Minor League Opening Day is here with all four of the Mets full season teams in action. The Syracuse Mets will kick off the minor league season (and their affiliation with the Mets) at 2:05 p.m. ET. Jacob Resnick went over the key storylines for this season and John Sheridan highlighted the Opening Day starters. Now let’s take a look at where the Mets Top 25 prospects will start the 2019...
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During the Opening Series of the 2019 season, one player was a real thorn in the Mets’ side: Trea Turner. Turner stole four bases, hit a walk-off home run, and went 5-13 with two homers. Things would change for Turner in a hurry, though. The budding star was drilled in the hand with a pitch by Zach Eflin in the Nationals’ series opener against the Phillies. Turner went down in...
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When one has a night where you strike out 14 batters in seven innings and post a -.66 FIP, you must have done something right. Jacob deGrom got a lot of swings and misses and mixed his pitches to near perfection in Wednesday’s 6-4 win against the Miami Marlins. Here was how many changeups he threw in the first six innings: 8. In the seventh inning, he threw seven changeups and got seven...
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We’re only six games into the 2019 MLB regular season, and for the most part, things are looking good for the New York Mets. It’s hard not to feel good about the team’s current state as they sport a 5-1 record heading into Thursday’s home opener against the Washington Nationals (although, we’ve been here before…like, last year). Drawing concrete conclusions...
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With a very successful opening road trip now wrapped up, the Mets head home to kick off their second three game series against the Washington Nationals. The Nationals barely split a short two game series with the Philadelphia Phillies thanks to a walk-off walk courtesy of the struggling David Robertson. So far this season, the bullpen has been the team’s Achilles heel as they’ve...
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Jacob deGrom continued his domination over major league hitters on Wednesday night as the Metropolitans completed their sweep of the Miami Marlins by a score of 6-4. DeGrom, 30, pitched seven scoreless innings while allowing three hits and walking one. He set a new career high in strikeouts by setting 14 Marlins down, helping to pick up his second win of the young season. Jacob tossed 114...
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