Jeff McNeil spoke with reporters before Wednesday night’s game against the Washington Nationals and said that he is dealing with left hamstring tightness and is out of the lineup tonight for that reason, as detailed by Tim Healey of Newsday. McNeil, 27, entered Tuesday night’s game on an 0-for-12 skid, but ended it by going 2-for-5 with an RBI. The infielder/outfielder claims he hurt...
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The beat writers of MLB.com conducted a poll to gauge their early frontrunners for the American and National League Rookies of the Year. While the group has San Diego Padres right-hander Chris Paddack leading the way in the NL (24 first-place votes to New York Mets slugger Pete Alonso’s six) after a little more than a quarter of the season in the record books, these two are pretty much...
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MLB.com’s Anthony DiComo is the first to report that the New York Mets have traded outfielder Keon Broxton to the Baltimore Orioles. In return, the Mets are in line to receive $500K in international bonus pool space. Broxton, 29, was designated for assignment last Thursday following a dismal 34-game showing as a reserve outfielder that featured a .143/.208/.163 line and .174 wOBA to go...
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During a time where their pitching staff can’t seem to stay healthy or consistent, Zack Wheeler spun a solid start to help the Mets win their second game in a row against the divisional rival Washington Nationals, after being swept in embarrassing fashion this past weekend by the last-place Miami Marlins. Wheeler’s dominant outing through six innings -giving up just a solo home run to Juan Soto...
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Last night, the game was tied 5-5 with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. Jeff McNeil was at second, Adeiny Hechavarria was at third, and Amed Rosario was at the plate. In this circumstance, everyone had a job to do. Rosario’s was obvious. He had to get the hit. Hechavarria had to get a big enough lead to give him an opportunity to score on a bang-bang play. As for McNeil? Well, his only...
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Metsmerized Online presents the Greener Grass Mets Podcast! In this episode, Charles St. Clair and Jayson Love open with the lack of hustle by Robinson Cano. Should he have been benched? We discussed how much of the current state of the Mets should be blamed on Mickey Callaway. Is this team capable of turning it around? Would a new manager help? What was Cespedes doing on his ranch? Does his...
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