Despite a sub-par 2019 season, New York Mets right-hander Noah Syndergaard’s value as a potential trade chip remains as high as ever. Looking past his current 4.36 ERA, 3.67 FIP, would-be career-low 8.87 strikeouts and would-be career-high 2.33 walks per nine innings, there’s still a supernova-bright aura surrounding the fireballing Texas native. Two years of reasonably-inexpensive...
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With a half of a season in the books for the full-season minor league affiliates and teams having drafted and signed players, Baseball America has released their midseason top 30, and there is a new name atop the rankings. That player is Ronny Mauricio who Baseball America says has “ability on both sides of the ball [that] should make him a first-division regular, if not at shortstop then...
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Yet another depressing morning to be a Mets fan. As Gary Cohen mentioned, Friday night’s contest was “a wasted effort by Jacob deGrom,” which preceded another heart-breaking extra-inning loss. Jacob deGrom had another stellar outing throwing 108 pitches in seven innings giving up only three hits, three walks, and no runs, while striking out 10. In this outing, not only did...
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The New York Mets (44-53) were defeated for the second consecutive game against the San Francisco Giants (49-49) by the score of 1-0 in 10 innings. Dominic Smith, playing left field, made a costly error in extra innings to allow the winning run to score. Smith on the final play of the game: “The ball went up and I had a good read on it, good lead. In the last second, I got scared because...
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As per Matt Ehalt of Yahoo Sports, New York Mets manager, Mickey Callaway wouldn’t confirm that right-hander Zack Wheeler (right shoulder impingement) would be activated off the 10-day injured list on July 23 to face the San Diego Padres, the first day he’d be eligible to return. Ehalt notes Friday, July 26 versus the Pirates at Citi Field as a “more likely” date for the...
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Friday, July 19 • 10:15 p.m. E.T. Oracle Park • San Francisco, CA RHP Jacob deGrom (5-7, 3.21 ERA) vs. RHP Tyler Beede (3-3, 5.44) SNY • WCBS 880 AM • ESPN 1050 AM The Mets and Giants continue their series tonight as the ace of the staff takes the mound for the Mets. Jacob deGrom is 5-7 over 19 starts and 115.0 innings with a 3.21 ERA, 3.13 FIP, 1.122 WHIP and 127 ERA+. By peripheral stats, his...
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