Good Morning Mets fans! Tonight, the Mets are opening a three game series against the White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field on the South side of Chicago. Assuming he is not traded, Noah Syndergaard (7-5, 4.33 ERA) is set to take the hill. The first pitch is scheduled for 8:10 p.m. ET and can be seen on SNY. Latest Met News The Mets send Jason Vargas, and cash considerations to their...
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With the trade deadline heating up, the Houston Astros could be the team that lands impending free agent, Zack Wheeler. According to Bob Nightengale of USA Today, the Astros will acquire a starter, and two GM’s predicted that pitcher will be Wheeler. Through 124.1 innings this season, Wheeler owns a 4.71 ERA with a 1.27 WHIP. He has struck out 137 batters, while walking 34. While Wheeler hasn’t...
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It’s that time of year again, where the Mets are beginning to pull fans back in. They are giving off a sense of hope. Doesn’t this feel like it happens almost every season around this time? The Mets have a not so great (to put it nicely) end of the first-half, causing us to enter the All-Star break with a bad taste in our mouths. And then, they start the second-half of the season...
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Update, 5:50 PM ET Jon Heyman of MLB Network reports that the Mets will also send $2.9M to the Phillies. Overall, the move will save the Mets $2M. Original Post According to Jeff Passan of ESPN, the Mets have traded Jason Vargas to the Philadelphia Phillies. Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports that the Mets acquired catcher Austin Bossart in return for Vargas. Bossart, 26, is hitting...
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In a conference call with Mets’ beat reporters, the Mets introduced Marcus Stroman to New York. The right-handed pitcher, known for his passion and competitiveness on the mound, wasn’t expecting to be traded to the Mets. “I was definitely shocked…,” Stroman said. “Knowing it was New York was followed by a level of excitement. I’m excited to be a New York Met....
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3 UP 1. Steven Matzux Prior to Saturday night, Steven Matz had never gotten an out in the ninth inning. That includes when he was demoted into the bullpen prior to the All-Star Break. On Saturday night, he’d not only get an out in the ninth, but on pitch 99, he’d complete the “Maddux”(complete game shut out on fewer than 100 pitches). His final line was 9.0 IP, 5 H, 0 R,...
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