Mickey Callaway spoke before Friday night’s game against the Pittsburgh Pirates and said that the Mets are likely not going to test out the Amed Rosario in center field experiment this season. “The one thing we did focus on — and knew we were going to focus on before we did anything with [Rosario] — was to continue to try and help him develop at short,” Callaway said, “and it...
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MLB released their awards for the month of July and one Mets player received one in Seth Lugo, who won NL Reliever of the Month Presented by Harford. Lugo, 29, didn’t allow a single run in the month of July while also striking out 16 batters in 12 2/3 innings (12 appearances) as compared to three hits (.075 average against him) and one walk allowed. He also recorded his first and only...
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Aside from the prospect cost, one of the areas in which people have evaluated the wisdom of the Marcus Stroman trade has been the Mets infield defense. It was an issue brought up by Buster Olney of ESPN, former Mets executive and SNY contributor Adam Fisher, and others. Certainly, with Stroman having a career 59.4 ground ball percentage, it is a very important consideration. Before looking at...
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Steven Matz took the mound in the Mets’ series opener against Pittsburgh Friday evening, poised to pick up where he left off after throwing a shutout against them on Saturday. Early on, things were going just as they went in Matz’s start on Saturday, which marked the first shutout of his career and likely the best start of his career. Matz cruised through three more scoreless innings...
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Syracuse (56-55) 5, Buffalo (57-54) 3 Box Score Luis Guillorme 3B: 1-for-4, R, HR, RBI, .314/.416/.462 Rymer Liriano RF: 2-for-3, R, HR, 2 RBI, K, .230/.335/.421 Ali Sanchez C: 1-for-3, .333/.429/.333 Half of Syracuse’s eight total hits went for extra bases and they went 2-for-6 with runners in scoring position, allowing the offense to push across five runs. Guillorme has displayed a...
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Good morning, Mets fans! On Friday night, the New York Mets (53-56) broke their seven-game win streak as they suffered a tough loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates (48-61) and fell three games below .500, and five games out of the Wild Card. On Saturday, the Mets and Pirates face off for game two of this three-game weekend series in Pittsburgh. Marcus Stroman (6-11, 2.96 ERA) will be making his Mets...
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