Just a day removed from an impressive showing by Zack Wheeler against the defending world champion Boston Red Sox, Steven Matz followed suit with a scoreless performance of his own. The lefty allowed just three hits and one walk over four innings while striking out two in the Mets’ 9-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Matz, who entered his start this afternoon with a 9.64 ERA and 2.14...
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Behind solid pitching and another impressive offensive showing, the New York Mets defeated the St. Louis Cardinals, 9-1, on Sunday afternoon at First Data Field in Port St. Lucie, FL (box score). Steven Matz had an outstanding outing, going four strong innings, allowing three hits and walking one with two strikeouts (59 pitches, 40 strikes). His Spring Training earned-run average now stands at...
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New York Mets right-handed reliever Drew Smith is heading back to New York to undergo evaluation on what Tim Britton of The Athletic categorized as “right elbow soreness”. Smith, 25, had been performing well during Spring Training, owning a flawless 0.00 earned-run average over his first four Grapefruit League appearances (four innings) with four strikeouts and three walks. The...
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Mike Puma of the New York Post spoke with Yoenis Cespedes yesterday who told him that he believes he is ready to take batting practice, but will wait until he’s cleared to do so. On Monday, though, he will take a big step forward as he will begin throwing. Cespedes, 33, is recovering from double-heel surgery and so far he’s been feeling much better, as detailed by Puma a month ago....
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By now you’ve probably heard about the homer Pete Alonso hit yesterday. If you haven’t: it was his third of the spring, it went over the Green Monster South, it landed outside the ballpark, it was super impressive. Yesterday’s Spring Training game just felt good for the Mets. They won 10-2 off 15 hits against the Red Sox with two-hit performances by Alonso, Brandon Nimmo, J.D. Davis (actually...
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Pete Alonso and Dominic Smith are in a true battle for the Opening Day first base job and that was reaffirmed by Brodie Van Wagenen yesterday when he said they would take “the best team north,” in reference to whether or not Alonso would be sent down for service time purposes. Alonso, 24, helped himself on Saturday as he went 2-for-4 with a solo home run against the Boston Red Sox to...
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