According to Mike Puma of the New York Post, the New York Mets will activate outfielder Brandon Nimmo (bulging cervical disc) from the 60-day injured list ahead of Sunday night’s series finale versus the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park in South Philadephia. Nimmo, 26, has been on the IL since May 21 after finally falling victim to injuries sustained during his crash into the outfield wall...
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3 UP 1. Buffalo Charging Historically, August has been one of the better months of Wilson Ramos’ career. This year, Ramos took his play in August to an even higher level than he ever has. Ramos finished the month with an active 24 game hitting streak putting him just six games behind Moises Alou for the Mets team record. Overall, he registered a hit in 25 of the 26 games he played in...
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New York Mets backstop Wilson Ramos just concluded one of the more prolific offensive months in franchise history with his scorching hot August, and it couldn’t have come at a more opportune time. Over 104 plate appearances last month, the 32-year-old slashed .434/.462/.576 with three homers, five doubles, and just 10 strikeouts. The Mets went 17-11 in August, keeping themselves in the...
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Earlier on Saturday, Mets second baseman/outfielder Jeff McNeil joined Robin Lundberg on the Sports Illustrated web-show SI Now to discuss the rise in home runs across the major leagues. Asked if baseball fans had “become numb” to the long-ball, McNeil said the following: “Guys aren’t hitting 73 like Bonds was hitting that one year [2001], but there’s a lot more...
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Former Mets prospects and players Jason Isringhausen and Bill Pulsipher were inducted into the Binghamton Baseball Shrine prior to the Binghamton Rumble Ponies August 31 game. Isringhausen and Pulsipher are the 69th and 70th inductees to the shrine. It’s fitting both pitchers were inducted together as they will be forever linked in Mets lore. Along with Paul Wilson, the trio was known as...
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Rochester (70-68) 5, Syracuse (73-65) 3 Box Score Brandon Nimmo DH: 0-3, BB, K, .200/.364/.343 Jed Lowrie 2B: 0-4, RBI, K, .182/.250/.364 Danny Espinosa SS: 2-4, HR, RBI, K, .254/.336/.439 Nimmo and Lowrie both made progress on their rehab assignments, with Lowrie playing seven innings at second base. Nimmo is nearly ready and could be activated any day now, now that the rosters will be...
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