenen believed was going to be one of the best rotations in baseball. Fast forward to a few months later, the team’s pitching staff is now riddled with injuries and they’ll be without Marcus Stroman, who opted out on Monday. It’s not even 20 games into the 2020 season and the sky is already falling in...
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Marcus Stroman has opted out of the 2020 season. The news comes a little over one week after we found out that Yoenis Cespedes opted out. It did come as a surprise, but with COVID cases continuing, we may see more players following suite. What are our reactions to Stroman opting out? Rich Thoughts on Stroman….Any player has the right to opt out. That’s part of the agreement between...
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Nothing seemed to go right in Steven Matz’s start against the Washington Nationals on Monday night. The 29-year-old pitcher started off the game strongly but cracked under the pressure as he gave up run after run, eventually being charged with eight runs on three home runs over the 4 1/3 innings he pitched in his outing. After making it out of the first inning unscathed, Matz went...
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In the latest episode of Simply Amazin’, Jacob Resnick returns to the show to discuss what the Mets’ next move is after Marcus Stroman opted out of the season on Monday. Who’s fills the rotational vacancy? Is a makeshift rotation enough to get the job done? Will Pete Alonso snap out of his funk and start mashing again? We touch on all this and more. Subscribe, rate, and review!...
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