Fan Shot by Michael Famulari As we experience the beginning of spring training for the Mets, there is a lot to be excited about. With a potent hitting core, along with an excellent pitching staff, the Mets are poised to build off of their promising 2019 campaign. Although the team arguably improved in the offseason, since many holes were filled, there are still numerous questions that haunt...
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The Mets earned their first win of Spring Training as they defeated the Washington Nationals by a score of 2-1. (Boxscore) Pitching Pitching prospect David Peterson started the game off for the Mets, throwing two shutout innings while striking out two and allowing just one hit to former Met Asdrubal Cabrera. Next up was right-hander Paul Sewald, who tossed in a scoreless inning of his own in the...
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Mets pitching prospect David Peterson made his 2020 spring debut on Monday, shutting down the reigning World Champs. Peterson, 24, got the start in West Palm, working two innings against the Washington Nationals. The left-hander worked around an Asdrubal Cabrera single to pitch a scoreless first inning. The former first round pick pitched a perfect second inning with a strikeout. He became the...
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We entered to the strains of We are the Champions and Another One Bites the Dust echoing through the cavernous backfields surrounding the newly named – again – Clover Park, winter home of the New York Mets. It cannot be said that these 2020 Mets are an unsure bunch. For those of us who make the annual pilgrimage to this fast-growing, golf-crazed, one-time sleepy backwater midway up...
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The Mets are win-less two days into Spring Training so far. Conventionally that would mean they’re 0-2 but nope, they are 0-2-1. They dropped their first two games on Saturday (Marlins and Cardinals) and tied against the Cardinals yesterday. Of course, none of this actually matters. The Mets travel to play the Nationals today and if you like following minor league pitching prospects, today is...
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With some of the game’s biggest stars on the move – and the Astros’ cheating scandal stunning the baseball world – this offseason has been anything but slow. So, after all the trades, headlines, and craziness, which teams did the most to improve their rosters? While the Mets didn’t make this list, fans of the Amazins can take solace in the fact that winning the offseason doesn’t...
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