Jose Rivera of ESPN reports that the Washington Nationals have agreed to a deal with outfielder Gerardo Parra. He is set to join the MLB team before the end of their road trip that continues in Los Angeles for four games tomorrow. Parra, 32, was in his first season with the San Francisco Giants before being DFA’d after 30 games with the club in which he hit .198/.278/.267 with one home...
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As per, well, himself (video via Matt Ehalt of Yahoo Sports), right-hander Wilmer Font will be making his New York Mets debut on Wednesday afternoon, taking the ball in the series-and-road-trip finale in San Diego. Font, 28, will be starting in place of the injured Steven Matz (left forearm nerve irritation) and is set to make his first start 2019 and sixth of his five-year MLB career (1.71 ERA,...
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An MMO Fan Shot by Sean The last few weeks of Mets baseball have disappointed me in more ways than one. Our heralded veteran mashers, Cano and Ramos, can’t seem to get the ball off the ground. Our young stars, Conforto and Nimmo, have struggled to pull out of their slumps. And our starting pitchers, while showing some signs of improvement, have now fallen victim to the injury bug. This season is...
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Robinson Cano entered Tuesday night’s contest against the San Diego Padres, having collected 2,499 hits in his career that has taken him from the Bronx to Seattle and back to New York with the Mets. Cano, 36, hit a ground-rule double against Padres’ right-hander Cal Quantrill with Amed Rosario standing on first to record the 2,500th hit of his MLB career. That now puts the...
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Noah Syndergaard looked to finally be turning his shaky season around his last time out, when he fired a shutout with ten strikeouts against the Reds. He went to the mound on Tuesday night looking to continue that dominance and get his season back on the right track. Things were rocky right from the first inning, when Syndergaard gave up back-to-back one-out singles to Franmil Reyes and Manny...
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Louisville(14-18) 3, Syracuse(17-14) 1 Box RHP Chris Mazza (0-2, 3.65 ERA): 5 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 K, RHP Stephen Villines (0-0, 0.00 ERA): 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, K, BB RHP Arquimedes Caminero (0-0, 3.75 ERA): 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 K, BB In his second start for Syracuse, Mazza hurled five solid innings, but it was simply not enough to match Sims’ impressive outing. Mazza, who the Mets obtained via...
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