With Spring Training starting to dwindle down, teams making roster cuts and Opening Day on the horizon, rosters are starting to take shape. For the Mets, that mostly holds true as, barring injury, a majority of the Opening Day roster has been decided. However, there are several players who have stuck around MLB camp and are throwing their hat into the ring. One of those being infielder Luis...
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To put it mildly, today was not a good day for Steven Matz. The final line says plenty on its own: eight runs, seven hits, one walk, one strikeout, and four home runs over two innings. Matz entered the contest with a 5.19 ERA off the heels of four shutout innings against the St. Louis Cardinals last Sunday, but could not translate his success against a top-notch Washington Nationals lineup, and...
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Good morning, Mets fans! Today Jason Vargas will look to extend his impressive Spring Training as he’ll face Sandy Alcantara and the Marlins at 1:10 p.m. Vargas, rather surprisingly, has emerged as one of the Mets’ top pitchers this spring with his 1.08 ERA. The game will be streamed on WCBS 880. Yesterday, Steven Matz couldn’t get out of the second inning as the Nationals went...
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Once the Mets courted and signed veteran infielder Adeiny Hechavarria in February, the chances of Luis Guillorme making the team took a huge hit. Guillorme, 24, came into camp 12 pounds lighter and has hit all spring. He’s hitting .393/.500/.607 with three doubles, one homer, and four walks compared to three strikeouts in 35 plate appearances. On Friday, he went 1-for-4 and made a few fine...
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On the strength of seven home runs in the first four innings, the Washington Nationals clobbered the Mets, 11-3 at First Data Field. Yan Gomes and Anthony Rendon each homered twice while Ryan Zimmerman, Adam Eaton and Matt Adams also went yard for Washington. (Box Score) Steven Matz started for the Mets, his fourth start of the spring. On the fifth pitch of the game he allowed his first of four...
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Our own Jacob Resnick was in Port St. Lucie on Friday reporting from Mets camp, when he noticed that NFL player Bradley Marquez was in uniform. Marquez, 26, was the Mets 16th round pick in the 2011 draft from Odessa High School in Texas. He played in parts of two seasons with the Mets rookie level Kingsport Mets in 2012 and 2013. He hit .254/.293/.351 in 36 games while playing left field and...
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