The New York Mets (16-16) were defeated by the Milwaukee Brewers (18-16) tonight at Miller Park by the score of 3-1. Pitching: Steven Matz opened up the road trip against the Brewers tonight, hurling six innings, allowing three earned runs, struck out three batters, and walked one. Robert Gsellman was called in from the bullpen in the sixth inning, with no one on base having two outs to work...
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The Travis d’Arnaud era in New York has officially come to an end this evening, as the longtime catcher and former top prospect was granted his release five days after being designated for assignment. Tim Britton of the Athletic was the first to report the organization’s decision. D’Arnaud, who had missed the majority of the 2018 season following a Tommy John surgery, was...
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The New York Mets made a handful of roster moves ahead of Friday’s series opener in Milwaukee, recalling infielder Adeiny Hechavarria and demoting first-baseman Dominic Smith, as well as transferring right-hander Drew Smith (elbow) to the 60-day injured list, as per a team announcement. Hechavarria, 30, is hitting .348/.382/.446 with nine doubles, 17 RBIs, and 14 strikeouts in 102 plate...
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Yesterday was the Noah Syndergaard show and the Mets sure needed it. Going into the game yesterday both Diaz and Lugo were unavailable in the pen. Combined with Familia on the IL the top 3 late inning relievers were out on the Mets roster. In general the bullpen was overtaxed and Syndergaard desperately needed a positive start after his last three. Noah Syndergaard ended up tossing a complete...
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Welcome to Part Three of my exclusive four part series entitled: How The Miracle Mets Were Built. If haven’t read my first two installments you check them out here: Part 1 – The Spring of 1968 Part 2 – The 1968 Offseason Part 3 – The Spring of 1969 Part 4 – The Summer of 1969 With no major acquisitions over the winter, the focus in spring training was primarily on the young players....
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3 UP 1. Starting Pitching Is Back Sometimes the best way to get pitchers on track is to see an offense as poor as the Reds. In this series, Zack Wheeler, Jason Vargas, Jacob deGrom, and Noah Syndergaard combined to allow five earned runs over 27.1 innings pitched (1.65 ERA). The most pleasant surprise of this group is deGrom. With their being concerns about his having been on the Injured List...
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