At Least One Area of the Mets’ Roster Has Bounced Back in 2018

For a team like the New York Mets, who enter Monday’s action with a 49-66 record while fighting to stay out of the National League East basement, it’s important to find something to be positive or feel good about. That’s really hard when it seems like something disappointing happens every day. But still, it’s good to find something to be happy about — even if...

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Drew Smith Taking Advantage of Recent Opportunities

At this point in the season, the Mets have very heavily relied on their two most effective relievers Seth Lugo and Robert Gsellman. As a result, last week manager Mickey Callaway mentioned that he will finally begin to throw some of the teams young relievers into the fire to see what they have going forward. He has seemed to stick to his word, as over the past couple of days, we have seen guys...

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Mets Minors Recap: Alonso Hits 29th Homer in Vegas Sweep

Las Vegas (59-59) 14, Reno (61-57) 2  Box Score Peter Alonso 1B: 1-4, 2B, 2 K, .260/.362/.569 Dominic Smith LF: 0-3, RBI, BB, 3 K, .256/.334/.394 Bryce Brentz RF: 4-5, HR, 2B, 6 RBI, .271/.338/.569 This was a continuation of Saturday’s game which was suspended in the fifth inning. The 51s were losing 2-1 at the time, but the Aces pitching staff completely imploded as Las Vegas scored two...

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Morning Briefing: DeGrom Closes Out Subway Series with Makeup in the Bronx

After taking two of three from the Marlins in South Beach and before they head to Baltimore for a two-game set, the New York Mets will head to the Bronx to play the postponed Subway Series finale against the Yankees. Jacob deGrom will square off against the Yanks ace, Luis Severino. The game is scheduled for 7:05 PM and can be seen on ESPN. The Mets rode seven decent innings of work from Noah...

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Tony LaCava, Bobby Heck Join List of Mets GM Candidates

Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe reports that there are two names, in addition to Ben Cherington, that the team is considering to take over as the GM for the 2019 season. One of them is Blue Jays assistant GM Tony LaCava, who has been with the organization since 2002. He notably worked as an assistant to the GM with J.P. Ricciardi when he started his tenure with the club. The other name...

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Syndergaard Gets Eighth Win After Tossing Seven Solid Innings

Noah Syndergaard started on Sunday afternoon for the Mets and delivered a very solid performance in which he allowed three runs, seven hits, and two walks in seven innings (101 pitches) of work while striking out seven batters in the process. The 25-year old got off to a shaky start after being given a 1-0 lead to work with. He gave it right back as Rafael Ortega hit a single down the...

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