With David Wright and Jay Bruce on rehab assignments, all eyes right now are on the St. Lucie Mets. Given that being the case, this is the opportunity for a player to perform well and distinguish himself. The Mets 2015 second round pick Desmond Lindsay is doing that just. Since being activated from the seven day disabled list, Lindsay is 7-for-20 with a double, homer, and five RBI in six games....
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Jacob deGrom the Cy Young? Sounds sweet to Mets fans in a lost season. Unfortunately, the numbers simply aren’t going to stand out above the competition to make it a reality. Remember, narratives rule the voting and the Mets ace has not even one in his column. Degrom is probably my favorite pitcher on the staff. He’s the gamer that all the young starters should aspire to be. We used to think...
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Prior to the New York Mets winning Sunday’s Little League Classic, a familiar face joined them in the clubhouse in first baseman/outfielder Dominic Smith. It may not be fair to call this a make-or-break opportunity for a 23-year-old with fewer than 300 big-league plate appearances under his belt, but that’s sure what this feels like. The Mets are well under .500 and very far from the...
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In his last start, Jason Vargas threw a pitch in the sixth inning for the first time in 2018. Sunday night in Williamsport, Vargas made it two consecutive starts as he pitched 5.1 innings. Though he gave up two runs, which came in the 6th inning because of a Carlos Santana two-run home run, he cruised for the first five innings thanks to solid command and change of speeds. “We got off to a great...
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3 UP 1. cyGrom On Friday night, Aaron Nola was great against the Mets striking out 11 and allowing just one run on three hits in seven dominant innings. It was the type of performance you expect from a Cy Young contender. Well, the memories from that start were short lived as Jacob deGrom went out the next day and threw a complete game. In those nine brilliant innings, he allowed no earned runs...
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El Paso (73-52) 8, Las Vegas (61-65) 7 Box Score Zach Borenstein LF: 2-4, RBI, 2 K, .257/.363/.494 Peter Alonso 1B: 1-4, .237/.340/.522 Bryce Brentz RF: 1-3, HR, 2 RBI, BB, .266/.335/.592 Patrick Kivlehan 3B: 1-4, HR, 2 RBI, 3 K, .298/.344/.531 Borenstein has started to slump this month but got two hits including an RBI single in the sixth. Alonso is also working to get out of a slump, and is...
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