Friday, August 24, 2018 • 7:10 p.m. Citi Field • Flushing, N.Y. LHP Gio Gonzalez (7-10, 4.51) vs. LHP Jason Vargas (3-8, 7.67) PIX11 • WOR 710 AM • 104.3 WAXQ-FM HD 2 • ESPN 1050 AM The Mets dropped the series finale with the Giants yesterday heading into their series with the Nationals. Yesterday deGrom was deGrom, allowing only 1 earned run (2 total) over 6 but the Mets bats remembered that...
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In a scathing rebuke of the dysfunction of Mets ownership, former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci ripped into the team’s spending on player development, the draft, and free agency. Scaramucci spoke with baseball insider Jon Heyman of FanCred in an exclusive interview. “I’m super concerned. Not to get overly dramatic, but if you traded the whole team for...
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The New York Mets announced a flurry of roster moves on Friday afternoon with outfielder Jay Bruce being activated off the disabled list, Tomas Nido getting recalled from Double-A Binghamton. In the corresponding roster moves the Mets optioned both Dominic Smith and Jack Reinheimer to Triple-A Las Vegas. Bruce went 9-25 (.360) with one double, one homer, two RBI and three runs scored in seven...
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In an exclusive must-read interview for The Athletic, Marc Carig chronicles David Wright’s long journey back to the Mets – a journey fraught with sheer will in the face of constant pain and setbacks. On August 12, Wright did something he hadn’t done since in almost a year, play in a baseball game. The Mets long-time great third baseman started his comeback trail with the St....
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Seeing the start of Jarred Kelenic’s professional career, you have hopes he could one day be the Mets version of Ronald Acuna. At least for tonight, Kelenic would get the Acuna treatment. In the second inning of Kingsport’s game against Bristol, Kelenic hit a three-run homer giving Kingsport a 4-2 lead. On the homer, Kelenic told Gerard Gilberto of MiLB.com, “I knew he was...
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Andrew Marchand of the New York Post is reporting that the New York Mets are closing in on a deal to air their games on 880 WCBS AM next season and for the foreseeable future. The deal is not official yet. The team’s current radio home 710 WOR has tried to retain the Mets, but to no avail. It’s also not known what this means for play-by-play announcers Howie Rose and Josh Lewin , but...
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