For years and years, I’ve always felt like the New York Mets made it too easy to get shoved around by opposing teams and particularly their division rivals; the Braves, Nationals and Phillies. Time and time again, Mets batters would get thrown at or hit at the plate without so much as a whimper in response – let alone any kind of retaliation. In that regard, the Mets had become the...
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Good morning Mets fans! Yesterday Zack Wheeler dazzled at the mound and at the dish as the Mets romped the Phillies 9-0. Wheeler tossed seven scoreless innings and struck out 11 Phillies while slugging a home run and a two-run double. Today the Mets wrap up their series against the Phillies. LHP Jason Vargas takes the mound against RHP Vince Velasquez. Vargas showed progress in his last start,...
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The Mets routed the Phillies by a score of 9-0 at Citi Field on Tuesday night behind a brilliant game from Zack Wheeler. (Box Score) Pitching Zack Wheeler got the ball for the Mets today and he has been looking more and more like second half-Zack with each start. His first inning, he gave up a one-out single to J.T. Realmuto. With Bryce Harper up, Wheeler threw him four straight 99 MPH fastballs...
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In tonight’s contest against the Philadelphia Phillies, Mets’ center fielder Brandon Nimmo was replaced by Juan Lagares to begin the third inning after suffering what trainers have diagnosed as a left oblique “twinge.” Nimmo, who reached on a fielding error to score Zack Wheeler in the preceding frame, was looked at briefly by first base coach Glenn Sherlock and head...
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Tuesday, April 23, 2019 • 7:10 p.m. Citi Field • Flushing, NY RHP Zach Eflin (2-2, 3.68) vs. RHP Zack Wheeler (1-2, 6.35) SNY • WCBS 880 AM • ESPN 1050 AM After what felt like a week of being out of step, the Mets were in-sync last night after a two-hour rain delay and will try to take game two of the series against the Phillies today in the battle of the Zachs/Zacks. Last night the Mets...
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After each and every draft, analysts and prognosticators analyze not just the talent which has been infused into each organization, they also project which players are going to contribute at the Major League level. After the 2018 draft, Jim Callis of MLB Pipeline projected the Mets fifth round draft pick to be one of the players who could be the first 2018 draftee to make the Major Leagues....
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