As per Tim Healey of Newsday, the New York Mets optioned Jacob Rhame to Triple-A Las Vegas after Sunday’s 4-3 win over the Miami Marlins. Over 20 appearances this season (20.1 innings), the 25-year-old right-hander owns a 7.97 earned-run average, a 6.89 fielding independent pitching rating, and a paltry 48 ERA+. A short while later, Healey reported that 27-year-old righty Tim Peterson...
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The New York Mets (49-66) defeated the Miami Marlins (48-71) in the rubber game of a three-game series in Miami by a score of 4-3. Pitching Noah Syndergaard pitched for the Mets today and was pretty solid. He gave up a run in the first inning but was solid after that. The big righty retired the side 1-2-3 in both the second and third inning. In the fourth though, he gave up an RBI single to Mets...
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David Wright started his road back to the major leagues on Sunday for the St. Lucie Mets. However, his bat was not completely up-to-speed yet as he struck out on four pitches in his first at-bat, struck out again in his second, and flew out in his third. The 35-year-old also played the field for five innings at his regular spot at third base and hit third in the lineup against Clearwater. Mike...
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Sunday, August 12, 2018 • 1:10 p.m. Marlins Park • Miami, FL RHP Noah Syndergaard (7-2, 3.17) vs. LHP Wei-Yin Chen (4-8, 5.48) PIX11 • WOR 710 AM • 104.3 WAXQ-FM HD 2 • ESPN 1050 AM The Mets dropped last night’s game in extras and now the Mets find themselves in a rubber game on a Sunday in Miami. Corey Oswalt was serviceable last night, a victim again of defensive miscues as the...
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Michael Conforto might be one of the only players currently on the team guaranteed to have a place on the Mets next season, regardless of his performance the remainder of this season. For the majority of it, the outfielder has been disappointing in his return from shoulder surgery last season. In the first half, he hit a mere .216/.344/.366 with 11 home runs and 30 RBI. However, in the second...
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In a tale of two slices of three-inning baseball, Corey Oswalt went from efficient to explosive, finishing his night with a quality start that seemed to have more potential in the early going. Oswalt allowed three runs on six hits and one walk, striking out just three. Nonetheless, his initial success was definitely overshadowed by both the final line and the end result in the Mets’ 4-3...
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