The more things change, the more they stay the same. At least, that’s what it feels like with the New York Mets most of the time. Since the Mets’ rebuilding process ended in time for a trip to the World Series in 2015, the franchise has been in “win-now” mode each following offseason (at least, their own definition of it). The problem is that it’s felt as if the...
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Tri-City 4, Brooklyn Cyclones 3 (12-11) Box Score CF Antoine Duplantis 1 for 5, R, K .167/.189/.194 3B Yoel Romero 3 for 4, 2B, R, K, CS .315/.367/.507 SS Wilmer Reyes 3 for 4, 2B, RBI, SB .348/.375/.587 Mangum did not play tonight, but Romero and Reyes both had three hits, including a double. RHP Matt Cleveland 5 ip, 4 h, 4 er, bb, 4 k 5.96 era LHP Andrew Edwards 2 ip, 4 k 1.59 era Edwards is...
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Good morning Mets fans! The New York Mets stumbled into the All-Star break with a 40-50 record and little hope for contention for the rest of the year. Despite everything that has gone wrong for the Mets in 2019, Pete Alonso has been one of the few extremely bright spots. He gave Mets fans another thing to celebrate on Monday as he outslugged Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to win the Home Run Derby....
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The 2019 Home Run Derby was quite a show on Monday night, with some of the game’s strongest and most powerful sluggers going head-to-head in an eight-man tournament in a battle for a prize of one million dollars. In round one, the Mets’ own Pete Alonso went up against Cleveland’s hometown hero Carlos Santana. Santana went first, hitting 13 homers, and while Alonso started out slowly, he still...
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Hours after Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic noted that the Boston Red Sox were “pushing to add a starting pitcher”, Joel Sherman of the New York Post is reporting that the Sox have been in touch with the New York Mets regarding their free-agent-to-be right-hander, Zack Wheeler. “[Trade] talks were described as in the early stages,” Sherman writes. “And that Boston is...
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Pete Alonso will square off against some of the game’s best sluggers in Cleveland and will be competing for the $1 million award. The contest will air on ESPN, and it will start at 8 p.m. Here are the matchups for the first round: No. 1 seed Matt Chapman (21 home runs) vs No. 8 seed Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (eight home runs) No. 4 seed Alex Bregman (23 home runs) vs No. 5 seed Joc Pederson (20...
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