The New York Mets and St. Louis Cardinals took part in ESPN’s All-Access Spring Training broadcast on Wednesday from Clover Park in Port St. Lucie, where select players (and coaches and front office staff) are given an earpiece and an on-uniform microphone, and give the fans a glimpse of a side of the game they hardly ever get to see. Needless to say, fun was had — by players and...
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Marcus Stroman made his third start of the spring this afternoon, hurling three scoreless frames in an eventual 4-1 Mets victory. Donning his regular light blue glove, Stroman walked Tommy Edman and nicked Matt Carpenter to start his outing. However, Rene Rivera cut down Edman after the RedBird attempted to take second base during Carpenter’s at-bat. Carpenter was later retired on a...
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Jed Lowrie came up in an interview after the game on Wednesday with Mets GM Brodie Van Wagenen who said that the infielder is looking into using a “transition brace” to help him play as detailed by Anthony DiComo of MLB.com. According to Van Wagenen, Lowrie has been participating in all baseball activities, but wouldn’t give a timeline for his recovery and return to game...
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Mets GM Brodie Van Wagenen told reporters after Wednesday’s game that Matt Adams is set to resume baseball activities on Friday after passing additional cardiac testing as can be seen in a video recorded by Deesha Thosar of the New York Daily News. Adams, 31, was scratched from the lineup last week as the team decided to get additional cardiac testing for him. Earlier on Wednesday, it was...
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“Yeah, I like it” That from Jeff McNeil as he pulled into second base with his second double of the day referring to swinging at the first pitch of his at-bats. (Of course, that two-bagger was struck on a first-pitch offering). McNeil, who was 2-for-3, led the Mets to a 4-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. He, along with others both on and off the field, was mic’d up by...
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J.D. Davis spoke to reporters at Clover Park prior to the start of the New York Mets’ spring training game against the St. Louis Cardinals and said that he expects to be ready on Opening Day. According to Deesha Thosar of the New York Daily News, he will need approximately 34 at-bats before the start of the regular season and took full swings for the second straight day on Wednesday....
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