Following Friday’s 5-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals, manager Mickey Callaway announced that the Mets will promote Chris Flexen to start on Saturday afternoon. Flexen, 24, will fill in for ace Jacob deGrom, who has been placed on the 10-day injured list (retroactive to April 16) with elbow soreness and is currently headed back to New York for an MRI. Flexen last started for the...
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The New York Mets (11-8) got to Adam Wainwright early and hung on to win as they defeated the St. Louis Cardinals (10-9) tonight 5-4. Offense: Robinson Cano sparked some early offense in the top of the first with a line drive double to kick off a two-out rally. Michael Conforto then walked to make it runners at first and second with two outs. The next batter, Wilson Ramos, muscled a base hit up...
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Friday, April 19, 2019 • 8:15 p.m. ET Busch Stadium • St. Louis, MO LHP Jason Vargas (1-0, 14.21) vs. RHP Adam Wainwright (1-1, 3.94) SNY • MLB NETWORK • WCBS 880 AM • ESPN 1050 AM The Mets have only played two games this season against teams not in the NL East, and they will more than double that amount after this weekend as they start a three game series with the Cardinals. The Mets are coming...
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Mickey Callaway announced on Friday night that Mets ace Jacob deGrom is headed back to New York to get an MRI on his “barking” elbow. The MRI will take place on Saturday. The Mets announced that deGrom has been placed on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to April 16. Via video from Matt Ehalt of Yahoo Sports, Callaway said that deGrom first felt the issue on Thursday when he was...
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The Mets will be scouting the Triple-A start tonight by Gio Gonzalez according to Andy Martino of SNY. The veteran left-hander is pitching against Buffalo Bisons and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Mark Feinsand of MLB.com reports that Gonzalez plans to opt-out of his deal with the Yankees if not added to the MLB roster on Saturday. Feinsand notes that the Yankees do not seemingly plan to add him....
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The offices of Major League Baseball handed down suspensions to the players and coaches involved in yesterday’s benches-clearing incident at Guaranteed Rate Field, as first reported by ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Kansas City Royals pitcher Brad Keller was suspended five games for intentionally hitting Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson with a 92 mph fastball after his emphatic...
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